The Poker Blog

1. New Sign-Up Offer - “That’s not an offer, this is an offer!” The first deposit sign up offer has been increased to 100% up to $600!

2. New Website - “Check out the chick!” Once you see their new website, you will just want to play there!

3. Redesigned Poker Software - “She’s easy on the eyes, mate!” The software has been redesigned with the avid player in mind. The gentle colour scheme allows for hours of play in a comfortable environment.

4. All New Australian Predators VIP Club - “Bite me!” You can play your way to the top of the food chain! Players will earn huge rewards and a bigger bite of the action every month just by playing at Centrebet Poker!

So get over to CentreBet Poker now and give them a try!

Carbon Poker have introduced new deposit options for their players from Europe:

Visa Electron - available for non-North American players

Maestro - available for UK, Austria, and Spain players only

Giropay - available for German players only

Nordea Solo Sweden - available for Swedish players only

Nordea Solo Finland - available for Finish players only

iDeal - available for Dutch players only

By using these options in combination with your Moneybookers account, players will be able to instantly fund their player account, without the need to pre-fund their Moneybookers wallet!

To deposit, enter the amount players wish to deposit along with their Moneybookers account information. This will redirect players to the Moneybookers site where players can complete the transaction.

If you are looking for poker tournaments with added value then look no further than the William Hill Super Series. Every second day in the poker room you will find a poker tournament with added money in the prize pool to get your teeth into.

William Hill have the following weekly tournaments available:

• Monday 19:30 UK - £1,500 ADDED Buy-In £15 + £1.50
• Wednesday 19:30 UK - £1,000 ADDED Buy-In £7.50 + £0.75
• Friday 19:30 UK - £500 ADDED Buy-In £2.50 + £0.50

Each of these tournaments will have 2,000 starting chips and 15-minute blind levels. This means that you won’t be rushed into a decision, and combined with the guaranteed value this makes these tournaments some of the best around. Satellites to Super Series events are available daily from 1 and have no fee attached! You simply login to the Poker Lobby to find out full details, including times and buy-in.

If you would like further information regarding poker tournament visit William Hill now.

A week on the beach with the UB Army. The chance to party with Phil Hellmuth and the pros. And a shot at a million bucks.UltimateBet Poker are sending a ridiculous number of UltimateBet players to the Aruba Poker Classic - FOR FREE. Your chance to secure an $8,500 prize package and live in paradise for a week on them starts right here, right now.

STEP 1 - Play poker at UltimateBet.com between 12:00:01am ET on June 20th and 11:59:59pm ET on July 17th.

STEP 2 - Follow your rank on their Aruba Giveaway leaderboard. Climb your way to the top by earning RAI$E Status Points through play in any real-money poker Sit ‘n Go, ring game or multi-table tournament at UltimateBet.com.

STEP 3 - On July 18th, they’ll take a look at the leaderboard and award prizes as follows:

• 1st place - Congratulations, king of the leader board. You’re on your way to Aruba to play in the 2008 Aruba Poker Classic this September. The prize package is worth $8,500 and includes the $5,500 Main Event buy-in and $3,000 for travel and accommodations.
• 2nd through 70th - Kudos are still in order. You’ve secured a spot in their exclusive freeroll at 1:30pm ET on July 19th where you’ll have a 1 in 10 chance of scoring an $8,500 prize package. That’s an additional 7 Aruba Poker Classic prize packages at stake.
• 71st through 225th - You’ve earned a spot in the 50-seat Guaranteed Tournament (a $500+30 value) to be held on Saturday, July 19th at 5:30pm ET. For those keeping track, that’s a whopping 155 seats in the 50-Seat Guarantee.
• 226th through 1025th - You’ve secured a spot in a freeroll at 11:15am ET on July 19th where you’ll have a 1 in 5 chance of winning your $500+30 seat in the 50-seat Guarantee.

FIVE REASONS TO PLAY POKER AT bet365

More Prize Money

bet365 give away more than $10,000,000 in Tournament prize money every month. They have a wide selection of Tournaments to choose from, and with buy-ins starting from as little as $0.50 they ensure no one is left out of the action. Not only that but they also offer four Progressive Jackpot Sit & Gos with Guaranteed Jackpots ranging from $2,000 to $250,000+.

bet365 also offer prize packages to some of the world’s most popular land based tournaments, such as the World Series of Poker and European Poker Tour. For all of these events a series of Satellite tournaments are usually on offer, allowing you to qualify for a fraction of the cost of the main buy-in.

More Games and Players Than Ever

At bet365 they offer all betting variations for Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 5 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud. There is a game for everyone, with blinds starting as low as $0.01/$0.02 and increasing to $100/$200. With over 20,000 people online during peak times, you will have no problem finding a table that will best suit your needs.

For those wanting to practise their skills they also have a wide range of free play tables, as well as several daily Freeroll Tournaments.

Secure Banking and the bet365 One-Wallet System

In addition to a Poker room, they also have first-class internet based Casino, Sportsbook and Games areas. bet365 operate a simple one-wallet system, meaning you have the same username, password and payment method to play at all of the above with the minimum of fuss.

The bet365 site uses Thawte SSL web server certificates to offer secure communications by encrypting all data to and from the site. SSL is used to protect the sensitive information that is sent and received including personal information and credit/debit card details.

Promotions

bet365 like to reward their poker players with some of the biggest and best promotions around. All new players will receive a massive 200% bonus on their first deposit up to $600! Simply deposit $10 or more and your bonus will be activated instantly.

You will also earn Merit Points for simply playing poker with bet365. The more poker you play at bet365’s tables the more Merit Points you’ll accumulate. What you then do with those points is up to you. You can decide to cash them out, or another great option is to use them to play in bet365’s amazing selection of tournaments, where your Merit Points can win you some fantastic cash prizes!

They will also give everyone the chance to enrol for the bet365 VIP programme. This rewards frequent players with a chance to increase their VIP level and receive a selection of benefits such as increased Merit Points accumulation, special tournaments and a number of exclusive monthly bonuses.

First Class Customer Support

You, the Customer, are very important to bet365 and that’s why they put a great deal of time and energy into customer service. They pride themselves on their speed, efficiency and friendliness when dealing with any questions or queries that may arise.

Their highly trained customer service team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and can be reached by telephone, email or live chat.

Not long ago Unibet launched new poker tables, so now is a great time to check out the site.

“The new tables mark the very latest in poker software design, with a lot of new features which make playing poker at Unibet even better than before. The new features include:

The new features provide a much improved user experience for both fun and serious players alike, so whatever a player’s level, there is something here for them to enjoy.

To check out the new tables, either click on the banner below and download the software or if you already have an account, just start the client as you normally would and the upgrade will happen automatically.

ParadisePoker are now offering a 100% up to €500 bonus to every new player. If you make a first transfer of €500 they will credit your pending account with a bonus of another €500 . If you decide to transfer less than that for the first time they will match exactly the amount you transfer.

This is one of the most generous signup bonus in planet poker, every customer can get up to €500. Start playing today at any of their cash tables or real money tournaments and you will be earning points against your bonus.

Purple Lounge Poker Room have re-designed their poker software to bring players an even better poker playing experience.

Re-sizeable tables and Mini-view

Their tables are now re-sizeable, allowing you to play more games at once while still managing to keep an eye on the all the action. With Mini-View you can cut down the graphics on your screen, leaving you with just the important information you need to win. (Tip when using Mini-view: Move tables by clicking in the middle of them!)

Avatars and Improved Visuals and Sounds

Let the other players know who they are up against by uploading a picture of yourself to be displayed at the table, and enjoy the enhanced animations and sounds. If this is affecting your play, no problem. Just visit the Options menu to customise or turn these off.

Discover What Hands Other’s Were Holding

Use the hand replay feature to find out what the other players called you to the river with, even if they muck their hand! All of the above features and many, many more are customisable by you the player, meaning the choice is yours as to how you play!

IF you have not tried Purple Lounge before, get over there now and take the opportunity to earn a $1000 bonus and to take part in their $20K freeroll.

It’s all change at 32Red Poker in March. Starting on the 1st we’re amalgamating the Honeypot, Wise Guys and the Bullets Clubs into one super promotion called The Elevator – a clear, new way of rewarding player loyalty.

Based on the collection of Express Points – loyalty points similar to RedBacks and connected to raked hands – players start on the lobby floor and rise as they play all the way to the Penthouse and a guaranteed $200.

Attached to The Elevator is the Express Lift – a $20,000 prizepool linked to Elevator performance. Healthy slices of the prizepool become available when your referred players travel up and on to the 2nd floor, with the most generous chunks of all awarded to our Executive floor and Penthouse players.

Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, now guarantees more than $10,000,000 in monthly online poker tournaments.

The guaranteed prize pools at Titan Poker are rising on a weekly basis, based on the rapidly growing number of players that regularly play poker at the popular online poker room.

Titan Poker staged a $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament on December 9, as part of its European Championship of Online Poker 2007 (ECOOP) tournament series. The highly successful ECOOP tournaments proved to be this year’s biggest online poker event with more than $2,500,000 in Guaranteed Prizes in ten consecutive days of poker tournaments.

Every Sunday night Titan Poker stages a huge guaranteed prize tournament with $200,000 in cash prizes. Huge cash prizes are also awarded at tournaments that take place on Fridays and Saturdays, and daily tournaments award prizes suitable to poker players with different gaming preferences and budgets.

Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments. Titan Poker players have played at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, international tournaments of the World Poker Tour, and at various European Poker Tour events.