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$115,000 for the top RAI$E Status Point earners The fastest way to riches begins October 1st at UltimateBet. They’re throwing $115,000 in prize money at the most determined UB players and if you’ve got enough endurance, you could be swimming in Benjamins

All you have to do is keep earning RAI$E Status Points between October 1st and 31st by playing real-money poker at UltimateBet (RAI$E Status Points earned playing Blackjack do not count for this promotion).

If you’re one of the top 100 RAI$E Status Point earners at the end of the qualifying period, you’ll share in a $100,000 prize pool that includes $15,000 in cash for first place. $15,000 Freeroll for the top 1000

Not in the top 100? No need to throw a tantrum. The top 1000 RAI$E Status Point earners will secure a spot in a $15,000 freeroll to be held on November 9th at 2pm ET.

Pacific Poker is handing out over $69,000 in prizes, including seven $8,500 mega-packages to players to represent their country at the international 888 Poker Open V – $648,000 guaranteed prize pool! (See post below for full details).

When? 27th October – 1st November.

Where? Maidstone, England

How much? $648,000 guaranteed prize pool, with $250,000 to the top player!

$1 could win you an $8,500 package to international glory!!!

1. Join in one of your country’s exclusive weekly $1 satellites, there will be seven in all.
2. The top 5 from 11 countries will meet the 5 top players from the rest of the world every Sunday in an international clash of skills.
3. The ultimate winner each week takes one of the seven coveted $8,500 packages to the 888 Poker Open V!

Seven master poker players will get the chance to put their country on the poker map in England (almost-but-not-quite poker masters also finish in prizes)!

888.com, the world’s No.1 online casino, has announced the launch of the 888.com Poker Open V, with even more celebrities, poker professionals and online qualifiers battling it out for a place in the final to win a slice of a $648,000 jackpot.Now in its fifth year, the tournament will be filmed for Sky TV at the Maidstone television studios where filming takes place between October 27th and November 7th, while it airs between January and June 2009, every Tuesday night at 2200 on Sky Sports. The public will have a bird’s eye view of the celebrities competing against each other and the 100 other entrants for a place in the final of one of the Europe’s biggest televised poker events.

The 108 seats will be filled by 8 celebrities, including Shane Warne and Ronnie O’Sullivan, who will battle it out against 65 poker professionals and 35 888poker online qualifiers from around the world, all eager to claim the prestigious title of the 888.com Poker Open V Champion.

The Sky TV cameras will return to film the event from play-offs through to the final covering the triumphs and disappointments along the way. It makes compulsive and exciting viewing as the winners and losers demonstrate their skills and nerve in front of the TV cameras.

Matt Robinson, Marketing Director for 888.com, said “The 888.com Poker Open Championship is certainly a highlight in the poker calendar. Now in its fifth year, the competition is attracting some of the best players in the world which makes for an even more competitive tournament than last year. The TV cameras will no doubt capture all the excitement and unexpected turns from start to finish.”

It’s going to feel a lot like Christmas on the last Saturday of September.

Saturday nights might be made for mayhem, but the real party begins in the afternoon. Stay home, log on, and make history with the biggest Saturday tournament the poker world has ever seen.

Doyles Poker are pulling out all the stops and summoning the hottest celebrities for an event that will change the poker landscape forever. Pit yourself against Doyle Brunson, Shannon Elizabeth, Mike Caro, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Nicky Hilton, and other hot Hollywood celebrities and poker pros and collect your share of 10 x $1,000 bounties.

For a rock-bottom buy-in of $150+15 entrants can not only take a shot at the $50,000 top prize, but they can also experience the excitement of mingling, chatting and competing against the stars for added cash.

Europe’s longest running online Poker Championship is back! LEOCOP IV Championship comprises 16 Added Money tournaments over 15 consecutive days and culminates with the massive $120,000 LEOCOP IV Masters Event freeroll, where you could win the last remaining Poker Million VII Semi-Final Seat!

Put this date in your diary – Sunday 26th October 2008. This is the start of the biggest added money Poker Festival on the internet. In addition to winning your share of an estimated $2,000,000 in prize money you could also win a Poker Million VII Semi-Final Seat which guarantees prize money of $20,000 and a chance to walk away with the first prize of $1,000,000.

Ladbrokes will be hosting 16 added money tournaments over 15 consecutive days where the games covered are No Limit, Fixed and Pot Limit Texas Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha and Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, with a mixture of Freezeout and Re-buy structures. Ladbrokes Poker has made sure that there is something for all of their players.

To ensure that everyone will have the opportunity to be a part of the drama and excitement they have set up a fantastic qualifying structure for each of the LEOCOP IV Championship Events (exc Heads-Up) starting with satellites offering buy-ins as low as $1! That’s incredible value and an unmissable opportunity to take a shot at some of the largest prize money in European Poker.

The schedule of events is listed on their web site. Satellites start from as little as $1 and are available now. Please check the poker lobby for full details.

Doyle’s Room - the only online poker site endorsed by poker legend Doyle Brunson.

Players enjoy over $4,000,000 in monthly freerolls and guaranteed tournaments.

Players can also play against Doyle and guest pros every Wednesday night in the famous $25,000 Doylesroom Bounty Tournament.

You can PLAY FOR FREE! They offer play money tables where you can sharpen your skills totally free! Download their software and play for free!

Remember, when you’re ready for real money poker action, visit the cashier and step up to the cash tables.

You can also really play online poker with Doyle Brunson or Mike Caro.

Not only that, you get to play them for free your very first time. Sign-up now to compete against the pros and guest celebrities in the Bounty tournament which takes place every other Wednesday night, then request your one-time Bounty Rebate.

Could you be the Purple Lounge Champion? To celebrate the Olympics they are offering prizes of over $200K in the month of August to their top performing players. There are 5 events to take part in with prizes for participants in each, win all of them and they will also give you 5 times your winnings, meaning you will walk away with $150K!

100 Metres – A short sprint, play fast to earn the most number of poker VIP points in one day. The winners will receive the following:

• Gold - $2500
• Silver – $1000
• Bronze – $500

Relay – They are combining all VIP points earned playing poker during Saturdays in August to determine the winner of the Relay event. To qualify you must play every Saturday of the month.

• Gold - $2500
• Silver – $1000
• Bronze – $500

Marathon – Taking the place of Mad Dash for Cash, the Marathon runs for the entire month, with prizes for the top 50 poker players ranked by raked hands, and the most number of VIP points earned.

• Gold Raked Hands - $8000
• Gold VIP points - $3500
• Full prize structure on the website

High Jump – Jump up to take the prize at this event – it will be awarded to the player who moves up the most number of places in their monthly poker rankings.

• Gold - $2500
• Silver – $1000
• Bronze – $500

50KM Walk – Stamina will be needed here, as this event is run on the most number of games played in the casino.

• Gold - $6000
• Silver - $2000
• Bronze – $1000

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.

Pokerisrigged.com, the popular Poker Forum, have set up private tournaments on PokerStars for their upcoming league. All members of the site are invited to play, and there are plenty of added prizes and rewards to be won.

The league winner will receive $50 to their PokerStars account, courtesy of Pokerisrigged.com.

• The league will run every Sunday for 5 weeks with the first tournament starting on Sunday 6th July at 8pm GMT.The buyin will be $5.50 and will be a freezeout tournament.Don’t worry about missing the first few tournaments! By playing in any of the tournaments you will earn yourself reward points that you may redeem for cash or forum bonuses!
• Prizes will be distributed normally in each tournament depending on how many runners there are.
• Ranking first in a tournament will earn yourself a Gold Trophy reward to put next to your avatar. Ranking second and third in tournaments with a larger amount of runners will earn you a Silver or Bronze trophy. All awards are exchangeable for reward points.
• If you are good enough to win the league at the end of the 5 weeks, you will be blessed with a unique and special Poker Is Rigged bracelet!

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.