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Circus Poker is pleased to announce the launch of ECOOP V, The European Championship of Online Poker. The finals will be played over 14 days between 23rd of November to the 6th of December 2009 and satellites start on the 21st September.

All tournaments feature guaranteed prize pools. In total, an astonishing $4.55 million in prizes are guaranteed during the competition.

This year ECOOP V will also be presenting the winner of each event with an exclusive Tag Heuer watch with the nickname and event name engraved on the back too!

Lots of different poker games

ECOOP is a unique set of tournaments that include events played in several popular poker variations:

• no-limit holdem
• fixed-limit holdem
• pot-limit Omaha
• pot-limit Omaha high-low

Of course, for all players who don’t want to put up the entire buy-in, Circus Poker offers a range of satellites. You’ll be able to play both Sit-N-Go and multi-tables satellites to all the fourteen ECOOP V events.

Online poker tournaments to mirror live festival

paddypowerpoker.com today announces the Irish Winter Festival Online, a series of online tournaments scheduled to run concurrently with the Irish Winter Festival of Poker in Dublin, Ireland. The tournaments will take place from October 23rd through 26th and include freerolls and money-added events.

Passwords to the IWF Online freeroll tournaments will be posted on the official Irish Winter Festival blog two hours before the start time of each, and players will be encouraged to follow the live action in Dublin via the blog and live stream at the same time as playing online.

“Even though our main focus of attention this weekend will be the live event of the season, the Irish Winter Festival, we’d never forget our loyal online players” said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. “The IWF Online allows players to take part in what will be a great weekend of poker, both online and off, and take advantage of the cash we’re adding to each tournament!”
Irish Winter Festival Online tournaments can be accessed via the poker software lobby; select the ‘Tournaments’ tab in the left-hand column and click on ‘PPP Exclusives’ to find the tournament you want to register for.

23rd November – 6th December

With over $4,500,000 guaranteed across 14 events, the European Championship of Online Poker is back!

Massive prizes are on offer and all event winners will also receive an individually engraved Tag Heuer watch.

Qualify now for all ECOOP V events by participating in bet365Poker’s wide range of great value satellites. You could claim a seat for just $1.10. Direct buy-in is also available for each event.

The full ECOOP V schedule is displayed on their website along with all upcoming scheduled satellites. More options are available in the Sit & Go lobby.

 And dont forget, their……

Opening Bonus

Open a Poker account at bet365 today and enjoy the benefit of our fantastic $500 New Player Bonus. We’ll give you a 100% bonus on the amount of your first Deposit/Transfer up to a maximum of $500.

It’s easy to open an account, so get involved now and don’t miss out on your free chips! Your bonus is released at a rate of $10 for every 1,200 Merit Points earned on the poker tables.

New Depositor Freerolls

There’s a great opportunity to claim some extra bonuses when you make your first Deposit/Transfer to Poker at bet365. We’ll credit your account with a Tournament Token for our weekly 100,000 Merit Point New Depositor Freeroll.

With a prize-pool of 100,000 Merit Points, this tournament is the perfect chance to boost your Merit Point balance and get off to a great start with bet365. The cash equivalent of 100,000 Merit Points is $1,350. You can exchange your Merit Points for cash and Tournament Tokens as part of our VIP Scheme.

OMG it’s Omaha October on Devilfish Poker! If you are a four card specialist and you thought they’d forgotten you then think again!  This month they have a mouth watering €30,000 up for grabs in their Omaha VIP races, with cash prizes available on both the High-Roller and Low-Roller leaderboards. Only VIP points earned on Omaha tables count towards the leaderboards so give two fingers to your mates playing with two cards because these prizes are only for four card fanatics.

With more than 50 cashes in international Pot Limit Omaha tournaments, and a reputation as one of the most feared Omaha cash game players, Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott didn’t think twice when asked should they run a Hold’em or an Omaha promotion this - “Four cards good, two cards bad” was his answer. Nuff said.

To make things fair the €30,000 prizepool is split across two leaderboards - the €20,000 High Race and €10,000 Low Race making the prizes accessible to both high and lower rollers alike.

The High Race
Payouts: Top 15 with €6,000 for first.
VIP Points: VIP Points earned on Omaha tables with blinds of €0.50/€1 and higher will count toward this leaderboard. (Including all limits of Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo).

The Low Race
Payouts: Top 10 with €3,500 for first.
VIP Points: VIP Points earned on Omaha tables with blinds from €0.02/€0.04 to €0.25/€0.50 will count toward this leaderboard. (Including all limits of Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo).

As if that wasn’t enough to get you excited Devilfish are also offering a 100% up to €500 reload bonus in October.  This bonus is open to players of all games and all Poker VIP points will count towards clearing the bonus.

Simply enter the code OCTO500 when making a deposit and you then have 30 days to clear the bonus.  The bonus is paid out at a rate of €5 for every 100 VIP points earned.

This November, Phil Ivey will be playing for his first Main Event title and the $8.5 million prize for first place. Claim your Piece of Ivey by playing in the 5% of Ivey Main Event.

On Friday, November 6th at 10:00 ET, Full Tilt Poker will hold a drawing awarding seats to an exclusive nine-person Sit &Go with players competing for a share of a prize pool equal to 5% of Phil Ivey’s Main Event winnings. Win your tickets for the drawing by playing in your favorite real-money games from October 8th through November 5th.

Earn Your Tickets

Here’s how you can earn tickets for your chance to play in the 5% of Ivey Main Event:

• Ring Games: You will receive five tickets for each Full Tilt Point earned in a winning hand during ring-game play
• Tournaments or Sit & Gos with at least 30 players: Players will receive 20 tickets for each Full Tilt Point earned in a tournament with at least 30 players when they finish in a paid position; players who finish in a paid position at the final table of a tournament or Sit & Go with at least 30 players will also receive a bonus of 50 tickets
• Tournaments or Sit & Gos with fewer than 30 players: Players will receive five tickets for each Full Tilt Point earned in a tournament or Sit & Go with fewer than 30 players when they finish in a paid position

Every ticket that you earn will be entered into the 5% of Ivey Main Event Drawing – the more you play, the more tickets that you’ll earn for the drawing. All tickets earned over the entire promotion will also be entered into the 1% of Ivey $50K Freeroll drawing and the Daily Cash Draw for the day they are earned.

Participate to Win

Follow these steps to participate in the 5% of Ivey drawing:

• Log in to Full Tilt Poker
• Click on the Cashier button and select My Promotions
• Select Piece of Ivey and click Participate in this Promotion

The 5% of Ivey Main Event will take place on Saturday, November 7th at 14:00 ET. This nine-player Sit & Go will award total prize money equal to 5% of Ivey’s Main Event winnings, with the winner receiving 3% and second and third places each receiving 1%. Prize money will be paid directly into winners’ Full Tilt Poker accounts within two business days of the completion of the WSOP* Main Event.

Winners will be notified by email – make sure that your personal information is up to date. You can find and edit your personal information by clicking on the Cashier button in the game lobby.

For more information, please see the Piece of Ivey Rules page.

* World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah’s License Company, LLC (”Harrahs”). Harrah’s does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with Full Tilt Poker or its products, services, promotions or tournaments.

Play Online Poker

The European Championship of Online Poker V (ECOOP V) is taking place between 23rd November and 6th December 2009 and there’s an amazing guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million up for grabs. And at Circus Poker they’re giving you the chance to win a free seat through one of their Freeroll and Super Satellite rounds.

To qualify for your free seat:

Play for real at circuspoker.co.uk every week from Thursday 5th October to be invited in to the weekly ECOOP V Freeroll.

Weekly Freerolls will be happening at 8pm on the following Wednesday. The top 3 players in each weekly ECOOP V Freeroll will qualify for the ECOOP V Super Satellite.

The exclusive ECOOP V Super Satellite will be running on Sunday 29th November 2009 at 8pm. The top 3 winners of the Super Satellite will win FREE seats at the various events at ECOOP V.

Win a free seat at one of ECOOP V events

1st place wins a seat worth $1500+$80 at the ECOOP V Main Event on 6th December – guaranteed prize pool of £1.5 million.2nd place wins a seat worth $300+$20 at ECOOP V Event # 10 on 2nd December – guaranteed prize pool of £300,000.

3rd place wins a seat worth $200+$15 at ECOOP V Event # 11 on 3rd December - guaranteed prize pool of £100.000.

PLAY AGAINST DAVE ‘DEVILFISH’ ULLIOTT IN THE 6-SEATER ‘FINAL TABLE FROM HELL 3′!

After the success of the first two FTFHs Devilfish Poker are once again giving players the chance to play against Dave Ulliott for a €1,500 prizepool at the Final Table From Hell 3 on 27th October. While Devilfish is terrorising the tables at the EPT and WSOPE in London and then the Bellagio in Las Vegas he will be unavailable to play in his weekly Devilfish Bounty tournament.  So they’re putting his bounty prize into a special deep stacked 6-seater freeroll for the winners of the the 5 Devilfish Bounty tournaments from September 24th until October 22nd.

The 5 winners (from the September 24th to October 22nd) will face off against the man himself in a 6-seater shorthanded tournament with €1,000 for 1st and €500 for 2nd.

Dave Ulliott made his name destroying shorthanded TV tournaments such as Late Night Poker and the World Poker Tour and he will be brining his best game here to make sure his reputation remains intact.

If you think you’ve got what it takes then play and win any of the 5 Devilfish Bounty tournaments and take your seat at the Final Table From Hell 3!

Join Coral Poker in October, and they will guarantee you will be a winner. It’s as simple as that.

SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE – BUT IT’S NOT!
There are no catches - every new member of their poker room in October will receive a free ticket to a tournament where every player gets a cash prize of at least $5.

OK – SO HOW DO I GET MY SHARE?
Simple.  They will issue a ticket to every customer who registers a poker screen-name for the first time between 1/10 and 31/10, to one of four free tournaments, in which the top ten players will share $250, and then everyone else gets $5. Tickets are issued up to 24 hours before the event.

NEW CUSTOMER OR JUST NEVER PLAYED POKER WITH CORAL?

1. Create an account - if you haven’t already got one, click on the banner below
2. Register a payment method
3. Create screen-name - go to the poker homepage, and select ‘Instant Play Version – Play Now’ or ‘Download’ and you will be asked to register your screen-name
4. Register for the tournament – launch the poker room, go to ‘Scheduled Tournaments’ and select ‘Special’ from the drop down menu. Find the tournament, highlight it and click ‘Register’. Make sure you do this before the start time (see below) - tickets will be issued 24 hours before the event
5. Read Coral’s welcome guide for new players

Important note: only accounts with a verified payment method will receive a ticket.

Schedule revamped to celebrate New Product Features

paddypowerpoker.com has announced details of its new weekly schedule of exclusive tournaments, consisting of freeroll, money-added, guaranteed prizepool and bounty tournaments. The new schedule is headlined by Fantastic Fridays, which sees a total of $1,350 added to various tournaments starting between 6.30pm and 9pm each Friday evening.

The schedule was revamped in tandem with the roll-out of the poker room’s latest software upgrade, which includes a number of features to improve the playing experience. An automatic top-up feature allows players to better control the amount of cash used on each table, while the new tournament lobby layout allows players to find their favourite tournaments more easily and get onto the tables faster than ever.

“By revamping both our tournament schedule AND our poker software, we’ve ensured paddypowerpoker.com is the place for those that love their poker!” said Paddy Power, Communications Manager at paddypowerpoker.com. “With a greater number of freerolls and money-added tournaments to choose from, players have a whole lot of choice and a whole lot of value to enjoy!”

For just a $1.10, the first 50 Tower players to register for the Lucky Dollar Tournament on October 3rd will get their chance to play for top-spots in this very exclusive tournament. Register now and grab your spot!

Experience the thrills of this one-and-only World Class $1+.10 Tournament and win your share of the lucrative ‘Flat’ payout structure to add to your bankroll.