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Great Rewards at Mansion Poker

Most online poker rooms reward the loyalty of players by awarding points in proportion to the amount of action you give, but Mansion Poker goes even further and gives you a virtual department store in which you can exchange those points for a massive variety of products, gifts and experiences. If you’re a serious online poker player who is fed up with amassing points that you can’t swap for anything useful, spending some time at Mansion Poker could be a lot more satisfying.

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17th February 2010 10:56 AM

STT Masters and MTT Masters at InterPoker

Online poker room players who enjoy a challenge will be delighted to hear that InterPoker is hosting two very attractive events – the STT Masters 2010 and the MTT Masters 2010. As the tournaments titles suggest, the STT Masters is for Single Table Tournament players and the MTT Masters is for Multi-Table Tournament players. The prize pools are €90,000 and €130,000 respectively, so there is plenty of potential for you to win a decent amount of cash.

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15th February 2010 3:44 PM

PokerStars 40 Billion Hands Celebration

PokerStars dealt its first hand of online poker just over eight years ago, and now the online poker room is getting ready to celebrate the dealing of 40 billion hands. The fact that the site will have gone from zero to 40 billion hands in less than nine years says an incredible amount about the popularity of PokerStars, and when you take a look at the celebratory events that have been lined up the reason for that popularity becomes self-evident – PokerStars treats its players like gold!

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11th February 2010 12:26 PM

Rush Poker at Full Tilt Poker

Rush Poker is described at the world’s fastest poker game, and the only place you can play it is at Full Tilt Poker. So unique is the Rush Poker concept that Full Tilt has a Patent Pending, and if it proves to be as successful as we think it will then the Full Tilt team will have given the world a game that online poker room players will enjoy for years to come.

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8th February 2010 12:30 PM

Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV

The fourth Ladbrokes Poker Cruise sets sail in January 2011 from Florida, and online poker room players can win themselves a Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV package worth £4,000 – for as little as £4.40! The cruise will be on biggest deluxe cruise liner in the world, the Oasis of the Seas, and if you win a place on the eight day cruise around the Caribbean, you can look forward to the trip of a lifetime.

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3rd February 2010 12:08 PM

Hit or Run at PartyPoker

Play at PartyPoker throughout February and you could win up to $10,000 every day thanks to a brand new Hit or Run promotion. All you have to do to give yourself a chance of winning a Hit or Run fortune is play your favourite poker games and collect PartyPoints for doing so. For every 20 PartyPoints that you collect at the online poker room, you will be given $1 to bet on the Hit or Run game.

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1st February 2010 11:14 AM

77 Ways to Boost Your Bankroll

Betfair Poker has been working hard to give recreational online poker room players as many chances to build their bankrolls as possible, and the result is 77 Ways to Boost Your Bankroll. This isn’t a promotion but the introduction of 77 new added cash tournaments every week. As if that wasn’t enough, Betfair Poker players can have a go at 48 daily freerolls, making it possible for your to win cash without investing a penny of your own.

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27th January 2010 10:15 AM

PokerStars Daily Giveaway

A PokerStars £2,000 Daily Giveaway event that is already underway and runs until Sunday 7 March gives you a chance of winning a share of £2,000 every day – and it won’t cost you a single penny to participate. Yes, we’re talking freerolls, but unlike the freerolls at some sites that only offer miniscule prizes, each Daily Giveaway has £2,000 added. The £2,000 Daily Giveaway is only open to online poker room players in the UK and Ireland, so if that includes you we highly recommend that you get involved!

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25th January 2010 1:34 PM

Irish Poker Open 2010

The Irish Poker Open 2010 takes place in April, and you could win yourself a place in the €3,200 + €300 Main Event by taking part in satellite tournaments at Betfair Poker. The Main Event in 2009 was worth over €3 million and gave the eventual winner €600,000. If you’d like the chance to get your hands on that kind of money then the Betfair online poker room makes it possible, and for as little as $1!

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20th January 2010 11:46 AM

Double Guarantees Week at Full Tilt Poker

Next week is a $25 Million Double Guarantees Week at Full Tilt Poker, and we’re telling you about it now so that you can adjust your schedule as required and take full advantage of it. The $25 Million Double Guarantees Week begins on Monday 25 January and runs through to Sunday 31 January, and what makes it special is that Full Tilt Poker is doubling the guaranteed prize money for all of its Weekly Guaranteed tournaments, including those that take place on Big Money Sunday!

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18th January 2010 11:45 AM

200K Guaranteed Headhunter at InterPoker

InterPoker has announced a €200,000 Guaranteed Headhunter tournament that will take place on Sunday 17 January at 5pm. The buy-in is €300 + €20 and the top 100 players will all make a good profit, with cash prizes starting at €400 for those finishing is 81st to 100th place, and those finishing in better positions winning considerably more. Win this tournament outright and you will walk away with €36,000. Finish in 2nd or 3rd place and your prize will be €22,000 or €15,000, respectively.

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13th January 2010 9:37 AM

New Bet365 Poker Client

A new version of the Bet365 Poker client has just been released, and it is packed with loads of new features that all online poker room players will want to take a good look at. If you need any incentive to do that, Bet365 Poker will be staging four $1,000 freeroll tournaments (costing a token buy-in of 1 Merit Point each to prevent the opportunity from being abused) at 7:30pm this Friday 15 January. There is also a 100% Match Up Bonus (worth up to $500) for brand new players.

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11th January 2010 11:55 AM

Snowbound Bounty at Ladbrokes Poker

The UK has been hit by some of the worst snowstorms in recent history, and many towns and villages have come to a virtual standstill. Schools have been closed, public transport has been severely disrupted and millions of people have been unable to get to their places of work. The good news for those online poker room players who are stuck at home is that Ladbrokes Poker have had the great idea of staging a special Snowbound Bounty tournament this afternoon (Wednesday 6 January) at 15:00 GMT!

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6th January 2010 11:55 AM

New Year Reload Bonus at PokerStars

Online poker room players who intend to boost their bankrolls with a reload or two during the first few weeks of 2010 should consider taking advantage of a New Year Reload Bonus that is currently available at PokerStars. The New Year Reload Bonus could be worth up to €100 of free cash, so it’s certainly worthy of your consideration, but be quick because you only have until Sunday 10 January to claim.

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4th January 2010 12:03 PM

New Year Monthly Million

As the end of 2009 looms ever closer, online poker room players are being offered a myriad of exciting poker opportunities to look forward to in 2010. Over at William Hill we are eagerly anticipating the first Monthly Million tournament of the New Year. This offers a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 and is scheduled to take place on Sunday 10 January at 7pm.

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30th December 2009 10:29 AM

Celebrate 2 Billion Hands at InterPoker

InterPoker is inviting all online poker room players to celebrate a massive landmark that is looming on the horizon – the dealing of 2 billion hands of poker! At the time of writing there have been just over 1,941,194,000 hands dealt at InterPoker, so it isn’t far from the 2 billionth hand, and to make sure that the landmark is observed in style InterPoker is giving away €250,000 in cash prizes.

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28th December 2009 12:05 PM

100 Series Tournaments for January

Ladbrokes Poker has announced that there will be two 100 Series online poker room tournaments in January 2010. Regular readers may recall that 100 Series tournaments are so-called because they involve a maximum of 100 players. Prizes are paid to the top ten finishers, so if you enter a 100 Series tournament you effectively have a 1 in 10 chance of finishing in the money based on luck alone. Add a dash of your own skill and self-discipline and your odds could be even better!

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24th December 2009 8:57 AM

Cash Machine at PartyPoker

How would you like a cash machine that enables you to play poker, collect points whether you win or lose and then turn those points into cold, hard cash? Well, you won’t find that kind of machine at your local electrical store, but the Cash Machine promotion at PartyPoker gives you the virtual equivalent, and it will be running at the popular online poker room from Monday 4 January until Sunday 31 January.

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23rd December 2009 10:29 AM

Big Little Tournament at Full Tilt Poker

A Big Little Tournament has been announced by Full Tilt Poker for January 2010. The name of the tournament is inspired by the fact that it gives online poker room players a shot at winning a big amount of money (the prize pool is worth $1,000,000) for buy-in amounts that are, well, little. We’re talking about direct buy-ins that cost as little as $5 + $0.50 or satellite buy-ins that start at $0.50!

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22nd December 2009 2:02 PM

The Snowball Tournament at Betfair Poker

The Snowball Tournament at Betfair Poker is something of an annual Christmas tradition. Whilst non-poker players have to be content with endless turkey meals and just as endless television repeats, online poker room fans can play for a jackpot that snowballs faster than a family argument. The Snowball Tournament itself takes place on Sunday 27 December at 8pm, and the buy-in is a flat $50, but before you can participate you will first need to play in three qualifying tournaments.

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21st December 2009 9:56 AM

Premier League Poker at PartyPoker

Online poker room players at PartyPoker have the chance to win a Premier League Poker Playoff package worth $9,000 for as little as $2! Yes, you read that right – just $2 will buy you into a qualifier and if you do well from there then you could go on to win a $9,000 package that allows you to play in a televised Premier League Poker Playoff in Las Vegas!

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17th December 2009 2:41 PM

Christmas Cash Race at InterPoker

A Christmas Cash Race gets underway today at InterPoker, so if you fancy winning a share of $15,000 and enjoying some great online poker room action at the same time, this is the perfect opportunity to do so. The Christmas Cash Race runs until Wednesday 4 January, so if you start racing today the gaming will take you all the way through the festive season and still be running when you get to the other side!

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16th December 2009 12:18 PM

Get Rich for Christmas!

How would you like to get rich for Christmas by playing online poker? Or maybe you’d be just as happy to get rich for the New Year? Whatever the case, you can give yourself a very decent chance of making such a festive dream come true by visiting the PokerStars online poker room and having a go at the Sunday Million, which just happens to be the biggest weekly poker tournament in the world.

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15th December 2009 11:38 AM

PKR Xmas League

A PKR Xmas League competition starts today (Monday 14 December) at the PKR online poker room, but if you want to participate then you will need to be quick – you have to register your participation by 14:55 GMT. To do that, visit PKR, look in the Real Money Tables category, then in Scheduled Tournaments and find the Xmas League. Register (as you would for any other tournament) and you’ll be good to go!

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14th December 2009 12:12 PM

Christmas Cracker Freerolls at William Hill Poker

William Hill Poker is the latest online poker room to get into the festive spirit, and is now hosting special Christmas Cracker freerolls three times a day from Monday to Friday. Each freeroll can be entered for just a few WH Points, but there are real cash prizes up for grabs, so each Christmas Cracker gives you the chance to convert some of your WH Points for real-world money that you can spend as you please!

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10th December 2009 1:38 PM

Last Call for Aussie Millions at PartyPoker

PartyPoker is keen to remind all online poker room players that it will be hosting its Aussie Millions 20 Seat Guaranteed satellite game this Sunday 13 December. That means there are just a few days grab yourself a seat in the big game and give yourself a chance of winning a $15,000 package to the Aussie Millions 2010 tournament. There are twenty packages up for grabs, so if you want one of them to be yours you will need to act fast.

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9th December 2009 10:45 AM

The Mansion Les A London Open 2010

We know that you are probably still thinking about what to buy people for Christmas, but if you can spare enough time to look ahead to 2010 then you might want to consider playing for a seat in the Mansion Les A London Open 2010. This is a brand new tournament that will be held at Les Ambassadeurs Club in London on 23 and 24th February, 2010, and you can either buy-in directly for £2,000 + £200 or you can win yourself a Les A London Open 2010 package by playing in satellites and super satellites at the Mansion online poker room from December onwards.

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8th December 2009 12:44 PM

Unlimited Christmas Bonus at Bet365 Poker

Bet365 Poker is currently running an Unlimited Christmas Bonus promotion that allows you to claim a bonus worth $1 for every 200 Christmas Points that you earn on any given day. The more Christmas Points you collect, the more bonus cash you can receive, and as the name of this online poker room bonus states, there is no upper limit to the amount available to you!

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7th December 2009 10:07 AM

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