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Join the Bovada Poker Cash Persuit

Join the Bovada Poker Cash Persuit

Written by James Washington on Feb 3, 2012

There’s a new promotion taking place this February over at Bovada Poker. It’s called the Cash Persuit and it promises a host of prizes, including instant prizes, weekly bonuses, freeroll entries and a trip to see the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. The Bovada Poker Cash Persuit is broken down into four we...

February’s Intertops Poker Match & Win Game is Hearts Edition

February’s Intertops Poker Match & Win Game is Hearts Edition

Written by James Washington on Feb 2, 2012

For the month of February 2012, the Intertops Poker Match and Win Game is a special, Valentine’s themed Hearts Edition. Beyond the regular site of prizes in store for players with this month’s Match and Win game board, Intertops Poker is also giving out cash awards for every Gold Card dealt that is a Jack of hea...

Party Poker Card Rush Instant Win Game Returns

Party Poker Card Rush Instant Win Game Returns

Written by James Washington on Feb 1, 2012

This February of 2012, the Party Poker Card Rush Instant Win Game is back. Running from the stroke of midnight on February 1st up through the minute before midnight on February 28th, this round of the Party Poker Card Rush Instant Win game features 1.8 million cards, each bestowing on its holder a prize, guaranteed. Earning...

Titan Poker Releases Titan Turbo Schedule for February

Titan Poker Releases Titan Turbo Schedule for February

Written by James Washington on Jan 31, 2012

The February, 2012 schedule for Titan Poker’s popular Titan Turbo tournament series has been released. It starts, of course, on Feburary 1 and runs throughout the month, featuring weekly 4-day races. Rather than being based on points earned during play, regardless of performance, as with many online poker race promoti...

Poker Stars Road to 100 Billion Reaches 75 Billion Mark

Poker Stars Road to 100 Billion Reaches 75 Billion Mark

Written by James Washington on Jan 30, 2012

The latest stop on the Poker Stars Road to 100 Billion Hands is about to reach its latest mega milestone: 75 billion hands dealt. Every 5 billion hands on the Road to 100 Billion, Poker Stars has been giving away cash prizes to the participants in that hand, as well as to every millionth hand for each of the 300 million han...

Facebook Game Maker Zynga May Offer Real Money Poker

Facebook Game Maker Zynga May Offer Real Money Poker

Written by James Washington on Jan 27, 2012

Thanks to the Justice Department’s recent re-interpretation of the Federal Wire Act of 1961, states may be legally permitted to allow intra-state online gambling, that is online gambling restricted to operating within the state’s own borders. One company with a huge play money online poker base, Zynga, is lookin...

Sam Trickett Wins 2011 Player of the Year

Sam Trickett Wins 2011 Player of the Year

Written by James Washington on Jan 27, 2012

British poker pro Sam Trickett and member of Team Titan Poker has been named 2011’s Player of the Year by the European Poker Awards, announced in Paris this past Wednesday, January 25th. Trickett’s accomplishments include winning the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) €8,500 Main Event in Cannes for $1 million, the Bi...

Titan Poker Improves Software

Titan Poker Improves Software

Written by James Washington on Jan 25, 2012

Titan Poker has just released a new software update that is intended to improve the look and feel of the games played on the leading poker site in the largest online poker network in Europe. Performance and loading capabilities have been upgraded and the Titan Poker player lobby has been overhauled with a new, cleaner desig...

Bovada Poker King of the Felt Contest Offers Weekly Prizes

Bovada Poker King of the Felt Contest Offers Weekly Prizes

Written by James Washington on Jan 24, 2012

Players at Bovada Poker’s sit and go tables compete for more than just the tourney pot. They also compete for a $1,000 weekly prize and entries into two exclusive freeroll tournaments, one for another $1,000 and another with a $1,500 prize pool. Bovada Poker calls this contest the King of the Felt. To be the King of t...

WSOP Champions Update: Joe Hachem Joins APT; Eastgates Bracelet Buyer ID’d

WSOP Champions Update: Joe Hachem Joins APT; Eastgates Bracelet Buyer ID’d

Written by James Washington on Jan 24, 2012

After resigning his role as a member of PokerStars‘ team of sponsored pro players, Team PokerStars Pro, player Joe Hachem has taken on a new title as the newest ambassador to the Asian Poker Tour. Previously, Joe Hachem had been with PokerStars since 2005, after he became that year’s World Series of Poker champi...