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Full Tilt Poker 2010 WSOP Satellites

While the world’s largest online poker room PokerStars have yet to launch their 2010 WSOP satellites the second largest room, Full Tilt Poker, have started their 2010 WSOP Bonanza. As always there are several different ways to qualify for the World Series of Poker via Full Tilt and they have set up tournaments that suits all bankrolls. You can actually qualify to the 2010 WSOP by using your Full Tilt Points.

Win your Main Event seat for $1
One of the cheaper options when qualifying for the 2010 WSOP at Full Tilt is the $1 Main Event Seat tournament. This tournament is going to be held every Sunday from now until the 27th of June and as the name suggest it has a $1 buy-in which should suit event the smallest bankroll.

150 Seat Guaranteed Tournament
For the Full Tilt players that have managed to work up a bit of a bankroll over the years but are still looking for a way to get their Main Event seat relatively cheap there is going to be a large tournament at Full Tilt with 150 Main Event seats guaranteed. This qualifier is going to be held on the 20th of June and has a $640 buy-in if you want to buy in directly. They are obviously hosting a lot of super satellites to this tournament so that you can qualify for even less.

Other Satellites at Full Tilt Poker
Some of the other satellite options for the WSOP at Full Tilt Poker this year are:

• Full Tilt Poker Main Event Mania
• Direct Main Event Qualifiers at Full Tilt Poker
• Full Tilt Poker Main Event Experience

Free $600 Bonus for New Players at Full Tilt Poker
For you Online Poker News readers out there that have yet to create an account at Full Tilt we would also like to inform you about the current $600 poker bonus that is available at Full Tilt Poker. When creating your account you should use the Full Tilt referral code PRULESNET and you will be entitled to a 100% bonus on your first deposit up to the maximum bonus amount of $600. You will be able to clear this bonus by playing in the 2010 WSOP satellites at Full Tilt Poker.

Full Tilt Poker’s Race for Bracelets for the 2010 WSOP

Now through June 27th, the Race for Bracelets will award $2,000 WSOP packages for anyone interested in competing in any of the other 50+ non-Main Event events at the 2010 WSOP this July. These affordable tournaments range in buy-ins from $26 to $216 and will all award at least one $2,000 WSOP packages that are good for any preliminary event at the WSOP this year.

The good thing about qualifying for the 2010 WSOP through a poker site like Full Tilt Poker is that they will take care of all the boring stuff for you like booking a hotel room and arranging flights to Las Vegas. As a part of the Full Tilt WSOP team you will not have to worry about anything and you can put all of your focus on winning the Main Event.

If you do not yet have an account with Full Tilt Poker this is the time to create one if you are looking to win your way to the 2010 WSOP by playing online satellites. Use the Full Tilt referral code PRULESNET for a 100% bonus of up to $600 free that will be a great addition to your satellite bankroll.

iPoker with some interesting changes

IPoker used to be the largest poker network in the world and was close behind Full Tilt and PokerStars. Nowadays, PartyPoker is the largest network and iPoker is losing more and more. They have been pretty lazy and thought there’s no need to change. Now it seems that they realized that something has to be done. The biggest effort should be the resizable tables that will be available early April. This was something everybody complained about and iPoker just told players to be patient and it will be done “soon”. Now it seems to happen!

Another change will be made with cash game tables. “Big Stack” tables with 30 BB minimum buy-in will be available soon and that should decrease the amount of short stack players. They seemed to rule ipoker with some nitty players making the whole network less interesting for good players. That will change now!

Another change will be done in ipoker rakeback policy. Ipoker skins now have more room to create some good VIP programs and give actually rake back. That was highly forbidden within iPoker network so skins paid players under the table and that situation was out of control lately. These rakeback policy changes should make iPoker more attractive to promote again. Networks like cake, entraction and boss media have fixed rakeback % and have no problems. Entraction rakeback is 30 % and not more. They have no confusing VIP system where players have no idea how much rake they will get back.

2010 WSOP Satellites Started at Most Online Poker Rooms

The World Series of Poker is by far the biggest series of tournaments played every year. Each year there are thousands of players traveling to Las Vegas in search of fame and fortune. Since the WSOP Main Event has a huge buy-in of $10.000 there aren’t that many players who are keen on forking out the buy-in on their own. The players are often looking to qualify either online via WSOP satellites at online poker rooms or they try their luck at satellites held at the casinos in Las Vegas.

The online qualifiers for the 2010 WSOP has already started at most online poker rooms and you can already win your seat to this years Main Event by playing in these satellites. Most online poker rooms worth mentioning will offer satellites were you can win your seat in different WSOP Events and they will also pay for your accommodation and give you spending money.

The online poker giant PokerStars.com is the online poker room that is sending the most players to the WSOP every year but they have yet to release their WSOP satellites schedule, we are however expecting them to release it during the next month. The 2010 WSOP satellites at Full Tilt Poker are scheduled to start during April which is great news for those of you living in the US who are an the hunt for 2010 WSOP satellites.

Unabomber Poker Officially Open for Business

During January we told you about the soft launch of Phil Laak’s own online poker room UnabomberPoker.com. After a while of waiting we have now reached the official launch of Unabomber Poker and you can finally start signing up and playing for real money. Obviously the UnabomberPoker signup bonus of 110% up to $500 for new players is now available when signing up.

For those of you who don’t know much about this new online poker room we can tell you that Unabomber Poker is a part of the very popular Cake Poker Network. This means that they are able to accept players from all over the world and they have good deposit options in place for US players.

One of the most attractive features at Unabomber Poker is the Gold Cards system where you get rewarded with Golf Card as you play at the real money tables. Be the first one to collect all the 52 different Gold Cards available and win a $52.000 jackpot. This is just one of the many cool promotions at Unabomber Poker.

Another cool promo is the one where you can win a place in one of Phil “Unabomber” Laak’s own home games, now that’s a promotion that you won’t be able to find anywhere else on the web.

PKR Live Scheduled for May in London

If you are a fan of the three-dimensional online poker site, PKR, or even if you haven’t checked it out but always wanted to, here’s a great opportunity to do just that. PKR recently announced that they will return to London’s Loose Cannon Club to host the PKR Live IV event. This live poker tournament will kick off on May 7th and culminate on May 9th, giving PKR players a chance to bring their 3D online avatars to life and play against each other face to face.

PKR Live IV will include a $500 main event as well as a $150 side event, but there will be plenty of cash games and sit n go’s on the side to accommodate all of the PKR fans who will be showing up for a chance to participate in the three day poker fest. If you are planning on going, don’t be late because you won’t want to miss the kickoff PKR Poker Party scheduled for May 6th, the night before the action starts. Knowing PKR’s reputation online and offline, this party promises to be a stellar event.

There are more players expected than the last installment of PKR Live, as this time around the buy-in has been halved from $1,000 to only $500 making it more affordable for players from all corners of the world. Just take what former PKR Live II champion, Karl “discmonkey” Fenton has to say about his victory: “No amount of blogs, posts or pictures can really put into words what this weekend means to those who really love the community and friendly ethos of our site. Plenty of other poker sites exist, but none are able to match this kind of weekend.”

One of the reasons PKR is so successful is that it truly is a different online poker experience. The 3D avatars and environments make playing online poker more realistic with such elements as tells and bluffs incorporated into the software design. If you haven’t tried it, you need to. Another big reason to try out PKR.com is the fact that you can get a pretty decent PKR Poker bonus right now.

Differences Between Live and Online Poker

Several Differences between Online and Live Poker

The game of poker is one that has seen many changes in its time. The exact roots are subject to debate, however some facts are known. Poker spread to into the backs of bars, to private home games and eventually into casinos. Now is a new age as poker games have moved to the internet. So the question is, what does this mean to the poker player?

The speed of play is an important factor between online poker and live poker play. On the internet the game moves along very fast. The online poker rooms instantly ’shuffle the deck’, so there is no time wasted. Also the computer dealer on the online poker site does not make mistakes or drop the cards. Another factor in the speed of play is the players. In online poker the player is only given around 10 seconds to respond before the software starts beeping and alerting the player. In a live card room a player is sometimes distracted by a conversation with a friend, or ordering a drink and this slows down the game. Because of these factors, it is important to be careful when playing online. If you go on tilt online you can lose a lot faster.

A great advantage to online poker is the availability of a poker game or poker tournament at any hour. With players stretched out across the globe, any time is a great time to play poker. A live game can be harder to come by, but that of course depends on where you live. Before playing at a poker site, please read online poker reviews so you can see if it is a good poker room or not.

Another thing to consider with online poker is the cost of play. With online poker you will usually pay a lower rake per hand. You will also not be expected to tip the dealer, or the waitress for that matter. With the high speed of online play any winning player will win more.  Also online poker rooms offer sign up bonuses with poker bonus codes.  Be sure to get the best poker bonus when signing up at a new poker site.

These are just a few of the differences you will find between live and online poker. There are many other things to consider, such as game selection, amenities of live rooms and others. If you haven’t tried both ways of playing poker you are missing out, and I suggest you go out there and give it a try!

PokerStars Dream Job Australia

Want to play poker in Australia and New Zealand for a year? Then download Poker Stars and take your best shot at the Dream Job Australia.

The PokerStars Dream Job Australia is a one-year contract to represent Poker Stars at many of the various events of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT). The contract comes with a $5,000 per month “salary” plus $40,000 to spend on buy-ins for whichever ANZPT events you choose. That brings the total worth of the Dream Job Australia prize package to $100,000.

In order to win this honor, you must excel in both online tournament poker and self-promotion, for part of the contest is an online poker tournament series while the other part is campaigning for the support of your online poker playing peers around the world.

The online poker tournament part of the PokerStars Dream Job Australia contest starts March 1 and includes daily freeroll tournaments Saturdays through Thursdays up through and including March 26. Every Friday during that period, Poker Stars will hold weekly final tournaments. The top 18 players from each of these weekly final tournaments will then meet on Saturday March 27^th for a big Grand Final.

From here, the popularity contest begins. Because the top 10 finishers from the Grand Final will head to Sydney, Australia where they will be quizzed on their knowledge of poker and be introduced to the Australian Team PokerStars pros. Over the 6 weeks that follow, the finalists will post blogs and Facebook posts and Twitters posts (Tweets) to try and convince the most number of players to turn out for a PokerStars tournament in their honor. Ten such tournaments will be held, one for each finalist, and the one that attracts the most entrants is declared the winner of the PokerStars Dream Job Australia.

Women’s World Open IV to Take Place this Month

PartyPoker and Matchroom Sport have announced that the PartyPoker.com Women’s World Open IV will happen in London this month on March 23rd through 24th. The event will feature 24 female players and a buy-in of $3,000, the prize pool will consists of $72K and a 6-seat final table. Three deep-stacked 8-handed heats will send the top two players from each to the final table. Starting chip stacks for the heats will be 200K with 1,000/2,000 starting blinds.

Confirmed participants are Team PartyPoker’s Kara Scott, as well as Anette Obrestad. Also appearing will be Aisling Collin’s, last year’s winner, and Japan’s Kim Wooka, last year’s runner up. Also confirmed are Shelley Rubenstein, Maria Demetriou, Laurence Grondin, Stefanie Bergener, Pippa Flanders, Christine Klecz, and Women’s World Open II winner, Soraya Homam.

Jesse May will provide commentary, with presenters Kara Scott and Tatiana Pasilic. The event will be internationally broadcast later this year.

Collin’s, a Sky Poker producer, was last year’s winner with her aggressive play. Spokesperson for PartyPoker said, “Last year Aisling proved that Britain ’s got talent but the same can be said about Japan in the form of Kim Wooka. Both will be strong contenders for the title this year. We’ve made the stacks deeper and the competition is just as fierce. It is great to have Kara in the line-up, she made her major breakthrough in the poker world by reaching the final table of the inaugural event and then she went on to cash big at the WSOP Main Event and Irish Open.”

Matchroom Sport director, Eddie Hearn, said, “The PartyPoker.com Women’s World Open has proved extremely popular with players, viewers and broadcasters over the last three seasons. As the game continues to grow, we have made a number of changes to our formats that enable the viewers to watch a deeper-stacked game with more skill, where players can really showcase their ability and flair.” Hearn continued, “We are delighted to welcome back Aisling Collins who will be defending her title but it won’t be easy as the likes of Annette Obrestad, Kara Scott, Laurence Grondin, Kim Wooka and Maria Demetriou will be looking to take it down.”

Steve “gboro780″ Joins Brunson 10

Poker legend Doyle Brunson and his online poker site DoylesRoom have signed yet another player to the Brunson 10 which is the poker team representing DoylesRoom.com. This time it’s the online poker pro Steve “gboro780″ Gross who joined the team. That means that there are now 6 players on this 10 man team.

Gross is only 24 years old and he has already manage to win close to $3 million playing online poker tournaments, and another $400.000 playing live tournaments. His biggest live tournament cash this year came in the short handed event of the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which awarded him $135.000.

Steve Gross is also the winner of the prestigious award “Online Poker Player of the Year” which is awarded by CardPlayer Magazine. This year he is in the lead when it comes to taking down the same award. There is no doubt that Gross is a very competent online poker player.

The other members of the Brunson 10 are: Alex “AJKHoosier1” Kamberis, Zachary “Crazy Zachary” Clark, Amit “amak316” Makhija, Chris “Moorman1” Moorman, och Dani “ansky” Stern.

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