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New Record Broken at PokerStars

It feels like we are reporting about new records being set at PokerStars at least a couple of times a month. The Russian player who recorded over 40.000 hands played within a 24 hours period at PokerStars.com did not get to hold on to the record for very long.

The record has already been broken by a player who goes under the alias “ChicagoJoey” who managed to play 50.470 hands in just 21 hours. Not only did he break the old record but he also managed to do something that the Russian player failed to do, to make a profit.

“ChicagoJoey” played at the $0.10/$0.25 pot limit and no limit tables and ended up making a profit of $800 after 21 hours and 50.470 hands. This makes it an hourly wage of about $38. But he also won $33.000 from one of his friends in a prop bet for having completed this challenge.

If you want to try to beat this record you will need to have an account at PokerStars. Use the PokerStars marketing code PSP11903 when creating your account together with the deposit bonus code STARS600 for a free bonus up to $600.

Expekt Referrer Code December 2009

The ever popular gaming portal Expekt is now presenting great bonuses when signing up and entering referrer code EXPPBS in the registration process during the month of December 2009. This bonus code qualifies players for several bonuses over the different products such as sports betting, poker and casino.

Sportsbook Bonus

In their sportsbook there is a 100% match bonus up to €35 / £30 / $50 or equivalent in other currency. All that is needed to claim this bonus is to make your first deposit of at least €10 and fill out a short form with customer ID and deposited amount.

Poker Bonus

Poker players can also look forward to a great sign up bonus in the Expekt poker room. Upon your first transfer to the poker client, you will receive a match bonus of this amount, with the maximum amount being $600. The referral code EXPPBS does also qualify you for the $1000 Welcome Freeroll with very good value, for absolutely free.

Casino Bonus

Expekt introduced their new fantastic Casino only a couple of months ago and you can now try it out with a great welcome bonus. Your first transfer to the Casino will be doubled up to the amount of €200. There are certain terms and conditions for all these bonuses and you can read more about them after registration.

These are all the best bonuses and promotions you can receive at Expekt in December, just remember to sign up with the Expekt referrer code EXPPBS in the registration of your account.

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Isildur1 Reaches All Time Low at Full Tilt Poker

It didn’t take long for Isildur1 to win huge amounts of money from Tom “durrrr” Dwan. For a short while the anonymous Swede was up over $6 million at Full Tilt Poker. But the bad news for Isildur1 is that it went even faster to lose all of the money back again, and more.

In just two days Isildur1 managed to lose $5 million according to highstakesdb.com. This means that he has now lost all of the previous winnings back and is now at a loss in total at Full Tilt Poker.

According to Highstakesdb.com he is now at a $1.2 million loss since he entered the high stakes tables at FullTilt. This is a couple of hundred thousand lower than he was just before his major rush against durrrr started. That was about a month ago and now it remains to be seen if Isildur1 will manage to turn this around one more time before going completely busto.

A lot of people at different poker forums are saying that this was the only possible outcome while others still seem to think that he will manage to turn this bad trend around once again.

One thing is for sure though, if he want’s to have any chance of becoming a winning player once more then he really needs to work on his PLO tilt which is costing him a fortune at the moment.

Viktor Blom is NOT Isildur1

The speculations are many when it comes to figuring out who is hiding behind the alias Isildur1 at Full Tilt Poker. At the various poker forums the guesses have been everything from Todd Brunson to “maratonas“, but the most common guess has been Viktor Blom. Two days ago we reported that Tony G actually went out and told all his blog readers that he knew for a fact that Isildur1 is Viktor Blom.

However it looks like the speculations can start again as Viktor Blom told Bluff Europe that he is NOT Isildur1.

In an interview with the magazine he said:

I am not the one you are looking for, keep trying.

It is doubtful if we will ever get to know who is actually hiding behind this alias as that person probably does not want the Swedish government to know he is raking in big wins playing online poker.

Betsson Win at EGR Awards

The online gambling company Betsson won the award for the most responsible gaming company at the EGR Awards this year. These awards are considered to be the Oscars of the online gambling industry. The ceremony was held on the 30th of November and was hosted by eGaming Review as always. Betsson beat the other nominees in this category who was Camelot, PartyGaming, Ladbrokes and many more. It was the total and all around effort made by Betsson when it comes to being a socially responsible company that made them stand out from the crowd.

Betsson are promoting responsible gambling over the internet in newspapers, radio and on the TV. They are also donating significant amounts of money towards helping gambling addicts.

December 2009 PokerStars Marketing Code

The December 2009 PokerStars Marketing Code PSP11903 gets you a 100% bonus up to $600 on your first three deposits at PokerStars. Just make two more deposits within 90 days of your first deposit, and you’ll get the maximum value out of this bonus. This poker bonus has a generous six-month expiration period, so you’ll have plenty of time to clear all of your first three deposit bonuses. To receive the cash, just play cash games and tournaments with real money to collect VIP points to earn 17 times your full bonus amount. Once you’ve cleared your first $10 worth of bonus, it will be credited to your account and in $10 installments thereafter.

You’ll also want to go for the free-to-enter PokerStars Passport 2009 Leaderboard and Main Event promotions. There will be even more passports given out this month than ever before, with passport packages ranging from 1-stamp to 5-stamp passports to be given out in January at the culmination of the promotion, the PokerStars Passport 2009 Main Event and the three consolation tournaments. These passports will get you to and get you into live tournaments located all over the world like the European Poker Tour and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. The best part about this is that it’s free to enter, and all you have to do is play poker as normal between December 1st and December 31st, 2009. The top 200 places on the December Leader Board will compete in the Main Event for passports and cash prizes. The top 2000 finishers will be divied up to compete in the three consolation tournaments. All of these tournaments will take place on January 21st, 2010 at 14:00 ET. Don’t miss out on a chance to travel the world and play with the pros in big-money live tournament events. If you are going to be playing a lot of tournaments this month, you should do it at PokerStars.

PokerStars to Launch Mobile Poker Software

The worlds largest poker room PokerStars.com will soon be available in a version for your mobile phone as they have bought up Cecure Gaming who are developing games for mobile phones.

No official statements have been made by PokerStars regarding the launch of a mobile poker software but when reading between the lines it does look as if they have plans on entering the mobile market.

The reason for the recent speculation about a mobile PokerStars software is the fact that they have bought up Cecure Gaming who are a mobile games developer. Due to the financial climate there has not been as much money to be made in the mobile games market but back in 2000 they got $20 million to develop the best and most secure mobile poker room.

Since this company is now being owned by online poker giant PokerStars is is not too far fetched to believe that they will be launching their own mobile poker room.

More to expect when it comes to UIGEA Regulations

News has it that the implementation process of the UIGEA/Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act regulations has been delayed once again. The US Treasury Department is expected to delay the operation of regulations that will necessitate banks to stop online poker and the other gambling procedure via credit cards.

The UIGEA was passed in October 2006 when it started categorising some forms of online gambling making them illegal. Some forms of gambling such as such as horse racing and state lotteries have been exempted from this but the others started to suffer.

It was said initially that the banks and other financial institutions had a limit set that by the 1st of December, 2009 to comply with the UIGEA rules but bit by bit, the new guidelines have dwindled into nothing with bank wires and checks barely being mentioned as part of UIGEA.

The PPA/Poker Players Alliance is the force behind this delay as they have been fighting and lobbying very strongly against these regulations to appear. This seems to have worked as now the delay is final and it seems like it will take another 6 months for any real regulations to kick in. The delay is in fact expected as we wait eagerly for Barney Frank’s office to release a solid statement this week.

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