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The Recent Phenomenon Of Instant Poker

It seems that a new variant of online poker is currently booming in the United States. Instant Poker was first introduced by some major poker sites (Party Poker in particular) in an effort to better streamline their product across systems and player scenarios. For example, a player at work will be looking to play in his browser rather than to download software. That way no traces are left on his business machine. Others will have access to lower throughput connections, and will simply want to bypass download times. Although Party Poker had one of the original no-download poker clients, their strategy has been mirrored by other operators such as Ultimate Bet and Bodog. Today, Instant Poker clients are the shortest distance between a prospective online player and the virtual felt.

Instantpoker.org was conceived to fulfill your immediate poker needs. It is a solid resource that can serve as a compass if you are just starting out. The site even hosts a small poker client for visitors to try out (no sign-up is required). Instantpoker.org currently lists and reviews the best instant holdem clients. They are typically based on Java and playable via your own internet browser. The best ones to date are the following: Ultimate Bet, Bodog, Absolute Poker and Party Poker.

What limitations do the no-download versions have ? Surprisingly little. Yes, you can still use them to play real money. Some may have restrictions on the range of games that you can play, but this is uncommon. As a rule, there is nothing that should prevent you from using the instant version if you prefer. In some instances, you may loose some slight graphical rendering. However, this isn’t what’s going to make or break your poker career. In fact, I personally like my poker clients to be as bare bones as possible in an effort to prevent stalling at all costs.

A question that is often asked is whether new players still need to register for the instant play clients. The answer is “yes” of course. This process varies in time length but is generally significantly shorter than downloading. The poker websites need to keep track of their user base and your information will be safely stored in their database.

What does the future look like for instant poker sites ? Very positive to say the least. As the hardware requirements to play online poker loosen, new platforms like the iPhone will be be ideal to play a few hands of your favorite game.

PokerStars.com Marketing and Bonus Code

The world largest online poker room, PokerStars.com were only offering a tiny $50 sign up bonus for a very long time and ended up having one of the worst bonus offers on the market. But about 6 months ago they decided to revamp their whole bonus schedule along with the first deposit bonus.

PokerStars are currently offering new players a 100% bonus up to $600 when making their first deposit. This means that they have gone from having a really bad first deposit bonus to having one of the best poker bonuses on the market.

How to get the $600 bonus at PokerStars.com
Getting your account set up for the 100% bonus at PokerStars is quite easy but just to make sure that you don’t miss out on this bonus we have put down a couple of steps that you can follow to make sure you are getting the bonus that you deserve.

Step 1 – Go to the PokerStars.com website and download the software and install it on your computer.

Step 2 – During the registration process you will be asked to fill out a PokerStars marketing code, in this field you should enter the code PSP11903.

Step 3 – When making your first deposit you will see a field called “PokerStars bonus code”. In this field you will need to enter the bonus code STARS600.

Once these three steps are completed and you have made your first deposit you will be able to see you bonus under the “Pending Bonus” section of the Cashier.

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.

March 2010 Full Tilt Poker Referral Code

Full Tilt Poker is offering a $600 new player deposit bonus for March 2010 when you use Full Tilt Poker Referral Code TILTME600. Just play poker with real money at Full Tilt to earn Full Tilt Points. For each $1 in raked pots you play, you’ll get 1 Full Tilt Point, and you’ll get 7 Full Tilt Points for every $1 you pay in tournament fees. You’ll get your bonus in 10% increments or $20 installments, whichever you earn first. You’ll have 120 days to clear this bonus in full.

The month of March is a great month to join Full Tilt Poker because they are celebrating March Madness. There are a number events going on this month from sit & gos to freerolls to big-money guaranteed tournaments. The Sit & Go Madness offers you a chance to win a piece of $125K in cash money, and the $50K Madness Freeroll will also be rewarding. The action kicked off Friday, March 5th and will run through March 7th. The $50K Madness Freeroll will then take place on March 13th at 16:50 ET.

Also this month, the Mini FTOPS XV kicks off on March 10th with the first event, the $22 NLH tournament beginning at 21:00 ET and offering a $350K prize pool. The whole series includes 27 events, all of which parallel the previous FTOPS held last month, but are featured at 1/10th the buy-in costs. The final and main event will close the series on March 21st at 17:00 ET and will cost a buy-in of $55 and feature NLH. The guaranteed prize pool for this event will be $800K. There are a couple cheaper buy-ins on the schedule, and all of the tournaments feature a massive prize pool ranging from $150K up to the final event paying out $800K.

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.

Carbon Poker Coupon Code March 2010

The Carbon Poker Bonus for March 2010 is worth 100% of your deposit up to $600. When you make your first deposit of no less than $10 and use Carbon Poker coupon code EPB500 you’ll receive up to $600 in Carbon Poker bonus cash. What makes being a new player at Carbon Poker even better, is that all new depositors receive 14 entries for the Daily $500 New Depositor Freeroll that gives you 14 opportunities to play with other new Carbon Poker players.

To clear the bonus, just earn VIP points when you play real money cash games and tourneys at Carbon Poker. For each 375 VIP points you earn, $5 of your bonus will be credited to your real money account ($1 per 75 VIP points). You continue earning $5 installments until you’ve cleared the entire bonus.

Also, throughout the month of March at Carbon Poker, you can win more than $500 every day (through March 31st) in the March Madness promo. There are 10 levels for you to shoot through and win cash prizes, as you climb the hoop ladder and compete for $16,500 in cash. For every VIP point you earn playing real money cash games and tournaments at Carbon Poker, you’ll move up the ladder. Once you unlock a Hoop Level, you can pick 1 of 5 hoops. Random prizes lie behind each hoop, so choose wisely!

For example, Hoop Level 1, which requires that you earn 50 VIP points, will have 5 Hoop prizes, 4 $0.50 and 1 $1 prize; what you pick is what you get! The last level, Level 10, requires that you earn 2,500 VIP points, and the five prizes available are $250, 2 $100, $75, and $50. Sign up with Carbon Poker today, so you can start competing in this promotion and winning free poker money!

Expekt.com Starts Live Dealer Casino

A couple of months ago Expekt.com decided to update their online casino software and added a Microgaming powered casino to their portfolio. The old casino that is powered by TAIN is still available for those who want’s to use that but we can’t imagine anyone would pick that over the Microgaming version.

As they started using the Microgaming software for their new casino they also added a live dealer casino which should be very interesting for casino players who are mainly interested in playing blackjack, roulette and baccarat. All of those three games are available as live dealer casino games where you actually see a dealer giving you your cards via live stream. Many online casino customers prefer this to the traditional casino games due to the fact that they can be sure that the games are not rigged in any way. The only downside to these live dealer games is that they move a lot slower than the traditional versions as you actually have to sit and wait for the other players to make their decisions. But that’s a small price to pay for the exceptional feel you get from these games in our opinion. When playing these live dealer games you actually get the feel of being present at an actual casino. It doesn’t get any closer to reality than that.

€200 Bonus for New Players
As a new customer at the Expekt Casino you will be able to take advantage of a 100% first deposit bonus up to €200. This means that a €200 first deposit will give you a starting balance of €400. This is a great way to get started and try out the brand new Microgaming powered online casino and live dealer games at Expekt.com. This bonus is only available to players signing up using the Expekt referrer code EXPPBS.

Doyles Room Rakeback Promo Code March 2010

This month at Doyles Room you will be able to get a life long rakeback deal when creating your account through us here at OnlinePokerNews.org. What we can offer you is the best possible rakeback deal that you can find at Doyles Room, and on the whole Cake Poker Network for that matter. Follow the instructions on this page and you will be on your way to get started with a 33% rakeback deal and a 110% up to $550 first deposit bonus.

Step 1 – Clear your cookies and temp files and then click here to get to the Doyles Room website.

Step 2 – Click on the “Download Now” button to get to the registration page. On the registration page it is very important that you enter the Promo Code DOYLES33 when asked. If you fail to enter this code we can not guarantee that you will get the rakeback deal.

Step 3 – Go on to download the software and install it on your computer.

Step 4 – Complete the registration and make a first deposit and you are ready to go.

110% Bonus up to $550 at Doyles Room
As a new player at Doyles Room you will always be welcomed with a 110% bonus up to $550 and this is obviously available for you as a rakeback player as well. The great thing about Doyles Room is that they don’t make any deductions for bonuses paid out so it will not affect your rakeback deal when you clear your bonus.

Rakeback Payments Schedule
As a rakeback player you will be getting 33% of all the rake you generate back to your poker account once a month. The rakeback payments at Doyles Room are usually made within the first 5 days of the month.

Rakeback Support
If you have any questions about this rakeback deal at DoylesRoom.com you can either leave a comment in the comment box below and we will reply to you here and by email or you can just contact us by email at info (at) onlinepokernews.org.

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