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News articles from October-01-2008 to October-31-2008

Halloween on Mansion Poker
31-Oct-2008

It's the scariest night of the year and you certainly don't want to go out in spooky darkness outside. But never fear sit in at home log on to Mansion and try and win their Halloween bonuses!

Guaranteed Tournament Poker Action Listings
30-Oct-2008

The WSOP main event final table is just a few weeks ago and as those lucky players play for the $9 million first prize don't worry that you've missed out! There is still the chance to make big bucks in the coming weeks, and why not start this weekend with the guaranteed online tournaments. See the best of them listed below.

2008 LEOCOP Update
30-Oct-2008

Monday night MrHanky111, 22 of Sortland, Norway, was one of 417 runners to play in event 2 of the 2008 LEOCOP IV, the $50 Re-Buy. He scooped a first prize of $16,887.51 and an exclusive invitation to play in an online tournament that could see him seated in the semi-final of Poker Million VII playing for a million dollars.

TITAN POKER TEAM AUDITIONS
28-Oct-2008

Think you've got what it takes to make Team Titan Poker? Titan Poker has announced that it is staging a 3 month promotion to draft in 12 talented tournament poker players who will represent Titan Poker at land-based tournaments in 2009. Weekly and Monthly tournaments will be held in a number of different countries and at 3-day tournament races to qualify for the Final in December where the 12 members of the Titan Poker team will be determined.

Irish Winter Festival Main Event Result
28-Oct-2008

Fiachra Meere has won the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival main event, The Irish Masters, beating Englishman Chris Wood to take down the €150,000 first prize at the €1,500 buy-in event. The event attracted 423 players to the Citywest hotel in Dublin creating a prize pool of over €600,000.

Mauro Stivoli wins World heads-up Championship
27-Oct-2008

Italian Mauro Stivoli has won the world heads up championship that was held in the Casino Barcelona. He defeated Swedish player Jonas Danielsson in the final of the 2 day event and took home the handsome 65,000 Euro first prize.

Titan Poker Rolls out the Red Carpet for VIP Players
27-Oct-2008

Titan Poker's VIP Loyalty Race has proven to be a really big hit with all of their players, both new and veteran. Most online poker tournaments don't follow the cash-game format, but this creative tournament allows platinum, titanium and diamond VIP players to showcase their cash table talent as they compete for a share of a $10,000 prize pool.

Irish Open 2009 qualifying
24-Oct-2008

Paddypowerpoker.com today launched its biggest ever Irish Open promotion, the €100,000 Sole Survivor. All paddypowerpoker.com qualifiers to the Irish Open 2009 will be eligible for participation, and the player that becomes the 'Sole Survivor' by outlasting all other paddypowerpoker.com qualifiers in the tournament will win a €100,000 package.

Paddy Power Poker Irish Open
22-Oct-2008

One of the top online poker rooms, Paddy Power Poker has announced its biggest ever Irish Open promotion- aptly titled the €100,000 Sole Survivor. Everybody who takes part on the Irish Open 2009 by qualifying through paddypowerpoker.com will be eligible to win the €100,000 by outlasting all the other qualifiers from Paddy Power Poker.

How to play H.O.R.S.E
22-Oct-2008

In large cash games, players often agree to play a mix of poker games rather than a single game. This reduces the edge that a single-game specialist has, and emphasises a player's breadth across multiple versions of poker.

P5 Technology Powering Bwin’s New Italian Poker Network
21-Oct-2008

The Italian poker market has opened up to more participants and bwin's subsidiary Ongame Network Limited has taken the initiative to launch one of the most high-tech software you'll find anywhere in the industry.

Poker Player Profile: Jeff Kimber
21-Oct-2008

With the start of the World Poker Heads-up Championship 2008 starting in Barcelona today. Guidetopoker.com takes a look at the profile of last year's champion, Englishman Jeff Kimber.

GUKPT Update From Thanet
20-Oct-2008

23-year-old online pro player Andy Teng has secured victory in the 8th leg of the GUKPT at the G casino on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. He saw off a field of 226 players to win £68,380 in the Blue Square sponsored event after three hard fought days of no limit Texas hold'em poker.

POWER HOUR AT BLUE SQUARE POKER GOING TO HEADS UP
20-Oct-2008

When most of us think Power Hour, we think downing as many cheap glasses of beer as possible for a bargain basement price. Fair play to Blue Square Poker as they seem to have come up with the next best thing- their Power Hour Single Table Tournament Challenge!

Jimmy McSweeney Wins Irish Poker Festival
17-Oct-2008

A capacity-busting 832 entrants created a prize pool of €416,000 at Killarney, making the Irish Festival main event tournament the largest European ranking event ever. The €500 + €50 buy-in main event at the Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival, held from Oct. 2 to 5 in Killarney, Ireland, was eventually won by Jimmy McSweeney from Cork, Ireland, he took home €100,000 for his victory.

ECOOP III Preview
17-Oct-2008

The European Championship of Online Poker has returned for its third incarnation and this time there is even more exciting tournaments and even bigger prize pools! You've got a shot at taking home your share of over $4 million guaranteed in any one of the fourteen different ECOOP III tournaments. The tournaments start on November 24 and run until December 7.

Guaranteed Tournament Poker Action Listing
16-Oct-2008

Getting frustrated not being able to increase your bankroll? Try and qualify for one of these huge tournaments which allow players to make big bucks for small satellite buy-ins. Even if you do not win the events if you make the money then your bankroll will increased by quite an amount. If you make it real deep then a huge amount of money will be coming your way and more importantly you'll be on the way to making it as a big time poker player!

European Poker Tour Hungary Qualifying
15-Oct-2008

The first ever EPT event in Hungary takes place October 28-November 1 in the stunning city of Budapest. The €4,350, four-day No Limit Hold'em Hungarian Open follows the phenomenal success of recent EPT launches in Prague and Warsaw and is set to attract players from all over the world.

888.com Poker Open V
14-Oct-2008

From 27 October to 7th November in Maidstone in England the 888.com Poker open will take place. The prize pool will be a whopping $648,000, and you could be there representing your country and taking home a massive amount of money as well as making yourself know in the professional poker world.

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour in Kent
14-Oct-2008

A month after Tony Cascarino's win in Bolton, the GUKPT is back on the road once again and heading for the G Casino on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. The 8th leg of the tour takes place between the 13th-19th of October in the newest casino in the Grosvenor/G estate, which is experiencing the excitement of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour for the first time.

Win a Seat at the European Poker Tour in Prague
14-Oct-2008

The European Poker Tour's tournament in Prague, Czech Republic is rapidly approaching and you can win yourself a seat at this high profile tournament by joining up with Sun Poker and getting in any number of their satellite tournaments which offer direct entry into the EPT date.

Party Poker King of the Table!
10-Oct-2008

This is the tournament where you can prove you are worthy of such a high title. With a massive guaranteed prize pool of $2 million, the King of the Table is officially the largest tournament Partypoker.com have ever organised.

Online Poker Tournament Action for October 10 and 11
09-Oct-2008

The WSOP main event final table restarts in exactly a month so try and catch up with the big bucks that those players will be competing for with an attempt on one of the big online tournaments this weekend.

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Update
09-Oct-2008

Strategy: Playing a big live tournament for the first time
08-Oct-2008

The WSOPE and EPT London have now finished, but maybe you have now decided that you would like to be involved in these types of tournaments. This could mean playing live for the first time or perhaps playing big stakes for the first time. Either way here are some tips that may help you be a success and play your own game.

Titan Poker Qualifiers for ECOOP III
07-Oct-2008

The Third ECOOP, also known as the European Championship of Online Poker, is set to kick off mid next month over fourteen exciting days. An absolutely astonishing pile of cash is up for grabs with $4,150,000 being split amongst the top finishers.

LEOCOP IV Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker
07-Oct-2008

Every top player who knows the European online poker community inside and out knows just how important the LEOCOP poker tournament really is. With 16 Added Money tournaments going down over a 15 day period, the action is sure to surpass all previous tournaments.

CHASE THE CHAIR WITH LADBROKES POKER
07-Oct-2008

Ladbrokes is offering players another chance to Chase the Chair. This particular chair happens to be the last one located around the Poker Million VII table in London. Ladbrokes players are competing for this final position, which also includes $20,000 in prize money and the coveted ticket to the poker million, where the winner walks away with a cool million (US).

Michael Martin wins EPT London
07-Oct-2008

American Michael Martin has won the fifth PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London Open – and a record £1,000,000 first prize.

Power Hour on Blue Square Poker
06-Oct-2008

Blue Square Poker's 'synchronized winnings' promotion during the Olympics is back by popular demand and this time the stakes have been raised sky high by offering a top prize of a trip for two to Las Vegas including three night's stay at a 5 star hotel on the strip, a show and a helicopter flight tour!

High Stakes Guaranteed Poker Tournaments
03-Oct-2008

Welcome to Guidetopoker.com's weekly guide to where best to play online at the weekend. Cold weather approaches and it really is not particularly nice outside, so wrap up warm turn the heating up and switch on your laptop and try to make some big bucks.

John Juanda Strikes it Lucky at WSOPE
03-Oct-2008

At 10:32 am American John Juanda was the last man standing at the dramatic final table of the World Series of Poker Europe played at The Casino at The Empire, Leicester Square. Outlasting a starting field of poker heavyweights including Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson the newly crowned 2008 WSOPE champion Juanda has taken home the £868,000 cash first prize and a coveted WSOPE winner's bracelet.

PartyPoker.com's Women's World Open Starts Today!
03-Oct-2008

One lucky poker-playing lady will be taking home a cool $50,000 payday as the Partypoker.com Women's World Open officially kicked off today. Many of the top female poker players from around the world are going to be facing in London. Many people are saying that the odds-on favourite is last year's winner Bev Pace. Jen Mason and Maria Demetriou are also said to be serious contenders. The buy-in is $3,000.

Win a Ladbrokes Poker Experience Weekend!
01-Oct-2008

The Poker Experience takes place on 14-16th November at the Hilton London, Canary Wharf which is situated 15 minutes from London City Airport and in the heart of Canary Wharfs bustling business, café and shopping scene.