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BWIN's Sit and Go Double or Nothing Stucture Taking Off
19-Nov-2008

Fish tables are constantly on the radar of ambitious poker players looking for the quick cash in and it looks like BWIN's Double or Nothing sit and go tables are the best ticket out there. Full table action is gaining a lot of attention right now with the structure being set so that players quickly double their money if they place in the top five.

Party Poker's $2,000,000 King of the Table Tournament
19-Nov-2008

Not a lot of regular poker players have the bankroll to afford a $128,000 buy-in tournament, so Party Poker has made qualifying for free a very attractive option for their King of the Table tournament. The final for this tournament runs on November 30th, 2008 and the guaranteed cash prize winnings are a solid $2,000,000. There are three qualifying options to get your seat in the tournament: daily free rolls, buy-ins as starting at $1 and moving up to $64, or players can cash in on their poker points.

BETTER POKER RUNNING APT AND IRISH OPEN SATELLITES
19-Nov-2008

If one of your New Years resolutions for 2009 is playing in a high-profile high-stakes poker tournament, then you likely can't do much better than Better Poker. Thanks to Better poker, you can win yourself a seat at a number of key poker events around the globe.

GUKPT GRAND FINAL STARTS NOVEMBER 20
18-Nov-2008

The Grand Final of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour is set to kick off in two days time and will feature some of the top poker competition from around Europe. The tournament is, effectively, a freeroll open only to players that have qualified for the event by finishing in the money at any of the previous GUKPT legs.

WSOP RECORDS RECORD TV AUDIENCE
18-Nov-2008

After a wholesale alteration to the format of the World Series of Poker Main Event tournament, the results are in and the ratings indicate that it was a smashing success. While a number of poker fans (not to mention the players competing) were a bit dismayed to learn that they would have to wait an additional 5 months to find out who the ultimate winner is, ESPN has revealed that the end result was definitely worth the wait.

VAN MARCUS STRIKES AGAIN!
18-Nov-2008

Australian Van Marcus finally earned the breakout finish he has been looking for after years of consistent cash finishes in winning the 285 player field at the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker tour stop in Manila. Marcus has been on PokerStars radar for a number of years as a must-watch player, but it took this first place finished to solidify his status as an up and coming tournament player.

BRIAN CLARKE WINS 9TH LEG OF GUKPT
17-Nov-2008

Scotland's Brian Clarke deafeated Zachary Ford in what has been described as one of the best final tables in the history of UK-based poker. The £96,500 first prize wound up in the hands of a night watchman from Blackpool who was overcome with emotion and literally at a loss for words at the G Casino in his hometown.

MILLION DOLLARS GUARANTEED AT CELEBPOKER
17-Nov-2008

Are you looking to win your share of €1,000,000 this holiday season? If so, you should head over to Celebpoker and get in on their €1,000,000 Guaranteed Tournament which will be held on December 14 at 19:00 GMT. Satellites have been running since late October and there is still plenty of time to qualify if high stakes poker action is your type of thing.

BE A PRO POKER PLAYER: ANOTHER SHOT AT EARNING A SPONSORSHIP CONTRACT WITH TITAN POKER
17-Nov-2008

If you've ever dreamed of becoming a top-level poker pro with a sponsorship deal and all the great things that come along with it, you can qualify by winning a tournament at Titan Poker. Join Team Titan at live poker events around the world by topping the other winners from the preliminary events where the final 12 players will earn a sponsorship deal. Those are pretty darn good odds when you think about it.

HEADS UP POKER CHALLENGE BLUE SQUARE
14-Nov-2008

The Blue Square Heads up Challenge is still in full swing and is set to continue for another week and a half. Blue Square's customary Power Hour heads from the single table tournaments over to the Heads Up tables and is expected to provide an immense challenge for all poker players. Everybody knows heads up action is where it's at, and Blue Square Poker wants to make it worth your while.

FULL ECOOP III SCHEDULE
14-Nov-2008

A number of different online poker rooms are sending players to the European Championship of Online Poker or ECOOP and the action is drawing closer and closer every day with Monday, November 24th being the opening event in the series.

Everest Poker Launches EPEC
14-Nov-2008

Everest Poker, one of the internet's most popular and widely-known online poker rooms has officially announced the launch of its Everest Poker European Cup (EPEC). The announcement, which was made yesterday, was music to the ears of Everest Poker players who are never ones to turn down a high stakes tournament. Let alone 27 of them.

PARTY POKER PREMIER LEAGUE ANNOUNCES DEVILFISH AND TONY G
13-Nov-2008

The Party Poker Premier League III is taking place in London from November 24-30th and they have announced a few more top poker players will be in attendance. Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott and Tony G have been added to the line-up which already includes, Annette Obrestad, Andy Black, Roland de Wolfe, Juha Helppi, JC Tran, Nenad Medic and Victoria Coren.

DANE WINS LEOCOP IV MAIN EVENT
13-Nov-2008

It has been an incredible week for Danish poker. With Peter Eastman winning the $9 million WSOP final table being the biggest news of the week, many Danish poker enthusiasts were surprised to hear that a Dane beat out over 600 players to clinch the LEOCOP IV Main Event at Ladbrokes.

LATEST RESULTS FROM FTOPS X
13-Nov-2008

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series has seen tournament poker players win over $1.75 million within just two tournaments. Monday saw the $300 mixed hold 'em followed by the $1,000 NLHE.

PETER EASTGATE WINS WSOP MAIN EVENT
12-Nov-2008

22 year-old Danish poker pro Peter Eastgate became an overnight multi-millionaire after vanquishing Russian Ivan Demidov to win the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet. After delaying the final table event for several months, the winner was ultimately crowned and poker's biggest prize got even bigger.

CRYPTOLOGIC MERGING ONLINE POKER ROOMS WITH BOSS MEDIA
12-Nov-2008

Breaking news from the world online poker, venerable poker network Cryptologic has announced plans for a 2009 merger with Boss Media. Cryptologics impressive staple of clients includes Sun Poker, Playboy Poker, Interpoker, Classic Poker, Betsafe Poker and the online poker arm of popular English bookmaker William Hill.

SUN POKER ANNOUNCES EPT PRAGUE SATELLITES
12-Nov-2008

One of the most high-profile dates on the European Poker Tour, sponsored by Pokerstars, is the upcoming EPT Prague. Last year, a massive €2,500,000 prize pool had over 550 players competing for a slice. Organizers and industry experts believe that this years tournament could surpass all previous years in terms of players participating and the overall prize pool.

ASIAN POKER TOUR BACKED BY IPOKER, PARTYPOKER AND EVEREST POKER
11-Nov-2008

The Asian Poker Tour is being backed by some of the largest online poker rooms in the world and many experts believe this will help the APT increase the pool of quality players and the profile of the live poker tour. Players at these sites will be able to win their way to even more Asian Poker Tour live events over the next few years and the action shows no signs of slowing down now.

Titan Poker's Irish Open 2009 Taking Shape
11-Nov-2008

Titan Poker, the largest poker room in the iPoker network, has announced several important celebrity appearances for their upcoming Irish Open 2009, which will be taking place in Dublin during April of next year. Doyle Brunson, Sorel Mizzi, Padraig Parkinson and Ciaran O'Leary will all be in attendance competing for the more than €3,000,000 prize pool.

EVEREST POKER LAUNCHES NEW VIP PROGRAM
11-Nov-2008

One of the most popular global poker rooms, Everest Poker, has recently announced that they have launched a new loyalty scheme. The VIP Summit Club, created after receiving lots of feedback from customers, will offer bigger bonuses and higher point-to-cash conversion.

GUKPT Champion of Champions Tournament
10-Nov-2008

The next stage in the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour is the Champion of Champions Tournament which will be unfolding at the G Casino in Luton on Thursday December 4th. Originally scheduled to happen over a two day period, it has been condensed to one single day and the event guarantees a prize pool of £75,000.

New Tournaments at Titan Poker
10-Nov-2008

Titan Poker, in the midst of its ECOOP III, tournament has also announced a few exciting new guaranteed tournaments that can get you either a substantial amount of cash for nothing, or you could wind up finding yourself sitting at the final table of the Asian Poker Tour!

WSOP FINAL TABLE- AND THEN THERE WERE TWO
10-Nov-2008

The 2008 World Series of Poker Final Table has been narrowed down to its final two players and we are guaranteed to have a new WSOP winner. Peter Eastgate of Denmark and Ivan Demidov of Russia are the two remaining players competing for the title of the coveted annual event.

TeamShizz Takes down FTOPS Event #2
07-Nov-2008

FTOPS X Event # 2- $240 + $16 PL Omaha Knockout - $200,000 Guaranteed held on November 6th, 2008 at Full Tilt Poker saw an impressive turnout with 1165 players showing up to play this knockout tourney. This figure beat the number of 1138 players who turned up for FTOPS IX Event # 2 in August 2008. The only difference being the fact that in FTOPS IX the Event 2 was played for PL Omaha/8 while this time Full Tilt Poker changed it to PL Omaha.

Ryan Hurst Wins Bwin PokerIsland
07-Nov-2008

bwin, the world's leading online gaming provider, has found its winner on PokerIsland: 32-year-old Canadian Ryan Hurst is the winner of the 14-week poker tournament. After seven weeks of intense poker playing on PokerIsland, he emerged as the victor in the final round. "The tournament was nerve-wracking and very exciting," said Hurst, a professional poker player: "All the participants in the final round played incredibly well and it wasn't easy."

Play Poker Against Wayne Mardle with Stan James Poker!
07-Nov-2008

The latest news from the good folks at Stan James is revealing an incredibly exciting promotion for all of you darts and poker fans out there. Wayne Mardle (current world no. 5) is gonig to be playing at an exclusive Stan James single-table tournament in Gibraltar.

Mr.Vogt Wins FTOPS NL Hold'em Shootout!
07-Nov-2008

FTOPS X Event # 3- $500 + $35 NL Holdem 3 x Shootout - $300,000 Guaranteed held on November 6th, 2008 at Full Tilt Poker saw an impressive turnout with 729 players showing up to play this shootout tourney. This figure beat the number of 662 players who turned up for FTOPS IX Event # 18 NL Hold 'em 3 x Shootout held in August 2008.

FTOPS X - EVENT 1 - LIVE UPDATE
06-Nov-2008

FTOPS X got of to a great start, with 5124 players showing up for the $200 + $16 NL Hold'em 6 Max event, thus crossing the guaranteed amount of $1 Million in prize money.

Davin77 Wins FTOPS Event #1
06-Nov-2008

Playing his first ever tourney at Full Tilt Poker, German player creates sensation by winning FTOPS X Event # 1- $200 + $16 NL Hold'em 6 Max - $1 Million Guaranteed.

After battling it out for 9 hours 35 minutes, a new player from Germany playing under the id "davin77", outlasted 5123 other players to take down the first event at FTOPS X at Full Tilt Poker. He won $195,757.30 for his efforts.

Full Tilt Online Series of Poker Curtain Raises
06-Nov-2008

With the Final table of WSOP 2008 barely a week away, the excitement is running high amongst poker players around the world. What is adding to this November poker carnival is the tenth edition of the most awaited online poker series called the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or FTOPS in short.

FTOPS Satellite Challenge
06-Nov-2008

Full Till Poker allows its players to try and qualify for a FTOPS X event as many times as they can. For every additional satellite that you win, Full Tilt Poker will credit your account with equal number of T$.

PRIZES AWAIT WINNERS OF THE FTOPS
06-Nov-2008

Apart from the prize money there are special limited edition gifts for all players who make it to the final table at any of the event during FTOPS X. All final table players will receive a limited edition FTOPS jacket. The winners would receive the jacket along with a gold FTOPS jersey and an exclusive gold jersey avatar for use on Full Tilt Poker.

ECOOP III IN FULL SWING
05-Nov-2008

The third incarnation of the European Championship of Online Poker has been sending a surge of players towards Titan Poker, one of the biggest destination in online poker and the largest member of the Playtech iPoker Network. Players are competing for their share of the massive $4.15 million in guaranteed tournament prizes played out over a total of fourteen different tournaments.

ASH STUBS OUT OPPOSITION AT GROSVENOR GRAND PRIX
03-Nov-2008

Former European number one Ash Hussain has won the Grosvenor Grand Prix in Walsall. The unique pot limit hold'em event, which is now a part of the GUKPT had a relatively small field of 58 players, but represented great value, as Blue Square Poker added £25,000 to the prize pool. Players were not permitted to buy into the event, but could only take part by winning a seat via a series of £50 rebuy satellites. Two years ago Hussain's brother Zahir 'Zippy' Aslam won this same tournament and now Ash has brought the trophy back home to Accrington once again.

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.