On July 27th 2010, Betfair most known for its sports-betting operation makes the move to OnGame Poker Network. With this move to the OnGame poker network, Betfair traffic will quintuple in size. Players will enjoy a lot more action as well as new games to play such as five card draw, omaha 8 or better, and seven card stud hi/lo. Read the rest of this entry »

True Poker has began running satellite tournaments to win a free seat into the Punta Cana Poker Classic. The Punta Cana Poker Classic is held in the Moon Palace hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on November 10th to the 14th, 2010.

There are 4 ways to get into the True Poker Punta Cana SuperSatellite Main Event starting as low as $0.50 to win a trip  to Dominican Republic. Sit n Gos and tournaments running 24/7. Seat winners receive the Poker Beach Prize packpage which includes tournament buyin, airfare, hotel, and more. Read the rest of this entry »

The people at RakeBackRolls.com spent the last 2 weeks preparing the forum for their members. Today they open their doors to all their members and anyone who wants to join. Read the rest of this entry »

PlayersOnly promotion for the Tour de France is called Tour de Poker. From July 3rd until July 31st, PlayersOnly Tour De Poker race players must earn 1,000 VIP points in each stage of the 21 stage race. The top 50 players to complete all 21 stages first will share $35,000 in cash prizes. First place prize is $2,500. Read the rest of this entry »

Just three days after the bad beat jackpot had been won, it was hit once again at Carbon Poker. The first was hit on Friday 26th 2010, with KiwiGreg being the big winner. He picked up $137,545.83 after his quad 8′s were cracked by ZonkerHarris and his quad 10′s. ZonkerHarris went away with $68,772.91 for winning the hand, with everybody else at the table winning $9,824.70 each just for participating in the hand. Read the rest of this entry »

Carbon Poker have signed actress and keen poker player, Shannon Elizabeth as their newest pro player. The American Pie star will represent the site at offline tournamenta, play at the online poker room and also keep fans up to date by writing on the Carbon Poker blog.

If your still unsure of exactly who Shannon Elizabeth is, you may know her from Dancing With The Stars, The Grand or That 70′s Show. She is already blogging on the Carbon Poker site so be sure to check it out and keep up to date with the star. Read the rest of this entry »

The PPA (Poker Players Alliance) have announced they will be holding a fundraising “money bomb” on July 1st to raise additional funds to aid their fight to licence and regulate online poker.

If you are unfamiliar with the PPA, they are a group of over one million members who are all fighting to make online poker legal in the US. The group is supported by a host of famous poker pros, including Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer. Read the rest of this entry »

As a result of the gambling laws changing in France, Pokerstars have opened a version of the software just for French players, Pokerstars.fr. The site opened for real money games on Wednesday 30th June 2010 after the company were granted a licence from the Autorité de Régulation des Jeux en Ligne (ARJEL) to operate in France. The new law states that player’s can only play on sites that are located in France and only against other French players. Read the rest of this entry »

Online poker room Power Poker and poker pro Ziigmund featured in Finland’s big rap stars Uniikki featuring Elastinen & Spekti – “Pojat On Poikii” (“Boys Will Be Boys”) music video. While the song is rather old (a year or so) the music video is new and getting very popular.

The idea of doing the music video was by none other than Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies himself. He talked with Power Poker (Known for throwing wild parties like the Power Poker Ziigmund and Paris party.) about doing the music video and Power Poker is not going to turn down their poker pro with a wild idea like this. Read the rest of this entry »