Archive for February, 2010

AJKHoosier1 added to Brunson 10

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Doyles Room has been working hard to create their own poker team called The Brunson 10. The team is to be comprised of ten young poker pros and they are going to bring the poker room to a new level, updating the site and keeping it fresh and current.
Doyles Room has been searching for a few months now to create the team and they recently added another player. Alex ‘AJKHoosier1’ Kamberis is the fifth member of the poker team, Kamberis is just twenty three years old but he has earned over $4 million in online tournament play. (more…)

The Main Governing Bodies in Online Gaming

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

A number of self proclaimed governing bodies have been established within the online gaming industry within recent years, causing some confusion amongst online gaming customers. We profile three of the leading governing bodies in order to clarify the options available to the customer should the worst ever happen to them. (more…)

Mastery-Level Poker Bankroll Management in Three Easy Steps

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Even if you are a winning poker player, you’ll end up broke if you don’t have solid money management skills. A major part of these money management skills is a sound bankroll management strategy that caters to the things that make you different as an individual player. Statistically speaking, the only two things that really matter are how big your edge on the game is and how high-variance your style of play is against your typical opponents. (more…)

PartyPoker Looking for new Team Member

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Party Poker is looking for their next team member to represent their online poker room. PartyPoker hosted a contest in which players could try out to be the next PartyPoker member. The site has narrowed it down to 16 finalists and now the public gets to vote on who will make the team.
The winner of the contest will get to be sponsored by PartyPoker for one year. The player will travel the tournament circuit representing the online poker room. The top sixteen have videos on PartyPoker’s Facebook page which can be viewed by the public to make a better decision. (more…)

Tony Parker to be sponsored by BetClic

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

BetClic is one of the leading sports books around and they recently announced the signing of one of the biggest names in pro basketball. Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs has signed a three year deal with the sports book. Parker is the point guard for the Spurs and will now be an ambassador for the site.Parker joins other sports stars as ambassadors for BetClic. Marcel Desailly, Stefan Effenberg and Kiko Narvaez are just a few of the sports stars who represent the site. BetClic picks the best and brightest to represent their sports book.

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Online Poker – Bankroll Management is More Than Just a Recommendation

Friday, February 26th, 2010

For many new players to the game of poker, the dream of becoming a world famous pro playing on TV with stacks of 10k bricks and the company of the world’s greatest players is often the driving force to take the game seriously. For young players especially, who see so many equal-aged peers becoming online millionaires, the motivation to follow in their footsteps is obvious. The path appears laid out and easy to duplicate. (more…)

Bet24 happy 9 year birthday”$900 Bet24 Birthday Freeroll”

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Join us tonight at 20:00 CET in our $900 freeroll to celebrate Bet24’s 9 year birthday!
Bet24 is turning 9 years today and to celebrate it we are running a freeroll with $900 added in the prize pool.
The tournament is having unlimited re-buys the first hour for only $1.
Come and join the birthday party at Bet24!

Sunpoker special bonus and promotions

Friday, February 26th, 2010

TRIPLE DEPOSIT BONUS
All new players signing up for a SunPoker account will receive a 100% match welcome bonus up to $500 on your first three deposits, starting March 1st, 2010.That’s right, a $500+ initial deposit awards the full $500 bonus. But, if you want to deposit $20 on your first deposit to get going, that’s all right too. The 100% match bonus is awarded on each of your first three deposits up to $500 in total bonuses. You have 90 days to claim all three deposit specials and 90 days to clear each of your bonuses.

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Lineup Announced for upcoming NBC event

Friday, February 26th, 2010

The NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship is set to begin very soon and the list of poker pros that will be competing has been released. This event will see sixty four players competing. Most of the players will be poker pros but the lineup will also include seven online qualifiers. (more…)

IOC accepts poker on their list of skill games

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

The International Mind Sports Association have announced that they intend to accept the International Federation of Poker as a member association at their next meeting in April. This means that the International Olympic Committee will automatically accept poker on their list of skill games such as chess, bridge, checkers or go. “Getting the same recognition as chess and bidge is a great breakthrough for poker,” says the IFP president, author Anthony Holden. (more…)