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PaddyPowerPoker.com Battle Of The Sites

2008-06-23T02:45:00.000-07:00

14 websites will fight it out for over $15,000 during August and September

paddypowerpoker.com today announces the Battle Of The Sites (B.O.T.S.) promotion, in which 14 leading poker websites will compete for prizes worth more than $15,000 during August and September.

Each website’s readers will have the opportunity to play in website-specific tournaments with $300 added by paddypowerpoker.com to each prizepool. The winner of each of the Round 1 tournaments will represent their designated website in the Grand Final tournament in September, with more than $10,000 in cash and prizes added by paddypowerpoker.com.

“B.O.T.S. will pit some of the leading poker websites against each other and we’ll have a bag of popcorn in hand watching it all go down!” said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. “With the winning player taking down a package to the 2009 Irish Open and 2nd place winning an Irish Winter Festival package, there’s a lot more to play for than just pride!”

Welik-poker.com is proud to be included in the top 14 poker websites by paddy power poker and is committed to winning the Battle Of The Sites. We see this as an excellent ‘value’ tournament with a 2009 Irish Open package on offer this just cannot be missed.

Paddy Power Poker

Titan Poker Billionth Hand Promotion

2008-06-18T02:30:00.000-07:00

Titan Poker's Billionth Hand promotion, which launched a number of weeks ago, awarded more than $420,000 in prizes.

A countdown started when the 950,000,000th hand was dealt. Hundreds of dollars in cash were awarded to players as Titan Poker neared its billionth hand.

On May 27th, the Billionth hand was dealt and a player went home with $50,0000. The other five players playing at the same table received $5,000 each, just for participating in hand number 1,000,000,000.

Titan Poker

European Championship Tournament ECOOP II

2008-06-18T02:17:00.000-07:00

German Player Wins European Championship Tournament at Titan Poker.

Titan Poker's second European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP II) kicked off May 23 with $3,600,000 in Guaranteed Prizes.

Titan player took home a first prize of $45,570 as he beat off 1,084 other players in the Texas Hold'em No Limit, 6-Player table tournament with a buy-in of $200+$15.

Titan Poker

Ladbrokes Poker deals its billionth hand

2008-06-17T09:19:00.000-07:00

Ladbrokes Poker players enjoyed a $300,000 bonanza freeroll to celebrate the Billionth Hand being dealt!

Ladbrokes Poker dealt its billionth hand at 06.58 (BST) on Saturday 14th June and gave away 20 Las Vegas trips of a lifetime valued at $14,000 each in a special invitation only freeroll to celebrate. A further 200 runners up will play in a $109 satellite event on Wednesday 18th June.

Ed Ihre, MD of Ladbrokes Poker said: "Over 12,500 people qualified to play in last nights $300,000 tournament. Originally we expected the billionth hand would be dealt on Sunday, but as soon as word got out of the activity we had planned, player numbers escalated and the hand was dealt a lot earlier than we'd anticipated. It's great that so many people shared this special occasion with us and I look forward to seeing the winners when out in Vegas." He continued: At least the twenty winners will have two weeks to make arrangements before jetting off to Las Vegas with the Ladbrokes Poker team on the 2nd July!

Ladbrokes Poker

Ronaldo Triggers €1.5 Million Money-Back Bonanza - Paddy Power Refunds Losing Bets!

2008-05-22T08:47:00.000-07:00

I know this is not poker related but still a worthy story...

Money-Back specialists Paddy Power have fallen victim of their own generosity in sensational style tonight and are facing a record €1.5million (£1.2million) refund on the Champions League Final.

The fun-loving' Irish Bookie pledged to refund losing bets on the final if player of the year and Champions League top goal scorer Cristiano Ronaldo found the back of the net anytime over the 90 minutes. Powers didn't have to wait too long with Ronaldo living up to his £100m price tag and finding the back of the Chelsea net in the 26th minute.

Paddy Power himself said: "Well done Ronaldo, another new record set this year; the maker of the biggest ever Money-Back refund! The only thing I'll be making around here for the foreseeable future is the tea!". Paddy Power currently has the "Wonder Boy" priced at 9-1 to be Top Goalscorer in their Euro 2008 Betting.

Titan Poker ECOOP II Movie

2008-05-22T03:51:00.000-07:00

Titan Poker ECOOP promotional movie ECOOP II Movie !

Titan Poker

Ladbrokes Poker £1,000,000 WSOP Bonus!

2008-05-22T03:39:00.000-07:00

Ladbrokes Poker are proud to announce that you can earn a bonus of up to $1,000,000 for finishing in the top 100 of the World Series of Poker 2008!

Finishing Position Bonus Package
First Place $1,000,000
Second or Third $500,000
Fourth to Ninth $250,000
10th-27th $50,000
28th-100th WSOP 2009 package

From now until the middle of June, Ladbrokes Poker is offering a range of qualification routes by which you can be part of the Ladbrokes Poker Team at this year's Main Event.

Time is running out for you to qualify for the biggest event on the poker calendar, The World Series of Poker 2008. Ladbrokes are proud to announce that you can earn a bonus of up to $1,000,000 for finishing in the top 100!

Ladbrokes aim is to beat the two 12th place finishes previously achieved by team members in 2005 & 2006 and the 10 major cashes achieved last year, so players qualifying for the 2008 WSOP Main Event through Ladbrokes will massive bonuses for playing well!

Ladbrokes Poker

Ladbrokes Poker Billionth Hand Freeroll for 20 WSOP Packages

2008-05-22T03:28:00.000-07:00

To celebrate the forthcoming milestone of Ladbrokes Poker’s 1,000,000,000th hand and being the largest team of European players at this year’s WSOP; Ladbrokes Poker will be holding a Billionth Hand Freeroll which will award $300,000 of WSOP prizes:

The top 20 finishers will get the chance to join Team Ladbrokes at the world’s largest tournament by winning a $14,000 Ladbrokes WSOP Package.

The Billionth Hand will hit very soon so keep playing for your chance to win one of these amazing packages.

To take part in this tournament, all players need to do is earn 50 Player Points ( Cash games, MTT's or STT's) on the day the Billionth hand is dealt, and they will automatically be invited to enter this tournament, which will be held on the first Saturday that is at least 48 hours after the Billionth Hand is played.

Ladbrokes Poker’s Billionth Hand will be dealt during June so make sure you log on regularly to make sure you have a chance of winning one of these great prizes!

Ladbrokes Poker

Titan Poker European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP)

2008-05-14T04:56:00.000-07:00

Get set for the SECOND European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP II) Starts May 24th!!

The European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP) is a thrilling online tournament series where skilled poker players compete for a share of millions of dollars over an action-packed ten days.

Titan Pokers first ECOOP in December 2007, was an incredible success - and Titan Poker gave away $2,500,000 in just TEN DAYS!!

The ECOOP II will run from the 23rd of May to the 1st of June - and it's set to be bigger and better than ever before!! This second championship is going to award an astonishing $3,600,000!

What's more - play for your place on our special ECOOP II leaderboard and you could also win a seat in a $50,000 Freeroll!! All top 100 PLAYERS will be eligible to play in the $50,000 GP Freeroll, which will be staged 72 hours after the Main Event.

Titan Poker

Intertopspoker launches new table design with $1,000 Freeroll

2008-05-01T01:34:00.000-07:00

New table design with new features - $1,000 Freeroll to celebrate!

Do not miss the Intertopspoker $1,000 Freeroll on Saturday the 3rd of May to celebrate the launch of their new tables!

If you have not tried out Intertopspoker new features since the change then this would be a good opportunity.

The $1,000 Freeroll is scheduled for 4pm EST on Saturday May 3rd, registration opens 48 hours before tournament start.

No raked hand required to play! You can find the tournament under 'Scheduled Tournaments' - 'Free Roll'

Intertopspoker have completed a significant upgrade to their software which includes a complete brand new redesign of their poker tables.

Intertopspoker are sure you are going to like the changes that brought some fantastic new features for a better and easier game play, enhancing your overall playing experience with resizable and tileable tables, instant hand history, options to upload your own avatar and to customize the appearance of the table to name just a few!

Intertopspoker

Final Episode of WSOPE 2007 Tonight

2008-04-28T08:59:00.000-07:00

Watch Annette Be Crowned Queen of Poker in the Final Episode of the WSOPE 2007 on Sky Sports Tonight.

Sky Sports 2 will be airing the final Episode of the World Series Of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2007 at 2130 BST tonight. All will be revealed as to how 18 year old Annette Obrestad – also known by her online tag of Annette_15 - became £1,000,000 richer whilst taking down the WSOPE Main Event in London, UK.

Winning the 2007 event meant Annette broke several world records, including becoming the first ever WSOP Bracelet winner outside of the USA, the youngest ever WSOP Bracelet winner (aged 18) and the first ever female to win a WSOP Main Event.

The WSOPE 2008 Presented by Betfair is back in 2008 and promises to deliver all the excitement, prestige, big names and record breaking as last year. Betfair is the only place to qualify for this year’s WSOPE, giving their players a chance to become the next Annette Obrestad for absolutely nothing.

Betfair Poker

888.com Pacific Poker - new Bonus: 100% up to $400

2008-04-23T07:14:00.000-07:00

888.com Pacific poker just changed it bonus given to new players joining us; what was up until now our usual 25% up to $100, became an amazing 100% up to $400 welcome bonus!

Players will now receive what is in my opinion the best bonus in the industry:

25% up to $100 immediately to the bankroll when making the first deposit (same as until now)
+
75% up to $300 pending bonus.

Getting the extra %75 up to $300 in not very difficult, players playing mid-high stakes ($5/$10 and more) will reach this very easily.

This offer, when comes with our World Poker Crown offering players what is probably the best online tournament out there at the moment ($3,000,000 guaranteed), makes Pacific poker even more attractive than before.

Pacific Poker

Calvin Ayre Retires from Bodog

2008-04-22T01:20:00.000-07:00

Calvin Ayre, the internationally noted billionaire playboy founder of Bodog, will be retiring from his largely ceremonial role as the face of Bodog.

Additionally he will no longer be involved in Bodog operationally. In mid 2007 he successfully transferred ownership of the Bodog brand in North America to the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group. Internationally Bodog has put in place a very competent and significantly European executive team that is already managing Bodog Europe and Africa and plans to further expand to Latin America.

Ayre will be taking some time to himself in his home in Antigua and will continue to support charitable opportunities through the Calvin Ayre Foundation.

Ayre noted that, “While it has been great fun to live my life in front of the world’s cameras and online though my blog, I am looking forward to a more private and meaningful period of giving back and working to support the Calvin Ayre Foundation.”

BodogLife Poker

PokerStars UK Sunday Million Special

2008-04-22T01:17:00.000-07:00

PokerStars have had yet another winner of the Sunday Million from the UK this week, making it back to back UK winners! “graslevy” took down the PokerStars Million tournament, taking home a staggering $204,562 and the coveted title that is Sunday Million Champion!

To celebrate PokerStars is running another Special UK Satellite with 5 added seats to this week’s Sunday Million. The tournament takes place this Sunday at 16:30 GMT (11:30ET), and you can buy in directly for just $22 and increase your chances of becoming a Sunday Million Champion!

You can find the tournament under the Tourney > Private tab and once there, look for the “UK Sunday Million Special” and click register.

Make a first deposit using the bonus code UKMILLION before 23:59 Saturday ET and get a free ticket to this tournament, which will be credited to your PokerStars account on Sunday Morning, as well as receiving 100% up to $50 of your first deposit. The minimum deposit is only $10.

PokerStars

PokerStars WSOP 2008 Freeroll – WSOP Million Dollar Giveaway

2008-04-17T01:47:00.000-07:00

PokerStars are giving away $1,000,000.00 worth of World Series 2008 prize packages in their daily Freeroll tournaments. All new and existing players can enter, from Sunday 13th April until Jun 28th.

Prize packages include $10,000.00 Main Event buy-in, hotel accommodation and spending money.

Don’t miss out on making it to the biggest event of the year!

PokerStars

Paddy Power Poker Cheltenham Races Freeroll Frenzy

2008-03-12T09:17:00.000-07:00

Wet and Windy scenes in Cheltenham have caused the cancellation of todays racing action at the premier racing festival but don’t worry too much as the generous folk at Paddy Power Poker have devised a way to keep you occupied for the day and that’s by giving you $60,000 for free!

Instead of twiddling your thumbs for the day occupy yourself with one of the 6 Paddy Power Poker exclusive poker freerolls.

3.00 pm Ballymore Properties Freeroll $10,000
4.00 pm Royal & Sun Alliance Freeroll $10,000
5.00 pm Champion Chase Freeroll $10,000
7.00 pm Coral Cup Freeroll $10,000
8.00 pm National Hunt Freeroll $10,000
10.00 pm Champion Bumper Freeroll $10,000

Paddy Power Poker

Party Poker Bonus 30% up to $150

2008-03-11T01:19:00.000-07:00

Party Poker has finally increased their first deposit bonus to 30% up to $150.

Just open an account with PartyPoker.com - or with any of Party's other great online games and 30% up to $150 of your first deposit will be yours to start enjoying the game of your choice. You can use your bonus at any Party site.

To claim your 0% up to $150 of your first deposit and start playing, all you need to do is:
• Download the PartyPoker.com software and follow the three easy steps to sign-up.
• Create an account using our link: Party Poker Download
• Make your first real money deposit, start playing and Party Poker will credit your new PartyAccount with 30% up to $150 of your first deposit.

Real money Promotional Bonuses will always be subject to a deposit requirement of at least US $25 (twenty five United States Dollars) dollars or, where your Account Currency is in GBP or EUR: 15 and 20 respectively.

Four Party Points per bonus dollar needed to clear the bonus. To release the maximum $150 bonus, you must deposit $500 and clear the bonus within 30 days.

Party Poker

Bet365 Poker increase new player bonus to 200% up to $600

2008-03-05T01:29:00.000-08:00

In March and April, the Bet365 Poker sign-up bonus is boosted to 200% up to $600, and releases faster. ($10 for each 365 Merit Points acquired).

Plus March is also packed with other promotions and events:

- March Raked Hand Race to win thousands of dollars and a seat to
ECOOP II
- Double Merit Point days every Wednesday
- "Beat the Pro" competition March 11th and 25th
- Big Hand Day March 30th
- ECOOP II qualifiers
- EPT San Remo $10,000 package
- CAPT Innsbruck super satellite freerolls March 9th and 22nd for a
share of more than $450,000 for free

Bet365 Poker

PKR 1.5million player sign ups since launch

2008-03-05T01:21:00.000-08:00

PKR Poker has officially signed up over 1.5million players since their launch. With more active cash players than Betfair Poker or Ladbrokes Poker plus more tournaments, Sit & Go's and ring games than ever, PKR Poker is where the action is.

NB These figures are from a PKR Poker email dated 3rd March 2008.

PKR Poker

InterPoker Bonus increase 100% up to $500

2008-02-29T08:14:00.000-08:00

Great news! InterPoker have significantly increased their sign up bonus in March for all new customers of up to $500 (£250, €340).

Make a deposit of £25 or more, and InterPoker will match it 100% up to a maximum of $500 (£250, €340)!

Easy to release, play 10 (ten) times your deposit amount in MPP's (for example a £150 deposit will require 1500 MPP’s).

Once you have achieved your MPP target the cash reward will then be credited to your account!

InterPoker

Noble Poker Bonus Update

2008-02-29T05:22:00.000-08:00

Noble Poker First Deposit Bonus 50% up to $100.

After making your first deposit at Noble Poker, you will begin accumulating Crowns, Noble Poker's unique player points, at ring games and tournaments.

Bonuses are awarded at 500 Crowns for each $10.

Players will continue to accumulate Crowns as they play, and further incremental payments of their bonuses will be made on a daily basis.

No payments will be paid on partial earnings, which will be held over until the player has accumulated 500 Crowns.

Players will continue to receive bonus payments until Noble Poker has awarded them with a 50% First Deposit Bonus, up to the maximum bonus they are eligible for.

Example: If a player deposits $50, $25 will be the maximum claimable deposit bonus, paid in installments of $10 for each 500 Crowns a player earns. If a player earns 1000 Crowns in one day, he will receive a bonus of $20. Additional bonus payments will be paid for every 500 Crowns earned until the player has received the 50% bonus of $25.

Noble Poker

Cake Poker Bonus Update

2008-02-29T04:45:00.000-08:00

New Depositors enjoy a 100% Deposit Bonus plus entry to the Cake Poker New Depositor $500 Freeroll.

Players making their first deposit with CakePoker will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the New Depositor Freeroll of their choice.

A taste of Cake Rewards to come, each Saturday 2 PM New Depositor Freeroll offers players a share of $500.

Cake Poker

Golden Palace Poker Bonus Update

2008-02-29T04:40:00.000-08:00

Golden Palace Poker first deposit bonus 25% up to $100.

This offer is only valid to depositing players making their FIRST deposit at Golden Palace Poker. The First Deposit Signup Bonus is released to players as they earn Golden Palace Poker Points at ring games and tournaments.

Golden Palace Poker

Unibet Poker Bonus Update

2008-02-29T04:27:00.000-08:00

Unibet Poker new player sign up bonus $100.

Players must earn 600 VIP points in 30 days or less to receive the full bonus.

Unibet Poker

Sky Poker Bonus Update

2008-02-29T04:23:00.000-08:00

All new registrations will receive 500 Poker Points.

Use these points to enter the Sky Poker £1,000 Freeroll which takes place at 8pm on Wednesday's. Only 200 Poker Points needed to enter.

Play LIVE ON SKY CHANNEL 846

Sky Poker