Online Poker Freerolls – Friend or Foe?
March 6, 2009
When poker players join up to online poker rooms the majority of them head start to the game lobby and check out the line up of tournaments that they are going to try their hand in.
If asked which was more attractive, a tournament with a $100 buy in or a freeroll offering up to $10,000 prize pools, there is obviously one of the answers that is going to appear most…
Freeroll.
Looking at Online Poker Freerolls, many see these as an opportunity to face up against others, with the intent to reach the final table and ultimately take the 1st place without any investment.
What they think is correct, they are a great way to plump up the bankroll but what alot of players forget is that thats exactly what all the other players online are thinking, including the new players who regard ace/king in such a high regard that they are going to call your all in as the flop hits 5, J, 7.
Freerolls are a great way to invest only time into a poker game in the bid to win a fair stack to invest back into the online game.
These types of tournaments aren’t ‘all good’ due to their appeal to bad players, or in cases that we have seen good players playing badly. With all in’s on most starting tables before the flop with jack,10 off suit etc.
In most cases, winners of the freeroll tournaments are average players, people who can play but need that element of lady luck shining on them as they enter into their biggest pot of the tournament…
Don’t get us wrong, freerolls are a definate must for online poker rooms, as they try to compete to become the biggest and wealthiest within the gaming community.
thatsGambling staff have played a fair few freerolls, placing in some and others showing that sometimes worse players fail to be beaten.
Do you play freerolls? How often do you look for their registering? Any freeroll stories to tell us?
Merge Network – Aquire New Poker Client and Pay Out Bad Beat Jackpot
March 5, 2009
Merge Gaming Network this week annouced the capture of Big Bet Poker, adding the site to its growing network of online gaming sites.
Merge Gaming Network already consists of 6 sites, adding Big Bet Poker as its seventh.
The sites within their gaming newwork are not ones that are to be frowned upon, with some of the sites aquiring big names across the gaming front, most noticeable been Aced who have signed World Series of Poker winner Jamie Gold to its name.
Big Bet Poker have launched into the gaming world with additional player rewards, aiming to reward as many loyal players as they can with their new 3 tiered rewards scheme.
Working alongside the 3 tier reward scheme is the opportunity for players from Big Bet to win entry into some of the most sort after live poker tournaments in the poker world, with such tournaments as World Series of Poker and Aussie Millions.
Poker Scout, a traffic ranking site conducted research into the Merge Gaming Network, with results showing that the network is currently has the 18th largest amount of cash table gaming traffic, with a 7 day average of 345 real cash players.
As Merge continue to grow, they also hit the poker world headlines for a different reason, paying out on their promise of a $1.2 million Bad Beat Jackpot last Friday, to a real cash player who’s straight flush was beaten by a higher straight flush.
Merge Gaming player RUGGIO was playing in a real cash game, when his jack high straight flush was beaten by a king high straight flush.
To his suprise, RUGGIO was awarded the first prize from the jackpot, winning $417,396 for his lost hand.
AELANI, the winner of the hand, was not left to rue the opportunity of been in RUGGIO’s position as he was paid out for his part in the hand, winning over $200,000 in prize money.
Merge Gaming Network revealed that if the hand had not gone to a show down, the jackpot would have continued to have grown and would not have been paid out, but due to hands been placed into a showdown situation, the jackpot clause was activated, meaning that the players would be paid out.
thatsGambling would like to congratulate both parties who were involved in the winning of the jackpot and would like to commend Merge Gaming Network for offering such a jackpot.
Merge Gaming Network would like to reveal that the poker site that offers this generous jackpot is Carbon Poker, one of their gaming sites.
The Bad Beat Jackpot has now been reseeded, placing the jackpot to $250,000, with it growing as time passed and rake is collected.
Other news for you is that Merge are happy to accept U.S gamers with the only exception been U.S residents of Kentucky, due to legal issues happening at the moment.
thatsGambling will be looking into the Carbon Poker card room for you readers very soon, giving a full review.
Boylepoker.com – Search to Sponsor Poker Pro Begins
March 4, 2009
March sees the beginning of a search for a new poker star.
Boyle Poker has this month launched its ‘Be Our Sponsored Pro’ competition, which will feature 9 tournaments, winner of each been placed into a live game to take place March 28th 2009.
Before the final table March 28th 2009, other sponsored professionals from Boyle Poker will be giving players 1 hour tutorial and advice as they play to secure this very attractive prize.
The poker player who wins the live game March 28th, will be offered sponsorship by BoylePoker.com with paid entry and expenses for:
- Irish Open 2009
- Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Manchester main event
- World Series of Poker $1,500 no-limit hold’em event.
Read more about the tournaments that will be offered for entry into the live game at PR Web.
PKR – New Boys on The Block
March 4, 2009
With the ever increasing demand for online poker rooms, a new generation of poker room entered the online gaming world.
PKR entered the scene with a huge amount of expectation due to the release of videos and images while the software was in development.
PKR takes the standard software that is used on most sites and stretches out the frame work to near breaking point, then adds more!!
Now that the software is live and running on their website, players have been moving over to the poker room to get a sample of the development, which offers players the opportunity to play poker in 3D!
Where most poker rooms allow users to see avators at the table and deal the cards face up for the player concerned, PKR has enhanced the gaming experience with the ability to view the cards as you would in a ring game with your friends!
As the cards are dealt, they remain face down, the software then flicks the cards so that your player can be seen looking at their cards giving a more life like feel to the game.
Other features within the poker room allow players to perform poker chip tricks at the table, such as bouncing a chip onto your stack or the famous finger roll!
What more could a player want?
For the trick to be seen! As the player conducts the trick, all other players seated at the table can see exactly what your doing!
thatsGambling will review the poker room in more detail very soon, but until then what not try out the software yourself?
We have even got a PKR bonus code for you to use!
Let us know your thoughts on the poker room and of any experiences you have with this still growing poker room.
Top 10 Online Poker Players on Full Tilt Poker and Poker Stars Revealed
March 4, 2009
Online poker is still a growing industry but since its creation, there has been a huge boom, with players flocking to their computers to ante up against some of the worlds best.
With all players aiming to be the best, there is huge competition to become the best player in the huge online poker community.
Recent poker rankings have been released from a number of online poker sites such as Full Tilt Poker and Poker Stars, two of the biggest sites within the genre of online gambling.
thatsGambling thought that you guys should be able to know who you are playing against in the position next to you… if you see one of these names we suggest you tighten up on the bluffing!
All rankings are based on stats from the last 120 days.
Full Tilt Poker Rankings
- PureCash25
- gboro780
- UFman2
- Julian Verse
- bigdogpckt5s
- The Universe112
- S_Dot111
- Nina_Wiggle
- imabigkidnow
- David Pham
Poker Stars Rankings
- D1rtyR1v3r
- shaundeeb
- Moorman1
- SixthSenSe19
- troster16
- danskemann
- bdybldngpkr
- LosChief
- BobbyFi
- icallseat3
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Titan Poker Wins Best Customer Service Provider For 3rd Year
March 3, 2009
Gambling Online Magazine has rated the customer support and service of online gambling sites for 8 years and is a highly respected magazine in the gambling field, been Europe’s most read magazine.
The latest award has gone to the holder of the award, Titan Poker, who have held the award for the previous 2 years.
Titan Poker, an online card room, won the Gold award from the Gambling Online Magazine again, showing that the site is offering extensive customer service to its players.
The customer service offered from Titan Poker has now been proven to be second to none for the last 3 years, offering 24 hour service, 365 days a year.
One of the highlighted examples of the service offered by Titan Poker is that for its VIP winners who have won entry into live tournaments, offering hosts who will personally look after their every need as they engage in the tournaments.
Titan Poker is held in high regard by its loyal players, to read our review visit Titan Poker Review to read about the site, its features and to find a bonus code.
Read more about the award at Market Watch.
Celebrities Turn Out in Force For Charity Poker Tournament
March 3, 2009
A number of celebrities turned out for a charity poker tournament in aid of Mekhi Phifer’s youth charity.
Celebrities from all over the U.S turned out for the tournament, raising $80,000 for the charity.
The tournament featured faces, that you would not usually expect to see at the poker tables such as Nicky Hilton.
Players remained focused as they aimed for the final table with the great case in the back of their minds.
The big hitter players we still rooted to the tables at 2am in the morning, with baseball stars and television stars facing up.
What is your reaction to this?
Feel that the celebrities should be adding to charities?
thatsGambling would like to thank the celebrities for their time attendance.
Find out who attended the charity game at Socialite Life.
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott Offers Players Chance to Enter World Series of Poker in Las Vegas
March 2, 2009
Dave Ulliott, well known professional poker player, winner of multipule World Series of Poker tournaments, has annouced that March is the month to gain entry into this years World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Ulliott, an ambassador for DevilfishPoker.com, has revealed that March is going to be a great month for players at DevilfishPoker.com.
The site is offering tournaments, top prizes been entry into World Series of Poker.
The prizes offer 25 luxury packages worth €7,000, including one week’s accommodation at the Wynn Hotel and Casino, €2,000 spending money, and $5,000 for tournament buy ins.
This generous offer is the biggest in DevilfishPoker.com history so far, and the tournaments will be made available to players of all bankrolls.
There are numerous ways in which players can undertake their chance to get their hands on these fantastic packages such as freerolls, VIP point freerolls, sit ‘n’ go leader boards, earning the top VIP points within the month of March or been a player with the most raked hands.
As well as offering these competitions, Ulliott has announced ‘March to the Top’, a rake race that will last the length of March, with a prize pool of €150,000.
To hear more from Ulliott visit PR Web.
888 Announce Paypal Payment Now Accepted
March 1, 2009
888 have made a bid to reach out to a whole new audience of players, offering a wider range of payment methods, with the widely used Paypal option now available.
Players will be able to fund and withdraw cash from their accounts using Paypal.
The 888 group are the first network that have offered this method, with Pacific Poker heading the poker aspect of the move.
Its estimated there are 70 million Paypal members and the company are aiming to reach out to that audience with the promise of ease of use.
Brand Marketing VP, Matt Robinson from 888 released this comment:
“We consistently challenge ourselves to reach the highest performance level we can, and we continually question the way we do things. This strategic alliance with PayPal is yet another clear example of putting customers first and it provides them with yet another way of depositing and withdrawing funds from their 888.com accounts.”
We at thatsGambling feel that this is going to boost player numbers across their networks massively.
What do you think?
Think this will move across the board of all poker providers?
Gus Hansen Taught A Lesson on Poker Playing
March 1, 2009
We have all done it, sat and watched the professionals play on Full Tilt Poker.
One internet poker player took that watching further, stumping up the cash to enter into a head to head with Gus Hansen on ‘Pot Limit’ Omaha table with blinds of $500/$1000.
Haseeb Queshi, AKA ‘Internet Pokers’, sat at the table and butted horns with one of the best known poker players at the present time.
As the two played they managed to offer 13 of the biggest pots on the site with 11 of them taking the top 11 places in the list of 25 accounted.
Hansen is a known gambler and is no stranger to ‘testing the waters’ with high level bets, most games meaning you are going to either win or lose well into the $100,000′s, as long as you can bankroll the game.
Many players feel blessed just sitting on the table while Hansen does his thing, but Queshi took that a whole lot further.
By the end of the battle between the professional and the internet player, Hansen had lost almost $300,000.
Just goes to show that even sometimes professionals make rash calls and the cards don’t always fall to the ‘best’ player.
We at thatsGambling would like to congratulate ‘INTERNET POKERS’ on his success.
What are your reactions to this story?
You butted heads with anyone famous and come away better off?
To read more about the game that cost Hansen $300,000 and to see some videos of game play visit Poker Listings.