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Dream Team Poker Tournament to Feature in World Series of Poker

Officials from Dream Team Poker has announced that they have entered into an agreement with World Series of Poker, adding their tournament into the existing tournament schedule for the WSOP 2009.

Although the tournament will be played without offering a bracelet to the winner of the tournament, like all the other tournaments within the schedule, the move will be a huge boost to the Dream Team Poker tournament exposure.

Dream Team Gaming revealed that the tournament will be played to their usual guidelines and will be played alongside day 5 and 6 of the World Series of Poker Main Event.

Jeffery Pollock, commissioner for World Series of Poker said that he was suprised by the response that the recent tournament at Caesars, Las Vegas and felt that a team tournament would offer a new fun feel to the end of the World Series of Poker 2009 tournament schedule.

Last years tournament was won by Team Aced Poker, headed up by Jamie Gold.

Recently though, the two parted company after a disagreement, with no official statement been made by the online poker room at the moment.

Gold’s management team though have spoke out, telling the media that the issue was to do with Aced Poker not honouring their “Financial Responsibilities” to the player but with this been brought into the public eye the online poker room have issued an intent to sue the player and his management team for slander.

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Party at the Playboy Mansion With Absolute Poker

Ok guys, here is something that every male and some female poker players have been dreaming of, the chance to mix business with pleasure at the Playboy Mansion.

Absolute Poker have announced that they are soon to begin their tournament schedule for this fantasic opportunity that will offer players a chance to win an invite to the Playboy Mansion hosted Kandyland Ball.

The site has made a very smart move in also making this a free entry tournament, ensuring that the participation numbers of this tournament are going to be high.

Ok so how can you get into this tournament?

The tournament is based on freeroll tournaments but its been made available to only those who sign up through the banner below and use the bonus code ‘MAXIMUMBONUS‘ when signing up.

Players are required to also register with the cashier so a minimum deposit of $10 will be needed but thats a very small price to pay to get the chance to join the Playboy bunnies as they party the night away.

The main event for this is scheduled to be held 20th May 2009 so time to gain your pass into the main event is limited so act fast.

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Full Tilt Poker Offers Heads Up Poker Championship This Week

Full Tilt Poker, the second largest online poker room on the internet will this week start its $25,000 Heads Up Championship tournament.

The tournament is set to attract some of the biggest names in the poker world, giving them the opportunity to face off against each other in a bid to take the title of heads up champion.

Carrying a buy in of $25,000 the tournament is not for the usual inexperienced players who seem to find the buy in fee for other tournaments that the site offers, all trying to make fast money but failing as they come up against better players.

With the standard of the tournament set to be high, professionals and experienced amatuers will be locking horns and trying to make a name for themselves here.

The tournament has been capped at 128 players, meaning that places are sort after at the moment, especially with satellites been offered for $535, players will definately trying their luck to gain access through these tournaments in a bid to avoid paying the large buy in fee.

The heads up championship tournament is scheduled to start 15:00 ET on Saturday May 23rd, so entry via the satellites will need to be won as soon as a player can, with the tournament due to start in only 6 days.

Last years winner David Singer managed to take the title and the $560,000 that was offered for a first place finish, so players have a chance to take home a great return on their investment should they finish in one of the top spots.

With the buy in for the satellites been $535, why not sign up to Full Tilt Poker using our Full Tilt Poker Bonus Code?

The code will enable you to be eligable for a huge 100 percent first deposit match on your first deposit, so a good player would only have to deposit $270 in order to take their place in one of the most sort after satellite tournaments on offer by the site at the present time.

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ESPN to Throw a Mix in to World Series of Poker 2009

Huge american sports television network ESPN, who usually cover the World Series of Poker tournaments, have announced that this year will have a new setting when viewers tune in to watch one of the biggest poker tournaments today.

With the network recording increasing viewer numbers over the last 2 years, the network have decided that they are going to change how they show the tournament on their channel in aid of the tournaments 40th year of running.

Doug White, senior director of programming and acquisitions at ESPN,  told meadia sources

You’re going to be seeing a little bit of a different dynamic in overall programming structure for 2009.

With the World Series of Poker 2008 offering ESPN action to fill 31 shows, the viewing figures jumped to 1,126,000, a year on year increase from 2007’s tournament, with numbers increasing by 15 percent last year.

White told sources

We feel that the main event is what viewers are looking for.

With that been the general opinion of bosses at ESPN, the network have announced that this years main event will be televised 24 hours a day until the tournament is won.

This is set to alert new viewers of the networks sport channel, with the popularity of poker constantly raising by the day.

With the tournament offering no less than 54 WSOP gold bracelets to the players within the tournaments schedule, participation figures are strongly tipped to exceed numbers within the previous tournaments in past years.

The excitement has already started surrounding the latest World Series of Poker, with online poker sites increasing the amount of places they are looking to offer their members in a bid to secure more loyal players.

With last years final table been placed after a break in play, working out well for both the players and the WSOP brand, the same will happen again this year.

This means that the final table will be played in November, with the tournament starting May 26th.

This year the ESPN network have announced that they will be doing 25 one-hour shows covering the tournament, with a double coverage [2 hours] been also offered within that period.

With the tournament offering a few changes to pay tribute to their 40th year, WSOP have announced that they are to place more of a spotlight on the winning of the prize bracelets, saying

The WSOP gold bracelet is poker’s crown jewel.

This year, in the tradition of the Olympics, we’ll have a bracelet ceremony on the floor of the Amazon Ballroom inside the Rio every day at 2 p.m

With the tournament trying to place a celebratary feel to this years tournament, they had placed the players code of conduct into the offical tournament rules, saying that they would be keeping logs on all cautions and warnings that are handed out to the players.

Jeffery Pollock, WSOP commissioner said

We want to better ensure that the tournament floor is a civil, courteous and comfortable environment for all players.

With the gauntlet laid down for all players involved, this should turn out to be a very interesting tournament indeed.

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World Series of Poker Announce Richest Buy In Tournament in North America

The organisers for the brand World Series of Poker have this week announced that they are going to add to the excitement of the current World Series of Poker tournament schedule by showcasing some of the biggest names in poker in a tournament that is set to become the richest buy in tournament in North America.

The tournament will start May 28th and will be a four day tournament, with participation expected to be big within the professional ranks.

The commissioner for the brand World Series of Poker, Jeffery Pollock said

I think this event will bring out the best players in the world and produce a final table for the ages.

The tournament will be covered by ESPN but they will only be showing the highlights of the four days in two one-hour shows on July 28th but the action should be something that all players who have the option to, should definately watch.

The next tournament that is scheduled is the Champions Invitational on May 31.

The tournament has been described as the ‘Champion of Champions‘ tournament, with the players invited all been past winners of the World Series of Poker Main Event in the years gone by.

Pollock said that

[players would ]  be playing for bragging rights as the champion of champions.

The prize for the tournament will be a red Corvette that has been restored to its 1970’s former glory and the new commemorative trophy, Binion Cup.

Pollock also said

The Binion Cup was created to honor our heritage, I am proud to say that Jack Binion himself, poker’s patriarch, will be on hand to present the trophy.

With the tournament set to celebrate 40 years in the running, the brand have decided to give the public extra participation in this years schedule, allowing them to place suggestions for players who should make it into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Suggestions are been taken from May 26th to July 2nd, when a panel of 12 living poker players who are already featured on the list will cast their votes for who should earn the right of passage onto the exclusive list.

The suggestions will be revealed at the WSOP Main Event, with the top 10 most suggested been passed forward for consideration by the panel.

Millions are expected to nominate a player at the World Series of Poker website, where the nominations will be received.

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Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari Joins Casino Player Magazine

Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari, the young professional who has cashed millions in poker tournament winnings, has this week agreed to join the Casino Player magazine as a columnist.

The move comes as the number 1 publication in North America tries to broaden its appeal to gamblers by offering poker as well as casino game based articles.

Casino Player Publications decided that in order to maintain the high quality that is already offered by the magazine to its readers, they would only look to include professional poker players who could write regular columns for the magazine.

Esfandiari said

I’m excited to come onboard as a columnist for Casino Player. This magazine has had a huge following for many years, and right now it looks sharper than ever. In order to stay on top at the tables, you can never stop learning–and whether you’re a casual player or a pro, every issue of Casino Player contains a wealth of information that is designed to give you the edge.

With Casino Player making this signing, they next looked to highly respected poker ambassador and brother of the famous Mike Sexton.

Tom Sexton will debut in his first issue by writing an article in memory of his late friend and poker legend, Chip Reese.

With two columnists already onboard the magazine decided that they needed to offer readers more… Give the readers exactly what they want to read.

With the worlds best video poker player Bob Dancer, media director of the World Series of Poker Nolan Dalla and Frank Scoblete, who is seen as the leading craps authority in America all writing for the magazine, the chances of the magazine receiving extended reputation is expected to be very high.

Managing editor Rob Wiser said

Our readers range from the industry’s top executives, to celebrity pros and everyday players who want to know about the latest events, promotions and deals. Now, by adding Antonio Esfandiari and Tom Sexton to the mix, this publication is stronger than ever–and with 21 years under our belt, that’s really saying something.

You can definately say that again Rob.

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Aced Poker and Jamie Gold Go Seperate Ways

When Aced Poker came into the online poker world, they decided that they needed a well known spokesperson in order to be able to compete with some of the bigger names in the online poker room community.

Thinking carefully about their choice, they finally decided that they should approach none other than the 2006 World Series of Poker world champion, Jamie Gold.

After speaking to the former world champion the two drafted up a contract for the professional and Jamie Gold was announced as the face of Aced Poker.

This undoubtedly fired the Aced Poker name way up into the sky and onto the radar of online poker players all over the world.

The taste seemeed to be so sweet until the bubble burst, with the next announcement set to rock the world of online poker.

Jamie Gold had stated at the time of signing the contract with Aced:

Aced and I plan to leave our mark, not just on poker, but on the world.

With that statement out in the public eye, Gold got off to a great start by winning the Dream Team Poker title within weeks of signing the contract.

The taste suddenly turned sour when players noticed that the Jamie Gold Bounty tournament schedule was removed from Aced Poker’s tournament scheme and rumours started to circulate about the reasoning for this.

The reason claimed by Jamie Gold’s management is that Aced Poker did not honour its financial responsibilies that were outlined in the contract that Jamie Gold signed.

This has sent huge concerns to Aced Poker members, feeling that they are now going to be part of a site that is going to take a turn for the worst after all the promotion and work that had gone into the site to launch it as high as it has reached so far.

Aced Poker are now having to rethink their spokesperson carefully, knowing that another mistake like this could cost the site dearly.

It should be noted though that Aced Poker are considering placing a law suit to the courts regarding comments made by Jamie Gold’s mamnagement team, claiming that they had made slanderous comments about the site in order to reduce the sites popularity.

Gold doesn’t seem to upset by the split from the site though, signing up with Poker Icons, a poker agency.

Jamie Gold said:

I’m very excited about joining Poker Icons. Their international presence and expertise in poker makes this relationship fit perfectly. I’m really looking forward to this partnership.

Gold has now been part of two online poker rooms with Bodog Poker been his first home. They cut him loose from his contract due to an ongoing legal suit that was going on with the player, with the questions been related to if he made a hand shake agreement with a friend before the World Series of Poker in 2006, saying that he would share his winnings.

So i guess the question is, how long will this one last Jamie?

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Full Tilt Poker Open Poker Million and Late Night Poker Qualifiers

Full Tilt Poker, the second largest online poker room on the internet definately has alot going on at the moment.

With the site been in the middle of its FTOPS XII series which concludes next week, players would be forgiven for thinking that the site is stretched to capacity but the site has revealed that they are rolling out 2 new sets of tournament qualifiers.

The 2 new tournaments that qualifers are been opened for aren’t small scale tournaments either with Poker Million and Late Night Poker been two of the most sort after televised live tournaments by amateurs and pros around the world.

Poker Million is a new tournament that is been offered by Full Tilt Poker with its recent take over from former promoters Ladbrokes, who have now moved over to let the second largest online poker room take the helm.

Making its debut in 2000 the tournament has seen some of the poker worlds most famous grace its tables, with the likes of Boyle Poker professional Marty Smyth taking his seat in the tournament in the past years.

Full Tilt Poker will be running a real money buy in direct qualifer for the tournament on August 2nd which will offer players the opportunity to win their seat in the tournament for $535.

Each Poker Million package that is offered as a prize will be worth $22,000 which means that winner will be given the $20,000 buy in to the tournament plus an additional $2,000 in spending money for their time at the tournament, with the tournament previously been televised on Sky Sports.

Not happy with just one new tournament schedule, Full Tilt Poker have also taken on the Late Night Poker qualifers.

Late Night Poker has also had its fair share of famous faces gracing its felts, with poker professional Phil Hullmuth been a former winner of the tournament.

Prize packages on offer from Full Tilt for this tournament will offer winners the $10,000 buy in plus $2,000 in spending money.

With the tournament qualifer been priced at $322 for this, participation figures are expected to be high.

Both of these tournaments offer players a chance to win a share of $1 million in prize money.

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Full Tilt Poker Gets FTOPS XII Event 1 Winner

With the massive buzz surrounding the FTOPS tournaments every year, held by Full Tilt Poker.

With the tournament starting this week the first winner of the FTOPS series has been crowned as URBEHIND.

URBEHIND took the FTOPS first event beating Quietwinner to the first place position, winning $191,020 in prize money.

With the tournament carrying a $200 buy in, places were expected to be limited due to the sheer regard that the tournament is held within the online poker community.

The participation numbers for the tournament showed exactly why it was thought that places would be limited with 4,445 players buying into the first event that paid out 492 winning spots.

With the tournament taking a little over 12 hours to complete, the heads up competitors found themselves entering into the final stretch of the event with almost equal chips.

The battle was fought tiredlessly and finally after been able to take 2 million of Quietwinner’s chips, URBEHIND got what he had been waiting for.

With a pair of 3’s in the pocket, Quietwinner moved his 3 million in chips into the pot on his all in call.

URBEHIND thought for a moment and then made the call with king / seven, dealing out a coin flip that could either win the event for URBEHIND or place him into short stack.

As the cards looked to run dry the flop dealt Quietwinner a shattering blow, showing a 7 on the river.

URBEHIND took the victory on a rivered pair of sevens.

Quietwinner won’t be too heart broken though, with $117,000 been paid out to take away some of the pain.

The FTOPS event was only the first of 25 events that will take place in total and if this first event is anything to go by the remaining 24 are definately going to have alot of shocks and excitement.

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Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XII Begins

Today symbolises the start of the FTOPS series of tournaments held through Full Tilt Poker.

The schedule features  tournaments that are offering a prize pool minimum of $500,000 over the 25 tournaments that will be played in the event.

The first tournament that will start with a $216 buy in but will boast a huge $1 million prize pool.

With the next few weeks taken up with the roll out of this tournament series, players are bound to be flocking to the site in a bid to try their look in what could possibly be the most rewarding tournament on offer to online poker players.

The main event takes place May 17th 2009 with a $535 buy in been placed onto the $2.5 million tournament.

The 25 events that will take place in this time will predominantly be Texas Hold’em tournaments but the series will feature a small amount of Omaha, Omaha eight-or-better, razz, stud eight-or-better, and HA (half hold’em, half Omaha) and a  H.E.R.O.S. tournament which will take place May 12th.

With Full Tilt Poker wanting to include as many players and bankrolls in the experience of the FTOPS, mini tournaments will also be offered nicknamed ‘MiniFTOPS’, featuring reduced buy in fees and smaller prize pools.

The mini tournament series will also have a main event, arranged for May 17th to run alongside the bigger tournament.

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