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PokerStars 2010 World Championship of Online Poker and Qualification

Friday, August 20th, 2010

PokerStars have already announced the start of Satellites and Extreme Satellites for the upcoming 2010 World Championship of Online Poker. The World Championship of Online Poker or the WCOOP is the largest online tournament series, and as always players find huge guaranteed prizes throughout the series.

The 2010 WCOOP edition will feature a total of 62 events and pay out $50.000.000 in guaranteed prizes. This is additional $10.000.000 and a total of 17 extra WCOOP champions to be crowned compared to the 2009 edition, which make the tournament series by far the biggest in online poker history.

The series will run for 23 days starting on the 5th September with a $200 buy in NL Holdem (6max) event, and players can look forward to a one million dollar guarantee from the beginning with $1,250,000 up for grabs in this first event. Actually players will find a whopping 17 events with one million dollar or more guaranteed in the 2010 WCOOP, which once again confirms PokerStars status as the number one poker room in world.

As always the WCOOP will finish off with the Main Event and again players can look forward to a $10.000.000 guaranteed prize pool. Last years champion Yevgeniy ‘Jovial Gent’ Timoshenko won $1,715,200 after outlasting 2,144 opponents to win the title, which is the biggest prize ever in online poker tournament history. Like last year the 2010 WCOOP Main Event has a buy in of $5,000 and maybe we will see new record once again. One thing is for sure though; we will see all biggest names online poker competing in this prestigious event.

2010 WCOOP Qualification

PokerStars are already running a series of satellites for the 62 events. Satellites start from as low as $1 and are running throughout the day in the lobby. To access the satellites click on “Events” tab and then “WCOOP”.

In addition to regular satellites, which are for specific WCOOP events, PokerStars have announced Extreme Satellites as well, that run three times daily. These Extreme Satellites will issue the winners with a tournament ticket, which is only redeemable for a WCOOP event. For example if you qualify in a $5.50 tournament, you will be issued a ticket for a WCOOP event with a value of $109. Buy in for these Extreme tournaments range from $5.50 to $260.

Players will find the Extreme satellites in the PokerStars lobby by clicking on “Events” and then “WCOOP”. To show only Extreme Satellites type WCOOP Extreme into the Tournament Filter.

We recommend all players to try out the qualifiers for the 2010 WCOOP, which are normally beatable and a cheap way to play these major online poker events.

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Three million guarantee Sunday Poker Tournaments today

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Poker tournament players outside the US really have something to look forward to tonight with more million guarantee tournaments than ever before. A total of three million guaranteed tournaments are scheduled this Sunday and two guarantee at least $1.500.000 in prize pool, which gives players three shots to make big money.

Among the special Sunday tournaments you find the Party Poker Monthly Million, where players will be able to get their share of the $1 million prize pool up for grabs. Players can buy-in directly for only $640 or qualify for as little as $1. There is still time to qualify, so make sure you participate in the PartyPoker.com Monthly Million tournament at 17:45 GMT this Sunday.

If so the Party Poker Monthly Million was not excitement enough, players will also find the ECOOP VI Main event today at Winner Poker. A total of $1.500.000 is guaranteed in the ECOOP VI main event by Winner Poker, which make it must play tournament for any serious poker player. The European Championship of Online Poker starts at 18:00 GMT today and have a buy-in of $1.580, but players can still qualify for only $2,50 in the may qualifiers for tonight’s event.

In addition both European and US players can participate in the Sunday Million and Sunday Warm Up at PokerStars as usual, which have amazing guarantees of $1.5 million and $750k. Satellites are running constantly or you can buy-in directly for only $215 for these great Sunday tournaments at Poker Stars.

All players signing up with Bonusriders will also be eligible to a great poker bonus on each pokersite. Currently players can receive a 100 % up to $500 on both Party Poker and Winner Poker, while PokerStars is offering a $600 sign up bonus. Make sure to take advantage of these poker bonuses, which is an easy way to earn some extra money at each site for future tournaments. Players can sign up through the banners below to receive the full bonus at all sites.

We wish all players good luck at tables tonight and hope to see Bonus Rider on the final table this Sunday.

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Full Tilt Poker sign sponsor deal with Formula 1 team

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Full Tilt Poker just announced they have signed a sponsor deal with the Formula 1 racing team Virgin Racing. The deal will already be in effect this weekend at the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya, where the drivers from Virgin Racing will be wearing the Full Tilt Poker logo.

Consequently fans of Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi can look forward to see the two team Virgin Racing drivers wearing the Full Tilt Poker brand, which will also be present on the drivers’ cars and other team material from Virgin Racing team.

According to both brands the deal concludes a long term discussion dating back to Virgin Racing’s birth in Formula 1 last November. In their joint press release yesterday both Team Full Tilt member, Chris Ferguson, and Virgin Racing chief executive officer, Graeme Lowdon, expressed great excitement about the new partnership and looked forward to launching their cooperation this weekend in Spain.

Although the partnership between Full Tilt and Virgin Racing was seemingly long underway, it has likely been speed up as part of the more long term strategy from Full Tilt Poker, who has increased its marketing effort in Europe over last months in light of the increasing competition from rivals PokerStars and Party Poker over the European market.

Conveniently for Full Tilt Poker the deal came just shortly after Party Poker also signed with Toro Rosso’s driver Jaime Alguersuari and former Formula 1 driver Giancarlo Fisichela. A signing, which was part of a more aggressive strategy from Party Poker, in light of the increased competition and losses in revenue on the European poker market recently.

Interestingly enough Full Tilt Poker has chosen to launch their Partnership with Virgin Racing on same date Party Poker chose to launch their new sponsorship with Alguersuari. Party Poker even offers their players a chance to win tickets for the Valencia Grand Prix through their poker room, which might be turn out to be free marketing for Full Tilt Poker in the end.

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PokerStars NAPT Mohegan Sun final table is set

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

Players have reached the magic final table at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun. Today 8 players will battle it out for the title in the $5.000 No Limit Holdem main event, where the eventual winner takes home $750.000 for his or her effort this week. As we wrote yesterday, Vanessa Selbst has been on fire throughout the poker tournament and she also made it to the final table today, but she had to give up her chiplead to Mike Beasley, who will be starting with 4.985.000, while Vanessa Selbst has 4.545.00 in chips.

The final table for today looks as follows with chip counts:

Mike Beasley, 4.985.000
Vanessa Selbst, 4.545.000
Michael Woods, 2.950.000
Alistar Melville, 2.940.000
Cliff Josephy, 1.940.000
Derek Raymond, 1.545.000
Jonathan Aguiar, 1.535.000
Scott Seiver, 1.125.000

It looks to be a very interesting final table and we are likely to see some great poker. Among the more interesting poker names are Cliff Josephy and Scott Seiver, who have over $3 and $2 million dollars respectively in lifetime poker earnings, but they will have a hard time playing as they are up against some very good players. Both Vanessa Selbst and Jonathan Aguiar are experienced players with about a million dollar in cashes and both players are likely hoping this will be their big breakthrough. On Bonusriders we still have a good eye to Vanessa and if she keeps working her chips well, she has a good shoot at the title today.

When players return today blind-levels will be 25k-50k with 5k ante, which leaves plenty of room to play for the remaining players. We could be in for a long final table and no players can be ruled out yet as play continues today at noon EDT. Check back tomorrow for the final table results from the PokerStars NAPT Mohegan Sun. If you also like to play tournament poker, we would like to remind you that PokerStars is hosting their Sunday Warm-up and Sunday Million today with $750.000 and $1.000.000 guaranteed. Join PokerStars now and up to $600 in sign up bonus at world’s largest poker site.

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Vanessa Selbst leads after PokerStars NAPT Mohegan Sun day 3

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Yesterday 125 players returned to the poker tables to play day 3 of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun Main Event, and now only 24 remain in the hunt for the title and whopping first prize of $750.000.

The big story of the day was aggressive playing Vanessa Selbst, who began the day with 542.600 in chips and was third in the total count before the day. The many starting chips seemed to work well for Selbst as she used her chips to overtake the tournament chip lead after day 3. Selbst played very aggressive throughout the day with relentless raising and 3-betting all day long. By the end of day 3 she had picked up 2.285.000 in chips, which leaves her in great position to go on to the final table today.

Another professional poker player, who had a great day at the felt, was Scott Seiver. From the start of day 3 his day looked to be short, as he began with merely 40.400 in chips, but somehow he managed to climb the leader board ending with 2.241.000 chips. After that performance he almost seems destined to go on to the final table today and Seiver will surely be one of the favorites at this stage in the tournament.

On the other hand Selbst and Seiver will not get an easy day as they are joined today on day 4 by many other great players. Yesterdays chip leader Jordan Morgan is still in the hunt and ended the day with a nice stack of 1.667.000 chips, while other notables including Cliff Josephy, Jonathan Aguiar, Peter Jetten and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso are still standing with 24 players left in the tournament.

We also had to say goodbye to a lot of great players on Day 3 as they hit the rail during play yesterday. Among the more prominent names was Phil Ivey, who was eliminated in 29th place, and we also lost James Akenhead, Ryan D’Angelo, David Williams, Sorel Mizzi, Jeff Madsen, and Team PokerStars Pros Dennis Phillips and Marcello Del Grosso.

The players will hit the tables again today at midday and play will resume until only eight remain for the final table. All players are now guaranteed $19.000 for their performance the last days, but surely are aiming for more. We will check back with more updates from the PokerStars NAPT Mohegan Sun, when the final table is found later today.

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PokerStars NAPT Mohegan Sun Day 2

Friday, April 9th, 2010

PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun started out Wednesday in Connecticut having a massive 716 poker players entering the main event.

Day two of the tournament with a buy in of $5,000 witnessed 443 players come back to the tables and when the day ended this number were reduced to only 125. The cash bubble will break open early on today after 104 players are reached and then players are guaranteed at least $7,500 for their effort. For several of the remaining players this will not be a satisfactory prize, as a lot of the pros surely have their mind set on winning the 3rd title ever to be awarded on the North American Poker Tour. The winner will take home a first prize of $750,000, which will be an incredible payday even for the top poker pros left.

Many professional poker players still remain, who has a great opportunity to build their stack toward the final day and the big money. Going into day 3 the chip leader is Jordan Morgan that completed day 2 with 705,100 in chips to lead the field, but he will certainly get a lot of opposition in the top, since the second day of play gave room for many of the big names in poker in the top 10. Among players in the top 10 are top pros like Vanessa Selbst, that hangs on to 542,600 in chips, while both James Akenhead, Ryan D’Angelo, Lars Bonding and Sorel Mizzi are sitting on around 450,000 in chips.

The biggest name in poker Phil Ivey also made it to day 3 and is not far behind the leading players. Some other great players that will begin day 3 having a serious amount of chips are Peter Jetten, Cliff Josephy, Todd Terry, Matt Woodward, and Team PokerStars Canada pro Marcello del Grosso.

All of the poker players come back today at midday EDT and resume play at blind-levels 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante with an average stack of 171,840 before the start of day three. We will of cause follow all of the action from the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun and bring you updates from day 3. So make sure to check in at Bonusriders tomorrow for the latest news.

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PokerStars: High stakes poker show

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

PokerStars introduces high stakes poker show

The online poker giant PokerStars just announced their new high stakes poker TV show called The PokerStars Big Game. With the introduction of the brand new high-stakes cash game TV show, PokerStars promises competition to established shows like High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark, which will get a serious competitor in the online poker giant.

PokerStars has been the biggest online poker site for quite some time now and is no stranger to hosting big live poker tournaments. Since the start of the European Poker Tour back in 2004, the poker site has only expanded with the introduction of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour, Latin American Poker Tour, North American Poker Tour and more. The dominance from PokerStars just seem bigger and bigger for every day and now the poker site is looking to take over yet another market in the online poker industry. Most poker people are probably familiar with popular shows like High Stakes Poker, Full Tilt Million Dollar Cash Game and Poker After Dark, and it is going to be interesting to see whether PokerStars can compete with the established TV poker shows.

The PokerStars Big Game have already introduced a new feature to high stakes poker TV shows as one PokerStars qualifier will get a chance to participate in the Big Game. This means one seat will be filled by an online qualifier, who will get a chance to take on the big names in poker for free. All players from the US and Canada can play in daily freerolls running from March 26th to June 25th. To earn a short in poker TV show, you must finish in top 200 in any of the Big Game Final Round qualifiers and send a casting video to PokerStars telling why you should be on The PokerStars Big Game. The player impressing PokerStars most will receive a seat and $100.000 in buy in for the TV show. If you ever dreamed of taking on the best high stakes poker players this is your chance and you can keep any winnings you make on the PokerStars Big Game show.

We would also like to remind poker players of the great Sunday poker tournaments taking place on PokerStars today, where you can win hundreds of thousands of dollars. Play in the Sunday Warm-up with $750.000 guaranteed or take on the biggest tournament in online poker; the Sunday Million, with $1.500.000 in guaranteed prize money. Sign up at PokerStars now and receive up to $600 in first deposit bonus at world’s largest poker site.

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PokerStars Pro’s

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Active online poker players will have surely realized till now that Poker Stars is endorsed by some of the biggest names of the modern poker world including Chris MoneyMaker, Peter Eastgate, Daniel Negreanu plus other names which have both found their position on the leader boards of high standard events like the WSOP, the EPT and the WPT. Surely the successful recipe started with Chris Money Maker back in 2003 but over time since has continued to grow longer and become more prestigious every year; therefore attracting more players seeking for the package of the American Dream.

The successful recipe of getting big names on board or identifying players with potential and making them turn out to be names has been successfully been followed by most major poker rooms with Full Tilt Poker being the poker room managing to benchmark the technique with most success by endorsing names like Phil Ivey and Chris Jesus Ferguson under their wing.

Now what makes this post news is that PokerStars is now giving players more chances ever before to watch them play, chat and even compete against them for cash by introducing Team Pro Tuesdays, which is surely a smart strategy to boost the poker room traffic on a so called slow day. On this day every week, scores of the PokerStars pro players will be logging on and playing at the tables, covering everything from cash games to tournaments, across a wide range of games and buy-in levels. You’ll be able to watch your favorite players in action, and talk to them from the rail.

Team Pro Tuesdays will also include two Outlast the Pro tournaments, where you can play against the big names and win cash by lasting longer than the Pros. There are two tournaments running each Tuesday from December 8-29. One at 13:00 ET, another at 20:00 ET. Each has a buy-in of only $11, with $1,000 added to the prize pool. Stay in the tournament longer than all the Pros and you’ll get to split the extra cash with the other players still left in. See the example below for more on how it works. How to find Team Pro and play against them

Team PokerStars Pro players will be online every Tuesday between 12:00-15:00 ET and 19:00-22:00 ET. To find which players are online at any time, download PoekrStars, open the PokerStars software and click the ‘Team Pro’ button at the bottom of the main lobby window. Alternatively, click ‘Requests’ in the top menu bar and select ‘Find a Team PokerStars Player’. To register for an Outlast the Pro tournament, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Tourney’ & ‘All’.

Even more today is in reality one of the best days for the PCA qualifiers at Poker Stars with the Freeroll Fantasy Satellites being the games for new PokerStars players to look out for. These and all PCA qualifiers give you the chance to win a trip to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure which will be hosted at the Atlantis resort Atlantis in The Bahamas. The winners of the qualifiers will get a prize package valued around $15,000, which will cover all expenses including accommodation and buy in to the event itself. The Freeroll Fantasy events are real freerolls, but they are there are more ways to qualify. Page after page of events such as the Frequent Player points events and cash games, some for as little as $8.80. In the PokerStars lobby look under Events, PCA to find the satellites.

Sign up Here and use PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600 and PokerStars Marketing Code PSP7824 to be identified as a referred player and claim the maximum bonus of 100% up to $600 which is a time limited offer available at bonusriders.com for all new PokerStars players.

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PokerStars December leader board

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

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All PokerStars players who participate in Decembers MTT tournaments taking place in the world’s biggest poker room automatically receive points towards the leader board which has added Christmas value to the player finishing in top 2000 in the month of December. All Multi Table Tournaments between December 1 and December 31 count towards the final standings where top 200 will play for $27,000 plus three PokerStars Passports having 5, 3 and 2 stamps.

Players placing 201-500, 501-1000 and 1001-2000 will battle for more than $24,000 and a Passport with 1 stamp in 3 freerolls all taking place January 21, 14:00 ET.

Tournaments leader board winners who win a Passport stamp or more can use the stamp(s)to enter some of the following PokerStars live events taking place at the European Poker Tour, The Asia Pacific Poker Tour, The Latin American Poker Tour, The Russian Poker Tour or The Australia New Zealand Poker Tour.

Players finishing in top 200 on the December leader board will play for the following prizes January 21, 2010.

Place Position

Players finishing 201-500, 501-1,000 and 1,001-2,000 on the leader board in December will play for the following prizes January 21, 2010.

Place Position

A single victory in PokerStars Sunday Million is enough to place you in top 200 so qualify for the big Multi Table Tournament events on PokerStars to improve your chances of winning a 5 stamp Passport giving you the opportunity to see the world and play poker at the same time. Only at PokerStars.

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PokerStars to host $500,000 freeroll

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Not many sites or businesses can afford just to give away $500,000 to their customers but once again PokerStars show they have the ability to reward their players in a great manner. The concept is fairly simple as the only thing players have to do depositing once to be eleglible to participate in a multitude of freerolls running from November 28 to December 13. Every day in the period will host 8 freerolls each with a $2500 price pool. The tournaments are played 5:00, 8:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 20:00 and 23:00 all times ET and besides the prize the 500 players win in any of the tournaments, all of the winners will go through to one out of eight $25,000 freeroll to be held December 13.

Even the smallest deposit qualify for all the daily free $2500 tournaments and the sooner players make the deposit the more freerolls will they be able to attend and thus get more chances to get to share in the $500,000 give away. Existing players shall upon deposit enter the poker bonus code 500k to become eligible to enter this PokerStars freeroll mania festival and all new players have to use the code first500k if they would like to participate.

On top of the $500,000 freeroll madness Pokerstars will continue to host the PCA freeroll schedule up until December 5 where all the qualified players to the final will play for 15 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure packages December 6 worth in total more than $400,000. With a ton of freerolls running daily and still being the massive biggest Poker room in the world there is guaranteed December action for all players making a minimum deposit. Several hundred freerolls will be on the program on PokerStars from now and until December 13.

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