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The buzz is true! Bodog runs a regular $100k game but now they go over the top and are offering a fantastic $250,000 prizepool in a game that will surely make history!  Even better, you can get in on the action with just a one dollar, yep just a $1 investment! The lucky player that takes first in this mega online poker game will walk away with a cool 55 grand minimum!

The main event is set for Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 4 p.m. (EST). Got your interest? This is how you can get in on the action on the biggest online poker game Bodog Poker has ever offered:

Qualifying for the $250K Guaranteed Tournament Main Event is as simple as playing poker. Qualifiers start for as little as $1, basically everyone can have a seat at Bodog’s largest guaranteed tournament ever.

Just follow these easy steps to poker riches:

1. Join Bodog!
2. Download the Bodog Poker client.
3. Register by going to the “Scheduled Tournaments” tab and selecting the $250K Guaranteed Tournament.
4. Select from over 200 tournaments ranging from $1-$0 to $54-$4.

Or for you highrollers that want to buy in direct, entry to $250K Guaranteed Tournament Main Event Final is just $250+$20.

Remember, you get a 110% 1st deposit bonus at Bodog. 10% paid up front and easy clearing the remaining 100%. You can even turn your poker points into cash!

Read the full Bodog Poker review here.

Can you tame the dragon? Get over to Doyles Room and if you play your cards right, you could find yourself seated at the main event in Macau, China when the Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) runs its second season starting on September 1st. Satellite your way to this ten-day event of a lifetime and experience poker in the Far East courtesy of Doyles Room. If you win the APPT package you will compete for the massive 7-figure guaranteed prize pool. You will also live in the lap of luxury with $2,500 towards travel expenses, $800 in spending money, and 9 nights accommodation at the opulent Grand Waldo Hotel & Casino in Macau. Travel the globe in style with Doyles Room footing the bill! Satellites for this awesome prize package began June 27th. And there is still plenty of time to qualify! Satellites start at just $10 + 1.00 with one seat to the weekly finals awarded for every $109 in the pool.

DoylesRoom is also giving away free cash to all first time depositors. Just make a deposit of $30 or more and DoylesRoom will automatically enter you into 8 consecutive $1,000 invite-only freerolls. Play twice a week for a month for your chance at $8,000 in Free Cash! These tournaments run twice weekly. And when you sign up with Poker Player US you can take a 110% first deposit bonus all the way to $660 FREE!

And to top all this off, Doyles Room runs the Quick Draw Freeroll every single day a 10:00 EDT! This is a $300 turbo freeroll that will keep you on your toes, no time to hesitate as the blinds increase every 2 minutes! Fast and furious is the pace in this exciting game!

Read the Doyles Room Review.

Nothing takes the pain out of a bad beat like winning cash for it! And Bodog is now awarding victims of a bad beat with 100 X the big blind up to a maximum of $1,000! If you lose lose to four of a kind or better and are holding a full house with aces full of kings (A-A-A-K-K) you’ve won! Please note that both pocket cards must be used by the winning and losing hands. Three or more players must be dealt into the hand. Both winning and losing hands must go to showdown. The Bad Beat Bonus is available in Texas Holdem real money cash games only.

Nothing feels better than having the nuts in a poker game, and nothing is more rewarding than hitting the absolute nuts, a Royal Flush. The feeling gets even better now with Bodog Poker’s new Royal Flush Bonus! Starting now when you catch the super nuts… a Royal Flush at Bodog Poker you will not only take down the pot but Bodog will also give you a special bonus of 50 times the Big Blind! In order to claim the bonus, both pocket cards must be used. Three or more players must be dealt into the hand. The hand does not have to go to showdown. Texas Hold’em real money cash games only. Remember, if you hit a bad beat or a royal flush, be sure to contact Bodog by phone or email within 48 hours with the hand number to collect your cash. Make the most of your online poker experience at Bodog where royal flushes feel great and bad beats feel even better.

Read more about Bodog Poker at our review page.

Win a free entry to Bodog Poker’s huge 100K guaranteed game with Poker Player US! This Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 7:35 PM players will face off in a 5.50 game that awards the winner their share of the prizepool and $109 in tournament credits to buy in to the famous $100,000 guaranteed game that plays out every Sunday at 4:05 PM Eastern time.

Game Details:

Where: Bodog Poker
Name: PokerPlayerUS - $100k qualifier
When: Sunday, June 29, 2008
Time: 7:35 PM ET
Buy in: 5.50
Prize: Buy-ins plus T$109 added to the winner!
Type: NL HE
Password: whopper
Software: Click here

Bodog’s Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed occurs every week and has been averaging a 30% overlay for the past few months.  Each week the winner has won themselves $25,000.

With the low buy-in of only $100+$9 and satellites that run on a daily basis, you cannot afford to miss this opportunity.  So be sure that you keep your Sunday afternoon open and register by 4:05PM EST for your chance to win poker’s best value guarantee tournament. Plus when you play the Poker Player US qualifier game, you have a shot of hitting the $25,000 first place prize for a mere $5.50! Hard to find a value like this in the online poker world! Read more about the Bodog 100K here: http://poker.bodoglife.com/welcome/2429235/tournaments/100k-guaranteed.html

Better Poker and Poker Player US have teamed up to bring a super cash added game for international poker players! The game is scheduled to play on June 21st at 20:00 GMT and has a player cap of 99 players. The cash added game is a small $5.00 + .50 buy in and Better Poker has added a sweet $100 to the prizepool in the game. No Limit Texas Holdem is the game type and it is listed as a freezout game. Players wishing to join the game are encouraged to become a member of the Poker Player US Forum as this is a private forum poker game with cash added.

Better Poker is one of the newer sites on the Playtech Network and is already getting rave reviews due to the over $12.5 Million in added value games played every month at the site. The folks at Better Poker also offer a $500 welcome bonus on your first deposit, weekly freerolls to help build your bankroll and a super VIP program with rewards including tournament tokens, free sports bets and even cash!  Learn more at our Better Poker Review page. 

Game details and password:

Name: PokerPlayerUS $100 added
Where: Better Poker
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008
Time: 20:00 GMT
Buy-in: 5.00 + .50
Prizepool: Buy ins plus $100 added
Type: NL HE
RB/AA: No
Password: serious
Software: Click here

Better Poker giving away $3000 for Euro 2008 - Learn more

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Big Brown’s historic run for the triple crown was dashed Saturday, as he failed to win the Belmont Stakes to be the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to capture racing’s Triple Crown.The big winner in the Belmont Stakes was Da’ Tara taking the win at 38-1 odds, Denis of Cork finished second. Big Brown finished last in the race and the dreams of a triple crown vanished in the 1½-mile race.The Belmont horse race may be over, but for a very limited time you can take advantage of an exclusive offer from Bodog and Poker Player US. Sign up and make your initial deposit of $100 or more and Bodog will give you $100 free! This is an instant bonus that you may use to make a wager on all the major US Horse Tracks. You may also use this offer to bet on sports or play online casino! You must use our special links to take advantage of this limited time offer!

Bodog Racebook has announced the Belmont Stakes payouts:

Da’Tara at a minimum wager of $2 pays out $79 for Win, $28 for Place and $14.80 for Show.

Denis of Cork at a minimum wager of $2 pays out $5.40 for Place and $4.10 for Show. While third place, Anak Nakal, has a payout of $7.60 for Show.

There’s still plenty of great horse racing left this year with the Breeder’s Cup as the next big race. For the best in online horse betting sign up to the Bodog Racebook.

Hurry! The special free $100 offer goes away at 23:59 Sunday, June 8th, 2008!  This special offer has ended but the great games and betting continue at Bodog! Sign up now! 

Deathmatch III is now open for pre-registration! This event will be held at LandsharkPoker and is open to all players around the world Landshark Poker is US Friendly! You may now pre-register at http://pokerplayerus.com/Deathmatch/dm3.php for this series.

Qualifiers begin on Sunday June 8th, 2008 and run until Saturday, June 27th, 2008.

The main event, an $1100 added event is scheduled for Sunday June 28, 2008 at 15:00 EDT, The big change to this series is we created additional qualifier games that run earlier in the day to accommodate the UK and European players in addition to the regular times for the US and Canadian players. You will be able to qualify up to four times daily and we also continued the freeroll entry level.

Go to this sign up page and pre-register with Poker Player US and get ready to rake in the cash in the main event!

If you do not currently have an account at LandsharkPoker sign up with with this link and you can get a no deposit free cash offer! We have partnered with Landshark Poker to bring you a special offer; if you set up a new account with them and email promos@landsharkpoker.com they will give you a $3 no deposit bonus in your account, (you must use our links to claim this bonus). Just include the code “PPUS3″ your email address and your screen name in your email to get the free cash!

Landshark Poker is US friendly and now offers Pic-Club and PayPal as a payment option. (you must contact support via live chat or email support@landsharkpoker.com to use your PayPal account for deposits).

The details of this event are as follows:

Series Name: Deathmatch III

Main Event information:
Sunday June 29, 2008 15:00 Eastern
Buy in 5.00 + .50
Prize pool: $1100, $500 to game, $600 to top three forums in points:
1st Place Forum - $300 Freeroll or added game
2nd Place Forum - $200 Freeroll or Added game
3rd Place Forum - $100 Freeroll or Added game
Points will be awarded to the top 40 players with 40 points to the
winner.

Daily qualifiers beginning on 8 June 2008 and running until 27 June 2008:
- Daily at 15:00 and 21:00
- 1.10 Buy in, one seat to the main event awarded for every
5.00 in prizepool, one seat guaranteed.

Cheeproll qualifiers:
- Daily at 12:00 and 18:00
- Cheeproll qualifiers, 0.01 + 0.00 buy in, .50 Rebuys and one
.50 Add-on
- One seat awarded to the 1.10 buy in for every 1.00 in prize
pool. One seat guaranteed.

Come and make your bets for Belmont, racetrack, sports, or play in the casino at Bodog! Use our special partner links for an exclusive double your money offer that is only available until June 8th and only by using our special links. Just make your first deposit at Bodog Racebook, Sportsbook or Casino.  If you deposit $100, you get $100 match bonus!!! This offer has ended, stil great action available at Bodog though!

The Bodog Racebook allows bets on all major North American tracks and of course the 2008 Belmont Stakes. Dont wait! This offer is going out fast, so sign up and place your bet and don’t miss one second of the race of a lifetime as Big Brown chases history as he races for the Triple Crown. Post time is estimated at 6:25 PM on Saturday June 7th. The 2008 Belmont Stakes features a $1,000,000 purse and is listed as race number 11 of the day.

You can get all the up to date odds, futures and prop bets at the Bodog Racebook. Set up your account today and get in on history in the making as Big Brown runs for the Triple Crown! Bodog has the live track odds, weekly rebates, in-depth editorial coverage and inside information to make sure you don’t have to go anywhere else to bet at Belmont.

Click here, to sign up   …bet and play hard…

mFortune mobile casino, the leader in mobile gaming has annouced that they have started a fantastic new payment feature!
Starting today you can deposit into your mFortune Mobile Casino account simply by using your Mobile Phone credit. With this new payment method, 99% of all deposits will be accepted instantly!  Best of all, no payments will be refused by a credit card company! This payment method is available for UK based players only at this time and supports the following networks:

• Orange
• O2
• T-Mobile
• Vodaphone

Payments will be taken directly by the network from the players air time credit. You have this option if you have a Contract or Pay as you go account.

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