Play Online Poker at BodogWith the November Nine earning their place in poker fame and fortune, the Rio card room is now slightly emptier, but there’s still news flowing in from the 2010 World Series of Poker.

US friendly Bodog Poker sent nearly fifty players to this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event and even though none of them made it to the Novemeber Nine, their stories are still the stuff of legend. Lead by Bodog Poker pros Amanda Musumeci and Evelyn Ng, this year’s Team Bodog included players that made their way up through the ranks in Bodog’s 2010 Series satellite tournaments and finals, players that proved their mettle in the online poker world, but would they be able to bring the thunder to the live tables in Las Vegas?

The answer was a resounding yes, with seven Team Bodog players in the squad ending up in the money, including one remarkable player that turned a one dollar in a satellite tournament into over $27,000 in Vegas! Dennis Scott, a factory supervisor from Midland, MI had never even thought about going to Vegas for the show of shows before, but in an offhand decision to spend $1 on a satellite tournament netted him a 27,000% profit! “It’s actually the first time I’ve ever even tried to play in it,” he said after collecting his winnings. “Actually, it’s my only tournament cash not online. I’ve played in one other tournament at a casino, but it was nothing like the WSOP.”

Check out the video below that shows some of the Team Bodog experience as it happened and see if you’ve got what it takes when you play online poker at Bodog.

 

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Spin32 PokerIt is safe to say that online poker has brought poker into an entirely new field of recognition, with it becoming not only one of the most popular hobbies in the world but is now becoming a serious career choice for a huge amount of young, old and everything in between players. Even people who you might expect to be sitting behind a desk filing accounts take the plunge realizing that they can make 1) better money playing online poker and 2) have a lot more fun.

Online poker was already cresting the waves of a minor boom at the start of the century, and a comparably small community of online players were making a good living by profiting from the regular part timers and casino players looking for something new. But then in 2002 when Chris Moneymaker so publicly took down the world’s biggest poker tournament, the World Series of Poker, people started paying attention and considered that they also may have the mettle to earn themselves $2m over a weekend by beating the world’s greatest poker players, how hard can it be?

But nobody fully appreciated the impact online poker would have, and steadily it has become more popular and much more played than in live events, and online players such as Tom Dwan and Tony Dunst have often commented that the experience they have gained playing multiple hands online in such a short period of time makes them better, seasoned pros than the traditional brick and mortar player we are used to seeing like Doyle Brunson or Johnny Chan.

That, of course, is debatable – but what is not is that the number of online players, both professional poker players and amateurs, far exceeds the live player.

There are some obvious reasons for the huge increase in online poker players, the main one being accessibility. Guaranteed Tournaments run daily, with 100s of millions of GTD prizes given every month with the sites combined, there is no ‘extra rake’ such as flights, car travel or accommodation and players even get extra benefits, such as sign up bonuses, Player Loyalty schemes and more.

Bonuses online are much more valuable than the odd free drink and snack, and many players are skilled at hunting out the best deals and making consistent profits simply by looking in the right places. And although the poker environment is largely dominated now by a handful of sites and networks, many of the smaller sites offer players the sort of +EV value that they would not be able to find at larger sites or land based casinos.

It is not hard to see how with the combination of ambition offset by Moneymaker’s big score and the growing accessibility and security of online poker rooms, to see that online poker has becomes the world’s number one hobby, and many people’s second profession.

One of the best places for players to experience online poker in a safe and secure environment is Spin32 Poker on the Merge Network. Spin32 Poker offers new players to the online poker room a 100% first deposit bonus up to $600 free when they use coupon code SPIN600 at the time they deposit. By accepting a poker bonus, players can increase their bankroll by just playing poker online! US poker players accepted!

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Wass Poker ClosesWell, another online poker room goes belly up in the over saturated world of online poker! In an email received today from Wass Poker Support, they have announced the closure of the Merge Gaming Poker room.

In the email, players were told that they would no longer accept real money play and that the room would officially cease operations on 20 August 2010. Just today, as we attempted to log into the online poker room, the software performed routine maintenance and upon completion logging in was not possible.

It should be noted though that the email contained a link to https://wasspoker.mergecashier.com/ where players are able to log in to process a withdrawal provided they have the minimum ($50) bankroll. This is unfortunate to players that are just under the minimum as they can not play to build their bankroll to the minimum level nor are they able to deposit to bring the amount to the minimum.

The official email from Wass Poker:

Dear Player,

Please be advised that a decision has been made by Wass Poker management to discontinue the Wass Poker site and poker software. Effective immediately, we will no longer be accepting deposits or real money play on the site, however you will still be able to make a withdrawal from the cashier by visiting https://wasspoker.mergecashier.com and logging in with your Wass Poker username and password.

Effective 20th of August the site will be closed down completely and you will no longer be able to make a withdrawal.

We hope you have enjoyed playing on our site. If you would like to continue to play poker on the same poker network you can go to http://www.mergegaming.com and select a new site to join

Sincerely,
Wasspoker Management

A visit to the Wass Poker Forum revealed they members of the forum that is tied to Wass Poker had no prior notice of the pending closure of the online poker room.

Rather disturbing to us is the possible number of players that will loose their bankroll that is under the minimum cash out level, this could theoretically be in the thousands of dollars. A more ethical way to handle this would be giving the players that cannot make a withdrawal an option to transfer their bankrolls to another poker room. This has been done many times in the past when a poker room is closed or moved to another network that did not accept US players.

Players from Wass Poker looking for a safe and secure alternate to the Merge Gaming Wass Poker might consider our offers, follow the links below to our poker room review page for bonus codes, funding methods, screen shots and much more. Many of our listed Merge Poker rooms have special exclusive bonuses we have set up for new players! All of our listed Merge Network Poker Rooms accept US players.

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Enter the term "poker" into any search engine and you will be presented with a plethora of sites to choose from. Browsing through them you will be offered the option to download the client or instant play (play in browser) with some. There will be varying deposit bonuses offered and even the odd no deposit bonus available.

You will also no doubt come across the offer of rakeback. This may or may not be a term you are familiar with so lets give you the heads up.

What is Rake?

Rake is the method used by online poker rooms to make money. In every real-money pot that arises at a poker table, the online poker rooms deduct a small percentage (usually around 5%) of the pot for the house. Essentially, this is the commission, but poker players know it is referred to as "rake".

What is Rakeback?

Rakeback is a popular concept to entice new players by giving a percentage of a player’s rake back to them. Similar to frequent flyer points offered by airlines.In virtually all cases, the rakeback is a straight forward percentage of the amount of rake paid by a player. It typically ranges between 25% and 35% depending on the room.

How is Rakeback calculated?

Online poker rooms use two methods to calculate rakeback:

* DEALT: Under the dealt method, a player receives rakeback based on whether they were dealt into the hand. An example of this being, if there are five players at a poker table, all players are dealt in and three players fold pre-flop,all five are still deemed to be dealt in so they all receive one-fifth or 20% of the rake collected into that pot. This method is beneficial to tight players as they can effectively earn rakeback on pots that they do not contribute one cent to.

 * CONTRIBUTED: Under the contributed method, a player only receives rakeback when they contribute to the pot. So, if a player folds pre flop, they will not receive any rakeback on the rake taken in that pot as they have not contributed. Generally, this method favors players who are looser or "high-action".

How to earn Rakeback

In order to earn a portion of what you have paid in rake back into your account you generally need to sign up to a poker room through an affiliate portal. Affiliates offer rakeback deals to players that are willing to sign up to the poker room using special rakeback links. They have negotiated with the online poker rooms they offer to provide an easy way to earn rakeback. We recommend visiting RakeBackPeople.co.uk to secure a rakeback account at many popular online poker rooms. Click here to visit today!

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Rush Week at Full TiltThe fastest game in poker, "Rush Poker" just got even better! Full Tilt Poker, the only online poker room to host Rush Poker, has proclaimed the week of July 12th through July 18th, 2010 to be "Rush Week"!

You can earn up to $250 in free cash from Full Tilt by playing the Rush Poker cash tables! The more you play, the more free Full Tilt cash you earn! Also, for MTT fans, if you make the final table any Rush Poker tournament, you will earn a seat in the $50K Rush Week Freeroll!

During Rush Week all of the biggest guaranteed tournaments will be converted to Rush Poker Tournaments during Rush Week! This includes the world famous $1 Million Monthly Guaranteed tournament!

If you have not experienced the thrill and adrenalin rush that Rush Poker delivers you are missing out on a whale of a time. In Rush Poker, the moment you fold your hand you are moved to another table and are dealt cards! There is no down time or time waiting for the next round. You even have the option of folding your hand out of turn to immediately be moved to another table. Click here to try Rush Poker at Full Tilt Poker now!

Rush Week Free Cash Awards:

Bronze (10 Full Tilt Points)

  • Earn 10 Full Tilt Points or more per day on any four days to receive $5 Free!
  • If you earn at least 10 Full Tilt Points per day on each of the seven days you will receive $10 Free!

Silver (100 Full Tilt Points):

  • Earn 100 Full Tilt Points per day any four days and get $25 Free!
  • Earn 100 Full Tilt Points per day on all of the seven days of the promotion to receive $50 Free!

Gold (1,000 Full Tilt Points):

  • 1,000 Full Tilt Points or more per day on any four days and get $125 Free
  • 1,000 Full Tilt Points per every day of the promotion and get $250 FREE

The highest earned payout will be the only one paid. You can not accumulate the free cash. For instance, if you earn 1,000 FTP’s on each day of Rush Week, you get $250 only. This is a great way to build your bankroll at Full Tilt!

$50K Rush Week Freeroll

Reach the final table in any Rush Poker Tournament and you will win a seat in the $50K Rush Week Freeroll playing at 3:15 pm ET on Sunday, July 25th. Full Tilt has scheduled extra Rush Poker Tournaments for Rush Week! Many of the regular guaranteed tournaments will also be played in Rush Poker format to increase your chance at winning a seat.

Ready to play? Here is how you can participate in Rush Week (you must opt in to the promotion).

  1. Click here to visit Full Tilt Poker and set up an account.
  2. Download and log in to the Full Tilt Poker software then click on the Cashier button in the game lobby.
  3. Click "My Promotions" and then click on Rush Week link.
  4. Follow the instructions on the Rush Week Promotion page to opt in. ( you must opt in to take part in the Rush Week promotion. If you do not, you will not receive your free cash for your play nor will you get your free entry to the $50K Freeroll).

When you sign up to play online poker at Full Tilt here and use the Full Tilt Bonus code "PPUS100" you will earn a 100% match on your deposit up to $600 FREE!

Full Tilt Poker accepts US players and is one of the largest online poker rooms. They are the only online poker room to offer Rush Poker. More information can be found by reading our Full Tilt Poker review.

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US Friendly Bodog Poker has added even more poker point tournaments. These special multi table tournaments give you more ways to win big without risking a cent!

Every day you can win seats to the famous Bodog $100K Guaranteed that runs on Sunday afternoon, the nightly $10K Guaranteed, or play for good old cash in the $300 guaranteed. This is in addition to the current poker points tournaments and freerolls.

Buy-ins for these tournaments range from 30 Poker Points up to 1000 Poker Points. This is just another great way to spend your Bodog Poker Points!

You earn poker points from buying into tournaments, playing the cash tables and unlike most poker rooms, Bodog Poker pays you poker points for every hour you are playing poker!

When you sign up to play online poker at Bodog, they will give you 50 poker points to get you started! Once you accumulate poker points you can redeem them to enter the special poker points tournaments, save them up or exchange them for good old cash! As an extra bonus, in any month you earn 2000 points or more, Bodog Poker will double your monthly poker points!

Sign up with Bodog Poker today and you’ll get not only 50 free poker points, they will also match your deposit 110% up to $1100 FREE! 10% of your bonus is paid instantly so you can take it to the tables right away. The remain bonus clears as you earn more poker points. And… if you use eWalletXpress to deposit before July 16th, they will up the bonus to 120% with 10% paid up front. Get your bonus today! All US players are welcome at Bodog Poker!

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Extra Bonus at Bodog PokerBodog Poker already offers a great poker bonus, 110% up to $1100 free and 10% of the bonus is an instant bonus. So I was truly surprised when they told me you could get another 10% on top of it.

What’s the catch? There is none really, but in order to get the 120% poker bonus at Bodog, you do need to use your eWalletXpress to trigger it. And you only have until July 16th to take advantage of the Bodog extra bonus. Click here to collect your extra bonus!

Bodog introduced the eWalletXpress bonus about a month or so ago and thanks to amazing response, they have extend the offer until mid July.

The timing for the extra poker bonus is perfect too, because the Bodog Mini Poker Series starts this coming Monday, July 5th! You can use the extra bankroll to get into more of the games and increase your chances of winning a 2010 WSOP Main Event package!

How to Get Your Extra Bodog Poker Bonus

Your deposit will be matched 120% up to $1100 free! Bodog will give you 10% of your bonus instantly, up front, ready to take to the tables. The remaining 110% will be placed in your bonus account and will be released into your playable bankroll as you earn Bodog Poker Points. You’ll have 60 days to clear your remaining bonus. Bodog Poker offers perhaps the easiest bonus to clear.

Even better, once you sign up and deposit, you will get 6 entries into the Bodog $100K New Player Qualifier! 1st place wins T$162 to enter the $100,000 Guaranteed on Sunday’s at 4pm ET, 2nd through 10th place finishes will win T$17 to play in any of the $100K Semifinal tournaments!

Bodog Poker accepts players worldwide including US poker players and poker players in Canada! With over 15 years experience in online gaming, Bodog is the perfect place to play online poker.

You can learn more about Bodog Poker by visiting our Bodog Poker review here

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2010 English Poker Open QualifiersIntertops Poker is now running qualifiers and satellites to the 2010 English Poker Open to be played Mayfair Hotel London’s Palm Beach Casino September 11th to 14th, 2010.

Now that Intertops Poker has returned to the USA market, US poker players and players from around the world can win a free seat to the 2010 English Poker Open! For as little as $3.30, you could find yourself at the tables in London competing for a massive prize pool!

If you win an English Poker Open prize package with Intertops poker you will enjoy $7,000 in cash! $5000 + $350 will cover your buy in to the Main Event and the remaining $1650 is yours to help with transportation and lodging while in London! The 2010 English Poker Open is guaranteeing a $1 million prize pool for the event! Now that is one heck of a return on investment! Click here to get started!

The English Poker Open Finals take place every Sunday from June 27th to August 29th at 4PM ET. There are satellites running around the clock in both freezeout and rebuy formats. Win a seat from the $3.30 or $5.50 Satellite and you will advance to the semi-final. One seat to the finals will be added for every $268 in the Semi-Final prizepool. You can also skip the satellites and buy in direct to the semi-final for only $25 +$2!

Direct entry to the weekly Sunday final is $250 + $18. One $7,000 prize package will be awarded for every 28 players in the EPO Weekly Final.

2010 English Open Intertops Qualifier Schedule

Day Tournament Time (Eastern) Buy-In Prize Pool
Daily English Poker Open Satellite – Rebuy Every 6 hours 6:40 & 12:40 $3 + $0.30 Winners advance to the English Poker Open $7,000 Semi Final.
Daily English Poker Open Satellite – Freezout Every 6 hours 3:40 & 9:40 $5 + $0.50 Winners advance to the English Poker Open $7,000 Semi Final.
Daily English Poker Open Semi-Final 5:40am, 1:40pm, 9:40 pm $25 + $2 One player will advance to the English Poker Open $7,000 Final for every $268 in the prize pool
Sunday English Poker Open $7,000 Weekly Final 4:00pm $250 + $18 Winners receive a EPO $7,000 prize. One seat for every 28 players registered.

Intertops Poker is now on the Cake Network of online poker rooms. They once again accept US players! Sign up to play online poker at Intertops here and use bonus code PPUS600 for a 110% Poker Bonus up to $600 FREE!

Intertops is one of the first online poker rooms and has been online since 1996! They offer a wide selection of cash games, sit n go’s and multi tournament action. You can;’t go wrong when you play poker at Intertops! Click here to open your account and claim your bonus today!

For more information, visit our Intertops poker review. You will learn of funding methods, game selection, special promotions, screen shots and more!

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BigBet July 4th Rake RaceHappy 234th Birthday USA! Time to cut loose and celebrate this July 4th weekend!

BigBet Poker is joining in the celebrations this weekend too! They are hosting a $1,000 holiday weekend rake race where the top BigBet Points earner will get a $300 cash prize!

The 4th of July Rake Race starts at 00:00 BigBet Poker time on Saturday, July 3rd and ends at 23:59 on Monday, July 5th. Over the contest period earn as many BigBet points as possible. Win the race and you will start July with a $300 bankroll boost!

There are no opt in forms, no e-mails to send, just sit down at the tables and have fun playing poker!

$1,000 Rake Race Payouts:

PLACE PRIZE   PLACE PRIZE BigBet Poker
1st $300   6th $100
2nd $200   7th $50
3rd $150   8th $50
4th $105   9th $10
5th $100   10th $10

To help you get started, BigBet Poker will give you a 120% poker bonus up to $750 FREE when you make your first deposit! Use your PicClub or Moneybookers account and they will pay you 20% of the 120% bonus up front! You will also get a ticket to play 14 days of the $500 1st deposit freerolls! Simply contact support@bigbetpoker.com after making your deposit to claim your free bonus. Click here to get your bonus now!

BigBet Poker accepts US players and is home on the Merge Gaming Network. BigBet runs a private customer service department and processing. They are one of a select few Merge Poker rooms that still accept the PicClub funding option. You can get more information including how to fund your BigBet account, games selection, promotions and more at our BigBet Poker review page here.

Winners will be announced in the newsletter to be sent on Tuesday, July 6th. The rake race is is open only to real money players who have made a deposit at BigBet Poker.

Amounts will be paid out in Big Bet Rewards no later than July 7th, 2010. Big Bet Rewards can be redeemed for cash, merchandise, or sweepstakes entries.

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GR88 Poker $125k Cash ChaseYou know GR88 Poker has really been making a stir in online poker. They have hosted $100k freerolls and staked poker players, they have the "Share the Love" Promotion that gives away iPads™ and trips to Las Vegas and they also ran a cash chase that was giving out over $50k in cash.

Now GR88 Poker has expanded on the cash chase contest by boosting it up to a massive $125,000 and rather than paying the first 10 players to reach a VIP level, they have doubled it and are paying the first twenty players to reach the level!

So not only is there more free poker money being given out, they are paying two times the players!

The free cash starts with the first 20 poker players to reach 5,000 VIP points will get $30 in free cash. The levels increase eight more times and pay the first 20 players to reach level 9 a huge cash prize of $2,000! Click here to get in on the cash race today!

GR88 Poker $125,000 Cash Chase Prizes:

Cash Chase Levels Number of Prizes VIP Points Needed Cash Prize
LEVEL 9 20 100,000 $2,000.00
LEVEL 8 20 80,000 $1,500.00
LEVEL 7 20 70,000 $1,200.00
LEVEL 6 20 50,000 $750.00
LEVEL 5 20 35,000 $400.00
LEVEL 4 20 25,000 $250.00
LEVEL 3 20 12,000 $100.00
LEVEL 2 20 7500 $50.00
LEVEL 1 20 5000 $30.00

Total Prizes Paid Out $125,600.00

Of course you need to have a bankroll at GR88 Poker to get into the cash chase; so we have set up a special poker bonus to help you get started! When you sign up to play online poker at GR88 here, and use coupon code PPINSTANT, GR88 Poker will give you two bonuses!

First, you will get an 20% instant, up front poker bonus up to $120 FREE then within the next 24 hours you will get another 100% bonus added to your bonus account. The 20% instant bonus is added to your playable bankroll instantly and is available to take to the tables! The additional 100% match will be moved into your playable bankroll in $10 increments at the rate of $1 for every 40 VIP points you earn at the tables. Don’t waste another moment, click here and get in on the competition today! US players are welcome at GR88 Poker.

If you would like to learn more about GR88 Poker, visit our GR88 Poker review for information on GR88 funding options, more promotions, game selection and much more!

This promotion runs from July 1, 2010 (00:01 GR88 Server Time) to July 31, 2010 (23:59 GR88 Server Time).

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