With its first Monthly Million tournament approaching, Party Poker has just added extra qualifiers for the $1 million guaranteed tourney that happens this Sunday. The first of the new qualifiers is the “50 Seat Frenzy” which takes place on Saturday at 11:25 ET (16:25 GMT) and will award 50 seats to the top 50 finishers. [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | January 31, 2009

There is a new online poker site that is supposedly going to go live soon. And it has one of the most god awful gimmicks I have ever seen. This site, called Real Deal Poker, claims that it will be the most honest, un-rigged poker room on the internet because, get this, every hand dealt [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | January 29, 2009

On February 1st, Party Poker will hold its first ever Monthly Million tournament at 12:45 ET (17:45 GMT). This new Party Poker tournament is held on the first Sunday of every month and guarantees players a $1 million total prize pool. The Monthly Million tourney features a championship blind structure and the buy-in is $640.
Players [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | January 28, 2009

Party Poker has assembled a team of 22 players that will be leaving for the Asian Poker Tour Philippines event. Team Party Poker consists of the players who won the 22 $6,000 APT Philippines prize packages that the room has been giving away over the last couple of months. Team Party Poker will be led [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | January 27, 2009

Party Poker has set the European Open V dates for February 6th - February 13th, 2009 and the event will be held in London. This 72 person, $7,000 buy-in tournament will also be broadcasted on international television through the UK’s “Five” and will see many of poker’s biggest names in attendance.
Some of the famous players [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | January 21, 2009

In an effort to constantly improve their room, Party Poker has added several new features to their software. The new features are upgrades to the Party Poker lobby and tables.
The biggest change means players will be able to multi-table with greater ease, since they can open new tables directly from the one(s) they’re playing at. [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | January 20, 2009

Full Tilt Poker has announced that they will be giving away free seats to the fifth annual NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Full Tilt will award two of their members with a prize package valued at $22,000 which includes an entry into the Heads-Up Championship as well as travel and accommodation.  
Players can win these [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | January 16, 2009

The 2009 Borgata Winter Open has just kicked off at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is the fourth annual running of the Winter Open and the event will last for 14 days with 46 tournaments being held during this time. Some of the tourneys include H.O.R.S.E., ladies-only events, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | January 14, 2009

Party Poker has announced that they will be holding a $1 million guaranteed tournament on the first Sunday of every month. This new promotion will called the Monthly Million and the Main Event starts at 12:45 ET on selected Sundays. Those hoping to enter this large tournament can buy directly into the Monthly Million for [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | January 13, 2009

Party Poker staged a special tournament called Poker for the Homeless in an effort to help out the homeless people of Dublin and Galway, Ireland. This charity event was formerly known as Simon Poker Day (named after the Galway Simon homeless shelter), but was changed to represent the purpose of the event.
Nicky Poker - a [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | January 9, 2009