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FullTiltPoker.com Receives ”durrrr” with ”durrrr” Website

Writing by admin on Tuesday, 10 of November , 2009 at 2:16 pm

As was published here over the weekend, it has recently been made public that Tom “durrrr” Dwan has officially signed with FullTiltPoker.com. The online poker website has given the heads-up specialist a warm welcome with an Tom Dwan Website featuring a welcome video and other highlights from the career of Dwan.

One of the best areas of the Official Website is the welcome video from Team FullTilt Poker poker players Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Jennifer Harman and others. The Tom “durrrr” Dwan video on Full Tilt Poker also features an appearance from the legendary online poker player, ”durrrr”.

Tom “durrrr” Dwan has been keeping himself very occupied lately with a new Dwan blog, which will actually be posted from events of Dwan himself. Without mentioning the durrrr Challenge which is on its 27,185th poker hand out of the projected 50,000 total hands.

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Guinness World Record for Largest Online Poker Tournament

Writing by admin on Thursday, 16 of July , 2009 at 6:35 pm

Full Tilt Poker will attempt to stamp its name on the Guinness Records and to do so; the site has announced that it will try to set a new record for the Largest Online Poker Tournament. Full Tilt’s Record Breaker tournament was unveiled as the finale to FIVE, a week of events and promotions created exclusively to celebrate the site’s 5th anniversary. The tournament will take place on July 19th at 15:05ET, players can buy in for this event for only $5 or 1000 Full Tilt Points and compete for a share of a $250,000 guaranteed with $250,000 added prize pool. Players can also get entries to this event by playing the online satellites available on the site and starting for as little as 30 cents or 50 Full Tilt Points.

Team Full Tilt pros and WSOP bracelet winners Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey have already confirmed they will take part in the event, offering players the chance to sit down at this historic tournament and play with some of the best high stakes and tournament pros in the world.

“By extending the limits of what is possible in online poker tournaments, Full Tilt Poker will allow players to compete for a big payout without the big buy-in,” said Team Full Tilt member Howard Lederer.

Putting together a poker tournament of this magnitude would be nearly impossible for any brick and mortar casino or poker room. The current record for the largest “live” poker tournament was set at the 2006 WSOP Main Event with 8,772 players. To break the current Guinness Record set by PokeStars.com in December, 2008, Full Tilt Poker will need to attract over 35.000 players. If successful, this tournament will establish Full Tilt Poker as World Record holder and cement its reputation as a world leader in online poker industry.

For more information on Full Tilt’s Record Breaker tournament, please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/the-record-breaker.

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Poker Scandal will be featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes

Writing by admin on Sunday, 30 of November , 2008 at 3:07 am

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On Sun., Nov. 30th CBS will present their special “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This investigation special was produced after a 16-week study into the online Texas Hold’em poker industry and exclusively a scam concerning the online poker site Absolute Poker.

This Texas Hold’em poker room was investigated after a number of the Texas Hold’em players on the website claimed that some person was unduly winning an incredible amount of poker hands. Todd Witteles was a crucial player in this inquiry, according to Witteles; he was losing incredible amounts of poker chips to the exact same Texas Hold’em poker player. Witteles claimed that this gambler was raising against incredibly good poker hands, anyone would have assumed he was basically giving his money away, but he was in fact earning a great deal of cash.

Witteles was in the right with his assumptions, further down the line it was exposed that a person who knew about the site was able to see any player’s hole cards. With the first look, Absolute Poker proclaimed that there were no issues with the webpage or the Texas Hold’em poker competitor. After many more players showed up with claims, the poker webpage examined deeper into the problem and found the problem.

By January of this year, the Kahnawake Gaming Commision discovered what the Texas Hold’em competitors and the Texas Hold’em poker website had supposed all the time. The investigation proved that, there was an employee who had broken through the poker page’s protection and was playing dishonestly for close to a month and a half. The inquiry verified that the Texas Hold’em room had not gained from the dishonest actions by any means, and was definitely not involved.

These illegal activities are further proof that there ought to be more regulation regarding gambling sites. The US government ought to authorize and regulate the internet poker industry to protect these honest consumers. These rules would also regulate the admission to these websites by children, which is turning into another fear nowadays.

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Is it Possible to Make a Living Playing Poker?

Writing by admin on Monday, 24 of November , 2008 at 5:18 pm

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Take a minute to imagine if you were to have a chat with any typical guy or girl off the street about Texas Hold’em, they possibly wouldn’t deem online Texas Hold’em poker to be a game of tactics, plans, or observation. Probably when you point out Texas Hold’em poker with them, they would perhaps visualize some friends sitting around their TV room chatting and drinking beer. They also could believe online Texas Hold’em poker to be a game of pure luck as opposed to ability, more similar to a game of craps rather than a game of skill, for example.

So the big issue you may have is: “Can I become rich by playing Texas Hold’em?”. Believe it or not, you can actually make money this way. Quite a few folks not only rake in some cash by playing online poker, but also make a lot of money by playing Texas Hold’em. The main issue you need to remember about online poker is that even if you can play in a Sin City casino, beside craps tables and slot machines; in online Texas Hold’em poker you are not contending against the house but against other Texas Hold’em players. So, in truth, you are risking your hard cash against other contenders in a game of talent as opposed to a game of chance.

You might be saying to yourself: “Doesn’t it pay to be lucky?” Certainly in poker, not a soul knows which hands will be dealt. That doesn’t signify that you can’t play poker games with a clear quantity of pre-tournament know-how. One thing that is important to keep in mind in Texas Hold’em poker is that numbers do not lie. Statistics plays a very important part in the game of poker. Not forgetting, that even if you get somewhat fortunate frequently the stats always seem to humble you.

Always remember that Sin City casino table games similar to online Texas Hold’em poker where you are really contending vs. other actual contenders CAN be won. It is proven that the more you play the game of online Texas Hold’em, you will find out that it is more of game of expertise as opposed to just genuine fate.

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FullTiltPoker.com Online Poker Room will present the FTOPS in November

Writing by admin on Tuesday, 21 of October , 2008 at 3:40 pm

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The well-known online poker site FullTiltPoker.com, just let everyone know that once again they will present the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” at the start of November. The popular event will open with a no-limit Texas Hold em with a $216 buy-in game. There is also a guaranteed prize pool of $15 million. The Texas Hold Em championship has 25 poker events with the main Texas Hold em tournament on Sunday, November 16th which has a $2.5 million prize pool.

There is a chance for any FullTiltPoker.com player to play in the Texas Hold em Poker tournament, by winning as many satellite games as they can. Taking into account how many satellite games you come first in, the more poker chips you will get. If you end up winning more satellite tournaments than the other players, you will get two extra buy-ins for the FTOPS. The satellite poker games are taking place at the moment, and anyone who is a member of FullTiltPoker.com can participate.

The FTOPS Texas Hold Em tournament started in 2006 with a total of 8 events and gave away one million dollars in prize money. At the moment, the poker tournament has become particularly famous, with the previous year’s tourney running 25 events and awarding over $15 million. November’s poker tournament will highlight a Two-Day Event having buy-ins of $2500 to $5000. The first ever Two-Day Event was FTOPS V, that tournament had a winner that was able to take $400,000 home with him. FTOPS X’s Two-Day event has a definite pot of over $2 million. This event will begin on November 15th.

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Blackjack Ballroom online casino pays millionare jackpot

Writing by admin on Tuesday, 27 of May , 2008 at 10:04 pm

BlackjackBallroom.com has shown an online casino player how $0.50 can be turned into a $5,556,753.68 million. Blackjack Ballroom casino has made a very lucky player incredible richer,

Klaus E., from Finland hit the jackpot after placing a $0.50 bet on the Mega-Moolah Progressive Slot Machine and won $5.5 million dollars. It was hard to believe for him that he had won such a big amount of money. Now he simply wants to pay his apartment and go on a well deserved vacation.

A BlackjackBallroom.com representative has said, “Klaus has just become part of an elite community of online casino players who have ‘hit it big’ and joined the exclusive CasinoRewards Millionaires’ Club. We congratulate him on his win and look forward to joining him in his celebrations.”

Blackjack Ballroom online casino is part of the world famous CasinoRewards group, who has been in business since 2000 and owns 18 online casinos including Blackjack Ballroom.

All the payment arrangements are currently being taken care, Klaus will fly to Sydney, Australia where he will get his winnings and celebrate the largest win in Blackjack Ballroom’s history. With more than just online blackjack, BlackjackBallroom offers more than 250 games including progressive jackpots, table games, slots and card games.

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Golden Riviera Casino

Writing by admin on Wednesday, 14 of November , 2007 at 7:14 pm

While playing Texas Hold’em poker and Omaha in online poker rooms might be all the rage, it is a tremendous level of fun and excitement to participate in online casinos such as the Golden Riviera Casino.  With the popularity of these types of casinos, it is small wondering that so many of these types of websites have recently sprung to life and begun doing business in recent years.  In the case of the Golden Riviera Casino, business has been very good and players have flocked to the online casino to enjoy all manner of gaming and gambling from nations around the world, hoping to strike it rich.  And speaking of striking it rich, there are so many different types of gaming and gambling available at the ubiquitous online casino that it is easy to see how the Golden Riviera Casino became so popular so quickly.  A bright star among the multitude of casino offerings on the Internet, the Golden Riviera Casino is one of the most popular international casinos in the world and offers all manner of gaming options such as keno, multi-line slots, five and three reel slots, craps, blackjack, European versions of blackjack, Roulette and even video poker. Considering the extremely generous 200% download bonus or optional $150 free, (€150 if you are European) the bonuses that are paid out from second party payment processing services on the Internet such as Click2Pay, InstaCash and Payspark, and the continuing promotional offers that exist at the Golden Riviera casino, it is easy to see how the popular online casino continues to attract so much business on a consistent basis.  Known for its flexibility and for serving the global and international community, the Golden Riviera Casino has enjoyed a tremendous level of success since its inception and continues to serve the community on the Internet and allow players from all around the world to try their luck at all manner of blackjack, Roulette and other types of gaming and gambling on the web. While taking the online casino effort to a new level, the international Casino offers a multi-language support service, including telephone operators and all manner of chat and e-mail support.  Regardless of what country you might live in and what language you might speak, the Golden Riviera Casino is generally more than well equipped to deal with what ever concerns that the player might have at all hours of the day or night.  This is one of the biggest selling points of the Golden Riviera Casino is its very strong reputation for customer service.  Regardless of the problem, whether large or small, the Golden Riviera Casino online support team can very likely put it to bed in a hurry, leaving only happy customers where problems once existed.

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Sports Betting Websites Gain in Popularity on the Web, Spawning More and More Competitors

Writing by admin on Tuesday, 13 of November , 2007 at 8:57 pm

Sports betting websites have done extremely well on the Internet, attracting players from all around the world from all walks of life to the ubiquitous sports book websites that allow the player to wager on their favorite teams on the Internet. With this focus on providing these types of popular wagering options, the sports betting websites have increased in popularity and have seen a tremendous amount of attention and attraction from the players who enjoy these types of events and activities. As more and more gamblers and gaming enthusiasts flood into the online sports betting websites in droves, it becomes apparent that there is a tremendous market for these types of sports betting websites on the Internet and that many players are very happy to be able to participate in the sports book websites that have popped up and become so popular in recent years. As more and more of these types of sports book websites make themselves known and make every effort to attract players to the sports betting websites, the players find themselves with a wealth of opportunity and plenty of sports book websites to choose from.

As more and more sports betting websites open up on the web, it becomes a simple matter for the player to compete against these tremendous levels of competition and wager on all of the sporting events that are available at the sports betting websites. In the case of those players who are less than knowledgeable about sports betting, there still exists all manner of different ways for them to compete, including online casinos that are quite often included into the sports betting websites as well. With all this popularity, it is only to be expected that there would be a tremendous amount of competition as more and more of these types of sports book websites pop up all over the web in a routine fashion. With all of the competition between these different types of sportsbooks and sports betting websites, it is not surprising to see so many players benefiting from the different types of promotional bonuses and offers that these types of sports book websites make in order to keep players constantly competing at the sports betting websites and wagering on their favorite teams. With all of this wagering and popularity of the competition available, it is easy to see that there is no end of players willing to sign up and wager at the sports betting websites on the Internet on a regular basis. As more and more players compete, it is readily apparent that there is no end of popularity involved with the sports betting websites on the Internet.

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Sports Betting Websites Continue to Limp along in the Face of Government Regulations

Writing by admin on Tuesday, 30 of October , 2007 at 8:04 pm

With all of the recent attacks by the United States government on wagering and gambling on the Internet in general, it is not surprising that some industries such as the sports betting websites who depend on the attentions of online gamers and gambling participants to generate revenue might be experiencing some difficulties in generating income since the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.  While it is sometimes difficult to understand exactly what this law means, basically it boils down to making it nearly impossible for sports betting websites to participate in online gaming and gambling on the Internet.  With all this effort to restrict the abilities of poker rooms and casinos as well as sports betting websites to do business on the Web, it is readily apparent that the legislators and lawmakers involved are less than enthusiastic about the concept of wagering and gaming on the web.

Despite all the effort to crack down on wagering and gambling on the Internet, sports betting websites continue to struggle along and remain solvent, providing a welcome relief to players who want to participate in gaming and gambling on the Internet in general.  Even though it has become extremely difficult to fund these types of gaming activities due to the government legislation, loyal participants have continued to enjoy the action available at sports betting websites on the Internet consistently on a long-term basis.  This is a good indicator of the popularity of these types of sports betting websites that continue to generate interest even after the multitude of laws and legislation that has been passed aimed at making it more difficult to participate in these types of activities on the Internet.

While it remains to be seen what type of future might exist for the multitude of sports betting websites that started out so well and were handicapped by the recent government legislation, it is fairly obvious that few if any have any intentions of giving up without a fight, as they still remain strong in the face of adversity in many cases.  While the government continues the attack, sports betting websites have cranked up the amount of advertising and promotion that they promote on the Internet in general, a sure sign that they are less than enthusiastic about the not so subtle sign from the government that they are not welcome.

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Sports Book Websites Explode in Popularity on the Internet

Writing by admin on Tuesday, 30 of October , 2007 at 8:02 pm

With the popularity of online poker rooms and casinos such as Fulltiltpoker.com, it only makes sense that the sports betting websites that are so common would become nearly as popular just as quickly. The overwhelming amount of traffic that is generated by the sports book odds making websites on a regular basis is nothing short of staggering, as more and more Internet users make their way to these types of sports book making websites to wager on their favorite teams and gamble on the chance of winning big. While wagering in most of these types of sports book making websites, players can take advantage of the cross over popularity between different types of gaming and gambling and wager in other types of events as well. In addition to the crossover popularity that allows the wagering of multiple different types of gaming and gambling, the sports betting websites often provide all manner of incentives for players to continue wagering, such as the promotional offers that get players started with discounts and extra features that sweeten the pot.
In the event that the sports book website doesn’t provide what you’re looking for, there are all manner of different types of book making websites that allow players to wager on entertainment events including box office revenues and Oscar nominations just for starters. With the fascination of the world at large with all manner of wagering in gaming, it is easy to see how the sports book websites have exploded in popularity on the Internet, drawing in more and more players from all over the world who are interested in winning big while betting on their favorite NFL teams or soccer players. Any sport that exists likely has some method of wagering in place in these types of online sports bet making websites.
With such an easy to manage end-user experience, it is no wonder that these types of sports bet websites have experienced so much popularity and growth in recent years. Allowing players to wager on their favorite teams is a very smart and innovative method of bringing in revenue to the sport book websites that provide so many features and options for online users who would find themselves unable to make these types of wagers without the ubiquitous sports book websites that have begun to populate the web in recent years.

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