| Poker News | | Shannon Elizabeth Bounty Tournament July 30, 2010 | |
Jul 29, 2010 - 10:14 AM - by lkport | On Friday July 30, 2010 Carbon Poker will be holding a special tournament featuring Shannon Elizabeth. This tournament will feature $500 added to the prize pool. In addition to the added prize money, if you bust "shannonelizabeth" you will receive a $100 bounty and a $50K Sunday coupon ($109 value).
Shannon Elizabeth recently joined Carbon Poker, and they are celebrating with great value for you, the player.
site: Carbon Poker
date: Friday July 30, 2010
time: 19:00 server (8pm et)
name: Special Shannon Elizabeth Bounty - $500... [Read More] | | | | Online Gambling Regulations Bill Approved... | |
Jul 28, 2010 - 11:25 PM - by SharBear613 | The House Financial Services Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would license and regulate online gambling in the United States, in a 41-22-1 vote.
The Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Port Act) was an Act of Congress covering port security online gambling measure that was added at the last moment. The House and Senate passed the conference report on September 30, 2006, and President Bush signed the Act into law on October 13, 2006.
Since 2008, Committee Chairman, Barney Frank (D-Mass) has been fighting and lobbying to halt the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Frank's first attempt failed to get out of Committee on a 32-32 vote. A second bill passed Committee on a 30-19 to vote, but was never voted on by the full House of Representatives.
This year, Rep. Frank... [Read More] | | | | 41st Annual World Series of Poker 2010 Recap | |
Jul 27, 2010 - 10:38 AM - by Fonzi | We here at Holdem Poker Chat will always bring our members interesting news from the poker world. The 41st Annual World Series of Poker® has provided us with many bits of information that we wanted to share with our members. We also want to thank Harrahs Entertainment for sending us their press releases.
There is a global economic slowdown, but the 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) has not been affected at all. On the contrary, the WSOP set a host of new records. Poker players from 117 nations traveled to Las Vegas to compete on the game’s grandest stage. With a record 72,966 entries (a 20% increase from last year) in 57 events creating the largest prize pool in WSOP history: $187,109,850 (a 3.5% increase from last year). In the 41-year history of the WSOP, the prestigious tournament... [Read More] | | | | Cake Poker EPO Freerolls | |
Jul 24, 2010 - 3:04 PM - by lkport | | Cake Poker is holding freerolls to qualify for an English Poker Open package valued at $7,000. these freerolls do not start running until August 01, 2010 but they will probably be full soon since every one of them is open for registration right now. There is only one seat to the freeroll final game awarded per freeroll, and only one $7,000 package awarded in the final, but it is free. There are also 1 gold chip games that will award one seat to the final. These, of course, will be far less populated. Anyone gets into the final, let us know so we can rail you. And sign up for all the freerolls now before they are full. The plus side to all this is the final looks to be a 20 player winner take all event on August 22, 2010 at 3:30 pm et. So... [Read More] | | | | 888 Poker Now in 3D | |
Jul 24, 2010 - 11:11 AM - by Fonzi | The brand new 888poker 3D experience has landed! To celebrate the official launch of its new revolutionary 3D software on 27th July, 888poker is offering ALL players the chance to turn 8¢ into $30,000, iPads, Sony Home Cinemas and Kindles.
To go with its NEW look and NEW name 888poker has been given a complete makeover! Rewritten from scratch, the new 888poker software gives players a whole different gaming experience and is definitely something to shout about.
Here’s a taste of what’s new:
• The first web-based 3D poker experience
• Quick-Click Beginners’ Lobby
• Table Layout
• Fabulous graphics & gameplay
• Amazing Avatars
• Choose your deck
• Colour Indicators
• Personalised Lobby
The amazing new 888poker software is available now in English, Spanish,... [Read More] | | | | ESPN WSOP 2010 Schedule | |
Jul 23, 2010 - 1:03 PM - by lkport | ESPN will start airing The 2010 World Series of Poker Tuesday July 27, 2010. Each show will be two hours long and will be on the main ESPN channel. We already missed the preview show, but for most forum players, they do not need an introduction to the players. Each episode will air on Tuesdays. below is the schedule with each show's focus. As most of you know, there are re-airings on ESPN2 as well. I am not familiar when the reruns will be scheduled and leave that to you to report on if you spot them while channel surfing.
July 20: WSOP Preview Show, 8 p.m.
July 27: Players Championship, 8-10 p.m.
Aug. 3: Tournament of Champions, 8-10 p.m.
Aug. 10-Aug. 24: Main event, 8-10 p.m.
Aug. 31-Nov 9: Main event, 9-11 p.m.
Notice that the last entry will encompass... [Read More] | | | | Win a Lamborghini from PokerStars for Free! | |
Jul 23, 2010 - 11:57 AM - by lkport | PokerStars has a new promotion that will award a Lamborghini Gallardo to the winner. The best part is that it is free to enter. Every day starting July 25, 2010 PokerStars will be running 24 freerolls that award entries to a weekly qualifier. Well they say 24 freerolls a day yet the chart below says they run every 2 hours. You do the math. We probably will have to wait and see on July 25, 2010.
The top 2,000 players in the weekly finals get into the Grand Final. I know, it sounds like a longshot, but here is the other shoe. The weekly finals will have $100,000 prize pools! There is a buyin path to these weekly finals for those wishing to avoid the crowds. Granted, with freerolls every hour and buyins every two hours, the Weekly... [Read More] | | | | |  | Top Ranked Holdem Poker Sites | Are you getting the best deal from your online poker room? Here at Holdem Poker Chat we work hard to bring you the best possible information on deals and tournaments for all online players. We work with Online Poker Sites to bring you exclusive bonus offers and Holdem Poker Freerolls.
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