Author Archive for Robert Weston
Robert Weston is an important part of the writing team at Holdem Poker Chat and has been since the site first started. He has been playing online since the beginning and that gives him the knowledge and ability to deliver informative pieces and his experience shines through in his writing. He is highly experienced in the tournament aspect of online poker and he delivers straightforward and honest pieces with every article. His game knowledge is apparent and that’s what makes him one of the most trusted writers on the team.
Poker 770 $50K Free Festival 770
Each month Poker 770 holds a Free Festival 770 full of freeroll tournaments with a total of $50,000 worth of real money prize pools. The Free Festival 770 features unlimited Sit ‘n’ Go freerolls with $0.10 prize pools and freeroll tournaments every hour: with a $10 prize pool each hour from 2:00 am to 1:00 [...]
Carbon Poker Offers End of May Reload Bonus
From now until May 31, 2013, Carbon Poker is offering all existing players a reload of 75% on a single deposit up to a maximum bonus of $375. To redeem this bonus, use the code MAYPK, which is valid until 11:59 pm server time on Friday, May 31st. The Carbon Poker reload bonus will then [...]
London Casino Accuses Phil Ivey Of Cheating
American poker wunderkind Phil Ivey is now facing a new type of heads-up battle, this one against a UK casino that has accused the proclaimed “Tiger Woods of poker” of cheating at (of all games) baccarat. The dispute involves a two day period in August of 2012 when 9-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey notched [...]
America’s Cardroom Announces $100,000 Guaranteed
America’s Cardroom Poker has announced that it will be holding a $100,000 guaranteed tournament on June 9, 2013 at 7:00 pm ET. This is a doubling of the guaranteed prize pool of its usual $50K guaranteed tournament. The direct buy-in for this event is $200 + $15 but players can win their seat instead through [...]
California Releases New Draft of Poker Bill
A new draft of a bill to legalize online poker in the state of California, written in collaboration between the sate’s Native American tribes, has just been released. The bill is called the Internet Poker Consumer Protection Act of 2013 and eight tribes in all have shown their support by signing onto the bill. This [...]
Bovada Poker Holds $1K Blackjack Draw
On the heels of the successful $15K Blackjack WSOP Draw that wrapped up earlier this month at Bovada Poker, the site is now offering $1K Blackjack Draws every week. Just play the blackjack game made available in the Bovada Poker software (not the Bovada Casino blackjack game) at stakes of at least $5 per hand [...]
Bovada Poker WSOP Qualifier Schedule: A Closer Look
We already brought you word of the immense qualifier schedule for the 2013 World Series of Poker at Bovada Poker, and today we’re going to zoom in for a closer look at that schedule. Qualifier run daily from April 2 to June 24 according to the following schedule: • 10:50 AM – Main Event Cheap [...]
America’s Cardroom Guaranteed Tournament Rundown
It’s been a while since we’ve reminded you of the bevy of guaranteed tournaments being offered regularly at America’s Cardroom, so we thought it was time we did it again. Americas Cardroom offers no less than 8 tournaments on its regular schedule with prize pools ranging between $1K and $50K, and here they all are [...]
European Poker Tour Season 10 Schedule Announced
With the wrapping up of EPT9, the 9th season of the coveted European Poker Tour, the schedule EPT10 has now been released. Season 10 of the European Poker Tour starts with the EPT Barcelona in Spain on August 28 to September 7, 2013, with the main event starting on September 1 for a €5,000 + [...]
Lock Poker Offers Last Chances to Get ISPT Seats Online
The International Stadiums Poker Tour is reputed to be the largest organized poker event in the world, gathering thousands of poker players from across 38 different countries. Since February of this year, the ISPT Main Event has been running online at participating online poker sites, Lock Poker being one of them, and this merry month [...]
