Online Gambling News and Promotions

Everest Poker sponsored player, Wooka Kim (also known online as –icebeer–), Japan’s female poker champion will be playing this August in Macau in two of the most important Asian poker tournaments, the Asian Poker Tour and Asia Pacific Poker Tour.

Kim won the opportunity of a lifetime when she was chosen for a spot on the Everest Poker Team at Everest Poker’s 2008 Live the Dream event. Kim was chosen from thousands of players to be Everest Poker’s ambassador to Asia and represent Everest Poker in all the major poker tournaments from March 2008 to March 2009.

Since Live the Dream, Kim has played in some of the biggest poker tournaments in the world including the EPT Finale in Monaco and the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. She has seen great success in these tournaments taking home $25,090 from the WSOP.

Kim first started playing poker on Everest Poker in 2006 and within a year she had built her bankroll to over $90,000. In May of 2007 she participated in the All Japan Poker Championship, the largest live poker tournament in Japan and won the Ladies Tournament.
Kim is not only a poker player, but also an entrepreneur. She owns and operates two restaurants in her hometown of Osaka Japan.

Next you will find Kim playing in this year’s Asian Poker Tour and Asia Pacific Poker Tour in Macau as a part of her sponsorship with Everest Poker. The APT Macau will be held from 27-31 August 2008 at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau. Five hundred players are expected to show up for the No Limit Texas Hold’em main event with a buy-in of $5,000+300. The APPT Macau will be held at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino 1-9 September. The buy in for this event is $3000 + 200 with an expected prize pool of $1.3 million.

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PRWEb – Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, offered another opportunity this July for its top VIP players to take advantage of their elite status. By participating in Titan Poker‘s $20,000 VIP Race, which took place from the 24th to the 29th of July, players not only competed for a share of an enormous prize pool, but also for a seat at the Asian Poker Tour – Macau (APT), this August in Macau, China.

Artem Khudaverdiev, 22, from Nuernberg, Germany, won the all-exclusive APT package worth $9,000, which includes a $5,300 buy-in to the Main Event, hotel accommodations at the StarWorld Hotel, and travel expenses. The next 39 top finishers in the $20,000 VIP Race won their share of a lavish cash prize pool of $11,000.

Artem will now join a contingent of 13 other Titan Poker players who have already won their seats at Titan Poker’s APT Macau Super Satellite Series, which continues until August 9th.
Following his win, he said, “Once I heard about this Titan Poker promotion, I wanted to participate immediately. I am happy about winning it and am looking forward to Macau. Thanks Titan Poker for this great opportunity.”

Titan Poker regularly rewards its players with massive cash prizes and seats to huge overseas poker events, such as the Aussie Millions, the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, and various European Poker Tour events. It awards more than $16,000,000 in monthly prizes and will stage a $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Tournament in September, its biggest ever guaranteed prize tournament.

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PRWEb – Bodog Poker today announced the full release of its new, customizable poker client, featuring resizable tables, full-screen mode and detachable chat and game details. The release follows a recent public beta test and comes just as Bodog gets ready to host its largest guaranteed tournament ever, the $250,000 Guaranteed on Aug. 10, at 4 p.m. (EST). To download the new software, visit Bodog Poker web site.

The result of rigorous testing and feedback from the online poker community, the new Bodog Poker software at BodogLife.com introduces the most requested feature–fully resizable poker tables. Players now have total control over the size of their game window simply by dragging the lower right corner of the table, and with the click of a button, they can also enjoy a full-screen, high-resolution experience that is limited only by the size of their monitors. Additionally, players have the ability to detach, resize and move their windows for chat, statistics, notes, profiles, tournament info and game details, leaving more playable space and less distractions.

“Bodog is fully committed to offering our online poker players the most secure and enjoyable online gaming experience possible, and our new release delivers just this, giving players total control over how they enjoy the game,” says Morris Mohawk Gaming Group CEO Alwyn Morris. “Bodog Poker players have been a part of the process from the beginning, and we’re excited to deliver the features they’ve asked for, like resizable game play windows and detachable chat windows. Players can look forward to even more features added in the very near future.”

The latest updates at Bodog Poker complement the room’s sleeker, smoother and more inviting new look that was introduced this past November. The changes dramatically enhance the player experience in a number of ways, including making the overall game flow more intuitive with a spotlight feature that highlights the player who is “on action” with a softly diffused spotlight. Over the coming months, Bodog plans to introduce additional features, including the ability to play on more than three tables at a time.
In addition to a more enjoyable gaming experience at BodogLife.com, players can also be assured that they are playing on the safest online playing environment possible. Using the same encryption method as most online banking systems, all deposits and personal information is secure and protected at all times. Bodog Poker secures player’s account history and ensures that no personal information is ever exploited or used in any way without consent.

“Being in the online gaming business for more than 10 years now, Bodog understands that the security and the integrity of its games is paramount, and from day one, it’s been our mandate to maintain the highest possible security standards for players,” noted Morris.

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PRWEb – The word on everyone’s lips this month is Beijing, and to celebrate Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, has launched its August Olympic Challenge promotion. With four prize packages to exciting land-based tournaments across the globe on offer, the scent of competition at the online tables is set to rise to record levels this summer.

The Olympic Challenge is open exclusively to Titan Poker‘s Silver to Diamond VIP players. Commencing from today until August 20th, 2008, contenders who earn 10,000 Points will receive free entry to Titan Poker’s Olympic Challenge Tournament, which will be staged on Friday, August 22nd.

Fortunately for competitors, Titan Poker’s podium holds more than just three winning places. First prize won’t be a gold medal, but a golden opportunity to win a share of the $1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool at South Africa’s Sun City $Million Poker Tour. The winner will also enjoy a free round of golf, a week’s Spa pass, Safari game drive or hot air balloon ride, plus free tickets to a rock show included in the $10,500 package.

Nor will runners-up be walking away empty-handed. Titan Poker is offering an additional three Irish Winter Festival prize packages each worth $4500. Players will be treated to a private Guinness welcome party before playing for the estimated €1,000,000 prize pool right n the heart of Dublin’s action. Other Olympic Challenge finalists will win a share of a $6,000 prize pool.

There’s a closet Olympian in us all, and this month Titan Poker is giving its top players a chance to experience the thrill of the games first-hand. But the action doesn’t stop there. Titan Poker has recently set its sights on the faraway continent of Australia for the Poker Cup 2008, a huge poker tournament to take place in Melbourne in October. Prize packages offered at the poker room‘s Super Satellite tournaments include a river cruise, winery tour and animal sanctuary excursion. Players can see a real-life kangaroo with satellite buy-ins as low as $4.4+$0.4.

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London is calling all poker players to Bodog as the online poker powerhouse kicks off its qualifiers to the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe* Main Event.

Online qualifiers will be running daily at BodogLife.com with buy-ins as low as $1. The qualifiers all lead up to the Two Seats Guaranteed World Series of Poker Europe* Semifinal on Sept. 7, where players will compete for a seat to the championship event, plus roundtrip airfare, high-end car service to and from the airport, luxury hotel accommodations, spending money and exclusive Team Bodog player gear and apparel. Each VIP Prize Package is valued at $24,000.

“We’re excited to award our online qualifiers a prize package that allows them to live it up in London like they’ve already struck it rich, even before the first cards are dealt,” says Morris Mohawk Gaming Group CEO Alwyn Morris. “We had an incredible run at last year’s tournament with one of our online qualifiers, Matt McCullough, finishing third, and we’re hoping to see Bodog back at the final table again–this time taking home the bracelet.”
At the inaugural main event last September, Bodog online qualifier Matt McCullough of Cherry Hill, N.J., earned the distinction of being the last American standing when he finished third out of a field of 623 players. The impressive finish saw McCullough returning home from London $766,674 richer.
The 2008 Main Event is scheduled to take place on Sept. 27-Oct. 2 in London, England. The six day tournament is an official bracelet event, and for the first time, it will be broadcast by ESPN in the United States.

The Main Event in London is just one of a number of major tournaments held around the world that poker players can win seats to for as little as $1 at Bodog every week. From the Asian Poker Tour in Macau this August to tournaments across Europe and North America year round, Bodog’s Player’s Choice packages give winners the chance to compete for millions of dollars while experiencing some of the most exciting and exotic locations in the world as only Team Bodog members do.

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Bodog Poker today announced the full release of its new, customizable poker client, featuring resizable tables, full-screen mode and detachable chat and game details. The release follows a recent public beta test and comes just as Bodog gets ready to host its largest guaranteed tournament ever, the $250,000 Guaranteed on Aug. 10, at 4 p.m. (EST).

The result of rigorous testing and feedback from the online poker community, the new Bodog Poker software at BodogLife.com introduces the most requested feature—fully resizable poker tables. Players now have total control over the size of their game window simply by dragging the lower right corner of the table, and with the click of a button, they can also enjoy a full-screen, high-resolution experience that is limited only by the size of their monitors. Additionally, players have the ability to detach, resize and move their windows for chat, statistics, notes, profiles, tournament info and game details, leaving more playable space and less distractions.

“Bodog is fully committed to offering our online poker players the most secure and enjoyable online gaming experience possible, and our new release delivers just this, giving players total control over how they enjoy the game,” says Morris Mohawk Gaming Group CEO Alwyn Morris. “Bodog Poker players have been a part of the process from the beginning, and we’re excited to deliver the features they’ve asked for, like resizable game play windows and detachable chat windows. Players can look forward to even more features added in the very near future.”

The latest updates at Bodog Poker complement the room’s sleeker, smoother and more inviting new look that was introduced this past November. The changes dramatically enhance the player experience in a number of ways, including making the overall game flow more intuitive with a spotlight feature that highlights the player who is “on action” with a softly diffused spotlight. Over the coming months, Bodog plans to introduce additional features, including the ability to play on more than three tables at a time.
In addition to a more enjoyable gaming experience at BodogLife.com, players can also be assured that they are playing on the safest online playing environment possible. Using the same encryption method as most online banking systems, all deposits and personal information is secure and protected at all times. Bodog Poker secures player’s account history and ensures that no personal information is ever exploited or used in any way without consent.

“Being in the online gaming business for more than 10 years now, Bodog understands that the security and the integrity of its games is paramount, and from day one, it’s been our mandate to maintain the highest possible security standards for players,” noted Morris.

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Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, is now offering players the chance of a lifetime to play poker in South Africa’s Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament. Super Satellites will take place every Saturday night starting July 19th through August 23rd, where players can compete for a seat at Africa’s biggest poker tournament ever and a share of a minimum $1,500,000 prize pool.

The Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament, which will be held at the Super Bowl in Sun City, is South Africa’s premier poker event. Titan Poker’s winners receive all-inclusive packages worth an estimated $10,500, which includes the $3,000 buy-in to the Main Event and travel costs.

To be eligible to participate, players can buy-in to the qualifier satellite tournaments starting at just $1 + $0.10. Therefore, Titan Poker players potentially stand to win prize packages worth $10,500 for an investment of just over one dollar.

The tournament will take place from September 1st through September 8th, 2008.
In addition to participating in this exclusive poker tournament, winners will be treated to ultra luxurious benefits such as accommodation for seven nights at the Palace of the Lost City Hotel with free entry into the spa. VIP transfers from Johannesburg to the Palace hotel are also included, along with a round of golf on a scenic golf course, a choice between a safari game drive or a hot air balloon ride and free entry to the “Let There Be Rock” concert.

Titan Poker regularly offers players once in a lifetime opportunities to compete in live international tournaments around the globe. Seventeen lucky Titan Poker players just returned from Las Vegas after competing in the 2008 World Series of Poker. APT Macau Super Satellites are underway and players have until 6th August to win their seat to exotic Macau. Players can also win seats to one of four exciting stops on the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, with Super Satellites commencing on 10th July.

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PRWEB – Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, is giving its players the chance to choose from one of four major poker events on the route of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT). The GUKPT will pass through various Grosvenor casino locations in the UK, including Luton, Bolton, Thanet and Blackpool – and Titan Poker is giving its players the freedom to choose which of these casinos to compete in.
Two players from opposite sides of the globe have already qualified for this exciting event by winning $4,000 prize packages to the GUKPT at Titan Poker’s weekly online Super Satellites. Sean Allen from Canada and British player Garry Cargill were the first players to claim their seats to this prestigious and thrilling poker event. Now the decision is in their hands. Thirty-nine year old Sean Allen is still deliberating over his options. Garry Cargill, however, wasted no time and has already opted to get straight into the action at Luton’s G Casino next month.
Garry said: “I’ve been playing poker for around two years now and I’ve been quite successful – but qualifying for the GUKPT is undoubtedly my greatest achievement so far. I’m excited to have this chance to test myself against some of the country’s best players and find out just how good (or indeed bad!) I really am. I’m trying not to expect too much but it’s very difficult as the money that I stand to win could be life-changing!”
Titan Poker is staging Super Satellites every Thursday until the 28th of October 2008 and, with qualifying satellites starting at just $2+$0.20, the popular poker room anticipates a significant expansion in its GUKPT team before the Grand Finale in December.
Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats to some of the most exciting live tournaments across the globe. Seventeen Titan Poker players recently competed at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and in the coming months, the poker room will send its players to the Irish Winter Festival, the Asian Poker Tour in Macau and the Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament in South Africa.

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London is calling all poker players to Bodog as the online poker powerhouse kicks off its qualifiers to the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe* Main Event.
Online qualifiers will be running daily at BodogLife.com with buy-ins as low as $1. The qualifiers all lead up to the Two Seats Guaranteed World Series of Poker Europe* Semifinal on Sept. 7, where players will compete for a seat to the championship event, plus roundtrip airfare, high-end car service to and from the airport, luxury hotel accommodations, spending money and exclusive Team Bodog player gear and apparel. Each VIP Prize Package is valued at $24,000.
“We’re excited to award our online qualifiers a prize package that allows them to live it up in London like they’ve already struck it rich, even before the first cards are dealt,” says Morris Mohawk Gaming Group CEO Alwyn Morris. “We had an incredible run at last year’s tournament with one of our online qualifiers, Matt McCullough, finishing third, and we’re hoping to see Bodog back at the final table again—this time taking home the bracelet.”
At the inaugural main event last September, Bodog online qualifier Matt McCullough of Cherry Hill, N.J., earned the distinction of being the last American standing when he finished third out of a field of 623 players. The impressive finish saw McCullough returning home from London $766,674 richer.
The 2008 Main Event is scheduled to take place on Sept. 27-Oct. 2 in London, England. The six day tournament is an official bracelet event, and for the first time, it will be broadcast by ESPN in the United States.
The Main Event in London is just one of a number of major tournaments held around the world that poker players can win seats to for as little as $1 at Bodog every week. From the Asian Poker Tour in Macau this August to tournaments across Europe and North America year round, Bodog’s Player’s Choice packages give winners the chance to compete for millions of dollars while experiencing some of the most exciting and exotic locations in the world as only Team Bodog members do.

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From the moment the first cards were dealt at the 2008 World Series of Poker* to the final days of the Main Event, Team Bodog enjoyed a terrific run this summer in Las Vegas. And tonight, poker fans will be able to see one of Bodog’s very own capture the ultimate prize, a WSOP* bracelet, when ESPN airs its coverage of Event No. 2 ($1,500 buy-in No Limit Holdem). The two-hour, final table coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET.
During tonight’s ESPN broadcast, viewers will witness Team Bodog player Grant Hinkle, a 27-year-old marketing manager from Kansas City, Mo., bust a talented final table featuring poker legend Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, young gun Theo Tran and tournament ace David Bach. Along with his impressive victory in an event that drew 3,929 players, the largest non-Main Event field in WSOP* history, Hinkle took home a life-changing $831,462.

Hinkle’s early bracelet win proved to be momentous for Team Bodog. Just a day later, the team was back in the spotlight with Bodog pros David Williams and Justin Bonomo seated side by side at the final table for Event No. 4 ($5,000 buy-in Mixed Holdem). With an all-pro final nine, including 2008 WSOP* Player of the Year Erick Lindgren, this will be one to watch when it airs on ESPN on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 8 p.m. ET.
Like Williams and Bonomo, Team Bodog pros Jean-Robert Bellande and Evelyn Ng also found great success at the tables this summer. In the final tournament before the Main Event, Bellande racked up a second place finish to pocket $173,564 and Ng saw herself cashing in two events this summer including an impressive deep run in the Main Event. All together, Team Bodog pros and qualifiers walked away with a combined total of $1,629,767 in winnings from the World Series in Las Vegas.
“We are extremely proud of our Team Bodog pros and qualifiers for their successes at this year’s World Series,” said Morris Mohawk Gaming Group CEO Alwyn Morris. “The WSOP* has been very good to Bodog players for several years now, including a Main Event win in 2006 and a number of bracelet titles. We expect to see even more success at the WSOP Europe this September and across the globe at WPT, EPT and APT events throughout the year.”
Regardless of how they fared at the tables, no Team Bodog qualifer walked away empty-handed as everyone donning the black and red of Bodog was treated to an unparalleled VIP experience the moment they touched down in Las Vegas. From an exclusive party at The Palms Hardwood Fantasy Suite filled to the rim with Bodog Girls to private helicopter excursions to the Grand Canyon and an adrenaline-filled day at the racetrack driving high-performance Corvettes, Bodog’s WSOP qualifiers experienced Las Vegas like no one else – in total Bodog style.
The World Series in Las Vegas is just one of a number of tournaments held around the world that poker players can win seats to for as little as $1 at Bodog every week. From the Asian Poker Tour in Macau this August, to the WSOP Europe in London this September and WPT events across North America, Bodog’s Player’s Choice packages give winners the chance to compete for millions of dollars while experiencing some of the most exciting and exotic locations in the world as only Team Bodog members do.

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