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NEW PLAYERS FLOCKING TO PACIFIC POKER
11-Dec-2008

Recently released financial reports from Pacific Poker, part of the venerable 888.com empire of online gaming sites, have revealed that despite the recent economic downturn- players are signing up at Pacific Poker in record numbers. We all know what that means don't we? More new players and more loose poker action!

Paddy Power Poker Billion
09-Dec-2008

With so many Paddy Power Poker players reaching the upper echelons of high stakes tournaments all over the world, it's a natural idea that Paddy would decide to throw the world's first Billion Dollar poker tournament… In Zimbabwean currency!

Knock Out Shane Warne This Sunday To Win Merchandise Signed by Spin Legend at Pacific Poker
27-Nov-2008

This Sunday, Nov 30 2008 at 10 am GMT, Pacific Poker will host the monthly Shane Warne Bounty Tournament. There is some great Shane Warne personally signed merchadise on stake for anyone who busts him in the Bounty tourney at 888 Pacific Poker.

French Poker Tour Kicks Off
27-Nov-2008

This weekend will see the kick-off of the fourth annual French Poker Tour. This is a multi-week tournament that will feature some of the most impressive poker players from all over France and Europe.

GUKPT Grand Final Is Now Upon Us
26-Nov-2008

One of the biggest dates in UK poker is soon to be upon as the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final main event kicks off on Thursday November 27th. This £3000 buy-in tournament is one of the most exciting and interesting poker event finals in the world and the innovative format is sure to bring about more poker action than we've seen since the end of the World Series of Poker.

NEW DETAILS ON APT PHILLIPINES WITH EVEREST POKER
25-Nov-2008

If the heat and holiday-season stress is getting you down, why not go all in at Everest Poker and win yourself a sunny adventure in the South Pacific courtesy of the good folks at Everest. As one of the first dates on the Asian Poker Tour, the APT Phillipines is set to kick off January 29 and run until February 1 at the ultra-lux Dusit Thani Manila Hotel in Makati, Manila.

Deep Stack Challenge Features a Lower Buy-In
24-Nov-2008

The action just keeps coming thicker and faster at Paradise Poker! They've announced that November 30th is the date of their $100,000 Deep Stack Challenge. This exciting tournament features a higher-than average amount of starting chips for all of the Paradise players.

TITAN POKER EVENT LISTINGS FOR THIS WEEK
24-Nov-2008

Everybody knows that Titan Poker is one of the top online destinations for first-class poker action, but did you know that the massive European Championship of Online Poker is kicking off this week? In addition to the incredible $4.15 million prize pool spread over 15 different events, Titan Poker will be offering up a number of different ways to win yourself some cold hard cash or a seat in a high-stakes live tournament.

FIFTH SEASON OF HIGH STAKES POKER SET TO BEGIN
21-Nov-2008

TV poker enthusiasts consider High Stakes Poker to be one of the most entertaining poker programs in the world and they'll be pleased to find out that the show's fifth season will commence shooting from December 19 until the 21st at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.

BETTER POKER RUNNING APT AND IRISH OPEN SATELLITES
19-Nov-2008

If one of your New Years resolutions for 2009 is playing in a high-profile high-stakes poker tournament, then you likely can't do much better than Better Poker. Thanks to Better poker, you can win yourself a seat at a number of key poker events around the globe.

VAN MARCUS STRIKES AGAIN!
18-Nov-2008

Australian Van Marcus finally earned the breakout finish he has been looking for after years of consistent cash finishes in winning the 285 player field at the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker tour stop in Manila. Marcus has been on PokerStars radar for a number of years as a must-watch player, but it took this first place finished to solidify his status as an up and coming tournament player.

HEADS UP POKER CHALLENGE BLUE SQUARE
14-Nov-2008

The Blue Square Heads up Challenge is still in full swing and is set to continue for another week and a half. Blue Square's customary Power Hour heads from the single table tournaments over to the Heads Up tables and is expected to provide an immense challenge for all poker players. Everybody knows heads up action is where it's at, and Blue Square Poker wants to make it worth your while.

PARTY POKER PREMIER LEAGUE ANNOUNCES DEVILFISH AND TONY G
13-Nov-2008

The Party Poker Premier League III is taking place in London from November 24-30th and they have announced a few more top poker players will be in attendance. Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott and Tony G have been added to the line-up which already includes, Annette Obrestad, Andy Black, Roland de Wolfe, Juha Helppi, JC Tran, Nenad Medic and Victoria Coren.

ASIAN POKER TOUR BACKED BY IPOKER, PARTYPOKER AND EVEREST POKER
11-Nov-2008

The Asian Poker Tour is being backed by some of the largest online poker rooms in the world and many experts believe this will help the APT increase the pool of quality players and the profile of the live poker tour. Players at these sites will be able to win their way to even more Asian Poker Tour live events over the next few years and the action shows no signs of slowing down now.

EVEREST POKER LAUNCHES NEW VIP PROGRAM
11-Nov-2008

One of the most popular global poker rooms, Everest Poker, has recently announced that they have launched a new loyalty scheme. The VIP Summit Club, created after receiving lots of feedback from customers, will offer bigger bonuses and higher point-to-cash conversion.

TITAN POKER TEAM AUDITIONS
28-Oct-2008

Think you've got what it takes to make Team Titan Poker? Titan Poker has announced that it is staging a 3 month promotion to draft in 12 talented tournament poker players who will represent Titan Poker at land-based tournaments in 2009. Weekly and Monthly tournaments will be held in a number of different countries and at 3-day tournament races to qualify for the Final in December where the 12 members of the Titan Poker team will be determined.

Poker Player Profile: Jeff Kimber
21-Oct-2008

With the start of the World Poker Heads-up Championship 2008 starting in Barcelona today. Guidetopoker.com takes a look at the profile of last year's champion, Englishman Jeff Kimber.

POWER HOUR AT BLUE SQUARE POKER GOING TO HEADS UP
20-Oct-2008

When most of us think Power Hour, we think downing as many cheap glasses of beer as possible for a bargain basement price. Fair play to Blue Square Poker as they seem to have come up with the next best thing- their Power Hour Single Table Tournament Challenge!

ECOOP III Preview
17-Oct-2008

The European Championship of Online Poker has returned for its third incarnation and this time there is even more exciting tournaments and even bigger prize pools! You've got a shot at taking home your share of over $4 million guaranteed in any one of the fourteen different ECOOP III tournaments. The tournaments start on November 24 and run until December 7.

Titan Poker Qualifiers for ECOOP III
07-Oct-2008

The Third ECOOP, also known as the European Championship of Online Poker, is set to kick off mid next month over fourteen exciting days. An absolutely astonishing pile of cash is up for grabs with $4,150,000 being split amongst the top finishers.

CHASE THE CHAIR WITH LADBROKES POKER
07-Oct-2008

Ladbrokes is offering players another chance to Chase the Chair. This particular chair happens to be the last one located around the Poker Million VII table in London. Ladbrokes players are competing for this final position, which also includes $20,000 in prize money and the coveted ticket to the poker million, where the winner walks away with a cool million (US).

Jesper Hougaard wins first WSOPE bracelet of 2008
23-Sep-2008

Dane Jesper Hougaard won the first WSOPE bracelet of the year when he saw off the other 409 entrants to win the first prize of £144,218.
Hougaard saw off Englishman Fuad Serhan heads-up in an incredibly lucky final hand.

This Weekend's Online Action
18-Sep-2008

Shuffle up and deal! It's the weekend and there is plenty of action out there, so get rid of the winter blues and beat the credit crunch with a massive boost to your bank balance, with one of these big guaranteed money tournaments.

Poker Strategy For Playing Deep Stacks
28-Aug-2008

You have either entered a big-stacked tournament online or have qualified for a big tournament live.

Strategy: Pot Odds
18-Aug-2008

Pot odds is one of the most fundamental parts of poker to firstly understand and then master. Any good poker player uses maths to work out whether to continue in a hand or to fold. Many players misunderstand and misuse pot odds, usually to their loss

Tournament Update: Watson Wins WPT
28-Jul-2008

Canadian online pro Mike Watson won the first major event since the WSOP to take home a very tasty first prize of $1,673,770 when he saw of a competitive final table at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Playing the Short Stack
16-Jul-2008

It is inevitable at one time or another that you will find yourself short stacked in a tournament. Whether it is having a bad beat early on or simply getting deep and the blinds catching up with you. However even if you are short don't give up, remember you've got to be in it to win it!

This Weekend's Poker Action
10-Jul-2008

While the WSOP main event continues to rumble down to its final table, the team at guidetopoker.com understand that not everyone is out in Las Vegas, so let us give you a run down on where to winbig from the comfort of your own home.

Remember that all these big tournaments have special online satellites which make them much cheaper to enter. These range from simple sit and gos to tournaments with multiple satellite places.

Celebpoker Lets you Win a Seat in a €20,000 Buy-in Tournament
16-Jun-2008

Many online poker players are already heading to Celebpoker.com to cash in on the tournament and ring game action while facing off against poker celebrities. But did you know that over the next few months you can win a seat in one of the biggest buy-in tournaments in the online poker world?

Casper Hansen wins Spanish WPT
29-May-2008

Denmark's Casper Hansen has sensationally won the Spanish WPT even in Barcelona. Hansen managed to see off the 252 other entrants and take the first prize of $662,592.

Qualify for the ECOOP II main event
28-May-2008

The European Championship of Online Poker II might already be in full swing but you could still get involved and play in the massive main event that takes place this Sunday, June 1st.

When's a poker Pro a real pro?
23-Apr-2008

In the quest to become a professional poker pro you have bought and read every book on the game, played countless hours of online poker, practiced hiding your tells until you're nearly invisible, and mastered poker math. But are you a pro?

What do you do against Antonio Esfandiari?

What to do when you are outclassed in Tournament play
14-Apr-2008

If you are professional poker player or believe yourself to be playing at the same level as one you can safely skip this article. For everyone else in the poker world, listen up! You're going to find yourself sitting at a table surrounded by sharks one of these days in a no-limit Texas hold' em tournament, and you'll need to know what to do. Keep reading for the secret weapon!

Beat Fish to Beat Sharks
17-Mar-2008

When you sign up for a freeroll at your favorite online poker room, do you play for real? Do you sit down, clear your area of distractions, and try your best to win? Playing small stakes and freeroll games should be taken as seriously as if you had a lot of money on the line, and here is why: if you can't beat "bad" players, how can you hope to compete at bigger stakes against the "real" poker players?

EPT Hits Keep Coming
29-Feb-2008

The latest European Poker Tour winner isn't from Europe. Tim Vance, from the USA, took down the Scandinavian Open champion on the tour, the latest leg before the Warsaw Open coming around the corner. His victory netted him a title and a ton of cash - more than $1.2 million.

$3 Million Guaranteed Tournament from Pacific Poker
27-Feb-2008

It wasn't long ago – a few weeks – that the largest prize pool guarantee for an online poker event was $2 Million, and that was a brand new high. Now the bar has been raised by another fifty percent. Online poker room Pacific Poker has just announced the launch of the $3 Million World Poker Crown Tourney.

Top Ten Reasons Online Poker is Superior
27-Feb-2008

Your mileage will vary, of course, but for the sake of this article we are going to assume we are right (we do that a lot) when it comes to claiming online poker is superior to live poker. And we have the Top Ten list to prove it!

More Money at Titan Poker
25-Feb-2008

How much money is too much? Right, silly question. At Titan Poker the question seemed to be how much money is too little when it came to their monthly prize guarantees. They had set it at $10 Million in guaranteed prize pools, which sound pretty good. Not enough! Titan Poker has upped it to $12.5 Million !

The Grand at PokerRoom
17-Feb-2008

Grand is a pretty good word to describe one of the hottest tournaments online today. Found at the online poker room with the perfect name, PokerRoom, the Grand is a tournament that requires you to pay a Grand to play and has a very grand prize pool. Of course you can always qualify to play for less!

Bodog Launches 2008 WSOP Qualifiers
07-Feb-2008

Online poker room and "lifestyle community" Bodog Poker has recently announced the launch of their 2008 WSOP qualifiers, giving their players an opportunity to play the big time of poker for a fraction of the price.

Polish Your Game with Poker Smash
02-Feb-2008

Granted most people who have played poker for a while may not see a whole lot of value in the next Xbox Live Arcade game coming down the pike (outside of a little harmless fun) but crafty gamers can find a use for Poker Smash besides whiling away an hour or two – getting the spouse into the game.

Borris Becker to play 2008 EPT German Open

2008 EPT Dortmund Starts Tomorrow
28-Jan-2008

Professional poker players from all around Europe and the rest of the globe will be descending on Casino Hohensyburg today and tomorrow to take their place at the latest leg of the European Poker Tour, Season Four. Big German stars like Katja Thater and Thomas "Buzzer" Bhil will rub elbows with local fans as they all try to make their EPT dreams become a reality.

Basic Poker Strategy - Changing Goals in Online Poker
18-Jan-2008

So you have been doing well playing online poker. Your bankroll is up, you are consistently cashing in the Sit and Go games you like to play, and you are going deep in the multi-table tournaments. You decided to change your game a bit and sit down at a cash game… and two hours later you are broke. What happened?

2008 Aussie Millions from VC Poker
02-Jan-2008

$1,000,000 is the first prize for the 2008 Aussie Millions – want to be there? You can be, and you don't even have to pay for the plane ticket, the hotel, or the buy in! You just have to win a seat, and VC Poker has them for you. A $13,000 Prize Package is in the offering from Victor Chandler Poker, plus a little something extra special. If you qualify for the Aussie Millions 2008 at VC Poker you get the thirteen grand prize package, AND special buy in if you meet a certain condition.

Heads-Up Poker Championship great for Star Watching
28-Dec-2007

You don't have to break out your telescope and star chart to do a little star gazing – just tune in when NBC airs their National Heads-Up Poker Championship. More than ever celebrities are invited to attend, but the real stars are the poker pros we know and love, 64 of which have been invited to come and play in the next installment.

Get Your Christmas Cash at Titan Poker
23-Dec-2007

There are a few days left to get some Christmas Cash at Titan Poker! Three special tourneys and promos were announced at the home of the Tourney Titan, and a Christmas Points Race is swiftly coming to a close.

Paddy Power Poker Academy
10-Dec-2007

The Paddy Power Poker Academy is the place to go to improve your game. Brought to you by the same gang that sponsors the Irish Poker Open, the PPPA has poker tips, poker tools, and poker tactics to take your game to the next level! Read on to see what they have to offer.

Create your own tournaments at Mansion Poker
09-Dec-2007

In the ongoing race to attract players, online poker rooms will offer you quite a lot, but one in particular has out done themselves in customization. On most sites you can tweak your avatar, modify the table settings, and create personal buddy lists, but on Mansion Poker you can create your own tournaments! Read on to learn more.

Play Bodog Pros for $1,000
30-Nov-2007

You've been playing poker for awhile now, and you figure you are getting pretty good. Good enough to take on a professional? You don't have to travel to Las Vegas to try yourself, you can sign up with Bodog Poker and take on Josh Arieh, David Williams or Evelyn Ng for a thousand dollar prize.

Intermediate Poker Strategy-Proper Pot Odds
28-Nov-2007

Using proper pot odds Poker Strategy is a key to winning in poker. Once you have the basics down and you know your pocket rockets from your ducks, applying intermediate poker tactics like this one will ensure your poker career is a profitable one.