Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Mega Moolah Jackpot
The progressive online casino
slot game Mega Moolah is rapidly approaching the 2.5 million mark, unless some lucky player pops the pot!
Mega Moolah has been hugely popular since its launch in 2006. The Mega Moolah jackpot starts at a minimum of 1 million, which basically guarantees a millionaire winner every time the jackpot is hit!
The Mega Moolah offers some of the best online slot action offering a huge top prize as well as other lesser jackpots such as the Major, which starts at 10 000 coins, followed by the Minor at 100 coins and the Mini level of at least 10 coins.
Mega Moolah can also be played on Auto Play mode - for those players that don't want to miss out on the chance of winning this huge jackpot!
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Monday, July 30, 2007
Big Brother Betting
Centrebet has more than $100,000 in bets riding on the final showdown between Aleisha and Zach, the two remaining in the Big Brother house.
Despite the waning interest in the tv program, one keen reality punter stands to collect $22,000 if Aleisha wins tonight, after investing almost $2000 on her several weeks ago.
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
World Series of Strip Poker WSOSP
Just as the World Series of Poker came to an end a new series has started - the world's first World Series of Strip Poker (WSOSP)!
Former Playboy Playmate Colleen Marie and her former Playboy Playmate friends as well as some of the biggest names in poker are part of the WSOSP.
A pot of $500,000 will be up for grabs as former Playmate's challenge the finalists and winner of the WSOP to the WSOSP. Marie, Miss August 2003 is confident in her ability to take home the prize as she will be using
Pokerbility's software that will provide her with the odds of her winning each hand. While other players would love to see Marie lose her clothes, she is confident that this time she will make the most money ever since she revealed her sweet bits on Playboy.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Jerry Yang WSOP 2007 Champ
In the early hours of Wednesday morning the final WSOP table there was two left. Jerry Yang and Tuan Lam, both Asian-born immigrants from the USA.
Jerry made a low straight to beat Tuan Lam's pair of queens and win the World Series of Poker and took home $8.25 million. As the runner up, Tuan walked away with $4.8 million.
The 39-year-old Jerry escaped from the Communists ruling Laos when he was a child and spent time in a Thai refugee camp. He spoke no English until he was 13 and only started playing poker two years ago! Now a psychologist and social worker, he won his place in the tournament courtesy of a $225 buy-in to a satellite event in California. The father of six said he is a "very, very part-time player."
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
WSOP Final Table Betting
Paddy Power today announced 7 new final table markets for the 2007 World Series of Poker including live betting in running, Match Betting and WSOP Specials.
From a field of 6,358 players, the remaining 9 will sit down at the final table on Tuesday 17th July (8pm BST) to compete for a first prize of $8.25 million and the coveted Main Event Gold Bracelet.
Jon Kalmar of Chorley in England is the chip leader and 7-2 favourite going in to the final day, while Lee Watkinson, the only remaining bracelet winner, is quoted at 7-1. Internet sensation Hevad 'Rain' Khan is priced at 11-1.
Paddy Power, the only bookmaker to provide betting in running for a second year in a row, will offer live betting on the final table with odds changing as chip stacks fluctuate and players get knocked out.
Outright Betting
Jon Kalmar 7-2
Philip Hilm 4-1
Tuan Lam 9-2
Raymond Rahme 6-1
Lee Watkinson 7-1
Lee Childs 8-1
Hevad Khan 11-1
Alex Kravchenko 12-1
Jerry Yang 14-1
Paddy Power Poker has been reporting from Las Vegas for the past month and will be providing live final table coverage on Tuesday night with up to date information on big hands, chip counts and eliminations via its WSOP blog.
The Irish bookmaker, famous for its novelty bets, is also offering Match Betting, Nationality of Winner and a number of other specials on the WSOP final table.
Match Betting markets
Jon Kalmar v Philip Hilm
Tuan Lam v Raymond Rahme
Lee Watkinson v Lee Childs
Alex Kravchenko v Jerry Yang
The final table consists of four Americans, an Englishman, a South African, a Russian and a Dane. The odds for Nationality of Winner reflect this diversity with USA quoted as the 11-10 favourite.
Further markets are available for Winning Hand, First Elimination, and the Colour of River Card and Suit of River Card for the final hand of the tournament.
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Monday, July 16, 2007
Bonus Bingo
Bonus Bingo is similar to traditional bingo games offering a bit more going beyond traditional bingo with special features such as multipliers, scatter wins, and a bonus rounds. The Bonus Bingo bonus round is based on player loyalty and is triggered when the player captures five Joker balls.
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
Live WSOP odds updates
Paddy Power has extended their poker offering with live odds updates during the final table of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
The final 9 players will sit down on Tuesday 13th July to compete for the 1st prize of $8.25 million and the World Championship bracelet. Paddy Power will provide betting in running markets as players get knocked out and chip stacks fluctuate.
As the $10,000 Main Event nears its conclusion, updated final table markets will be released each day allowing customers to avail of the latest odds. Prices are quoted for all players remaining in the tournament.
Punters looking for the latest chip counts and stories from Las Vegas can visit Paddy Power Poker for regular reports via its WSOP blog.
At the end of Day 3 the favourites to make the final table are
Dario Minieri: 7-4
Gus Hansen: 5-2
Kenny Tran: 11-4
Those looking beyond the top three will find many top names including five former world champions.
Huckleberry Seed: 8-1
Carlos Mortensen: 12-1
Robert Varkonyi: 12-1
Scotty Nguyen: 20-1
Berry Johnston: 66-1
Hollywood star Tobey Maguire, star of the Spiderman movies, has amazingly outlasted 95% of the field and, with 337 players left at the end of Day 3, is quoted at 80-1 to make the final table!
As part of its expanded poker offering Paddy Power offered more than a dozen markets on this year's WSOP including final table and outright betting on the $50k H.O.R.S.E and $10k Omaha events.
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Bonus Blackjack
Bonus Blackjack offers a chip range from 1.00 to 200.00 coins, providing unlimited and mixed chip stacks and automatic resizing to make up the current bet with the least number of chips. All the rules for each game-style are ready to hand on the table, and the player interactive controls are clear and well positioned.
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Friday, July 13, 2007
European Series Qualifiers
The World Series of Poker isn't just for Las Vegas anymore. This year, the inaugural WSOP Europe will be held in London from September 6th through September 16th, and
Full Tilt Poker (FTP) is offering two incredible prize packages for our players.
* European Main Event Qualifiers - FTP guarantee at least four European Main Event prize packages every week. Each $25K package includes a $20K (£10,000) event buy-in and $5K in spending money.
* European Series Package - The winner of this $45K package will get entry to all three European Series events, along with $10K in spending money.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Hendon Mob Shootout
Full Tilt Poker's (FTP) exclusive Hendon Mob Shootout tournament series consists of four daily tournaments is hosted by a different member of the Hendon Mob. FTP are offering a range of games and buy-ins, all at European-friendly times.
The winners from each tournament will face off in a four-player shootout, where one person will walk away with an $8,000 Grand Prize package, including a chance to hang out with the Hendon Mob in London and a $5,000 (£2,500) buy-in to the Great British Poker Tour Main Event in Bristol, England!
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Playtech Online Games
Playtech, one of the leading casino software providers for online and land-based gaming industry, announced today that it has signed a new casino software license with Mansion Casino, Poker and Internet Betting Exchange company.
Playtech online games are available in download and Flash featuring over ninety richly themed games to suit most player types, from table games to multi-line/spin slots, video poker, progressive jackpot games, Asian games, live dealer games to Playtech's exclusive Blackjack Switch and Dollar Ball!
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Monday, July 09, 2007
3 Card Poker
3 Card Poker Gold poker is an outstanding game that has already won a big reputation for its precision graphics and smooth play. 3 Card Poker Gold Poker is the latest addition to the Gold range from Microgaming. One look at the beautifully crafted game with operational controls and rules easily at hand confirms that these games belong at the top of online gaming.
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Sunday, July 08, 2007
Atlantic City Blackjack Gold
Atlantic City Blackjack Gold from Microgaming is an impressive table game with table perspective, precise graphics, animation, rollover rules plus great ambient background music. All of this adds to the realism of the game!
The articulated icons, card flips and chip movements are sure to keep you enthralled as each hand is dealt.
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Thursday, July 05, 2007
$4 Million in Guaranteed Tournaments
With over $4 million in guaranteed tournaments running round the clock, the only thing Hollywood Poker is not giving you is a reason to sit the next one out. They continue to host highly popular events like the $175,000 Grand XIV, the $100,000 Big Deal, the Canadian, European and Aussie Dailies as well as the Red Carpet Tournament - a free new members-only event hosted by the
Hollywood Poker Girls. Qualifiers for the high-stake events run daily, so players can enjoy the thrills of big bets without the risk of big loses.
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WSOP Event Champions
Hollywood Poker players wildbilly42 and uBeanTaxed are going to the World Series of Poker. These players beat out thousands of other WSOP hopefuls in Hollywood Poker's Celebrity Shootout and clubHOLLYWOODpoker's WSOP qualifier to win $10,000 seats in the main event.
Hollywood Poker are constantly giving away tickets to world class tournaments, so if you want to get in without fronting the big bucks for a ticket, keep your eyes locked to
Hollywood Poker for news about upcoming events and promotions.
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Poker Happy Hour
Just in case you needed another reason to look forward to the weekend, the incredibly popular Top Set Pay Day Happy Hour has moved to Fridays and Saturdays, as well as Mondays! It's your chance to win 10x the Big Blind quick!
Hollywood Poker's Happy Hour series includes the Top Set Payday and Quad Aces and Faces promotions. Here's how it works:
Land pocket aces and catch another ace on the board and you could be up $100 richer in the Top Set Payday promo, which runs Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays from 3pm EST to 3am PST. If you hit four aces, kings, queens or jacks on a Wednesday between 3pm EST and 3am PST, you could score up to $1,000 with Quad Aces and Faces.
It's simply a better payday. Visit
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Hollywood Poker Stars Ante-Up for Africa
To anyone who remembers the fabulous celebrity turnout in
Hollywood Poker's past charity tournaments it comes as no surprise that our very own James Woods (Shark) and Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) have joined the ranks of other big name celebrities who will head to Las Vegas for the WSOP's "Ante Up for Africa" charity poker tournament. Poker pro Annie Duke and actor Don Cheadle have organized this event in order to raise awareness for the humanitarian crisis is Darfur, Sudan - a solid idea considering the only thing celebrities seem to do more than play poker is give to charities.
The tournament will be held at the Rio on July 5th followed by a private party at the rooftop VooDoo Lounge.
If you see James or Jason at the tables, be sure to wish them luck! You can catch our Stars in action when you play in any of our weekly Celebrity Tournaments. The week kicks-off on Tuesday at 10pm EST with Canadian Poker Night. Next up, Ronnie Cox (Deliverance, Total Recall) hosts Saturday's famous Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational at 2pm EST - a HollywoodPoker favorite with Celebrity and non-Celebrity players alike. The week winds-up on Sunday at 2pm EST with the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic. You can get in a Celebrity Event for as little as $5 - and you could score a bounty for up to $2,000.
Hollywood Poker have over 250 Stars who play at their tables, so your odds of cashing in are looking good!
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Mini Tables
Calling all serious poker players!!!
Did you know that a great new table setting called the Mini Tables have been added to
Poker Room?
In the
Poker Room download client there are 'Mini Tables' which allows players to play at multiple tables much more easily! Mini Tables will appeal to many poker players who enjoy playing on multiple tables. The tables are be 502x355 pixels, which are a lot smaller than that normal table size making it easier to fit several tables on your screen! Mini Tables are awesome!
How about playing in 12 simultaneous tables instead of the previous four! Just think of all that extra revenue for you with more games being played at once!
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007
$1,000 bonus at Sun Poker
$1,000 bonus at
Sun Poker!
Sun Poker is offering up to $1,000 in bonus money to players starting June 1, 2007. Players will have four different options to choose from (players can only choose one option each month):
1. $200 deposit bonus / 100% match up to $200
2. $500 deposit bonus
3. $1,000 deposit bonus
4. $500 no deposit bonus
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Headhunter Challenge
Sun Poker today announced the addition of Headhunter Challenge tournaments to their tournament schedule. The unique structure of these tournaments create the most exciting online poker experience on the Internet!
Payout Structure
50% Prize Pool - 50% Bounty
In Headhunter Challenge tournaments, every single player has a bounty on their head so a player gets paid for every single player they knock out! Even better, the bounty on a player's head increases with every knockout!
Bounty Structure
At the beginning of the tournament a player's bounty price will be equivalent to 50% of the buy-in + their headhunter rating. For every player a player knocks out, they will be credited with 75% of the bounty in cash and the other 25% will be added to their bounty.
Winning the Tournament
If a player wins the tournament, they take home the prize pool + the value of their head! In addition, the player's headhunter rating increases. The player who has the highest headhunter rating at the end of the week advances to the Weekly Champions Tournament!
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$10,000 Monthly New Player Freerolls
Every month Sun Poker will award new players with a ticket to a $10,000 monthly freeroll tournament. All you have to do is earn 100 MPPs (my poker points) within 30 days of registering their new account. This is tremendous value and quite possibly the largest new player freeroll available.
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007
$400,000 Caribbean Poker Classic 2007 Freerolls
Join Team Sun Poker in November for the third annual Caribbean Poker Classic in St. Kitts! From May 19th through November 8th SunPoker will be hosting over $400,000 in MPP (my poker point) freeroll tournaments. Qualify for as little as 1 MPP!
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Monday, July 02, 2007
$25K Monthly and $6K weekly freeroll tournaments
Starting January and every month after, Sun Poker will be hosting a Mega $25,000 MPP (my poker point) freeroll tournament for their loyal players. Buy-in directly or qualify daily for a little as 100 MPPs.
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Poker News: July 2007
