Thursday, May 29, 2008
Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy Joins Ultimate Bet Team
The well-respected and popular poker professional, Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy has become the first player to join the Ultimate Bet Poker site's Star Player team, a unique team set up by Annie Duke and other managers at the poker room. Josephy, who has cashed in almost $1.3 million in live tournaments over his illustrious career as a professional, has also won a bracelet in the WSOP 2005 and a number of coveted titles.
"A Star Player is one who has an undisputed high level of skill, lots of integrity, and is well respected in the world of online poker," Annie Duke. "One look at his impressive record reveals that JohnnyBax epitomizes a Star Player and is the perfect addition to our roster of respected and talented poker players."
Josephy worked as a stock broker for 14 years before switching to professional poker full time.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
888 Poker Updates its Software
888, the industry leading casino and poker product, has debuted its new, enhanced poker software at Pacific Poker. Some of the new, exciting features include three table views - Avatar View, Classic View and Clear View.
Another new feature is the Hide/Verify All-In Action button to prevent players from making mistakes with this very important function.
"Our new software is the next step in Pacific Poker's evolution," said 888.com's Marketing Director, Matt Robinson. "It is inspired by the way our players like to play the game and we made it our priority to provide them with a gaming platform that would upgrade their poker experience."
Players can take advantage of the new software at Pacific Poker by signing up for the site's lucrative $400 welcome bonus, and enjoying a wide range of superb
poker games and products.
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
New Loyalty Program for PKR
The popular online poker room, PKR has announced the launching of a lucrative new loyalty program that is sure to appeal to all types of players. The Alderney-based site said that the new ClubPKR program will allow its players to enjoy massive benefits such as free tournament tickets, freerolls, regular challenges and other exclusive perks. The loyalty program will be free to join and players will not be penalized by having their benefits taken from them for taking a break from the tables.
PKR was recently ranked as the United Kingdom's number one poker site in terms of the number of hits that it got, in a Hitwise intelligence service poll. "We are extremely pleased with this award," said PKR Marketing Director, Simon Prodger. "We have never accepted US players, so to achieve the top ranking in the UK is fantastic."
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
Cashapillar
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Cashapillar - a new massive 5 reel, 100 pay-line video slot that will worm its way into your heart! Cashapillar comes with a new concept called Stacked Wilds and it's the first on all reels! For example a maximum of 5 Cashapillar wilds can appear vertically stacked to create a winning bonanza where every time the wild substitutes to complete a win, that win is doubled!
Cashapillar is one great game with huge rewards up for grabs. Up to 2,000 coins in the base game and 6,000 coins in Free Spins can be won per line. This translates to a maximum win across all paylines of 2 million coins in the base game and 6 million coins on Free Spins!
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Friday, May 16, 2008
World Series of Backgammon Final
Play65 are offering a package to the World Series of Backgammon Final (WSOB).
What does Play65 the package include?
The package includes a flight, 5 days accommodation and a FREE entrance to the World Series of Backgammon Final in Cannes where you can win 100.000 Euros.
The WSOB final will be held on July 21st in Palm Beach, Cannes, France!
Every month, Play65 will conduct a special tournament.
The tournaments will take place on the following Sundays:
11.05.08 / 08.06.08 / 06.07.08 at 20:00 GMT
At each tournament 16 players will share a total prize pool of 2000 Euros.
The winner of this tournament will get 500 Euros.
Play65 have created several kinds of "Cannes Sit and Go tournaments" so you can choose the one you like the best:
1. Play against 7 other players
2. Play against 3 other players
The winner of each Sit and Go tournament will get a free entrance to the "Cannes-WSOB" tournament from which he can win the big Prize as well as money prizes.
posted by Poker Player at World Series of Backgammon Final
Poker News: May 2008
