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Manne wrote:
One of Europe’s leading online poker rooms, Titanpoker-com, is offering members a number of ways to win seats at this summer’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Winners of Titan’s Sunday and Wednesday night Super Satellite tournaments can win Main Event Packages worth $13,400. The package includes the $10,000 buy-in to the World Championship of No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, 7 nights’ accommodation at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel and $1,850 for flights and spending money.
There is another Super Satellite tournament being hosted by Titan which gives winners entries to the WSOP No Limit Hold’em Side Events #56 and #60. The qualifiers will be taking place on Saturday night and the winning package is worth $7,100 including funds for flights, accommodation and spending money.
That’s not all, there is a third Super Satellite series where winners will receive entry to the No Limit Hold’em Side Event #60. The qualifiers are taking place on Monday nights with entries of $50 + $5. The packages up for grabs are worth $4,000 and cover flights, accommodation and spending money.
Win Free Entry to the WSOP at Titan Poker - Online Casino Archives
Yes but not for us players!
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Manne wrote:
Last week Full Tilt Poker re-launched access to its mobile app, Rush Poker. However, at present the app is only available for Apple iOS and is being described as a “temporary solution.” Rush Poker was initially launched at the end of 2010 with a Flash application for Android devices, it was followed half a year later by a version for iOS.
Rather than using Flash, the new app is built using HTML 5. Shyam Marcus from Full Tilt said that this is “a fairly temporary solution” and once a native application is developed “we will likely toss out the HTML5 app.” However, the native app has not yet been developed and its release for Android and iOS is still “a good number of months off.”
It was reportedly unable to bring back the previous Android app.
After downloading the Rush Poker app players can find games with stakes ranging from $0.02/0.05 to $2/4 across No Limit Hold’em, Fixed Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo. There are also Rush Poker Tournaments available.
I will try this out.
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Lambourne wrote:
You do have to use a site like Ewallet to make a deposit (which can take a few days to clear from your bank account and has limits for the amount you can deposit each month...gone are the days of quick, easy deposits, which I guess might be a good thing, since it is all to easy to clean your account in the heat of the moment...hehe). Good luck, and win big!
How many approximate days does it take to clear it from our bank account? Does it take even more than a week?
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As part of the 2+2 report from the recent PokerStars management and players meeting, PokerStars representative Steve Day posted an explanation of a proposal to deal with “ratholing.”
Ratholing causes a lot of debate among players because it is viewed by many as unethical. Essentially, the term describes someone who wins money, then leaves a table only to rejoin with a smaller stack. It is considered unethical because it reduces the chances for the players who have lost the money to win it back.
Part of the problem of dealing with ratholing is creating an effective definition of the behavior. A player who doubles up and leaves because he lacks the confidence or bank roll to play with a deep stack may be perceived to be ratholing, and if he is out of position next to a better or more aggressive player with an equally deep stack, then it is often irrational not to leave the table.
PokerStars does not want to prevent all behaviors like this, it wants to prevent ratholing being used as a strategy which alienates its other customers. Day explains the task: “We need to create both a verbal definition that is easily understood by poker players and a corresponding technical definition that can be coded into our software.”
To date a simple solution has not been found. “We have not succeeded in finding such a definition that both met our normal standards of simplicity and would properly isolate the problematic behavior,” Day continued. “At some point earlier this year, we resigned ourselves to considering more complex solutions.”
The “complex” solution was presented to the players who attended the Isle of Man meeting in an 18 page Business Requirements Document (BRD). “The basic premise of the solution is that we track players’ stack sizes when they leave tables and then enforce appropriate minimum buy-ins when they re-join other tables.”
A player joining leaving a table creates a “stack identity” for that table type. So a player at a 40bb-100bb table who joins with 40bb and leaves with 60bb creates a 40bb-100bb stack identity of 60bb.
If he rejoins a 40bb-100bb table within a set time he would be required to buy in for 60bb.
Multitablers would acquire numerous stack identities and on joining a table would be able to use the lowest level stack identity as the lower limit for buying in at that table. Each player would have a maximum number of stacks for each table type, calculated by using their normal table cap for regular tables and the cap divided by three for Zoom tables.
The table cap is a figure allocated to each player based on their playing history. A player who normally plays 18 tables would generate up to 18 stack identities. If he played a session of Zoom, he would generate up to 6 stack identities at a different table type. On joining a new table or Zoom pool, the lowest stack size of those identities would be used to determine his minimum buy in.
The time period until these stack identities reset has not yet been decided—currently PokerStars is considering 18-20hrs. “Configuring this period of time is challenging. The longer it is the more effective we are at preventing undesired behavior, but the more likely we are to be prohibiting behavior that we want to allow.”
Day finishes by explaining that PokerStars is now testing the parameters to determine what percentage of ratholing would be affected and/or prevented by this proposal. “As long as the % is meaningful and no better solution presents itself, we will move forward.”
Pokerstars to Introduce "Complex Solution" to Solve Ratholing Issue | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
Ratholing causes a lot of debate among players because it is viewed by many as unethical. Essentially, the term describes someone who wins money, then leaves a table only to rejoin with a smaller stack. It is considered unethical because it reduces the chances for the players who have lost the money to win it back.
Part of the problem of dealing with ratholing is creating an effective definition of the behavior. A player who doubles up and leaves because he lacks the confidence or bank roll to play with a deep stack may be perceived to be ratholing, and if he is out of position next to a better or more aggressive player with an equally deep stack, then it is often irrational not to leave the table.
PokerStars does not want to prevent all behaviors like this, it wants to prevent ratholing being used as a strategy which alienates its other customers. Day explains the task: “We need to create both a verbal definition that is easily understood by poker players and a corresponding technical definition that can be coded into our software.”
To date a simple solution has not been found. “We have not succeeded in finding such a definition that both met our normal standards of simplicity and would properly isolate the problematic behavior,” Day continued. “At some point earlier this year, we resigned ourselves to considering more complex solutions.”
The “complex” solution was presented to the players who attended the Isle of Man meeting in an 18 page Business Requirements Document (BRD). “The basic premise of the solution is that we track players’ stack sizes when they leave tables and then enforce appropriate minimum buy-ins when they re-join other tables.”
A player joining leaving a table creates a “stack identity” for that table type. So a player at a 40bb-100bb table who joins with 40bb and leaves with 60bb creates a 40bb-100bb stack identity of 60bb.
If he rejoins a 40bb-100bb table within a set time he would be required to buy in for 60bb.
Multitablers would acquire numerous stack identities and on joining a table would be able to use the lowest level stack identity as the lower limit for buying in at that table. Each player would have a maximum number of stacks for each table type, calculated by using their normal table cap for regular tables and the cap divided by three for Zoom tables.
The table cap is a figure allocated to each player based on their playing history. A player who normally plays 18 tables would generate up to 18 stack identities. If he played a session of Zoom, he would generate up to 6 stack identities at a different table type. On joining a new table or Zoom pool, the lowest stack size of those identities would be used to determine his minimum buy in.
The time period until these stack identities reset has not yet been decided—currently PokerStars is considering 18-20hrs. “Configuring this period of time is challenging. The longer it is the more effective we are at preventing undesired behavior, but the more likely we are to be prohibiting behavior that we want to allow.”
Day finishes by explaining that PokerStars is now testing the parameters to determine what percentage of ratholing would be affected and/or prevented by this proposal. “As long as the % is meaningful and no better solution presents itself, we will move forward.”
Pokerstars to Introduce "Complex Solution" to Solve Ratholing Issue | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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Manne wrote:
As part of the 2+2 report from the recent PokerStars management and players meeting, PokerStars representative Steve Day posted an explanation of a proposal to deal with “ratholing.”
Ratholing causes a lot of debate among players because it is viewed by many as unethical. Essentially, the term describes someone who wins money, then leaves a table only to rejoin with a smaller stack. It is considered unethical because it reduces the chances for the players who have lost the money to win it back.
Part of the problem of dealing with ratholing is creating an effective definition of the behavior. A player who doubles up and leaves because he lacks the confidence or bank roll to play with a deep stack may be perceived to be ratholing, and if he is out of position next to a better or more aggressive player with an equally deep stack, then it is often irrational not to leave the table.
PokerStars does not want to prevent all behaviors like this, it wants to prevent ratholing being used as a strategy which alienates its other customers. Day explains the task: “We need to create both a verbal definition that is easily understood by poker players and a corresponding technical definition that can be coded into our software.”
To date a simple solution has not been found. “We have not succeeded in finding such a definition that both met our normal standards of simplicity and would properly isolate the problematic behavior,” Day continued. “At some point earlier this year, we resigned ourselves to considering more complex solutions.”
The “complex” solution was presented to the players who attended the Isle of Man meeting in an 18 page Business Requirements Document (BRD). “The basic premise of the solution is that we track players’ stack sizes when they leave tables and then enforce appropriate minimum buy-ins when they re-join other tables.”
A player joining leaving a table creates a “stack identity” for that table type. So a player at a 40bb-100bb table who joins with 40bb and leaves with 60bb creates a 40bb-100bb stack identity of 60bb.
If he rejoins a 40bb-100bb table within a set time he would be required to buy in for 60bb.
Multitablers would acquire numerous stack identities and on joining a table would be able to use the lowest level stack identity as the lower limit for buying in at that table. Each player would have a maximum number of stacks for each table type, calculated by using their normal table cap for regular tables and the cap divided by three for Zoom tables.
The table cap is a figure allocated to each player based on their playing history. A player who normally plays 18 tables would generate up to 18 stack identities. If he played a session of Zoom, he would generate up to 6 stack identities at a different table type. On joining a new table or Zoom pool, the lowest stack size of those identities would be used to determine his minimum buy in.
The time period until these stack identities reset has not yet been decided—currently PokerStars is considering 18-20hrs. “Configuring this period of time is challenging. The longer it is the more effective we are at preventing undesired behavior, but the more likely we are to be prohibiting behavior that we want to allow.”
Day finishes by explaining that PokerStars is now testing the parameters to determine what percentage of ratholing would be affected and/or prevented by this proposal. “As long as the % is meaningful and no better solution presents itself, we will move forward.”
Pokerstars to Introduce "Complex Solution" to Solve Ratholing Issue | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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At midday on Thursday, November 6, Full Tilt Poker was successfully relaunched under new management.
As part of Rational Group’s settlement with the US Department of Justice, $186 million, the sum of all non-US player deposits prior to Full Tilt’s closure, was returned to poker players. It could be immediately withdrawn, transferred to PokerStars or—as the new FTP management hoped—left online and used to play on the relaunched site.
To encourage players to stay, FTP was launched to much fanfare: “relaunch week” included freerolls, happy hours, and big cash bonuses for all. “The Professionals” graced the high stakes tables and players flocked to the site.
Today, six months on, this early euphoria has died down. Players have made their decision whether to play on the new site or withdraw, and FTP battles with other dot-com networks like PartyPoker and iPoker for the second place spot.
Where exactly does it stand today, and what is its plans for growth? We sat down with Full Tilt’s Head of Marketing, Sarne Lightman, to discuss successes and failures, and plans for the future.
New Full Tilt Poker: Six Months On | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
As part of Rational Group’s settlement with the US Department of Justice, $186 million, the sum of all non-US player deposits prior to Full Tilt’s closure, was returned to poker players. It could be immediately withdrawn, transferred to PokerStars or—as the new FTP management hoped—left online and used to play on the relaunched site.
To encourage players to stay, FTP was launched to much fanfare: “relaunch week” included freerolls, happy hours, and big cash bonuses for all. “The Professionals” graced the high stakes tables and players flocked to the site.
Today, six months on, this early euphoria has died down. Players have made their decision whether to play on the new site or withdraw, and FTP battles with other dot-com networks like PartyPoker and iPoker for the second place spot.
Where exactly does it stand today, and what is its plans for growth? We sat down with Full Tilt’s Head of Marketing, Sarne Lightman, to discuss successes and failures, and plans for the future.
New Full Tilt Poker: Six Months On | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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The Full Tilt Poker Academy is to be re-opened, according to a recent interview on pokerfuse PRO.
The academy first opened in January 2009, and consisted of various video lessons produced by the then 20-strong roster of pros. Each lesson was accompanied by a challenge at which players could complete for Full Tilt Points.
According Sarne Lightman, Head of Marketing at Full Tilt, the new academy will be completely different from the previous version, with a structured approach and “exciting new features.”
The academy first opened in January 2009, and consisted of various video lessons produced by the then 20-strong roster of pros. Each lesson was accompanied by a challenge at which players could complete for Full Tilt Points.
According Sarne Lightman, Head of Marketing at Full Tilt, the new academy will be completely different from the previous version, with a structured approach and “exciting new features.”
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In the latest round of friendly one-upmanship with sister site PokerStars in introducing new poker variants, Full Tilt has announced that 6-Card Omaha will be offered in cash games, SNGs and tournaments.
Six-Card Omaha represents the latest addition in a string of recent updates to Rational Group poker rooms. Full Tilt added Irish Poker mid March; PokerStars followed on by introducing 5-card Omaha variants a week later. Not to be outdone, Full Tilt followed suit seven weeks later, stating “We refuse to let any other site have a good poker game we don’t have.”
Six-card Omaha, or Six “O,” as the name would suggest, is the same as the standard four-card affair, except players are dealt six cards. “Because,” as poker room manager Shyam Markus stated, “sometimes 5 Card Omaha isn’t enough.”
The same requirement to play two from the hand and three from the board remains, but the vastly increased number of card combinations means that huge hands will be commonplace. Or, as a 2009 article in Poker Player magazine puts it: “Let’s be blunt, six-card Omaha was invented by, and is usually played by, utter degenerates.”
It will be available in HU and 6-max tables (no full ring, of course, as a single-deck Six “O” game can only accommodate seven players before the deck is exhausted).
To promote the new variant, It will be “game of the week” next week, which means double Full Tilt Points, and event #69 of the MTOPS, Full Tilt’s new Micro Turbo Online Poker Series, will be a $3+0.30 tournament with $7500 guaranteed prize pool.
Full Tilt Poker Adds Six-Card Omaha | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
Six-Card Omaha represents the latest addition in a string of recent updates to Rational Group poker rooms. Full Tilt added Irish Poker mid March; PokerStars followed on by introducing 5-card Omaha variants a week later. Not to be outdone, Full Tilt followed suit seven weeks later, stating “We refuse to let any other site have a good poker game we don’t have.”
Six-card Omaha, or Six “O,” as the name would suggest, is the same as the standard four-card affair, except players are dealt six cards. “Because,” as poker room manager Shyam Markus stated, “sometimes 5 Card Omaha isn’t enough.”
The same requirement to play two from the hand and three from the board remains, but the vastly increased number of card combinations means that huge hands will be commonplace. Or, as a 2009 article in Poker Player magazine puts it: “Let’s be blunt, six-card Omaha was invented by, and is usually played by, utter degenerates.”
It will be available in HU and 6-max tables (no full ring, of course, as a single-deck Six “O” game can only accommodate seven players before the deck is exhausted).
To promote the new variant, It will be “game of the week” next week, which means double Full Tilt Points, and event #69 of the MTOPS, Full Tilt’s new Micro Turbo Online Poker Series, will be a $3+0.30 tournament with $7500 guaranteed prize pool.
Full Tilt Poker Adds Six-Card Omaha | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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The Black Friday crackdown by the Department of Justice on internet poker operations in the USA is still being resolved as witnessed by the recent signing of a consent order for the forfeiture of $50 million dollars by Mark Scheinberg Chief Executive Officer of Pokerstars.
The Department of Justice alleges that Scheinberg was involved in the scam but Scheinberg denies the allegations. The settlement says that Scheinberg’s agreement to resolve this dispute and forfeiture of $50 million, as full and final resolution of any and all claims by the United States government.
It was pointed out that Scheinberg’s consent of forfeiture was not a part of the settlement resolution with Pokerstars and the DoJ from July 2012. Scheinberg is also barred from making claims against the government of United States or any of its agents or employees that probable cause was not sufficient in regards to the forfeit the Forfeited Funds. This consent order of forfeiture also releases the possibility of admission of wrongdoing, culpability, liability or guilt on behalf of Mark Scheinberg or any of his respective agents or employees past or present.
The settlement comes on top of the $731m that the online gaming company agreed to pay the Department of Justice back in July of 2012. Mark Scheinberg, who is the son of PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg, has admitted no wrongdoing as part of the settlement and disputes that the funds are subject to forfeiture.
The Rational Group released this statement, “Mark Scheinberg, the CEO of PokerStars, has agreed to forfeit USD $50 million to the US Government. This forfeiture settles potential claims against Mark’s assets based on the allegations contained in the April 15th 2011 US Government complaint against PokerStars. The agreement is not in response to any action that had been brought against Mark and contains no admission of wrongdoing, culpability or guilt.”
No Guilt Online Poker CEO PokerStars Forfeits $50 million
The Department of Justice alleges that Scheinberg was involved in the scam but Scheinberg denies the allegations. The settlement says that Scheinberg’s agreement to resolve this dispute and forfeiture of $50 million, as full and final resolution of any and all claims by the United States government.
It was pointed out that Scheinberg’s consent of forfeiture was not a part of the settlement resolution with Pokerstars and the DoJ from July 2012. Scheinberg is also barred from making claims against the government of United States or any of its agents or employees that probable cause was not sufficient in regards to the forfeit the Forfeited Funds. This consent order of forfeiture also releases the possibility of admission of wrongdoing, culpability, liability or guilt on behalf of Mark Scheinberg or any of his respective agents or employees past or present.
The settlement comes on top of the $731m that the online gaming company agreed to pay the Department of Justice back in July of 2012. Mark Scheinberg, who is the son of PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg, has admitted no wrongdoing as part of the settlement and disputes that the funds are subject to forfeiture.
The Rational Group released this statement, “Mark Scheinberg, the CEO of PokerStars, has agreed to forfeit USD $50 million to the US Government. This forfeiture settles potential claims against Mark’s assets based on the allegations contained in the April 15th 2011 US Government complaint against PokerStars. The agreement is not in response to any action that had been brought against Mark and contains no admission of wrongdoing, culpability or guilt.”
No Guilt Online Poker CEO PokerStars Forfeits $50 million
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Though the 100 billionth hand was dealt out last week, the promotions continue.
Today marks the start of Golden Sit & Go’s. At least $1 million is to be given away at random over the next week in SNG tournaments.
To partake, players just need to play real money SNGs. When all players are fully seated, but before cards are dealt, tournaments have a random chance of being selected as “golden”—in which case the prize pool will either double, quadruple or 10x in size.
All real money SNGs are eligible in the promotion, including heads-up, 6-max, multi-table and hyper-turbos tournies. The exact likelihood of a tournament being selected is unknown, but the probability is directly proportional to the percentage of rake paid, so hyper-turbos (with less than 5% rake) are less likely to be selected than regular tournaments.
In total $5 million is being given away in a variety of promotions throughout June by Pokerstars.
Today marks the start of Golden Sit & Go’s. At least $1 million is to be given away at random over the next week in SNG tournaments.
To partake, players just need to play real money SNGs. When all players are fully seated, but before cards are dealt, tournaments have a random chance of being selected as “golden”—in which case the prize pool will either double, quadruple or 10x in size.
All real money SNGs are eligible in the promotion, including heads-up, 6-max, multi-table and hyper-turbos tournies. The exact likelihood of a tournament being selected is unknown, but the probability is directly proportional to the percentage of rake paid, so hyper-turbos (with less than 5% rake) are less likely to be selected than regular tournaments.
In total $5 million is being given away in a variety of promotions throughout June by Pokerstars.
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It’s Rush Week again on the Full Tilt campus and the online site is offering a couple promotions next week in hopes you’ll pledge your time to their fast play tables.
Starting Monday, June 24 and continuing through the end of the weekend Full Tilt is offering up to $250 bonus cash for eligible players who accumulate at least 10 FTPs on no fewer than four days during the promotion.
Points can be accumulated through Ring Games, Sit & Gos and even MTTs. There are four levels of rewards to be had, with cash being handed out depending on how many FTPs a player earns.
Additionally, should a player make the Final Table of a Rush Tourney or SNG, the site is also handing out entries to a $25k Freeroll tournament to take place on July 7th.
More information on Rush Week can be found on the Full Tilt website
Full Tilt Offers Fast Cash During Rush Week | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
Starting Monday, June 24 and continuing through the end of the weekend Full Tilt is offering up to $250 bonus cash for eligible players who accumulate at least 10 FTPs on no fewer than four days during the promotion.
Points can be accumulated through Ring Games, Sit & Gos and even MTTs. There are four levels of rewards to be had, with cash being handed out depending on how many FTPs a player earns.
Additionally, should a player make the Final Table of a Rush Tourney or SNG, the site is also handing out entries to a $25k Freeroll tournament to take place on July 7th.
More information on Rush Week can be found on the Full Tilt website
Full Tilt Offers Fast Cash During Rush Week | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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Visa credit and debit cards are now accepted for deposits at Ultimate Poker, according to an email sent to customers late last week.
Since launch, players have been able to deposit via e-check, bank wire, check by mail, and at the cage at Station Casinos. Soon after launch, Mastercard was also added as a deposit option.
Though officially supported, players may have deposits rejected by the issuing bank. Visa continues to use banking code 7995, which is commonly rejected by many US banks because of its relationship to online gambling prior to its regulation in the states. Initial player reports suggest that at least some banks are rejecting attempts.
MasterCard, however, has adopted a new banking transaction code specifically for “legal and regulated” online gambling.
Since launch, players have been able to deposit via e-check, bank wire, check by mail, and at the cage at Station Casinos. Soon after launch, Mastercard was also added as a deposit option.
Though officially supported, players may have deposits rejected by the issuing bank. Visa continues to use banking code 7995, which is commonly rejected by many US banks because of its relationship to online gambling prior to its regulation in the states. Initial player reports suggest that at least some banks are rejecting attempts.
MasterCard, however, has adopted a new banking transaction code specifically for “legal and regulated” online gambling.
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Full Tilt Poker announced Monday the relaunch of its Black Card premiere loyalty program, and the addition of its Black Card Pro team.
Black Card status gives players special benefits and opportunities when they achieve a 100-day rolling average of 500 Full Tilt Points per day. It will act as a new top tier of the existing Edge Rewards program, and should result in at least 35% rakeback.
Additionally, Black Card status allows players to compete for a 6-month long sponsorship and become a new Black Card Pro. At the end of a six month period the player that sits atop the Black Card leaderboard in any given discipline will earn their way onto the team, with benefits including 100% rakeback, a 20K prize package and a “Black Card Pro” avatar with the player’s name in red.
FTP poker room manager Shyam Markus took to the Two Plus Two Forums Monday to talk in detail about the return of the promotion and detail out both the new Edge and Black Card leaderboards. He noted that in this first offering of Black Card rewards that they “don’t expect everything in these leaderboards to be perfect immediately” but that they are still relying on the input from the players themselves in order to refine the system.
The current system was developed with input from the online community when Full Tilt previously reached out, in a series of threads, to ask players what criteria should be considered when looking for leaderboards that rewarded the “best” player in any given game and buy-in.
While Black Card status prior to Black Friday has no bearing on the new revamped scheme, Full Tilt did allow players, this past April, to transfer their loyalty status from competing websites to Full Tilt in an effort to help boost their player pool and to recapture some of those they may have lost due to their long hiatus.
Black Card Relaunches on Full Tilt | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
Black Card status gives players special benefits and opportunities when they achieve a 100-day rolling average of 500 Full Tilt Points per day. It will act as a new top tier of the existing Edge Rewards program, and should result in at least 35% rakeback.
Additionally, Black Card status allows players to compete for a 6-month long sponsorship and become a new Black Card Pro. At the end of a six month period the player that sits atop the Black Card leaderboard in any given discipline will earn their way onto the team, with benefits including 100% rakeback, a 20K prize package and a “Black Card Pro” avatar with the player’s name in red.
FTP poker room manager Shyam Markus took to the Two Plus Two Forums Monday to talk in detail about the return of the promotion and detail out both the new Edge and Black Card leaderboards. He noted that in this first offering of Black Card rewards that they “don’t expect everything in these leaderboards to be perfect immediately” but that they are still relying on the input from the players themselves in order to refine the system.
The current system was developed with input from the online community when Full Tilt previously reached out, in a series of threads, to ask players what criteria should be considered when looking for leaderboards that rewarded the “best” player in any given game and buy-in.
While Black Card status prior to Black Friday has no bearing on the new revamped scheme, Full Tilt did allow players, this past April, to transfer their loyalty status from competing websites to Full Tilt in an effort to help boost their player pool and to recapture some of those they may have lost due to their long hiatus.
Black Card Relaunches on Full Tilt | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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PokerStars has announced the schedule for the fifth PokerStars MicroMillions tournament series, which gets underway on July 18 and runs for ten days.
The Main Event will have a $22 buy in and a $1m guaranteed prize pool. The winner is guaranteed at least $150k.
There is a full range of tournament types, including $5k guaranteed events for Badugi, Draw and the newly introduced game Courchevel.
HORSE, 8 Game, Razz, Turbo, Hyper Turbo, Knockout, 6 max, Heads Up and every other variety of tournament are represented, although the bulk of the events are, as always, Texas Hold’em.
The last MicroMillions racked up prize money of $9.6m, almost double the guarantee. With 1.57m tournament entries, it became the most played tournament series in online poker history.
100 Events in PokerStars $5m Guaranteed MicroMillions V | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
The Main Event will have a $22 buy in and a $1m guaranteed prize pool. The winner is guaranteed at least $150k.
There is a full range of tournament types, including $5k guaranteed events for Badugi, Draw and the newly introduced game Courchevel.
HORSE, 8 Game, Razz, Turbo, Hyper Turbo, Knockout, 6 max, Heads Up and every other variety of tournament are represented, although the bulk of the events are, as always, Texas Hold’em.
The last MicroMillions racked up prize money of $9.6m, almost double the guarantee. With 1.57m tournament entries, it became the most played tournament series in online poker history.
100 Events in PokerStars $5m Guaranteed MicroMillions V | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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Earlier this week the European Poker Tour revealed the schedule of events for this summer’s EPT Barcelona tour stop, the debut event of EPT Season 10.
The festival encompasses 39 events over the course of 11 days, culminating in the €5,300 main event. Partnering with the Estrellas Poker Tour for the 2nd year in a row, the stop looks to bring a wide variety of games, including PLO and NLO8, spanning a range of buy-ins—from NLHE Turbos and Deepstacks starting at €220 to the return of the €50,000 Hi-Roller event.
The tour stop takes place from August 28 through September 7 at the Casino De Barcelona in the Hotel Arts Barcelona, with the main event scheduled to start on September 1.
For those who can’t make it to Barcelona, there will be daily live webcasts to help you keep up on all of the action.
PokerStars' Reveals Schedule for EPT Barcelona | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
The festival encompasses 39 events over the course of 11 days, culminating in the €5,300 main event. Partnering with the Estrellas Poker Tour for the 2nd year in a row, the stop looks to bring a wide variety of games, including PLO and NLO8, spanning a range of buy-ins—from NLHE Turbos and Deepstacks starting at €220 to the return of the €50,000 Hi-Roller event.
The tour stop takes place from August 28 through September 7 at the Casino De Barcelona in the Hotel Arts Barcelona, with the main event scheduled to start on September 1.
For those who can’t make it to Barcelona, there will be daily live webcasts to help you keep up on all of the action.
PokerStars' Reveals Schedule for EPT Barcelona | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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The latest attempt to reinvigorate and raise the profile of Fixed Limit Hold’em (FLHE) from PokerStars is a week of high profile promotions.
Starting July 8, during selected Happy Hours there will be 50% extra VPPs and FPPs for all FLHE games except Heads Up ring games and tournaments—PokerStars says: “You’ve got to be sociable during Happy Hour!” Hours are; 04:00, 10:00, 16:00 and 22:00 all EST.
Players who haven’t experienced FLHE are encouraged to start, first by viewing the “How to Play” videos on the main site, and then to try their hand at a “Taster Tourney,” a 5 FPP buy in MTT with a $500 prize pool.
Players can graduate to hourly $1.50 MTTs and special 45 man Sit & Go’s will be on offer all week. Depositors who put $20 or more on the site during the week can claim three $1.50 FLHE tournament tickets after earning at least 1 VPP after making the deposit.
The week ends with the guarantee on the regular weekly $215 FLHE MTT being quadrupled to $20k.
Focusing on a particular game during a week has been a regular promotion with pokerstars this year. Sister site Full Tilt also runs “game of the week” promotions regularly.
PokerStars Fixed Limit Week Starts | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
Starting July 8, during selected Happy Hours there will be 50% extra VPPs and FPPs for all FLHE games except Heads Up ring games and tournaments—PokerStars says: “You’ve got to be sociable during Happy Hour!” Hours are; 04:00, 10:00, 16:00 and 22:00 all EST.
Players who haven’t experienced FLHE are encouraged to start, first by viewing the “How to Play” videos on the main site, and then to try their hand at a “Taster Tourney,” a 5 FPP buy in MTT with a $500 prize pool.
Players can graduate to hourly $1.50 MTTs and special 45 man Sit & Go’s will be on offer all week. Depositors who put $20 or more on the site during the week can claim three $1.50 FLHE tournament tickets after earning at least 1 VPP after making the deposit.
The week ends with the guarantee on the regular weekly $215 FLHE MTT being quadrupled to $20k.
Focusing on a particular game during a week has been a regular promotion with pokerstars this year. Sister site Full Tilt also runs “game of the week” promotions regularly.
PokerStars Fixed Limit Week Starts | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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PokerStars has introduced a new security measure designed to minimize the effects of unauthorized hacks.
Poker players now have even more incentive to create an account with online poker behemoth PokerStars. On Monday, representatives of the company announced that they will be adding an enhanced security feature that protects players from malicious attacks.
The security feature, which implements SMS Validation, will allow players to link their mobile phone to their accounts. If any suspicious activity is suspected, all transactions, including deposits, withdrawals, transfers and registration will be prohibited. Furthermore, any games that are currently in progress will be suspended. PokerStars will then send a message to the player, requiring them to enter a code sent directly to their mobile. Once the player enters the code, he or she will be able to resume normal activity on the site.
Setting up the feature is a relatively intuitive process. First, players are required to register their mobile phone number with their accounts. They will then receive an SMS text message and can then activate the security feature from the client software. Players will also be given the option to change their password from the convenience of their smartphone.
PokerStars has gone to great lengths over the years to enhance the user experience. Realizing that security is one of the main issues that deter players from playing online, the company is committed to providing an environment where players feel safe and secure. PokerStars was the first online poker company to implement RSA Security Tokens and is the first to implement the new SMS security measures.
The new service is completely free to use and will eventually be available to all players. For now, it has only been rolled out in a few specific regions.
PokerStars announcement comes on the heels of the company forging a deal with Resorts to bring its services back to the United States. It is expected that PokerStars will once again become available to players in New Jersey by the end of the year. To date, the site features over 50 million users, has dealt over 100 billion hands, and is by far, the #1 poker software in the world. It offers the widest variety of ring games, tournaments and sit n’ goes and has enabled countless players to make a living online.
The only facet of the new security measure that wasn’t fully explained was what qualified as suspicious activities. There is concern that the company will suspend accounts unnecessarily, leading to frustration among players. Time will tell.
PokerStars Enhances Security of Player Accounts
Poker players now have even more incentive to create an account with online poker behemoth PokerStars. On Monday, representatives of the company announced that they will be adding an enhanced security feature that protects players from malicious attacks.
The security feature, which implements SMS Validation, will allow players to link their mobile phone to their accounts. If any suspicious activity is suspected, all transactions, including deposits, withdrawals, transfers and registration will be prohibited. Furthermore, any games that are currently in progress will be suspended. PokerStars will then send a message to the player, requiring them to enter a code sent directly to their mobile. Once the player enters the code, he or she will be able to resume normal activity on the site.
Setting up the feature is a relatively intuitive process. First, players are required to register their mobile phone number with their accounts. They will then receive an SMS text message and can then activate the security feature from the client software. Players will also be given the option to change their password from the convenience of their smartphone.
PokerStars has gone to great lengths over the years to enhance the user experience. Realizing that security is one of the main issues that deter players from playing online, the company is committed to providing an environment where players feel safe and secure. PokerStars was the first online poker company to implement RSA Security Tokens and is the first to implement the new SMS security measures.
The new service is completely free to use and will eventually be available to all players. For now, it has only been rolled out in a few specific regions.
PokerStars announcement comes on the heels of the company forging a deal with Resorts to bring its services back to the United States. It is expected that PokerStars will once again become available to players in New Jersey by the end of the year. To date, the site features over 50 million users, has dealt over 100 billion hands, and is by far, the #1 poker software in the world. It offers the widest variety of ring games, tournaments and sit n’ goes and has enabled countless players to make a living online.
The only facet of the new security measure that wasn’t fully explained was what qualified as suspicious activities. There is concern that the company will suspend accounts unnecessarily, leading to frustration among players. Time will tell.
PokerStars Enhances Security of Player Accounts
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Full Tilt Poker has announced the Montreal Festival, an all-new poker event in Kahnawake.
Seventeen mostly low-buyin events are scheduled, starting on September 21 and spread over 12 days. A variety of NL and PLO events will be available, including freeze-outs, rebuys and deepstack turbos. Buyins outside the main event range from CAD $60 to $220.
There is also a novelty “win the button” CAD $70 + $10 tournament where, as the name suggests, the winner of the previous hand gets the button at the next. The blinds rotate as normal. The tournament was popularized with PokerStars’ EPT events in 2012.
The main event is a CAD $1100 rebuy event, with three day 1’s. It guarantees a prize pool of at least CAD $1 million.
The Montreal Festival is the third Full Tilt-branded live event the poker room has announced since it was relaunched by PokerStars in late 2012. The Galway Poker Festival, which gets underway next week, is billed as the largest poker event ever held in Europe, with 60 events crammed into 16 days.
Full Tilt has also quietly put its name behind the “FullTiltPoker-net Pardubice Festival” in the Czech Republic, now entering its seventh year. It also gets underway next week, and offers 36 events over 17 days.
Full Tilt Announces Live Poker Festival in Montreal | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
Seventeen mostly low-buyin events are scheduled, starting on September 21 and spread over 12 days. A variety of NL and PLO events will be available, including freeze-outs, rebuys and deepstack turbos. Buyins outside the main event range from CAD $60 to $220.
There is also a novelty “win the button” CAD $70 + $10 tournament where, as the name suggests, the winner of the previous hand gets the button at the next. The blinds rotate as normal. The tournament was popularized with PokerStars’ EPT events in 2012.
The main event is a CAD $1100 rebuy event, with three day 1’s. It guarantees a prize pool of at least CAD $1 million.
The Montreal Festival is the third Full Tilt-branded live event the poker room has announced since it was relaunched by PokerStars in late 2012. The Galway Poker Festival, which gets underway next week, is billed as the largest poker event ever held in Europe, with 60 events crammed into 16 days.
Full Tilt has also quietly put its name behind the “FullTiltPoker-net Pardubice Festival” in the Czech Republic, now entering its seventh year. It also gets underway next week, and offers 36 events over 17 days.
Full Tilt Announces Live Poker Festival in Montreal | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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Winning Poker Network (WPN) rolled out its much-anticipated new software client today, which makes significant design changes and implements a variety of new features.
The lobby and tables themselves have seen significant updates. Cash game filters have been added, and many of the tabs and buttons have been reworked. The tables have been completely redesigned with a new layout, colors and animation.
Many of the updates bring it into line with existing features available in competing clients.
“A lot of blood sweat and tears has gone into this client,” Michael Harris, head of PR at Winning, told pokerfuse.
“We’ve tried to incorporate what we felt were the best elements from existing poker sites and then add some Winning gold. We’re quite pleased with the end result.”
The new software has been rolled out to all poker skins, including Americas Cardroom (as seen above) and Black Chip Poker, and players should receive the update when they next run the poker software.
Other new features improve the multi-tabling experience. There are now controls to sit out at one or all tables, and tables popping to the front now do not steal focus.
WPN is still #4 in terms of cash game traffic for international sites accepting US players, behind competitors Bovada, Revolution and Merge Gaming. However, it is the fastest growing, up over 35% in the last year, according to the latest data from PokerScout.
The feat is even more impressive given that the overall market for US-facing poker rooms is down 25%. Primary competitors Revolution and Merge are both down over 50% in the face of continued payment processor issues. Meanwhile WPN, along with Bovada, recently received an A-grade from Poker Affiliate Solutions for the speed and reliability of their US withdrawals.
Winning Poker Network Rolls Out Major Software Update | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
The lobby and tables themselves have seen significant updates. Cash game filters have been added, and many of the tabs and buttons have been reworked. The tables have been completely redesigned with a new layout, colors and animation.
Many of the updates bring it into line with existing features available in competing clients.
“A lot of blood sweat and tears has gone into this client,” Michael Harris, head of PR at Winning, told pokerfuse.
“We’ve tried to incorporate what we felt were the best elements from existing poker sites and then add some Winning gold. We’re quite pleased with the end result.”
The new software has been rolled out to all poker skins, including Americas Cardroom (as seen above) and Black Chip Poker, and players should receive the update when they next run the poker software.
Other new features improve the multi-tabling experience. There are now controls to sit out at one or all tables, and tables popping to the front now do not steal focus.
WPN is still #4 in terms of cash game traffic for international sites accepting US players, behind competitors Bovada, Revolution and Merge Gaming. However, it is the fastest growing, up over 35% in the last year, according to the latest data from PokerScout.
The feat is even more impressive given that the overall market for US-facing poker rooms is down 25%. Primary competitors Revolution and Merge are both down over 50% in the face of continued payment processor issues. Meanwhile WPN, along with Bovada, recently received an A-grade from Poker Affiliate Solutions for the speed and reliability of their US withdrawals.
Winning Poker Network Rolls Out Major Software Update | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
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Rather than using Flash, the new app is built using HTML 5. Shyam Marcus from Full Tilt said that this is “a fairly temporary solution” and once a native application is developed “we will likely toss out the HTML5 app.” However, the native app has not yet been developed and its release for Android and iOS is still “a good number of months off.”
It was reportedly unable to bring back the previous Android app.
After downloading the Rush Poker app players can find games with stakes ranging from $0.02/0.05 to $2/4 across No Limit Hold’em, Fixed Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo. There are also Rush Poker Tournaments available.