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Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker network, has this week announced its freeroll schedule for the month of May.

The tournaments will offer players the opportunity to win their share of $63,000 in prize money as well as getting the chance to try to win 2 luxury prizes of a Peugeot 207cc car and a huge 2009 World Series of Poker package.

The new freerolls have been created to try to encourage new players to make their first deposit in the month of May into their account, with entry into these fantasic tournaments only been given to players who deposit.

With $63,000 in prize money been offered over the number of tournaments that will span the entire month, players are sure to want to place their funds into the site.

The Peugeot 207cc car carries a list price of $30,000, meaning that the winner of the freeroll will cash in significantly. With the freeroll been scheduled for June 5th the site is giving players every opportunity to fund their accounts in time.

The other prize that will carry a huge amount of interest is that of the 2009 World Series of Poker package that is on offer. Carrying a value of $13,000 the package consists of the $10,000 buy in for the WSOP Main Event as well as travel to Las Vegas, 7 nights luxury accommodation at the Rio, Las Vegas from July 4th until July 11th, registration fees for the tournament and spending money for the trip.

With the sheer size of the World Series of Poker tournament series, the competition for the 2009 WSOP tournament package is going to be extremely fierce, with some players looking to deposit into the site with the aim to win the package.

The award winning online poker room is also offering new depositing players their generous first time deposit match bonus. This means that if a player was to deposit $50 into their player account, Titan Poker will then credit your bonus with the ability to unlock $50 in free bankroll.

To unlock your free bankroll couldn’t be easier, with players only have to gain points that are calculated from the amount of rake that they generate within a hand.

The fastest way for you to unlock your bonus would be to take a seat at the heads up tables within the highest stake that you can afford with your funds.

Playing at the heads up tables means that the action is fast and frequent, meaning that your points will be aquired in no time.

As always, Bankroll Boost has some great specials like our 150% up to $500 sign-up bonus code for Titan Poker.  Get started by visiting Titan Poker now!

The old saying that the real power of gambling is placed in the hands of the house just doesn’t seem to be wanting to disappear from the gambling world but now there is a chance that this saying could be proved to be a myth, with fiery 2 card room gamblers from Los Angeles issuing law suits on no less than 5 county card rooms within the area.

The law suits are based around the Bad Beat Jackpots that the county card rooms have had to bring into their casinos in order to compete with the ever growing online gambling world.

Poker has always been legal in California but the government issues warnings to the card rooms within the state that their Bad Beat Jackpots were nothing other than illegal lotteries, with the aim been that the casino rewards players for losing.

The 2 card players were told that the only way that they would qualify for the Bad Beat Jackpots on offer at all 5 of the county card rooms is that they play their poker at tables that collect a minimum of $1 per hand, although the advertisements for the jackpots issues a ‘No purchase is required’ message.

Dennis Chae and Jeff Kim were told by staff at Bicycle Club, Commerce, Hustler, Hollywood Park and Hawaiian Gardens casinos that they would in fact have to offer up a minimum of $1 per hand that played for them to become eligable for the big money jackpot that was on offer at all 5 casinos.

With the casinos placing advertisements into the public that promoted their Bad Beat Jackpots as no purchase required but telling players that they have to offer up $1 in rake to the house is in breach of laws within advertising, been seen as false advertising.

It would be like me telling you that you have just won a place in the World Series of Poker Main Event but all you have to do is pay me $13,000 to claim it.

You haven’t by the way… Just wanted to make that clear.

With the law suit been filed May 1st 2009 at the Superior Court in Los Angeles, Chae and Kim are proving that they are serious with their case, claiming that the casinos were offering unfair gaming and fake advertising.

The casinos have been quick in making statements in regard to the law suit, with many of them ruling that the suit is a stunt that has very little chance of been won by the two players.

Haig Kelegian, managering general partner of Bicycle Casino, Bell Gardens said in his statement “If players at this casino ask, and very few do, they can play at the tables that don’t collect the $1 fees. They’re (Chae and Kim) are just trying to find a way to sue somebody. We have always had a no purchase necessary.”

With the law suit filed into the Superior Court, the casinos are starting to close rank, maintaining that their operations have always been within the legal boundaries that are set for gambling establishments.

Tym S.Macleod, lawyer to the plaintiffs said “This is not about trying to claim back gambling losses but about putting a stop to the deceptive advertising.”

With the suit now out in the public eye, other poker players are rallying the two poker players to succeed in their legal suit, claiming that the fees are unfair and are seen as a ‘tax’ that is taken from the players with every hand played.

The legal suit is still in process at the moment and it will be followed with alot of interest by casinos and players alike, with the result set to make a huge impact on the losing party.

If the casinos were to lose this suit, they would be faced to pay out millions in compensation to the two players who filed the suit. Should this happen, you can expect to see one of two things happen at your local card room, they will either change all advertising surrounding such promotions as the Bad Beat Jackpots or they will remove the Jackpots completely.

With every poker player having the same aim, regardless of if they are a live player or online player, Betfair have opened a promotion that is going wet the mouth of any poker player.

Betfair have announced that they are going to offer a freeroll for a huge $1 million tournament as the first event within the World Series of Poker Europe tournament schedule.

The tournament will be broken down into 15 regions, with 15 tournaments leading into one main event, with the winner of the tournament a guaranteed millionaire.

The tournaments begin Monday 13th April and will be played out over an 18 week period, with daily tournaments taking place.

The top 18 for each region will then contest against the other region finalists from the other regional qualifiers in a bid to be the winner of their region, meaning that they will then represent their region in the live main event.

The tournament boasts about its ease of entry to the tournament that will be life changing for one lucky winner, taking home a huge $1 million in prize money.

Ok so you know about the tournament but how do you get your shot at making your money?

Up to the 16th of May 2009, players have unlimited attempts to try to win their way through the tournaments to progresses but Betfair has warned players that from the 18th of May 2009 players will have to start to use their Betfair points in order to gain entry, meaning that if players don’t have the points to buy into the tournament they simply miss out on this huge opportunity.

For more information about Betfair, read our Betfair Poker Review and use our special Betfair Promotion Code to get a nice $600 FREE on your first deposit!

Thought this would make for a good post.  Found this video on RawVegas.TV of strippers playing some poker.  The girls of Rick’s Cabaret in Vegas take over the Hard Rock to play in a poker tournament with $10k on the line.  Here is the video:

According to TMZ.com, Gambling Times, Inc. is suing movie producer / poker pro, Scott Lazar for failing to honor the terms of their “deal”.  During the making of “Deal” (which hit theaters in 2008 and starred Burt Reynolds and Shannon Elizabeth), Lazar allegedly agreed to a $50,000 product placement arrangement with Gambling Times, Inc.  Lazar was supposed to visibly plug their product in the movie, but according to the lawsuit this never happened.

Gambling Times Inc. is now suing Lazar for no less than $1 Million in damages.  For most movie makers this is pocket change, but when your movie only makes $78,000 in theaters you have a real problem.

Other Poker News

Bill Rini wrote a great post last night about online poker’s version of a crack-whore.  Apparently some Norwegian player named Poelsax has been making weird videos where he dances almost naked in an attempt to get someone to stake him.

Pokerstars may be upping their VIP Program with the addition of a new level called Hypernova.

Don Cheadle is the latest pro to be signed to Full Tilt Poker according to Casino City Times.

I came accross this video about some poker players that are living in Phuket, Thailand on Bill Rini’s blog and thought it was pretty funny and worth sharing.  Over the past few years many poker players have started moving to various inexpensive places around the world for the better life.  The two most popular are probably Thailand and Argentina.

I spent last winter in Buenos Aires, Argentina and have to say that it was an AMAZING place and if you are a poker player looking to relocate, I would go there.  The girls are wayyyyyy better looking than the thai ones and its just an all around fun place with people from all over the world.

Anyway, here is a video that a couple poker players living in Thailand made about their daily routine.  It takes a while to get to the point, but its still a cool watch with a nice soundtrack.