Poker News and Poker Gossip

Last Saturday Ultimate Bet brought things down the their final four in the Smack Down Heads Up Poker Tournament. The 11 time World Series of Poker Bracelet holder, Phil Hellmuth,  will compete in a heads up match against one of these final four, as was determined last Saturday: The Captainn, Redbull77, Butternuts and Fkthisup2. These final four are  going to be narrowed down to the final two  this weekend, and it is going to be a match to watch.

After the successful launch in the summer of 2007, the event is coming down the the final heads up matches, with Phil Hellmuth awaiting the winner.  The 9 months of feirce competition that began with 64 heads up holdEm poker players,  will come down to the final table competitor on April 12th, when the 64 heads up hold’em poker players are narrowed down to only 1 vs Phil Hellmuth. The winner of that table be one of the above four they will pocket 30 thousand dollars, and have  the right to brag they beat  the  brat.

Reload Bonuses come and Reload Bonuses go, but ChanPoker has my attention anyway. For the month of April, they are topping their sign on bonus. Every time a player reloads on Chan Poker and uses the reload code, they are able to get an additional 110% bonus. What a deal! The sign on bonus is only 100% up to 1000 dollars. To think if a player just opened their Chan Poker account in March, what a bonus they will be getting this month if they reload their account. The reload bonus code is on the Chan Poker site for all players in the poker room to use.

When you are at Chan Poker, make sure you look into the classes that Johnny Chan has developed for players who want to hone their game. He has developed a fantastic program for players of all levels that will encourage a fantastic jump in your playing ability. It’s like learning from the master himself.

Mansion Poker is doing a great job of narrowing the field for two of the biggest live events in Europe. The European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo which starts next week and the Swedish Live Poker Championship which begins at the end of the month. Back to back both events will bring in many players from around the world, including some big names. Will you be among them?

Mansion Poker has been qualifying talent for both events since the beginning of the year, and as the dates draw close the field is becoming much smaller. Currently to enter into the Swedish Live Poker Championship players need to have made it to the final elimination level. This event is held every Thursday night at 20:00 CET  and holds a buy in of 300+20 a mere drop in the bucket if you win the prize package to the event valued at more than 4000.

The already awarded prize packages for Monte Carlo are valued at 20, 000! What a way to enter these great April Live Events!  This may seem like old news to qualify for, but until you are across the felt from the biggest poker talent in the world, it’s not over.

EPT Monte Carlo Details:
Location: Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
Date: 12-17, April 2008.

The Swedish Live Poker Championship Details: 

(this event is restricted to Swedish Players and Swedish Passport holders; Min. Age Required to play is 21.)

Location: Reval Park Casino, Tallinn, Estonia.
Date: 21-27 April, 2008.

See you at the table.

Looking for something to do this Sunday?  How about playing some poker on TV with Sky Poker for a chance to win £12,000!

Sky Poker.com just sent me the following press release for their Super Sundays tournament this weekend:

Super Sundays: Sunday 10th February 2008, 9pm

There’s a maximum of 650 players so register early if you want to pit your skills against this week’s celebrity guests TV/ radio presenter Vanessa Feltz and her musician fiance Benedict Ofoedu.

Visit Sky Poker Now! (When you use this link you will receive our special Sky Poker Promotion of 500 Sky Points FREE!)

Betfair Poker has just announced a special bonus code for visitors of BankrollBoost.com.  If you don’t already know, Betfair is our choice for the best poker site this month.  For the month of January you will get a $5000 BONUS when you make a minimum deposit of $20!!!

All you have to do is deposit a minimum of $20.  Effective from the first hand you play, you’ll get $10 for every 400 Betfair Points up to $5000!

When you sign up, enter promotion code BF5000 and start playing… its that easy!

Click here to get your bonus now! 

Betfair Poker has annouced some incredible promotions for December including an UNLIMITED* Bonus using a special refer and earn code.

(This promotion may be over now, for the latest codes visit our Betfair Poker Review)

Unlimited Refer and Earn Promotion Code

As mentioned above, Betfair has provided us with a special unlimited (up to $9,999) refer and earn code for the month of December. All you have to do is:
1) click here to open an account.
2) When you get to the step that says “Do you have a Promotion or Refer and Earn code?“enter promotion code “BFP999“.
3) Make a minimum deposit of $20
4) Start collecting your bonus! Bonus is paid every Wednesday for Betfair Points generated in the previous week i.e. you will receive $10 if you generate 400 Betfair Points.

Betfair Poker Christmas Promotions

This bonus couldn’t have come at a better time as Betfair is currently running some amazing promotions:

- WSOP and WSOPE Dream Package - Win entry to the world’s two most prestigious poker events in just one go! Two $40,000 packages must be won in our $100k December Grand Final.
- Two x $150,000 GTD Tourneys - Two HUGE $150,000 Guaranteed Tournaments for December with the first prize due to easily surpass $40,000 in each tournament
- $60,000 Christmas STAX#RATINGSâ„¢ - STAX#RATINGSâ„¢ are back by popular demand and will show how you stack up against other players this Xmas. $60,000 in prizes to be won!
- Christmas Pudding - Christmas chaos embraced! $10 buy in, $300 for first out, $300 for bubble boy, $20 for every 10th exit and $1,000 added! Wed
19th Dec - 7:45pm
- Win your Xmas Presents - Let Betfair pay for your Xmas shopping this year? Play in our favourite tourneys and you could win one of 100 sets of vouchers of up to $1,500.
- BF SANTA Banter - WSOPE hero, James Keys, dons Santa’s hat this Xmas and will be Ho, Ho, Ho-ing once a day from Fri 7th Dec in an MTT ranging from $5 to $100 – knock him for a $100 bounty

This is by far the BEST Christmas promotion being offered by any poker site! If you want more info about Betfair, be sure to check out our Betfair Poker Review.