If you would like to represent your country in online poker then you will want to hear about Everest Poker. This leading online poker room has just launched their fourth edition of their European Cup Competition. This competition will see novice players in 15 different country battle it out in one of the largest freerolls ever.
If you live in any of the countries that are allowed to play you have from now until April 2010 to join one of the 15 member teams. The countries included in the European Cup Competition are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Holland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Games will commence in April and there will be a live final in May. This final will take place in a top Southern European resort and the winner from these 15 teams will get to take home a share of the €100,000 prize pool and of course the 2010 title.
There will be a combination of fee online and live qualifiers to determine the members of each of the 15 teams and these events will be taking place all across Europe and on the Everest Poker website. Each winning team member will receive a prize package for the live final in May. This prize package will include accommodation, travel and event activities worth €2,000.
According to a statement from Everest Poker they have actually simplified the qualification process for the European Cup 2010 and this year the tournament is open to 15 different European countries. There are 225 live final places to fill so there will be 15 players from each country on a team.
If you are a resident in one of the 15 countries listed above and an avid online poker player then all you have to do is visit the Everest Poker website to find out more about the European Cup 2010 and find out how you can qualify for a place on one of the 15 teams.
Online poker huge and with more and more fantastic tournaments taking place there really isn’t a better time to learn this skill. Online poker website are increasing in popularity each year and the amounts of money being won are phenomenal. You could change your whole life by winning one of these online poker tournaments.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
The Bodog online poker room held their $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament on Sunday and the top prize of $25,000 was taken home by a complete novice online poker player who went by the name of Giretje. What away to start off your online poker career wouldn’t you agree?
The $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament had a buy in of $109 and in total there were 441 players taking part in this event. All these players were hoping to get their hands on a share of the $100,000 and were completely shocked to see the winning prize going to the novice player.
According to Bodog the online poker room the final part of this amazing tournament ended up with a heads up battle between the newcomer Giretje and zubs1aa who was the main event winner at the recent Bodog Poker Open II. It was expected that zubs1aa would walk away with this one too but giertje prevailed and walked away with the victory and $25,000 in cash. What a day for the newcomer and what a win too.
There were a total of nine different cash prizes awarded in this $100,000 tournament event on Sunday and in ninth place was Jadenai who received $1,700. In eight place it was a player called RamitBawdeep who took home $2,200. Seventh place was amaru34 who received $3,500 and sixth place was Shawry5 who got $4,500. In fifth place it was sisko who got $5,500 and forth place nutcracker8390 took home $7,000. In third place was TheMasterJ33 who won $9,500 for his participation. In second place was zubs1aa who took home $15,000 for his superb game. In first place taking home an excellent $25,000 was Giretje.
Bodog awards more than five million dollars in cash prizes every month and if you are an enthusiastic online poker player this is by far one of the best online poker websites to participate in. The stakes are always high and the game play is amazing. If you haven’t visited this website yet now could be a great time to do so and discover just how easy it is to get hands on some great cash prizes. After all, if a novice can take the jackpot why can’t you.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely,
Bodog the leading online poker website is celebrating its 15th anniversary next month. This online poker website has been in operation for 15 years and in an effort to mark the occasion they are celebrating with a special tournament called 15 Days of Poker. This will be a series of 15 daily qualifying tournament and the fun began yesterday.
The special promotion will see one group of lucky players get to battle in out in the finals for a share of $15,000. What a great way to celebrate 15 years in business wouldn’t you say?
The qualifiying tournaments will run until the 5th of October and they take place every day at 8.15pm New York Time. The buy ins for these qualifying tournaments start at just five dollars each. These tournaments are Texas hold’em style tournaments and they include a pot limit, fixed limit, and no limit alongside turbo, super turbo, and re-buy events.
For 15 years now Bodog has been the leader when it comes to the online gambling industry and they have made sure that they have provided their players with superior gaming experiences and they have also awarded billions of dollars in prizes. This Bodog 15 Days of Poker Tournament Series will give online poker players a great fun and profitable way to celebrate this company getting so far. It really is a magnificent achievement especially seeing as though we are talking about online gambling where websites change so often.
Bodog have said that the prize pool for each of the fifteen qualifying tournaments will be distributed in the same fashion as their regular competitions but the tournament leader board points will be awarded to the top 30% of finishers only. This will determine who will move on to the final and the chance to win their share of the $15,000 prize pool.
The semi-finals for this event are due to be held on the 8th of October and these semi finals will consist of the players who have finished in the 16th to the 115th place on the leader board. Players who will also make it to the semi finals are those who have competed in at least 10 qualifying events with the top 15 of these players moving on to the final.
The top 15 on the leader board automatically gain entry into the finals which will take place on the 15th of October and the overall winner will receive a seat in the weekly Bodog $100,000 guaranteed online poker tournament. The remaining 14 finishers will win a spot in the qualifier for this tournament.
It’s very exciting over at Bodog at the moment so be sure to get in on the action if you can.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely,
There are a number of different poker tournament types and the aim of this post is to explain them further.
There are some poker tournaments that only focus on one version of poker whilst others may consist of a series of events with each part being a variant of a different type of poker which you will play during the course of the tournament. Texas Holdem is one of the most common poker games that you will find in these tournaments.
Poker tournaments can also vary in their formats too. The most common is the elimination type of game. In this type of tournament all the players are given the same number of chips to start with and whatever amount they lose will then be deducted from their initial amount continuing until they have no chips left and they are eliminated. The last player that remains is the winner.
The above tournament format is very fast paced and as players are eliminated the remaining players become more aggressive in their strategies and betting. The player that survives and wins gets all the chips and their corresponding cash value. There are some consolation prizes too.
Another great tournament format is the rebuy tournament. This allows players to purchase additional chips so that they can remain in the tournament and prevent elimination. The prospect of getting big cash prizes means that many players will prefer this tournament format. This format of online poker tournament is also very unpredictable as players can rejoin the game even if they are eliminated.
Shootout tournaments are the last format that I want to explain. These are more like traditional tournament styles. This tournament uses an elimination style but the players are divided into several tables. Each table plays until only one person remains then the last remaining player from each table then playing it out in a final round. This tournament format is the fastest and tournaments can be over in less than a few hours.
If you plan on playing online poker and would like to become involved in some of the online poker tournaments then the above information should help you to decide what type of tournament is best for you and your poker skills.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
It is often too easy for newbie online poker players to get over excited when they first join a Texas holdem poker tournament. This is a big mistake because then they don’t take the opportunity to plan their game. If you want to be in with a chance of advancing in these types of tournaments then there are a few things that you need to keep in mind and this post will explain.
The first and probably the most important thing to consider has to be how to play the cards you are dealt. The most common mistake that most newbies make is playing too may hands because they assume that by having more options they will have a better chance of winning the round. This might be true but it doesn’t help a newbie to develop their strategy which is something that you should be focusing on.
New players need to be selective in the hands they play and you need to play only that hands that give you the highest chance of winning. You also need to consider the position you are in during the round to determine which hand you will play. As the betting button is rotated throughout each round the betting order will also therefore change and there will be times when other players will get to bet ahead of you and this can give you the upper hand as you get to see their actions first before deciding what you want to do. There will also be times when you will be first to bet so you need to be able to choose a safe hand for this one.
Putting too much weight on the suited cards is another mistake that newbies tend to make as is the fear of being aggressive players. You don’t have to be intimidated just because you are new and aggressive play can have its advantages so use it.
These are just a few tips to help you get started in online poker tournaments.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
In today’s post I want to tell you about speed or turbo tournaments that are available on some of the online poker websites. Speed tournaments are a great way to get double your fun in half the time of normal tournaments. When looking at these online speed poker tournaments the blinds increase every three minutes and in the turbo tournaments the blinds increase every minute. These two online poker tournaments offer its players some of the fastest most exciting tournament action available and they are great when you don’t have hours to play.
The speed and turbo online poker tournaments are available in both single and multi-table tournaments so there is really something to suit everyone.
In order to finish the series on online poker tournaments there is one other tournament that I want to mention and this is the Rebuy tournament. If you happen to make a mistake at the start of a tournament you can use the Rebuy tournaments to stay in the game. With the rebuy tournaments you can buy additional chips as long as you are within a certain period of the tournament.
As you can see, when it comes to online poker tournaments there are plenty of options to choose from and if you do happen to lose all your chips in the early stages of the game then a rebuy tournament will allow you to keep playing.
That’s it for online poker tournaments. Tomorrow’s post is all about online poker tips.
Until then,
Gamble Wisely
In today’s post I want to talk about multi-table online poker tournaments. These are said to be the ultimate when it comes to tournament experiences. In these online poker tournaments you get to play against hundreds of different players for a share of the winning prize pool. Buy-ins for these tournaments can also start as low as 10c and go as high as $200.
Multi-table tournaments can have up to 999 players and they mirror the way real world poker tournaments are played. Each of the multi-table tournaments will have a set start time and day and players register in advance to play. When you register you need to pay your buy-in fee and a 10% registration fee so if you are playing in a $1 tournament you would end up paying $1.10.
When the tournament starts each player will have the same number of chips and will be assigned a random seat at a random table. The number of tables available is a reflection of the number of players registered and each table sits 9. As the tournament progress players will get knocked out and some of the tables will be closed. When this happens players are reseated to ensure that the tables remain balanced. Eventually you will end up with just 9 players at the final table where they will match their wits against each other until one person ends up with all the chips.
One of the great things about online poker multi-table tournaments is that the buy-ins are used to form a prize pool and everyone is playing for a share of this. This pool is determined by the amount of the buy-in fee and the number of players playing. If we use a $10 buy-in fee with 450 players taking part then the prize pool will be $4,500. The winner will take home approximately $1,200 and the runner up will get $765. Not bad really when you think about it.
In tomorrow’s post we will talk about satellite tournaments.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
When it comes to online poker there are a number of different tournaments that you can play in. In this post I will be discussing the single table tournaments and giving you some information about them.
A single table tournament is an online poker tournament that has nine players, one table, and one goal. These single table tournaments are known as fill and go tournaments and you can join in these tournaments with buy-ins that are as low as just 10 cents. Beware though some of these tournaments can have some very serious buy-ins that can go as high as $500.
Single table tournaments use one table and nine players. There is no scheduled start time so as soon as nine players have joined the table the tournament will begin. The great thing about these tournaments is that there is no hanging around you just log in and join the next tournament. Once one single table tournament starts another one opens up for registration so there is always one to join when you log into your online gambling website.
The rules for the single table tournament is the same as most tournaments in that each player pays the buy-in fee and gets an equal number of chips that they can play with. The tournament starts and continues until one player has won all the chips on the table. The prize pool in some tournaments is often divided between the top three players. The winner takes 50% of the prize money, second place takes 30%, and third place takes 20%.
Online poker tournaments are fun and exciting and when the prize fund is split between the top three players it gives you a better chance at winning some cash and if you are playing in one of the high buy-in tournaments that could mean some serious money even if you do come in third place.
That’s it for the single table tournament. In tomorrow’s post we will take a look at the multi-table tournaments and what they have to offer.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
