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William Hill Poker run quite a few free tournaments, with freerolls very well visited. The freerolls are often multi-table Texas Hold’em events and are typically ones with relatively small prize pools. All new players can play the daily beginners $50 and $100 freerolls for the first three months after signing up.

Qualification by gaining William Hill points is necessary to enter the high value freerolls, and the amount of prize pools depends on the level of William Hill points required for the game. For the monthly freeroll that is to take place on the 7th May at 2100 hrs with a value of $2,500, 100 points are required to be played for from the 1st April to the 30th April. Another freeroll is to take place on the 4th June at 2100 hrs with qualification taking place during the whole of May. There are also weekly $2,000 and $3,000 freerolls which you can enter with 2,000 and 3,000 William Hill points.

William Hill have announced 2 freerolls commencing May the 7th 2009 this is for Poker Listings players only so new players can qualify by playing the daily beginners $50 and $100 freerolls for the first three months after signing up. William Hill Poker runs quite a few free tournaments, with freerolls very well-visited.

William Hill Poker offers a massive amount of guaranteed tournaments, with prize pools from £400 all the way up to the Sunday $250k. In addition the online poker room has other big tournaments including the Friday $150k and the Saturday $50k. Besides the guaranteed tournaments, William Hill Poker usually offers plenty of qualifiers at all levels for big live and online poker events, such as the World Series of Poker and the European Poker Tour. Statistics show that at William Hill Poker shows 55,000 tournament players in the online room at peak hours as of April 2009.

If you sign up at the Betfair online poker site between March 25th and April 12th you will be in the game to play poker and if in the top 50 players you will be given an iPod touch, there are of course conditions. Any new player who generates 10,000 Betfair Poker points within their first 60 days of their first real-money hand will earn an 8GB iPod Touch. Along the way to 10,000 points, players who reach 1,000 points will also be automatically qualified for a seat in an exclusive free roll where the top 50 players will also receive an iPod Touch.

So not only will you be playing your favourite online game, you will be amongst the New Breed at Betfair Poker. This is not the only promotion at the online site; there are weekly MTT and SNG leader boards, $1000 welcome freeroll, receive a bonus of up to $1,500 based on the number of Betfair Points generated. Additionally, you can participate in the online casino and enjoy other favourite gaming tables, sports betting including horse racing.

PokerStars.com is the largest poker site in the world and offers a great variety of games, including super high-limits and some of the rarer mixed games. The Pokerstars.com software is among the best in the world, with innovative functions, lightning-fast game play and great multi-table options. Some of the world’s most famous poker players, including Canadian prodigy Daniel Negreanu and WSOP Main Event winners Chris Moneymaker, Joseph Hachem and Greg Raymer have been sponsored by the site.

Although the online poker site is the biggest it is still growing and offers good bonuses and incentives to members. Signing up to pokerstars.com means that you will benefit from $1.5 million weekly guaranteed, largest in the world, a massive satellite, ring game and tournament spread, be able to rail, chat and play against a well-known pro team, great software and the site is responsive to player feedback, often adding new features, games and tournaments.

As poker players we know that online poker, or playing poker at a casino is skilful and now it has been officially recognised. The debate has been going on for a long time and has had a great impact on the status of poker. Is poker primarily a game of skill or chance? We know the answer to that of course but there is a study that backs us up. The Washington D.C. firm Cigital recently released a study of over 100 million Texas holdem hands, with statistics that clearly support the notion that poker primarily is a game of skill.

Analysing hands played by poker stars during December 2008 shows that the outcome of the games is determined by the decisions made by the players. To determine the relationship between skill and luck in poker the report focused on the relationship between the number of hands that actually went to showdown and that didn’t. In the latter case it’s clearly not the cards that determine the outcome. So hone up your skills at your favourite online poker room and join in the fun and win some money too.