Online Poker News

Victor Chandler Poker continues its Advent Calendar Christmas celebrations today with its Christmas Draw. The €1,000 freeroll starts at 7.30 p.m. Central European Time and registration opens 10 minutes prior to the start. The all-in-all-the-time format will see the top 10 players receive cash prizes within 48 hours of tournament completion. First place will receive €250 from the €1,000 prize pool, reducing to €25 for number 10.

The Chandler festive promotion has been a huge success so far this year and has given away Harrods Christmas hampers, cash prizes via several freerolls, and free entries to a variety of guaranteed tournaments at the site including pot-limit Omaha.  Victor Chandler Poker is one of the UK and Europe’s biggest online poker rooms, and is powered by leading independent gaming company and bookmaker Victor Chandler.

Several online poker sites are gearing up for their Christmas promotions and there are sure to be some mouth watering offers out there at online casino rooms. Christmas time is the perfect time for online poker players to join sites with real money online poker games. Players new to online poker should check out the best deals for bonus deposits that can really help them out when they begin playing there.

You will not want to pass up the opportunity to take advantage of the chance to participate in those great Christmas promotions which will offer them both fun and chances to win money and other prizes. Christmas time can also be a lot of fun and top online casinos get into the spirit of Christmas and often can change the look of the site to bring the holiday spirit to the players. If you have not yet joined do so now and reap all of the benefits the holiday season brings to online poker.

Sky Poker is delighted to announce a revamped schedule for the 2011/12 Sky Poker Tour season, with over £250,000 in guaranteed prize pools and even more chances for players to win a Sky Poker Tour event, according to an announcement from PR news made in London on September the 9th 2011.

There will be six regional events held in Britain starting in Nottingham on the 29th and 30th October followed by the Grand final, also held at Nottingham, which will take place on the 25th and 26th August 2012. As well as the Main Events at each of these legs, all venues will also be hosting SPT side events on both Friday and Saturday nights. Two day events will also see the inclusion of a Sunday side event, completing what will promise to be a bumper weekend of poker games.

If you like to play poker and would like the chance to play for free online and win real money, then look no further. Back in 1998 was the time when people began to play online poker and now it has grown into a big industry and is one of the most popular forms of home entertainment. With the growth of the online poker game you can play scores of games when you download your poker game, including the very popular Omaha, Stud and Five-Card poker games.

Playing online poker for free is simple; just download an online casino that has a promotion running which allows you to play free. Many casinos offer no deposit poker bonuses which mean that you do not have to deposit a penny in order to start playing for free. Another nice thing is the fact that these deposits can be cashed out after a required number of bets, so all you have to do is meet those requirements and cash out your winnings, provided that you won of course! Check out an online casino now and start to play online poker free.

The latest online poker tourney was unleashed and this is the 17th instalment of the popular Online Poker Series (FTOPS) from Full Tilt, by Wednesday they had already awarded $4 million in prizes over 10 winners. They are to offer a total of 34 tournaments through August 15th with more than $19 million in guaranteed prize money.

RPM Poker pro Brent Roberts was the first FTOPS jersey winner, taking down the $216 No Limit Hold’em Event for $164,358. Roberts, who has more than $1.2 million in online tournament winnings and close to $1 million in live earnings, came out the best of a field of 4,591 players and a tough final table that included Sam Grafton. The series, which began in 2006 and has run between two and four times per year, will offer a total of 34 tournaments through August 15th with more than $19 million in guaranteed prize money.