PKR Terminator tournaments
May 24, 2009 | Published in: Poker room news
Personally I like the Terminator tournements at PKR but almost every time I play one there are at least 5 people asking how it works. So i thought it was time to write a post about these PKR tournements.
What are terminator tournaments?
With a portion of the prize pool going to a bounty on every player’s head, Terminator tournaments are all about taking the other player down. A portion of the prize pool goes on to every player’s head. If you take that player out of the tournament, their bounty is yours. The value of each player’s bounty is displayed on the table above their username. The more bounties you claim, the higher your bounty gets too – so you become a more attractive target.
Full information on the set up of each Terminator tournament can be found in the in the ‘bounty info’ tab for the tournament. There you’ll see information including the number of heads each player has eliminated, the total prize amount claimed from bounties and each player’s existing bounty value.
Full or half buy-in on your head
There are 2 types of terminator tournements at PKR: one where 100% of your buy-in is on your head and one where it’s 50% and the other 50% goes to a prize pool.
You can play the normal Terminator tournements (with the 50%/50% deal mentioned above), the headsup tournements (Terminator Two, 100% buy-in on your head) or the Terminator Xtreme (Sit & go, 10 players and the 50%/50% deal).
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Win a Pokerstars Porsche with the May turbo takedown!
May 21, 2009 | Published in: Poker room news
The May edition of the $1 Million PokerStars Turbo Takedown is looming large on the horizon, and as this will be the first anniversary of the $1 Million guarantee tournament, we’re ramping up the stakes.
For the month of May only, the Turbo Takedown retains its $1 Million prize pool* but Pokerstars is reducing the buy-in from 5,000 Frequent Player Points (FPP) to 2,000 FPPs! That’s not all though. The winner will receive a little something extra - a brand new Porsche Cayman S!
Having already awarded 9 Porsches to our players, the PokerStars Turbo Takedown is the perfect route to reward our 10th Porsche! And with at least one in every three players getting paid, this is a tournament you definitely do not want to miss.
May Turbo Takedown Summary:
- Buy-in reduced to 2,000 FPP (originally 5,000 FPP)
- Cap increased to 30,000 players - meaning 10,000 players will receive a share of the $1 million prize pool
- First prize will include cash and the 10th Porsche PokerStars have awarded
The 1st place finisher will receive a Porsche Cayman S and cash, with a combined value of approximately $100,000! If you don’t want to use that many FPPs to enter the tournament, you could win your seat in the Turbo Takedown through one of the regular satellites. Starting from as little as 8 FPP, these qualifiers can be found under the Tourney > Satellite > FPP tab or the Sit & Go > Satellite > FPP tab in your PokerStars lobby, giving you the chance to potentially turn 8 FPPs in to a Porsche!
The $1 Million PokerStars Turbo Takedown takes place on the last Sunday of every month at 14:30 ET (this month on May 31st)and is located under the Tourney > Special tab in your PokerStars lobby.
For a tournament with no cash buy-in and a guaranteed prize pool of $1 Million and a Porsche, places will fill up fast. Register for your seat today!
So don’t wait: get yourself an account at Pokerstars!
P.S. let us know when you win that amazing vehicle.. 
Full Tilt Poker update and new cool promotions!
May 15, 2009 | Published in: Poker room news
Full Tilt Poker has premiered the redesign of their website.
Taking its cue from their TV commercials and print ads, the black and white portrait style design will make it easier to navigate around the website and find the content players need.
New ring-game icons will help players find their favorite ring game quicker and easier: for Cap, Deep Stack, 6 max, Heads-Up, Ante, Speed and Educational tables.
When playing more than one Multi-Table Tournament at a time, synchronized breaks allows players take a break at 55 minutes past every hour without missing a hand in any tournament.
Full Tilt Poker has range of new promotions where players can make an initial deposit with as little as $10 - down from $50. They can play ring games at new $.01/$.02 micro-stakes tables for a minimum of 40 cents.
Two new tournaments - the $10K Daily Dollar Rebuy and the $10K Daily Dollar - allows players to play for a share of $10K prize pools for just $1.
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Free Pokerstars themes
May 13, 2009 | Published in: Poker room news, Pokerstars themes
So you play at Pokerstars.net but you’re totally done with the standard themes they offer you. We experienced this a few months ago so we did a little research and posted 15 free Pokerstars themes so far.
We will continue our search for great free Pokerstars themes in the future. If you have one, created one or spotted one please contact us so we can share it with our visitors.
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WSOP 2009 satellites
May 4, 2009 | Published in: Poker room news
Just one month before the World Series Of Poker starts the majority of the online pokerrooms run WSOP satellites. So this is your change to win your way into the World Series and become the new Chris Moneymaker!
Pokerstars
Win your ticket through Cash (from $2.20), FPP (40) or Steps satellites.
Extra promotion: reloadbonus 20% up to $120
Visit website: Pokerstars
PKR
Win your ticket through a $0.35 sit-n-go, a stage 2 MTT Freezeouts for $14.60, buy-in direct to the PKR Main Event Final for $625 or just play at PKR and find out through email which special promotion is on that week (this week package $4500 for a streight flush freeroll).
Extra promotion: reloadbonus 100% up to $500
Visit website: Pkr
Titan Poker
Win your ticket through sit-n-go tournements, daily qualifying tournaments or direct buy-in ($535 or $215)
Visit website: Titan Poker
This pokerroom has by fare the most variety of ways to win your seats at this year’s WSOP: daily Shootout tournaments, Weekly Cash Qualifiers, $200K Stimulus Qualifier, Race for Bracelets and the massive 150 Seat Guarantee.
Visit website: Full Tilt Poker
This pokerroom uses “WSOP Steps” which are a series of progressive Sit & Go tournaments starting at just $3 or 750 Summit Points. Step 1-5 runs daily, step 6 (WSOP package side or main event) runs on sundays, mondays and wednesdays.
Visit website: Everest Poker
Win your ticket through regular qualifiers starting at only $2 to single-table tournaments and freerolls: WSOP Freeroll Qualifier, WSOP Sub Qualifiers and the WSOP Satellite (direct buy-in of $640)
Visit website: PartyPoker
Please let us know when you’re in! And good luck in Vegas!
