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Poker Tournaments
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2006 US Poker Championship |
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October 3 is the kickoff of the Main Event at the US Poker Championship, held
at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This will be the
tenth running of this tournament at the Taj. The event will be televised on
ESPN. A full two weeks of poker tournaments precedes the Main Event, with
buy-ins for all bankrolls. |
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Online Poker Tournaments in September, 2006 |
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This series of articles tours the largest poker sites for news of bonuses and
tournaments, including freerolls. Tournaments and bonus terms are subject to
change. Check each site’s current Terms and Conditions for changes in bonus
restrictions. |
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Poker Tournaments in August, 2006 |
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Every month, I will take a run through the tournament calendars of the various
sites to find the biggest upcoming events. Some of these are weekly
tournaments with guaranteed prize pools, and some are one-shot deals that
generate a lot of excitement at the sites with their accompanying satellites. |
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Tournaments at Poker Stars |
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Poker Stars is the premier online site for poker tournaments, period. This is
not saying that other sites do not have good tournaments; they certainly do.
Poker Stars, however, is the 800 pound gorilla. Poker Stars has been a strong
tournament site since its inception... |
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Online Poker Tournaments in July: Get into the World
Series of Poker |
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Looking for online tournament action? Keep reading for information about July
tournaments and bonuses awarded at Full Tilt Poker, Party Poker, Poker Stars,
Titan Poker, Noble Poker and Doyles Room. On July 27th, starting at 9pm
eastern, you have your absolute last chance.... |
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Texas Holdem |
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Texas Holdem is the game in the biggest poker tournaments in the world, including the World Series of Poker Main Event. To be a successful tournament you need to know how to play in different stages of the tournament, how to handle different stack sizes and be able to read your opponents. |
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Bay 101 Shooting Stars |
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The Shooting Star tournament at Bay 101 has a reputation for being popular
among both players and spectators. The professional players like the
tournament because the field is guaranteed to be small, thanks mostly to the
limited space available inside the card room. |
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LA Poker Classic Main Event |
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It doesn't matter what the location is - you're always in the same place when
you're at the first day of a major poker tournament. The demographics of the
crowd might change a little bit, and the climate outside the casino can shift
dramatically, but the only..... |
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Hosting a Successful Texas Hold‘em Poker Tournament at
Home |
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After you’ve been playing online poker for some time, and you’ve mastered the
mechanics of the game, the next logical step is to start hosting home poker
tournaments. There are several factors that make for a successful home poker
tournament: having the necessary supplies.... |
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Online Poker Tournaments in February |
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One of the best satellite deals at any online poker room is the Winner's
Choice tournament at Full Tilt Poker. Not only does the winner get a $12,000
prize package including entry into a major tournament, but he gets to choose
which tournament he wants to play. |
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Borgata Winter Poker Open |
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The first day of action at the newest tournament on the World Poker Tour was
fast and furious. The Borgata Winter Poker Open was only announced a
relatively short time ago, but a healthy field of 381 players showed up at
Atlantic City's flagship casino for a shot at a $1.17 million... |
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Jack Binion WSOP
Circuit Main Event |
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In August 2005, the World Series of Poker Circuit made its first stop in
Tunica, Mississippi. The events were well-attended one the whole, and once the
tournaments were all finished the wait began for big events to return to Grand
Casino. Once January 2006 rolled around, the wait was over... |
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World Poker Open Main Event |
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The 7th annual World Poker Open kicked off today with 327 players. That was
nearly 200 fewer players than last year's WPO main event won by John Stolzmann,
but nobody was complaining about the size of the field. With nearly $1 million
going to 1st place, who would say anything negative... |
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Major Poker Tournaments in January |
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The start of the new year brings with it a new season of poker tournaments.
This January sees the return of the World Poker Tour to Paradise Island in the
Bahamas, back-to-back WPT and World Series of Poker Circuit events in Tunica,
and the second WPT event in the last 4 months at the Borgata in Atlantic City. |
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Online Poker Tournaments in January 2006 |
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One of the most popular promotions at Full Tilt Poker is Jersey Days, when
tournament winners have the opportunity to win their own personalized FTP
jersey. Fans of this promotion can rejoice in January - Jersey Days are back.
This month it's a FTP home white hockey jersey up for grabs. |
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2005 Five-Diamond World Poker Classic |
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This year's installment of the Five-Diamond World Poker
Classic has been running at the Bellagio for the last week and a half,
crowning eight new champions in preliminary events and handing out over $5.1
million in prize money. All of this year's events are no-limit hold'em
freezeouts... |
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Online Poker Tournaments in December |
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It's the beginning of December, the weather's getting colder, and the biggest
holidays of the year are right around the corner. As 2005 draws to a close
your time is running out to find a juicy online poker tournament to pad your
bankroll and your gift-giving fund... |
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Online Poker Tournaments in November |
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The beginning of each month brings a whole new schedule of
tournaments and promotions at nearly every card room on the internet. Here's a
look at some of the best November has to offer. |
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World Poker Finals |
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Among the oldest tournaments included in the World Poker
Tour schedule each year is the World Poker Finals, held at Foxwoods Resort
Casino in Mashantucket, CT. This tournament series has been running since
1992. It was a much different time in the poker world, with the two largest
events drawing only 146 and 137 players - and those tournaments featured a
buy-in of a mere $25! The total prize pool among the 42 events was only
$884,725... |
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Paradise Million Dollar Freeroll |
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As expected, the response to Paradise's promotion was
enormous. Thousands of people entered the freeroll, and after weeks of
qualifying rounds the final tournament was set. Those who made it through
thousands of opponents to reach the final table were not only guaranteed
$10,000 in prize money... |
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The Jack Binion World Poker Open |
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The World Poker Open may not rival the World Series of
Poker in terms of outright prestige, but it is certainly a favorite among
players. Tunica is known for its Southern hospitality, and the host casino
(also named Horseshoe) has earned a reputation for giving players what they
want. |
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The Party Poker Million |
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As one of the charter tournaments on the World Poker Tour, the Party Poker
Million carries a lot of prestige in today's crowded tournament schedule. The
players who have won the tournament are a virtual Who's Who of today's poker
elite: Kathy Liebert, Howard Lederer, Erick Lindgren and Michael Gracz have
all taken home the big prize, and Liebert's performance made her the first
woman ever to win $1 million in a poker tournament. |
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World Poker Tour Season 4 |
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Outside of the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour
is the most recognizable tournament series in the game today. Its weekly
broadcasts on the Travel Channel the WPT are some of the most watched poker
tournaments on television, and it's safe to say that the flood of poker
programming that has hit the airwaves in the last year can be directly
attributed to the WPT's success. |
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Professional Poker Tour |
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The World Poker Tour has been a major hit since its
inception in 2002. The combination of big buy-in tournaments at the most
exclusive casino resorts in the world and top professional players facing off
against unknown qualifiers - not to mention the innovative "hole cam" that
allows viewers to see what cards each player has as a hand progresses - have
combined to make... |
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Online Poker Tournaments in October -
Part One |
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Every new month brings a new crop of promotions at all your
favorite online card rooms. Whether you're looking for big guaranteed prize
pools or satellites to the biggest tournaments at casinos around the world,
chances are there's something to suit your bankroll and appetite. |
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Aruba Ultimate Poker Classic and European Poker Tour Roundup |
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Atlantic City's two September tournaments are big news, but
so are the three being held outside the U.S. From the sunny Caribbean, on to
balmy Spain, and ending in historic England, there's plenty of big-time live
action to round out September. |
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Online Poker Tournaments in September -
Part One |
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August was a great month for online tournaments, and
September is shaping up to be even bigger. Let's begin with a look at some of
our favorite poker rooms and see what satellites and big buy-in tourneys are
being offered this month. |
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Online Poker Tournaments in August - Part
1 |
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A new month in the online poker world brings new chances to
qualify for some of the biggest tournaments around the world - and of course
there are always big guaranteed prize pools up for grabs online. Let's take a
spin around some of our favorite poker rooms and see what's being offered this
August. |
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