UB.com Sending Players To 2010 WSOP Main Event
The 2010 World Series of Poker may still be months away from now, but sites like UB.com are already giving away free seats in the main event.
The top prize for the winners are 2010 WSOP Main Event seats, plus accommodations and spending money, all totalling $12,000 in value per prize package.
And unlike in many other poker sites’ 2010 WSOP satellites, UB.com lets you win multiple times. If you win more than one main event prize package, you simply receive the $12,000 prize package value in UB.com tournament dollars, to be applied toward buy-ins to other major UB.com tournaments.
UB.com is holding Sit and Go tournaments and Super Satellites both, with many of them awarding 25 – 50 seats guaranteed in the 2010 WSOP Main Event.
As UB.com intends to send numerous players to this year’s WSOP main event, these Super Satellites and Sit and Go Satellites will be running all the way up to the 2010 WSOP Main Event itself.
On top of that, UB.com will be keeping a leader board for all the players who have won at least one satellite. The 5 players who have won the most number of 2010 WSOP Main Event seats will receive additional bonus prizes in the range of $750 – $5,000 in tournament dollars. Ready to give it a try? Win your WSOP Seat at UB.com Now!
Any player who makes it to the 2010 WSOP Main Event final table can choose to accept UB Sponsorship, which pays the player a bonus cash amount based on what place they end up taking. For example, 9th place would get a $75K bonus while the 1st place winner would get a $750K bonus.
NEW Party Poker Online Cash Game Championship (OCGC) Starts March 1, 2010
Yet another major online Party Poker tournament series, the Online Cash Game Championship (OCGC), will begin March 1, 2010 – featuring 400 poker hands per day and a whooping $250,000 grand prize. 
With big money prizes for players to enjoy, the Online Cash Game Championship (or OCGC) is ready to take off.
Instead of courting Party Poker tournament players, OCGC is courting to cash ring game players this time around:
- Players will be evaluated based on their overall performance in the 400 hands they play – with a leader board keeping track of every participant’s progress, determining who advances to the next level and who places highest in the OCGC rankings.
- The event is every bit as much an elimination style event as any online poker tournament, with the days of the month divided up into the 7 levels, meaning that if you miss level 1 from March 1 – 5, you will not be eligible to participate in level 2 and beyond.
Starting March 1st, the OCGC tournament will allow participants to compete in at least 400 online poker hands per day, starting at the low table stakes of $0.50 / $1.00, and climbing through 7 different levels up to stakes of $5 / $10 – to the Final Table, which is unlike any final table you’ve ever seen in online poker before.
The Party Poker Online Cash Game Championship is a tournament that’s not a tournament – a leader board promotion that’s not a leader board promotion.
At the final table on April 2 (level 7; $5/$10) players will compete for the top cash prize of $250,000. Party Poker will also be awarding smaller cash prizes to every player that advances from one level to the next (with the exception of advancing from level 1 to level 2).
Check out our Party Poker Review to learn even more about the site!
PokerStars Freeroll Promotion Offers Ireland & UK Players Rugby Game Tickets
The PokerStars England Rugby Challenge promotion is awarding UK and Ireland poker players (and friends) tickets to various 2010 RBS 6 Nations Championship rugby matches held at Twickenham stadium in London.
In the England Rugby Challenge, PokerStars freeroll players from Ireland and UK can win trips to watch various RBS 6 Nations Championship rugby matches:
- There are 5 PokerStars England Rugby Challenge prize packages overall, each including four executive box seat tickets at Twickenham stadium, hotel accommodations, $200 in spending cash, and entry to an exclusive live poker tournament the night before the game.
- Joining with RFU (Rugby Football Union), there are two rugby matches included in the PokerStars promotion: England v. Wales (on Feb. 6) , England v. Ireland (Feb. 27)- both at Twickenham stadium in London, England.
- Winners have the chance to win a share of $1,500 in the exclusive tournament (the night before). Plus, one lucky freeroll winner will receive a rugby ball signed by the entire England Elite Squad!
Do you live in Ireland or the UK? To qualify, click on the image above to play PokerStars freeroll throughout the rest of this month, February ‘10:
See PokerStars for the full qualifier schedule. Just keep in mind that the competition is open only to PokerStar players from Ireland and the UK . The final for the game against Wales is on Jan. 31 and the final for the game against Ireland is on Feb 21.
Check out our PokerStars Review for bonus codes, game strategies, and more!
Party Poker Hit Or Run Tournament Awarding Up To $10,000 Per Day
You could win up to $10,000 daily in the Party Poker Hit Or Run Tournament! Every day in February 2010, PartyPoints are as good as real money – especially if you rack up enough of these points.
Throughout the Hit or Run tournament, players are awarded Party Poker points, known as PartyPoints, that can add up to real cash prizes.
- It costs 20 PartyPoints to play, all of which must be earned in the same day. Rack up 20 PartyPoints at any PartyPoker’s cash ring game real money tables, and receive a $1 ticket to play in the Hit Or Run game.
- The Hit Or Run game is a one hand heads up all in tournament. If you lose, you go back to playing at PartyPoker’s cash game tables and try and rack up 20 more PartyPoints to play Hit Or Run again. However, if you win, your $1 ticket turns into $2.
- You can then decide to Run with the $2, or Hit and play another hand of Hit Or Run for double or nothing on your $2. If you win, then that $2 turns into $4, and so on.
- A complete PartyPoker Hit Or Run game lasts for 10 hands. If you survive this long, your $1 has doubled into over $1,000 dollars.
Each player is allowed to play Hit Or Run 10 times each day through February 28th, 2010, and it costs 200 PartyPoints (20 PartyPoints per game x 10 games) to play throughout the tournament.
In other words, if a player wins all 10 hands in all 10 Hit Or Run games in one day, the total prize earnings would amount to over $10,000. Well, $1,024 to be exact.
Check out our Party Poker Review to learn even more about the site, and to find bonus codes so that you can win even more PartyPoints (at a lower cost for you) in the Hit or Run Party Poker tournament!
Bodog Poker Changes Rakeback Structure for Micro-Stakes Cash Tables
Bodog Poker recently changed how it determines rakeback in all micro-stakes cash games. Oddly, the Bodog Poker rakeback changes were not publicly announced. In light of the situation, we’ve decided to share what we’ve learned about the NEW rakeback structure at Bodog Poker.
- Click for –> Bodog Poker Signup
Until now, the Bodog Poker rakeback average was 2.1% out of any micro-stakes pot. The NEW Bodog Poker rakeback has increased the rake cap from 10 cents to $3. Sure, this implies a $150 pot, but how often do you see that at nickel/dime tables? Fortunately, for Bodog Poker players, the new rake amount is still lower than many other poker sites.
Overall, here’s how the new Bodog Poker rakeback program works, and what it means for your poker game:
- In micro-stakes cash games, a small cut is taken out of each pot or a small charge is added to your entry fee, known as the “rake”. The overall average rake taken from the pot at micro-limit NL Holdem tables will more likely be 4.1% (versus 2.1% before).
- Bodog then rewards players by refunding part of the rake, called the “rakeback”. Bodog Poker will maintain its “no flop no drop” rule, meaning a rake won’t be taken from a hand in which there is no flop.
- The Bodog Poker rakeback comes in the form of “frequent player points” (or comp points), which can be cashed into your Bodog Poker player account at the end of the month – $25,000 is the max you can receive per month.
Bodog Poker is still quite popular with players on a limited budget, because it offers a better value to players by giving more bang for their buck. However, it’s always safe to compare rakeback programs among several poker sites before forking over money.
For an accurate comparison of your ROI, subtract the poker games’ rakeback (when applicable) from the actual rake. Click here to learn even more on how to improve your poker game at Bodog Poker!
