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PokerStars to end season with record attempt
December 26th, 2008
On Sunday PokerStars will be working to end the year on a high note with a new world record to add to its list of accomplishments.
On Dec. 28 at 3:30 p.m. ET, PokerStars is hosting a tournament that can accommodate as many as 35,000 players in an attempt to break the World Record for the Largest Online Poker Tournament.
The current record stands at 26,517 players, and is held unofficially by PokerStars. If the poker site can fill up the special tournament on Sunday, it would shatter that record.
PokerStars has made the World Record attempt tournament accessible to all players, giving it an $11 buy-in. Plus the poker site sweetened the pot with a guaranteed $500,000 prize pool.
The Guinness World Record Attempt tournament can be found under the Tourney > Special tab in the PokerStars lobby.
This could be the second entry for PokerStars in the Guinness Book of World Records. The poker site already holds the record for “The Most Players to Simultaneously Play Poker Online.” PokerStars set the record first in December 2007 when participation hit 151,758 players, and again when it hit 213,000 players on Nov. 30, 2008.
The world record attempt is just one of the ways PokerStars is winding down the year. It will also be hosting a series of tournaments and cash giveaways the final week of 2008.
Along with the world record tournament, PokerStars will host its usual Sunday Million tournament, but this week it will have a guaranteed $2.5 million prize pool instead of$1.5 million. The Sunday Warm-Up will also get a boost up to a $1 million guaranteed prize pool on Sunday.
PokerStars will also be hosting extra FPP qualifiers for the Sunday Million this weekend, giving all players at the poker site the chance to end 2008 with a little extra cash.
For more information on these and other events at the poker site, visit PokerStars.
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PKR Christmas Cracker launches today
December 22nd, 2008
The holiday specials just keep coming for online poker players. The latest comes from PKR, which is kicking off a Christmas Cracker explosion of special tournaments starting today.
There will be 13 events on the Christmas Cracker schedule that will have guaranteed prize pools plus special Christmas gifts for players.
The guaranteed prize pools will add up to more than $170,000 in prize pools given out through nearly two weeks of holiday tournament action. The events start off today with a $5,000 guaranteed event that will also offer the winner a personalized luxury PKR chip set.
Other prizes that players can snag for first-place finishes in the events include a Sony PlayStation 3, Apple iPod Touch, Panasonic Home Cinema System, Cristal 2002 champagne and more.
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Holiday spirit knock online poker rooms
December 18th, 2008
‘Tis the season for giving and sharing, and some of the top online poker rooms are getting in the spirit with special holiday events for players.
Whether you’re looking for a leaderboard challenge, guaranteed tournaments, holiday bonuses or more, there’s a poker site out there with a deal for you. Here’s what we’ve found among the top 10 poker sites we have listed here at PokerListings.com.
Titan Poker
VIP Players at Titan Poker have the chance to participate in the poker site’s Christmas Challenge for a shot at an extra $30,000 in prizes.
The Christmas Challenge runs Dec. 17-24. During that time players who are VIP Silver and above can accumulate points to earn entry into the Christmas Challenge Tournament, where $30,000 will be given away.
Depending on your VIP Level, players will have to meet certain points targets to qualify. The Christmas Challenge points targets are:
VIP Silver - 1,250 Points
VIP Gold - 2,500 Points
VIP Platinum - 5,000 Points
VIP Titanium - 10,000 Points
VIP Diamond - 20,000 Points
The players who meet those targets will be able to play in the Christmas Challenge Tournament Dec. 26 at Titan Poker.
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Carbon Poker jackpot drop online high
December 17th, 2008
The Bad Beat Jackpot at Carbon Poker has hit a record high. According to the poker site it’s now sitting at more than $770,000, which makes it the biggest online haul of its kind.
Carbon Poker predicts that the Bad Beat Jackpot will break the $800,000 mark by the end of the month if it isn’t won anytime soon.
The jackpot was first introduced by Carbon Poker earlier this year. It has grown rapidly and fast become a popular option at the poker tables on the poker site.
“As the jackpot grows, so does the action at the tables,” said Jay Manning, a Carbon Poker spokesperson.
“We are seeing growth at the tables on a daily basis: players are literally flocking to the listed bad beat tables, drawn in and excited by the chance of sharing in the massive jackpot. Some lucky Carbon Poker players are going to be made very happy and very rich sometime soon. This is going to change someone’s life.”
Since its introduction earlier this year, the Bad Beat Jackpot has yet to pay out at Carbon Poker, even though it only takes a hand of quad sevens or better getting busted to win it.
That’s currently the lowest qualifying hand for a bad beat in the online poker industry according to Carbon Poker.
The Bad Beat Jackpot is seeded by 50? from every pot on all listed Bad Beat tables on Carbon Poker. The more people play in those tables, the faster the jackpot grows.
It’s not the only jackpot that Carbon Poker offers. There is also the Carbon Poker Caribbean Stud 10? and $1 jackpots. Those two are nearing the $50,000 mark and growing daily.
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