PokerStars $500 Freerolls PokerStars created a new Daily Freeroll (Free to enter) with $500 in prizes every tournament.  These are the NAPL Nightly $500 Freerolls, which are only open to players in the USA and Canada.  The $500 Freerolls are nightly at 8:00pm (20:00) EST.  You can register 1 hour prior to the freerolls and there is a maximum of 10,000 seats available. The NAPL is the North American Poker League which is a regional online poker league put onRead Full Article

Victory Poker burst onto the online poker scene last year by signing a slew of top poker players like Antonio Esfandiari, and taking the little known Everleaf Poker Network into the spotlight –Everleaf traffic increased dramatically after the addition of Victory Poker. However, the limitations of the small network soon stunted Victory Poker’s growth in the industry, and recent speculation began that the site would be leaving the Everleaf Poker Network. The first sign was Victory Poker’s CEO Dan FleshymanRead Full Article

Full Tilt Poker is learning that lending your name to major poker tournaments doesn’t necessarily translate into increased attendance numbers. After 109 players took to the poker tables in Cyprus for Day 1a of the Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic, only 71 players turned out for Day 1b of the tournament. The 180 total players failed to meet last year’s total of 181 when the tournament was a stop on the World Poker Tour. Prior to the tournament, FullRead Full Article

Keeping pace with rivals Full Tilt Poker (FTOPS) and PokerStars (WCOOP and SCOOP) UB Poker’s signature tournament is now underway, marking the fifth chapter of the UB Online Championships. This time around the UBOC will feature a total of 20 tournaments with a total guaranteed prize-pool of $4 million; the tournament series will be highlighted by a $1,000 buy-in Championship Event on Sunday August 29th that has a $1 million guaranteed prize-pool. With buy-ins that range from $150 up toRead Full Article

The recent merger of PartyPoker and bWin (the OnGame Poker Network) has created the combination of the #3 and #5 online poker rooms/networks, but the combined traffic of the two sites is still well behind both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker according to pokerscout.com’s numbers. PokerScout lists Party Poker’s average player traffic at 3,550 and OnGame Poker’s daily traffic at 2,350 –for a total of 5,900 players. Compare this to Full Tilt Poker’s 13,800 and PokerStars 25,600 daily players. However,Read Full Article

It’s hard to believe that the 17th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is set to begin on Wednesday August 4th 2010. The 34 tournament series will have a total guaranteed prize-pool of some $19 million, a number which is typically surpassed as players flock to the popular online poker room in hopes of winning one of the huge tournaments. An exciting new wrinkle to the popular online poker tournament series is the inclusion of six Rush Poker tournaments –FullRead Full Article

A few days ago Poker News Boy reported an online conversation between Jungleman12 and Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, where durrrr asked the unknown online poker phenom if he was interested in taking part in the Durrrr Challenge, and although the back and forth hinted towards this match going down the online poker world was left wondering if the match would take place. Well, the wait lasted only a few days when Jungleman12 took to his blog on Cardrunners and after aRead Full Article

Since its inception BetFair Poker has always run on an independent network, but all that is about to change on July 27th when the online site best known for its sports-betting operation makes the move to the OnGame Poker Network. The move will likely quintuple the amount of traffic BetFair poker players are used to seeing –BetFair currently ranks as the 18th most heavily trafficked poker site according to pokerscout.com, while the OnGame Network of online poker rooms ranks 6th.Read Full Article

When the 2nd most heavily trafficked poker site in the world sent out an e-mail to its members it became the first major online poker room to fully back Internet poker legislation. The E-Mail sent by Full Tilt Poker directs players to a new area on the website titled “Stand Up For Poker” in which players are asked to contact their specific representatives either through e-mails, through Twitter, or by phoning their offices. Much like the Poker Players Alliance, FullRead Full Article

Bodog Poker Welcome Bonus All new players at Bodog Poker can get a 110% bonus on their first deposit up to $1,100 dollars.  You will get an instant 10% bonus when you make the initial deposit and then have 60 days to qualify for the rest of the bonus. Players can expect frequent redeposit bonuses in addition to other Bodog promotions and incentives from the poker room. To earn the other 100% bonus you need to play and poker points. Read Full Article