When online poker players think about high stakes poker action the first site that comes to mind is usually Full Tilt Poker or PokerStars, but there is a new player on the high-stakes poker scene: Carbon Poker! Carbon Poker recently added some high stakes tables to the site, and so far the play has been fast and furious. The stakes added were $100/$200, $200/$400,Read Full Article

After a misinformed post by Perez Hilton claiming Shannon Elizabeth runs a very sketchy home poker game –the post was quickly squashed since Shannon was in Las Vegas at the WSOP when the game supposedly took place—Carbon Poker proves that timing is everything, and announced they have signed the poker playing celebrity to a sponsorship deal. Obviously the signing has a lot to doRead Full Article

The Poker Fish Blog announced a few days ago that Aced Poker will be closing its doors on May 7th 2010, ending the sites run on the Merge Gaming Network that began in August 2008. Citing no advertising push, stagnant traffic numbers, and slower than usual payouts, the struggling online poker room was by no means a major player in the market, it wasn’tRead Full Article

Since Merge has recently increased in traffic thanks to the acquisition of Sportsbook, Lock Poker and PlayersOnly. We are having an amazing poker promotion for new players looking to sign up at Merge Poker Network. We are offering all new players looking to sign up, 35% Rakeback at Carbon Poker. Carbon Poker is the flagship site on the Merge Poker Network, so we thoughtRead Full Article

As of April 15th, both Sportsbook and Players Only Poker will officially absolve their relationship with the Cake Poker network, and join the Merge Gaming Network. No explanation has been given for the change, or why the sites would choose to move from the 10th to the 20th most trafficked poker network.

The Merge Gaming Network pulled a major coup recently with the addition of one of the Cake Poker Network’s biggest sites, Sportsbook.com –which also supplies a lot of fish to the poker tables from their sports betting and casino rooms. Unfortunately the growth hasn’t been network-wide, and even the network’s flagship site, Carbon Poker, has seen their numbers dwindle. According to gambling911.com, Carbon PokerRead Full Article

Now that 2009 has come to an end, PokerNewsBoy has compiled it first annual PNB Poker Awards. As this is it’s first year we are only having a few categories that we hope to add to in the near future. These Awards have been compiled with the help of PokerRankings.org. Poker Rankings is still to officially launch but watch this space as it willRead Full Article

The CarbonPoker Bad Beat Jackpot has paid out yet again – for the second time in ten days. Lucky players have won more than $760,000 in this short period of time. A Bad Beat Jackpot pays out when a player loses a showdown with a premium hand of Quad Sevens or better. This is the lowest qualifier in the industry and enables quite aRead Full Article

Summary Carbon Poker overall is a solid online poker room.  It offers many different games to choose from, including just about any form of poker and games such as blackjack, roulette, video poker and backgammon.  Getting money on and off the site is easy offering its players up to 12 different options to deposit money.  Not many poker sites, including Poker Stars and FullRead Full Article