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I just logged in to doyles room and thought i was going to play some sitngos. Is my filter not correct setup lol I couldnt find any tournaments.

Anyway it looked rather dead and not much happening.

Welcome to february! Here's our first tournament this month.

Announcement for poker freeroll at carbon poker and pdc poker 9th February.

Top 3 placements receives tickets to the $5 NL Holdem Double Up SNG.

Start Playing

If you want in just signup to either pdc poker or carbon poker through ixgames.

Rakeback Account

Another option is getting a rakeback account at either poker room, the rake percentage and link is listed in the poker room review.

Freeroll information:

Tournament Name: ixgames double up
Tournament Type: Freeroll, texas hold'em NL
Players: Minimum 2, maximum 2000
Prize: 3 x $5.40 Double up SnG coupons for the top 3 finishers
Freeroll Date: wednesday 9th february -11, 08.00 PM
Password: For ixgames players club members

You can read more about pdc poker or carbon at this page

Please post in this thread if you have any questions you can also check out the pdc/carbon forum

On Thursday, PokerStars signed a new group of players to its Team Online. More than 4,500 people applied for the highly coveted positions at the world’s leading online poker room, more than doubling the number of applicants from a year ago, and the site picked 15 members from 11 different countries for the job.

Among those who made the cut was Shane “shaniac” Schleger, a longtime online tournament grinder who recently won the PokerStars $109 Rebuy on Sunday for $76,091. Schleger has more than $2 million in lifetime tournament earnings online. He also adds more than $1 million in career earnings on the live circuit, his biggest score coming in a $300 Rebuy during the World Poker Tour’s L.A. Poker Classic for $256,155.

Mer “PeachyMer” Brit, another high-stakes online tournament regular, also joined the team as the lone female. Brit’s identity was long speculated, as she didn’t make any appearances at live events, but she proved her poker expertise day after day by winning several major online tournaments since 2008. Her biggest online score came in the 2007 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), where she finished second in a $320 event for $98,553. She also took ninth place in the 2009 WCOOP Main Event for $96,480.

Clayton “cnew27″ Newman and Andrew “foucault82″ Brokos join the team as highly analytical players from the TwoPlusTwo mold. Newman has more than $1 million in lifetime tournament earnings, including a second place finish in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) Main Event for $240,000. He also made a final table at the 2009 World Series of Poker WSOP) and has had a couple deep finishes in the WSOP Main Event.

Brokos, meanwhile, made a deep run in the 2008 WSOP Main Event, taking 35th for $193,000. Online, he has a handful of wins at PokerStars under his belt, plus a WCOOP final table and a fifth place finish in a Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) four-max event.

Brokos commented about the new deal in his blog: “I can honestly say that it an honor to represent PokerStars. Not only do they offer the best games and the best customer service of any site I’ve ever played on, but they are by far the most trustworthy and upstanding. To the Poker Ethicist, that stuff is important.”

Also joining the team is Jorge “Baalim” Limon from Mexico, a former aspiring racecar driver who turned his StarCraft talents into a professional poker career. Limon is mainly a cash game specialist, focusing mainly on No Limit Hold’em from limits of $3/$6 to $25/$50.

Team PokerStars Online also signed Mikhail “innerpsy” Shalamov, the former record-holder for most hands played in one day (40,088), and Kevin “WizardOfAhhs” Thurman, the current record-holder for most VIP Player Points earned in a year.

Here’s a look at the PokerStars Team Online Class of 2011:

Shane Schleger – shaniac
Mer Brit – PeachyMer
Clayton Newman – cnew27
Kwang Soo Lee – PiS.ToTo
Yu-Reng Peng – AmPHisbaenA
Jorge Limon – Baalim
Andrew Brokos – foucault82
Kevin Thurman – WizardOfAhhs
Freddy Torres – sirfreddy83
Richard Veenman – Tzen1
Sigge Reichard – ClarkKent89
Javier Dominguez – El Canonero
Mikhail Shalamov – innerpsy
Tyler Frost – frosty012
Dale Philip – Daleroxxu

Among those who remained with Team PokerStars Online include Andre “acoimbra” Coimbra, Grzegorz “DaWarsaw” Mikielwicz, Anders “Donald” Berg, Bachir “Chiren80″ Boumaaza, Diego “vgreen22″ Brunelli, Dustin “Leatherass9″ Schmidt, George “Jorj95″ Lind III, Grayson “spacegravy” Physioc, Jorge Arias, Karlo “elmagopr” Lopez, Keiran “K_Man2307″ Harris, Mathew “chipstar1″ Didlick, and Steve “stevejpa” Paul.

Announcement for poker freeroll at carbon poker and pdc poker 16th February.

Top 3 placements receives tickets to the $5 NL Holdem Double Up SNG.

Start Playing

If you want in just signup to either pdc poker or carbon poker through ixgames.

Rakeback Account

Another option is getting a rakeback account at either poker room, the rake percentage and link is listed in the poker room review.

Freeroll information:

Tournament Name: ixgames double up
Tournament Type: Freeroll, texas hold'em NL
Players: Minimum 2, maximum 2000
Prize: 3 x $5.40 Double up SnG coupons for the top 3 finishers
Freeroll Date: wednesday 16th february -11, 08.00 PM
Password: For ixgames players club members

You can read more about pdc poker or carbon at this page

Please post in this thread if you have any questions you can also check out the pdc/carbon forum

When the American online gambling ban, the UIGEA, was enacted in 2006, European online gambling operators left the country. Fear of being reprimanded by the federal government forced many of the biggest names out of the United States, including the ever-popular PartyGaming. The company was even sued by the Commonwealth of Kentucky for offering its games to players in the state.

Now, PartyGaming has stated that it is ready to make a return to the American online gambling market, but this time, the company will be doing things a little differently. Like PlayTech, PartyGaming will team up with existing American companies, so as not to violate any federal gambling laws. It has been rumoured that PartyGaming is already in talks with such prestigious companies as Boyd Gaming, Las Vegas Sands, MGM and Caesars.

Considering the way that individual American states are going about legalizing online gambling, this seems to be the best chance that PartyGaming has of infiltrating the market. In New Jersey, for example, the new online gambling laws state that players cannot access sites that are not based in Atlantic City. If other states adopt similar regulations, it will be impossible for international operators to re-enter the American market – unless their partner with land-based gambling brands.

Currently, the possibility of a federal law that regulates online gambling is still up in the air, so it is important for operators to consider all options.

This is and would be cool because it would offer a wide variety of new sites to play.

Announcement for poker freeroll at carbon poker and pdc poker 23rd February.

Top 3 placements receives tickets to the $5 NL Holdem Double Up SNG.

Start Playing

If you want in just signup to either pdc poker or carbon poker through ixgames.

Rakeback Account

Another option is getting a rakeback account at either poker room, the rake percentage and link is listed in the poker room review.

Freeroll information:

Tournament Name: ixgames double up
Tournament Type: Freeroll, texas hold'em NL
Players: Minimum 2, maximum 2000
Prize: 3 x $5.40 Double up SnG coupons for the top 3 finishers
Freeroll Date: wednesday 23rd february -11, 08.00 PM
Password: For ixgames players club members

You can read more about pdc poker or carbon at this page

Please post in this thread if you have any questions you can also check out the pdc/carbon forum

I finally played my top 3 win on Carbon.
Thanks to IX I'm up $10.00

money is good, poker money is better.

ValidHope

Sorry everyone but the regular tournament that was supposed to run 2nd march is cancelled. We'll do our upmost to have things back next week.

In one of the most inviting online poker promotions of the year so far you have the chance to play Tom Dwan at Full Tilt, with a prize of $1.5 million up for grabs. As exciting and original as the idea for the Durrrr Challenge may seem, this latest high profile event from Full Tilt bears remarkable resemblances to the Superstar Showdown at PokerStars, which offers you the chance to play against another high-stakes pro, Islidur1.

The great thing about the Durrrr Challenge at Full Tilt is that players of all stakes can compete to take on Tom Dwan for that monster prize. No matter if you normally play $0.01/$0.02 or $1.00/$2.00 tables you will find a series of challenges to play in, for the chance to show the man himself how to play poker ... or at least that’s the idea. However, the higher stakes that you play, the more points you will earn and the better you chances are of qualifying.

Players must do battle across three individual styles of poker games in a bid to make it all of the way to the lucrative heads-up game against Tom; ring games, tournaments and the matrix.

* Ring Games: You must battle your way to the top of one of the leaderboards. There are three leaderboards, one for each stake level.
* Tournaments: If you make it through the ring games you must fight through three simultaneous freerolls to qualify for the next challenge.
* Matrix: Nine players play four sit ‘n go’s with the winner going on to face Dwan in the heads-up finale.

Full Tilt Poker

Online gambling group PartyGaming plc reported total revenue up 15% to €357.3m from €310.1m for the year to December despite a softer performance from poker.

Continuing clean EBITDA was up 7% to €100.4m from €93.8m, which the group said was slightly ahead of market expectations.

Profit before tax from continuing operations fell to €43.8m from €57.4m.

Continuing clean EPS was 13.5c, down from 14.9c.

Net cashflow from continuing operations was unchanged at €86.3m, with net cash at the year end rising to €156.7m from €114.5m.

The group said its merger with bwin was on track for completion, with new shares in bwin.party digital entertainment plc expected to begin trading on March 31.

The increase in revenue was driven by a full year's contribution from online bingo operator Cashcade, acquired in July 2009, and a strong performance in casino and sports betting.

Poker was down at €124.8m from the previous €136.8m. Casino rose to €151.4m from €136.3m, Bingo to €51.4m from €22.8m and Sports Betting to €20.8m from €13.2m.

PartyGaming said this helped to mitigate the impact of a challenging economic environment and an unlevel playing field in poker 'caused by the continued acceptance of US-based players by certain operators'.

CEO Jim Ryan said the group was confident of delivering cost and revenue synergies identified from the bwin merger, with the full €55m a year being delivered by 2013.

Shares were up 2.3p at 177.3p.

The Wall Street Journal revealed this week that the Malta based Rational Enterprises Ltd, aka PokerStars, is the group lobbying to have a bill passed in Nevada that would essentially introduce a legal intrastate online poker bill.

The wording of the bill definitely shows that PokerStars is protecting its own interests should AB258 pass, as it ensures that online poker sites that served the US market after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was passed will not be denied an operating license by the Nevada Gambling Commission.

The bill reads: “The Commission shall not deny a license to an operator of internet poker… solely because the operator… before the effective date of this act, operates, operated, or was associated with interstate or foreign commerce… while licensed in another jurisdiction.”

“The Commission may issue a license as an operator of internet poker to a person or an affiliate of a person who has been licensed to operate internet poker by a recognized body of another jurisdiction with licensing requirements that are similar to the licensing requirements of this state and who has successfully operated internet poker pursuant to such a license for at least two years before the date on which the application for the license is submitted,” it continues.

Nevada is the latest state to push for a change in its gambling laws, and specify online gambling as an option. So far, New Jersey, Florida, California and Iowa have progressed in different degrees towards their goal of a legalized and regulated intrastate online gambling system.

Nevada’s bill specifically outlaws sports betting and relates to online poker only.

Announcement for poker freeroll at carbon poker and pdc poker 16th March.

Top 3 placements receives tickets to the $5 NL Holdem Double Up SNG.

Start Playing

If you want in just signup to either pdc poker or carbon poker through ixgames.

Rakeback Account

Another option is getting a rakeback account at either poker room, the rake percentage and link is listed in the poker room review.

Freeroll information:

Tournament Name: ixgames double up
Tournament Type: Freeroll, texas hold'em NL
Players: Minimum 2, maximum 2000
Prize: 3 x $5.40 Double up SnG coupons for the top 3 finishers
Freeroll Date: wednesday 16th march -11, 08.00 PM
Password: For ixgames players club members

You can read more about pdc poker or carbon at this page

Please post in this thread if you have any questions you can also check out the pdc/carbon forum

Announcement for poker freeroll at carbon poker and pdc poker 23rd March.

Top 3 placements receives tickets to the $5 NL Holdem Double Up SNG.

Start Playing

If you want in just signup to either pdc poker or carbon poker through ixgames.

Rakeback Account

Another option is getting a rakeback account at either poker room, the rake percentage and link is listed in the poker room review.

Freeroll information:

Tournament Name: ixgames double up
Tournament Type: Freeroll, texas hold'em NL
Players: Minimum 2, maximum 2000
Prize: 3 x $5.40 Double up SnG coupons for the top 3 finishers
Freeroll Date: wednesday 23rd march -11, 08.00 PM
Password: For ixgames players club members

You can read more about pdc poker or carbon at this page

Please post in this thread if you have any questions you can also check out the pdc/carbon forum

Announcement for poker freeroll at carbon poker and pdc poker 30th March.

Top 3 placements receives tickets to the $5 NL Holdem Double Up SNG.

Start Playing

If you want in just signup to either pdc poker or carbon poker through ixgames.

Rakeback Account

Another option is getting a rakeback account at either poker room, the rake percentage and link is listed in the poker room review.

Freeroll information:

Tournament Name: ixgames double up
Tournament Type: Freeroll, texas hold'em NL
Players: Minimum 2, maximum 2000
Prize: 3 x $5.40 Double up SnG coupons for the top 3 finishers
Freeroll Date: wednesday 30th march -11, 08.00 PM
Password: For ixgames players club members

You can read more about pdc poker or carbon at this page

Please post in this thread if you have any questions you can also check out the pdc/carbon forum

Though i am in the forum but havent been able to make many games i should make tonights.thx.for the games.

How do I become a ixgames players club member?

Las Vegas, Monte Carlo or Atlantic City are destinations that gamblers dream of visiting just to see the fantastic array of games available. Entertainment is the name of the game in Vegas and the offerings are many. Online casinos are a lot easier to access and a lot less expensive than a hotel room and a plane ticket, leaving the punter fewer extra dollars to wager with. Vegas and Atlantic City have been suffering from a less affluent consumer making fewer trips and spending much less money.

The online casino is an alternative to traveling and some of the big Las Vegas casino operators see the future by partnering with online operators and getting on with the show.
888 Holdings and Caesars Entertainment have come together recently to compete in the internet betting market. Another big name in gambling, Wynn Resorts has formed a strategic partnership with online poker room PokerStars.com eventually to capture a portion of the huge poker market.

Fertitta Interactive was formed last year by the Fertitta brothers who own Station Casinos among other brands with partners Tom Breitling and Tim Poster, two Las Vegas casino executives and the founders of Travelscape announced recently they will form a strategic partnership with online poker firm Full Tilt Poker to come into effect once the Federal government lifts the prohibition on internet wagering. Mr. Breitling said the interactive company had no relationship with Station Casino and the Las Vegas chain wouldn't be involved in the Full Tilt partnership. The Wall Street Journal reported recently that the firm Fertitta Interactive will support efforts for the legalization of online poker at a federal level in the USA.
Fertitta Interactive, a new entity within the Station Casinos umbrella is backing Federal legalization and not intrastate online poker because they believe that Internet gambling federally would benefit Nevada especially. The statement from the firm emphasised that jobs would come to Nevada and taxes would generate millions for the coffers of the government.

As Butthead would say..."Uh...huh huh...Fertitta....huh huh...cool"!

Announcement for poker freeroll at carbon poker and pdc poker 6th April.

Top 3 placements receives tickets to the $5 NL Holdem Double Up SNG.

Start Playing

If you want in just signup to either pdc poker or carbon poker through ixgames.

Rakeback Account

Another option is getting a rakeback account at either poker room, the rake percentage and link is listed in the poker room review.

Freeroll information:

Tournament Name: ixgames double up
Tournament Type: Freeroll, texas hold'em NL
Players: Minimum 2, maximum 2000
Prize: 3 x $5.40 Double up SnG coupons for the top 3 finishers
Freeroll Date: wednesday 6th april -11, 08.00 PM
Password: For ixgames players club members

You can read more about pdc poker or carbon at this page

Please post in this thread if you have any questions you can also check out the pdc/carbon forum