TexasHoldem-Info.com News: October 2005

Sunday, October 30, 2005

Party Poker is Giving Away a Ferrari F430 Coupe

We all play poker because we love to think, strategize, bluff and generally outplay our opponents. And on top of this, playing poker comes with a great incentive, a potential huge prize usually in the form of cash. And now at PartyPoker you can put your skills and strategies to good use and outplay your opponents for a chance to win a huge prize, one that most people only dream of, a brand new a “Ferrari F430 Coupe”.

The winner of the December 3 rd Ferrari FreeRoll will win this sports car that is equipped with 483 horsepower, a 4.3 litre V8 engine, a 6-speed manual or 6 speed Formula 1 style transmission, an electro-hydraulic clutch, the ability to reach max speeds of 195 mph and the facility to go from 0 to 60 in only 4 seconds. And that’s not all, the runners up (second to sixth place finishers) will win a trip on the PartyPoker.com Million V Cruise.

The contest is going on as we speak and is open to any real money player at Party Poker. Here’s how you can get in on the action and drive away in the Ferrari: Your first task is to download PartyPoker’s free software (if you haven’t got it already). Next you must open a real money account and make a deposit. From their homepage you can now find the Ferrari Qualifier Freeroll Tournament link and use it to register for the tournament. Once you are registered you can now play in any of the Freeroll tournaments that are taking place everyday (sun-fri) at 3:50 pm EST. If you are among the top 200 players in one of these qualifiers you will advance to the weekly Ferrari Satellite Freeroll that is held every Saturday at 12:50 pm EST. And finally if you play in one of these satellites and are among the top 100 players of the tournament then you qualify for the big tournament, the Ferrari Freeroll which as mentioned, will be taking place on December 3 rd 2005.

So if you want your chance to drive away in a brand new Ferrari F430 Coupe or to win a trip on the cruise ship, get to PartyPoker now, the contest is limited to only 3500 contestants. Good Luck!

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Even More Great Poker Tournaments Featured Here

Every Sunday evening at 8:00 pm you can play in Ultimate Bet $125,000 guaranteed tournament. Although the prize pool is a guaranteed to be at least $125,000, it is almost always higher since the prize depends on the number of participants. The tournament is a $200+$15 event buy-in but you can also win your seat at the big end of the week event by winning one of many tournament feeders that take place throughout the week. So you can quite possibly win thousands of dollars in cash for by putting up as little as $3.

Want to go to St. Kitts and play in the Caribbean Poker Classics Tournament, all expenses paid? Well on November 6 th 2005 Inter Poker is hosting a $200,000 Free-Roll tournament where not only is a lot of cash up for grabs, but 30 all expense paid trips to St. Kitts (the top ten will also get there main event buy-in taken care of). All you need to do to qualify for the Free Roll is play at least 2000 raked hands throughout the month of October and your spot is guaranteed.

Everyone dreams of becoming an instant millionaire sometime or another, and at Noble Poker, for someone they want to make this happen, in fact they want to make someone a 100 millionaire. That"s right, next April Noble Poker is hosting a televised Texas Holdem Tournament where a jackpot prize of $100,000,000 is up for grabs. The buy-in for this tourney is a hefty $10,000 but take advantage of Noble Pokers Free Roll and Qualifier Tournaments that are currently taking place and you could qualify for a spot in this massive tournament for as little as $2.50.

In the spirit of Halloween join the PokerRoom and play in one of three "Butcher" tournaments. These tournaments are full of extra cash prizes, and reload bonuses. On Friday Oct. 28 th it"s the "Ghostbusters Tournament", a $1+$1 buy-in with an extra $2500 in bonuses. Saturday (the 29 th) brings the "Zombie Massacre Tournament", a $5+$5 event with a Butcher Bonus cash amount of $10,000. And finally one more tournament is featured on Sunday the 30 th. This is the $10+$5 "Monster Bash Tournamnet" with a big prize pool and an extra $10,000 in bonus cash up for grabs. Happy Halloween!!!

Sunday, October 23, 2005

A Look Into Some Great Poker Tournaments

The following is quick look into the different tournaments being featured right now at a number of popular online Poker Rooms.

As a nice change from the typical "weekend" feature tournament, Party Poker has introduced their "Super Weekdays" tournaments. These tourneys take place every Monday to Thursday form 9 O'clock pm, featuring no limit Holdem games on mon, tues and thurs and a Limit Holdem game each Wednesday. The buy-ins for these daily tournaments are $150 + $12 per tournament. However you can also win your entry by playing in PartyPoker "Super Qualifier" games that are constantly featured here. The prize pool will depend on the number if entries.

At 4 O'clock pm every Sunday, 888.com, Pacific Poker features their "Weekly Whopper" tournament. This tournaments prize pool is a Whopping $100, 000.

Sometimes it's just nice to know that something is a sure thing. At Full Tilt Poker, they understand this and feature a number of "Weekly Guarantees". There are a number of different tournaments taking place at different times of the day, every day. (beginning at 1am and ending at 11pm) The buy-ins range from $24+$2 to $69+$6 and feature prize pools from $2,000 to $10,000. And that's prize money is guaranteed. And if this isn't enough, each Saturday and Sunday, special tournaments have been set up with buy-ins of $100+$9 and $200+$16, respectively and prize pools of a guaranteed $100,000 and $200,000.

Are you a "High Roller"? If so, check out Empire Poker daily "Heavy Roller" events. The game is No Limit Holdem with two tournament scheduled every day. At 10:30 a $500+$30 tournament is set or play at 11:30 in a $1000+$50 competition, everyday. The prize pool depends on the number of entries but is guaranteed to be BIG!!!

Monday, October 17, 2005

Secrets of Holdem with Howard Lederer

These last few years have proven that the move to playing and betting on poker games via the internet at many respectable online poker rooms has been such a success that the next best move for this industry was to go mobile. And poker professional Howard Lederer has teamed up with the U.S.A's leading mobile carrier Cingular Wireless' and one of the worlds top providers of mobile media applications Summus Inc. to claim their stake in this booming concept.

Their application is titled "Secrets of Hold'em with Howard Lederer" where the user, not only can enjoy playing their favorite poker game from the convenience of their mobile phone, but will also learn how to improve their game at the same time. This is where this application differs from others that are already on the market. Most online and mobile poker applications have great features and can offer hours of entertainment but no other will teach you as you go.

Howard Lederer definitely has all the qualifications of being a great teacher of the game of poker and is the perfect contender for this application, he is even known in the world of poker as "The Professor". Lederer has won two World Series of Poker Championship titles, a number of titles at the infamous Bellagio and currently holds another two poker Hall of Fame titles. Howard has studied the ins and outs of the world's favorite poker game, and when it comes to Hold'em Poker, Howard knows what he's talking about.

The Cingular and group application allows players to play in live poker games and tournaments while simultaneously learning as they go. The game offers features, such as tips, strategies, charts and hints depending on the players needs. These features are geared toward everyone, no matter what your level or necessity. For instance players can benefit by using a practice feature before entering a big tournament, or if you are new player, read over the tutorials and take advantage of any tips offered in order to improve your game. The benefits are endless.

And once you have taken advantage of the hints and tips, you can put your knowledge and skills to the test by playing a series of games ranging from $100 to $10 000 buy-ins against computer simulated professional poker players (including pro's such as Greg Raymar, Chris Ferguson and Phil Gordon). Once you have beaten the pros at the $10 000 table the goal of "Secrets of Hold'em with Howard Lederer" is to win the title of "Mobile Poker Supremacy" by going head-head with "The Professor" Howard Lederer himself.

Saturday, October 01, 2005

New in Online Poker for October - Fun Stuff

This month at the worlds leading poker room PartyPoker.com, if you sign up early enough as a new player you will be eligible to enter the $5000 New Player FreeRoll taking place on October 5th, and it won’t cost you a thing. If you miss the deadline, don’t worry, PartyPoker.com is offering this $5000 tournament once each week.

Also new at PartyPoker, and coming just in time for the holidays, are Party Poker Gift Certificates. If you’re stuck for a gift, these are a great solution and will offer hours upon hours of enjoyment for your friends and family. They are very easy to obtain (purchase directly from their website) and PartyPoker will send an email to your friend with all the details he/she needs in order to redeem their gift.

“The Hunt for Red October” is on this month at Full Tilt Poker. Beginning October 1 st and ending October 31 st, if you play and win in any $50 or more buy-in tournaments you will automatically qualify to possibly win a grand prize of playing three private heads-up tournaments against three of Team FullTilts Professionals (including, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman or Howard Lederer). You will also be competing for a prize amount of $50,0000. The winners of the tournaments throughout October will compete on Nov. 5 th in a $5000 FreeRoll tournament, the winner of this tourney will go on to compete against the pros on Saturday November 12 th.

Noble Poker has commenced satellite qualifying tournaments for one of the Biggest Poker Game to take place in poker history next April in Las Vegas. The tournament in question is the “Noble Poker $100,000,000 Extravaganza”. Never in history has this much money been up for grabs. In order to win the obscene amount of cash, a player must, at the final table of the No Limit Texas Holdem tournament, achieve an all spades Royal Flush. Other huge jackpot prizes are also in the cards (such as a cool million for any royal or straight flush, half a mill. for certain four of a kinds and more). There are many opportunities for qualifying for the final tournament online starting now and up to the tournament date exclusively at NobelPoker.com.

The long awaited sequel of the best-selling “Poker Bible” Super/Sytems has finally been released and if you sign up now at Doyles Room you can get a copy sent to you for free. Doyle Brunson’s Super/Systems 2 is said to be even better than the first and is full of everything you need to improve your game. All you have to do is choose the Super Systems 2 (SS2) option on your registration form, earn 10 000 action points while you play and the new “Bible” of poker will be shipped to your house, free of any charge.

		Party Poker		Inter Poker

		Ultimate Bet		PokerRoom

		Pacific Poker		Empire Poker

		Paradise Poker		Doyles Room

		Absolute ...		Poker Stars

		Full Tilt ...		Noble Poker

		Titan Poker		Bodog Poker

		Poker room accepts U.S. players.