This year there are 5 events scheduled and as the number of entries increase every year so do the prizes. A similar increase was experienced also at the WSOP this summer in Las Vegas. On this year’s program there is only one non Hold’em event which is the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. This event is expected to attract without any doubt many of the high profile names of the offline and online poker world – something that has also happened in previous years as the participants for these events reached an average of 160.

In place of Hold’em /Omaha event organizers have added two new events: the £2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event and the £10,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up event.

World Series of Poker Europe Schedule:

Event # 1: 6-handed NL Hold’em , Buy – in: £ 2.650, 14-16 September
Event # 2: Pot Limit Omaha , Buy – in: £ 5.250, 16-18 September
Event # 3: NL Hold’em , Buy – in: £ 1.075, 17-21 September
Event # 4: NL Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up, Buy – in: £ 10.350, 21-23 September
Event # 5: NL Hold’em Championship (Main Event), Buy – in: £ 10.350, 23-28 September

For the first three events the online registrations have closed, while they are still open for the events 4 and 5. Players who wish to participate in the first three events should register at the Empire Casino. For the last two events, you can visit www.wsop.com/registration/.

Apparently the “main” dish for this year’s WSOP-E is no other than September 23’s NL Hold’em Championship (Main Event). In the previous two years the level of competition was extremely high, something that was commended by one of the top poker players of the world, Daniel Negreanu of PokerStars, Negreanu was able to reach the final table of both last two WSOP-E Main Events, a tremendous achievement which did not come to accomplishment, however, to a WSOPE bracelet. Let us remember the last WSOPE hand that gave the Bracelet to Shulman despite the fact that was counting only on two outs!

Qualifiers and sub qualifiers have currently stopped running on Betfair Poker, Full Tilt Poker and Bodog Poker; but players can buyin directly required they have a functional account; new players can select to sign up with Betfair Rakeback, with the Full Tilt Poker Referral Code that will unlock $600 in sign up bonus or the Bodog Poker Bonus Code which will unlock up to $1000 in sign up bonus respectively.

In cash games, the offers will apply from the hand numbered 49.7 billion (49,700,000,000). On that hand and afterwards, each player who participates in any one millionth hand (e.g: 49,701,000,000, 49,702,000,000) will take $50 for each VIP Player Point (VPP) received in the last 50 hands on the table. The minimum bonus is $50 which will be doubled for the player that will win the pot in this hand.

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For the 50 billion numbered hand, each player that will receive pocket cards will win $500 for each VPP won during the last 50 hands. The winner of the pot also receives a double pokerstars bonus! Additionally, players that will participate in this important hand will win a seat in the 2010 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event which is scheduled for the 26th of September of this year which is a prize worth of $ 5,200. Finally, the winner of that hand will earn additionally $50.000.

Pokerstars offers are not limited only to cash games players as from the 10th till the 25th of September, there will be a special Sit and Go tournament with various buy-ins: $1.10, $5.50, $11, $22, and $55. The winners of the tournaments will share the amount of $50,000. The Special Sit & Go tournaments can be found at the tab ‘Sit and Go’  ‘All’.

Poker players who do not currently have a strong enough bankroll to participate in the above tables and tournaments shouldn’t worry as PokerStars gives the opportunity of a PokerStars Bonus Code offer using the code “50BN”. For first time depositors there is also a special bonus code which will have to be entered at the cashier section which is “FREEROLL50″. All the players that will deposit using any of the aforementioned bonus codes will also receive a ticket for one of the three freerolls worth of $50,000 which will be held on 25th of September. Finally, if a player has 3.000 Frequent Player Points on his account can redeem them for $50. This offer is available only once for each player.

It is important to note that new players should not confuse the PokerStars Bonus Code with the PokerStars Marketing Code as they are two entirely different codes that unlock an entirely different result. If you are a new player we recommend you follow the full guide on how to use the PokerStars Marketing Code and the PokerStars Bonus Codes at the relevant section of luckyroom.com. If you would like to have more information about the rakeback ratio which can be claimed through the PokerStars Loyalty program we should advise that you reach out to the PokerStars rakeback equivalent.

Team PokerStars Online was created last year after gathering more than 2,000 PokerStars Supernova VIP players. Ultimately, 23 players were selected and this number has reached now to 26 after Schmidt’s latest addition.

Dusty said he was very busy lately, writing a new book on poker and playing on more live poker events than ever before, but is planning to now focus on pursuing a SuperNova Elite status further in 2010. Commenting on the perks of becoming a player with that status, Schmidt said: “It is a huge case. All grinders are aware that winning the SuperNova Elite status can secure more than $100,000 a year as income, even with 0 profits at the tables!

The benefits are amazing. Even when you go to the WSOP as a Super Nova Elite everything is fantastic. This year we participated in the PokerStars party as VIP guests with Snoop Dogg.”

Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt is primarily an online multi-tabling No-Limit Hold ‘em specialist and in his career features more than 8 million hands played till this day while he managed to raise $3 million in profits without suffering a single losing month!

If you care to read more about the Super Nova Elite status and the PokerStars VIP program reach out to the PokerStars rakeback equivalent section.

The Cereus, whose basic structure of the rake is comparable to Full Tilt Rakeback and PokerStars Rakeback, receives extra money of each pot in order to ‘finance’ the bad beat jackpot. The PTR has included these costs in comparison as it is unlikely someone to win the bad beat jack- pot. All but a tiny percentage of players will experience a bad beat jackpot. Of particular interest is the column with the PokerStars.fr. Anyone might wonder about the increased rake to the French site. The answer is simple and it is to the recent legislation in the country that imposed higher taxes on the websites which in turn pass the cost to the players. At 100NL hands someone needs to earn a 3bb/100 more to maintain the same profit margin just because of the increased rake!

* You can see therefore that the amount you pay every 100 hands on top websites differ dramatically. Full Tilt Poker, Bodog, PokerStars and Cake poker are the sites where the player pays less money for rake per 100 hands. In some cases the cost of playing in these sites is only half of their competitors. This translates into significantly less bb(big blinds)/100 you need to win in order to break even.

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The promotion will be playing out at the tables of the popular carde room from August 9 through out to September 8 and will enable all players that register for the VPP League to have their VPP total listed on a league table. Players which manage to finish in the top 500 at the end of the qualifying period will secure their share of a $40,000 prize pool, with $5,000 split between those that finish in the top 50 ranking positions.

It is very, very important to note that the VPP league is open to players of the below mentioned regions after they have registered for a dummy tournament in the actual poker lobby; players that wish to enrol will find the tournament on list in the PokerStars Lobby under the VPP League under Tourney and Private Tab. Regardless if you originate from any of the qualifying regions or not if you are a new player to pokerstars.com grab on to the opportunity to claim a 100% sign up bonus for deposits up to $600 by using the PokerStars Bonus Code and the PokerStars Marketing Code as explained in the relevant tab of luckyroom.com under PokerStars Bonus; additionally read more about the PokerStars Loyalty Program and how you can be earning up to 40% indirect PokerStars Rakeback Equivalent by taking advantage of the revised PokerStars VIP Program.

Instructions on how to play for the VPP League

Please note that before you sign up to participate on this particular promotion you should know that the VPP league is open for players that originate from the following regions: Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Balkans; players from the rest of the regions of the world cannot enter this particular promotion but can still sign up for an account with the PokerStars Bonus Code and the PokerStars Marketing Code as shown to the left and claim a 100% sign up bonus for deposits up to $600. Players are allowed to qualify for the promotion will have the opportunity to frequently be updated on their ranking on the rankings page for the VPP league which can be found at Pokerstars.com or under the link in the Pokerstars Lobby.  

In addition to their share of the main prize pool, players finishing in the top 50 will also win extra cash as follows.

Additionally finding a seat is now much more easier as the popular card room has introduced the ring game table finder which prevents you from being put on a waiting list for a specific table but now offers you the opportunity to enter a waiting list for a type of table therefore making it a much more hassle free procedure to find a seat on table; additionally when a seat does open you are automatically enabled with the opportunity to claim the seat and information is directly available in regards to the table itself.

Even more coming with the latest software update fulltiltpoker.com has introduced achievement badges which is a type of accomplishment sign which shows around a players name on the table therefore distinguishing a player seated at a specific fulltiltpoker.com table with either a Rush Poker Poker Badge, a Full Tilt Poker Academy Badge, a True Poker Badge or an Iron Man Badge depending on what the player has accomplished during his poker playing experience at the popular card room. Finally tables with only 1 player seated do not any more show in the lobby in a random order and not in an alphabetical order as before.

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Existing players will only have to accept the software upgrade the next time they log in and the system will automatically install the necessary upgrade to the PC they are using to play poker at fulltiltpoker.com. New players that have not downloaded fulltiltpoker.com for free can issue an account today by using Full Tilt Poker Referral Code: LUCKYROOM as shown in the image to the left and claim a super sign up Full Tilt Poker Bonus of 100% for all deposits up to $600; if you may have downloaded the software in the past but have not yet issued an account all you have to do is access the icon on your desktop allow fulltiltpoker.com to install the upgrade and issue an account by using the Full Tilt Poker Referral Code and a working email account in order to be able to verify your account and claim the sign up bonus offered by using the Full Tilt Referral Code. More information in regards to fulltiltpoker.com, the Full Tilt Poker Bonus or the full tilt rakeback section can be found by following the relevant hyperlinks highlighted.

What players have to do to join the promotion that will be running through out the month of July? Well Instead of using the normal PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600 players will be called to use PokerStars Bonus Code ‘MANIA’ in order to receive the 100% first deposit bonus up to $600 plus a free $1.10 ticket that gives players entry into any of the special $1.10 events running during the Micromania promotion. As far as long term value players will be entitled to 50% additional of VIP rewards which will be topping up the existing VIP structure and therefore will allow players working on their VIP status to find their way to the top much more easier;

It is noteworthy to say that the new PokerStars Bonus Code will have to be used at the cashier section and not at the registration page as the PokerStars Bonus Code and the PokerStars Marketing Code are 2 entirely different codes; as far as the use of a PokerStars Marketing Code new players that do not already maintain an account at pokerstars.com can use PSP13011 during registration and then in sequence use the July 2010 PokerStars Bonus Code MANIA in the cashier section as shown above to claim the added benefits of this time limited sign up bonus.

Its worth mentioning that rival poker rooms online have recently cut off rakeback players as simply said offering rakeback on top of sign up bonus was just proving to be a non efficient business therefore leading to the decision to cut off players with accounts offering rakeback payments; we would say that pokerstars.com has once again stood on to their position widely with the usual policy which simply clarifies to rivals a strategy saying “once your done with your experiments and left broke; we’ll step in and get the job done”; wise?

Well yes as being the worlds largest online poker room is a title that does not come for free and pokerstars.com has surely played its own cards correctly as It has replayed the same strategy twice when it use to give maximum 100% sign up bonus for deposits up to $50 when other rooms where tossing out 200% up to €1000 plus 30% rakeback on top of that and after everybody else was left breathless and penniless the popular card room stepped in and said as from today we give players 100% up to $600; so how’s that?

Simply said competition attempted to fool themselves by faking the numbers by offering more than they could really afford and forcing skin or white label owners to sustain the losses that resulted from a non efficient and non effective marketing strategy. In poker and generally in online gaming businesses the trick is not getting players in its keeping them in by having something to offer them and in this case it’s mathematically clear that when you pay the player all that money to get him in your realistically left with no liquidity to keep the tables busy by running attractive promotions attractive tournaments or being able to reward the players that will keep your site alive; meaning that sooner or later you’ll be left with a dead network and a lot of expensively paid acquisitions. Wise? Well I wouldn’t really say so.

The bottom line is that with the UIGEA still in act and candidate threat for the position of the world’s largest card room partypoker.com out of the competition zone for now pokerstars.com is still enjoying the luxury of the valuable time to gain liquidity and seal its position as market leader as its only serious rival in the booming US market is Full Tilt Poker and maybe UB.com therefore allowing the card room to make poker promotions as attractive as the Micromania PokerStars Promotion which will be running this July.

All said pokerstars.com is today offering players not only 12 times the old bonus but even more a revised rakeback equivalent program which makes rakeback look meaningless; timing might be a contributing factor but the marketing strategy followed by pokerstars.com can be very much fit for a good practice case study. Important note* The PokerStars VIP Program can be enjoyed by both new and existing players where the new sign up bonus which is applicable with use of the PokerStars Bonus Code and the PokerStars Marketing Code is only available for players that do not have an account at pokerstars.som. New players have the luxury to enjoy both the sign up bonus and the rewards that come with the PokerStars Rakeback equivalent.

The MicroMania month begins with newly introduced bonus structure which unlocks a 100% sign up bonus for deposits up to $600 but additionally opens positions for the free $1,10 events which will be conducted in honor of the upcoming pokerstars.com promotion. New players will have to use PokerStars Bonus Code MANIA instead of STARS600 at the cashier section upon deposit after they have used the PokerStars Marketing Code PSP13011 during registration if they are entirely new players to pokerstars.com.

The new promotion will cater to both cash game and tournament players as the event will include micro stakes cash games which will be running until July 31st and will allow new players to claim an additional 50% additional of VIP rewards adding up to the existing structure which comes under the PokerStars VIP Program or PokerStars Rakeback Deal as also abbreviated from players commonly.

The PokerStars MicroMania month will allow players to claim 10 VPP’s player points for each and every dollar raked at the tables with Euro games getting an additional boost of 2.5 extra VPP’s therefore allowing players to gain more FPP’s which will allow them to find their way up the PokerStars VIP Club. The month has much more upcoming on the calendar of events at the world’s largest online poker rooms which can be found directly at pokerstars.com.

New players that are interested in finding the exchange rates of VPP’s to FPP’s and how they can work their way up the PokerStars VIP program and gain more returns equivalent to PokerStars Rakeback can reach out the dedicated PokerStars Rakeback Equivalent Here which thoroughly explains how both new and existing players can gain maximum returns with the newly introduced VIP program.