Full Tilt Poker is taking the online poker action to the next level with the introduction of Rush Poker, a brand new and ground-breaking poker format built to provide the ultimate high-speed poker experience and minimize the wait time between poker hands.

This tremendously fast paced and extreme poker action gives poker players the chance to move through different poker tables, play different challengers in every poker hand and choose the type of game (Hold’em, No Limit, etc) and set the stakes they want to play. Players will also be able to sort the game list by other groups such as number of poker players, average pot or number of hands per hour.

Once you decide upon the Rush Poker game you wish to play, all you need to do is double click on that game to enter the Rush Poker lobby. Players are also able access a Rush Poker game by using the “Rush Poker Lobby Widgets” offered in Standard View.

Rush Poker is the world’s quickest poker game and can only be played at Full Tilt Poker. Give it a try today for the most extreme poker action on the planet.

For more details, please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/rush-poker/details

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As was posted here over the weekend, it has now been made public knowledge that Tom Dwan has officially signed with Full Tilt Poker. The online poker website has given the poker celebrity a warm welcome with an ”durrrr” Website featuring a welcome video clip and other interesting tidbits from the career of Dwan.

One of the most interesting areas of the ”durrrr” Website is the welcome video from Team Full Tilt Poker poker players Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Jennifer Harman and others. The Tom “durrrr” Dwan video on Full Tilt Poker also features an appearance from the legendary online poker player, Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

Dwan has been keeping himself quite occupied as of late with a new Dwan blog, which will actually be authored from poker experiences of Tom “durrrr” Dwan himself. Without mentioning the durrrr Challenge which is on its 27,185th hand out of the projected 50,000 total poker hands.

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The biggest online poker room FullTilt.com is releasing a new and innovative poker interface that includes innovative new elements on both the front end and backend and creates an easier poker experience.

The first thing poker players will notice is a fresh welcome page boasting a brand new modern appearance as well as a few brand new aspects such as a list of random security guidelines displayed on the bottom of the screen. Full Tilt new client software gives players 3 distinct lobby views: Basic, Standard and Classic View.

The Basic View offers novice poker players the opportunity of catching up with the new poker client and viewing the games without the demands of participating. The Basic View provides step by step reports on all the existing poker games, and gives players the ability to decide on their currency, type of game, Game (Hold’em, Omaha Hi or HL, Stud and Mixed Games), Limit (Fixed, Pot or No Limit), and Stake. In addition poker players can now check the action before joining a poker table with the new “Observe Table” choice or click on “Browse Table to view the list of open tables.

The Standard View provides information about all the existing poker games and allows poker players to modify the list of poker games and tables to present only the poker games of their preference. This option also offers players the possibility of choosing the type of table, poker game, stake and view the tables before jumping in the poker action.

Poker players can also select the Classic view and stay with Full Tilt Poker’s initial lobby, however, this choice will be accessible for a limited time only and will be terminated shortly.

Both the Basic and Standard views also include innovative new characteristics such as new revolving graphic screen located on the left that provides customers direct entry to FullTiltPoker’s promos and events including the FTOPS, Iron Man, Play with the Pros, Full Tilt Poker Academy, Poker Deposit Bonuses, and many other poker promotions and Full Tilt Poker Tournaments, as well as an option for video that allows players to view videos directly from the Full Tilt Poker client.

Full Tilt new poker client is available for Mac and Windows OS. To download Full Tilt’s new poker client visit FullTiltPoker.com or click here.

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Full Tilt Poker will attempt to stamp its name on the Guinness Records and to do so; the site has announced that it will try to set a new record for the Largest Online Poker Tournament. Full Tilt’s Record Breaker tournament was unveiled as the finale to FIVE, a week of events and promotions created exclusively to celebrate the site’s 5^th anniversary. The tournament will take place on July 19th at 15:05ET, players can buy in for this event for only $5 or 1000 Full Tilt Points and compete for a share of a $250,000 guaranteed with $250,000 added prize pool. Players can also get entries to this event by playing the online satellites available on the site and starting for as little as 30 cents or 50 Full Tilt Points.

Team Full Tilt pros and WSOP bracelet winners Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey have already confirmed they will take part in the event, offering players the chance to sit down at this historic tournament and play with some of the best high stakes and tournament pros in the world.

“By extending the limits of what is possible in online poker tournaments, Full Tilt Poker will allow players to compete for a big payout without the big buy-in,” said Team Full Tilt member Howard Lederer.

Putting together a poker tournament of this magnitude would be nearly impossible for any brick and mortar casino or poker room. The current record for the largest “live” poker tournament was set at the 2006 WSOP Main Event with 8,772 players. To break the current Guinness Record set by PokeStars.com in December, 2008, Full Tilt Poker will need to attract over 35.000 players. If successful, this tournament will establish Full Tilt Poker as World Record holder and cement its reputation as a world leader in online poker industry.

For more information on Full Tilt’s Record Breaker tournament, please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/the-record-breaker.

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Holiday cheer has come to a good number of the most popular online Texas Hold’em sites this year, and they have become very kind with their specials. Taking into account what kind of online poker room promotion you are looking for; there has to be one for you. Looking at the top online Texas Hold’em Poker rooms, these were the best promotions in the business.

Starting things off with the always popular online No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker website Full Tilt, this site has “The Holiday $100k”. The poker website is granting all their poker players a chance to take home $100k, by cashing in only 2000 points. This Texas Hold’em Poker tournament will start on Dec. 27th and a 2nd chance on Dec. the 28th. Full Tilt is also allowing players an opportunity to win an entry into one of the promotions by playing in a Freeroll.

The second poker website we visited was Ultimatebet.com poker, they are having promotions each day throughout December. Already this month they have given away IPods, a $1000 New depositer Freeroll, and on the 19th you could qualify to take home a flat screen TV. The poker website will have their “Days of Deals” special running for the duration of this month.

Last of all, PartyPoker.com has “The Great Gift Giveaway”. The way it works is by working your way up levels and the more points you win, the higher the gifts you will be able to take home. There are many prizes available to win like entries into prize tournaments or cash payments. Additionally if you would like to play on the poker website on December 25th, PartyPoker.com will duplicate the points you accumulate on the real money poker tables.

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The benefits of online Texas Holdem versus actual poker rooms are countless, but with these rewards there are also some disadvantages. Internet poker lets non-professional Texas Hold em players the ability to play in pro Texas Hold em Tournaments with pro Texas Hold em players, but these at-home players must avoid any distractions that could possibly hurt their opportunities to become a poker champ.

Many online Texas Holdem poker players become diverted by what is happening around them, or perhaps by the online poker site they are competing on. These interruptions can in truth cost them great hands and most likely their well-deserved Texas Holdem Poker chips. The game of poker is a game of proficiency and also total awareness, no matter if you are competing at online Texas Holdem, or in a real poker room.

Perhaps, the greatest slip-up that Full Tilt Poker players commit is by being involved in more than one table simultaneously. The better part of amateur Full Tilt Poker players will think that this is a good idea, but at the end of the day it could possibly workout to be a harm. This method of playing a number of Texas Hold em poker tables simultaneously will impair your focus and ultimately cost you money. Always remember that even the best Texas Holdem poker players out there will make harmful miscalculations while concentrating their mind on a number of online poker tables at the same time.

Any particular internet poker player, may at any instant, find themselves playing several Full Tilt Poker tables at one time, at the same time as they are watching TV, reading their favorite poker blogs, text messaging friends etc. This is a situation which must be avoided if you aspire to win poker games and make the grade for big Full Tilt Poker tournaments. Remember to direct your mind on the other internet poker player’s bets, their actions, and your own online Texas Holdem hands if you desire to be the best Texas Hold em player.

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A monster prize pool was announced by Bodog Poker site, with the main poker tournament awarding $300,000 guaranteed. The total prizes for the eight day Texas holdem tournament will be more than $650,000, throughout the weeklong poker tournament. The Bodog Poker Open II will begin Sunday, September 28th and continues through Sunday, October 5th. The well-known Texas Hold em tournament website will also feature six “Bounty” tournaments, where the contestants can win $109 in poker credits for each Team Bodog poker contestant they eliminate from the poker eliminatories. David Williams, Jean-Robert Bellande, Evelyn Ng and Justin Bonomo are just some of the Bodog Texas Hold em pros challenging all contestants in the poker tournament.

Team Bodog pro, Justin Bonomo, is undeniably psyched about the Texas Hold em contest. Over the course of his poker playing career, the 23 year old has won about $1.4 million. He says that if you had the idea that the first poker championship was a good one, you will definitely be stunned with this year’s tournament and the prize money involved. He also challenges anyone that has the courage to eliminate him from the Bounty Tournament to step forward.

The Kick off Bounty Tournament is going to be the first Texas Hold em game in the contest on Sunday. Any poker challenger has the ability to buy-In directly into this, and any of the other Texas Hold em games with cash. Or another alternative is to win their way into the poker events through the satellites which are held every night during the tournament week. There will be six bounty eliminatories and seven “Championship Events”, which have higher buy-ins and deeper stacks.

In the tournament will be thirteen games which will lead up to the main event on Sunday, October 5 at 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. This is the championship with a guaranteed $300,000 in cold hard cash, regardless of the number of players in the Bodog Open. All the competors who decide to enter the main poker event will have to shell out $500 for the buy-in and in turn will collect 10,000 in Bodog poker chips.

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Shortly after the opening of last week’s charity celebrity poker event to help the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Ben Affleck goes all-in with a flop of Ace-Nine-King and two diamonds. He winces when two of his opponents call the bet. He yells “Re-buy”, but the turn is a seven of hearts. Affleck is upset when a jack of diamonds is dealt on the river. He took the hand seriously even though there was no real cash at stake. This is just the kind of thing that Affleck and several other internet poker enthusiasts are petitioning for.

Over $100,000 was raised for the paralyzed victims, but this was not the only function of the poker game held in Coors Field. Members of the Poker Players Alliance are working very hard to legalize online poker in the United States. As part of their agenda, they are pushing to repeal the 2006 legislation Congress passed which prohibits U.S. Banks and credit card companies from processing transactions related to internet gaming websites.

John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, is optimistic about the direction that the new congress will lead this decision. Pappas says that the alliance is pushing for a licensed industry, just for online poker, and not for all online gambling. Pappas is interested in having a safe, regulated industry that all Americans can enjoy. The group is fighting for the rights of people and the privacy they deserve in their own home.

“There are misconceptions about poker and about online poker,” poker pro Andy Bloch said in between hands during the charity celebrity poker tournament. “Some people think that internet gaming is gambling like a slot machine, and it’s not.”

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Absolute rake back is currently 30 percent of the rake; some affiliates are offering 28%. Absolute Poker is one of the largest online gaming site and is available to players worldwide, including those from the United States. This site uses a flat rate method to calculate the rakeback amount. Tournament fees are included and bonuses are not.

Absolute Poker rakeback is paid automatically by AbsolutePoker, directly into a players account, by the 15^th of the following month. Rake stats are updated weekly. They also offer 100 percent bonus fees up to $750 for new sign ups. United States players have 2 withdrawal options including Ban wire or check. Other countries may use credit cards, Western Union, bank wire, bank draft or cashiers check.

If you want to earn Absolute Poker rake back, the site offers a wide variety of games including Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo. All are spread in Limit, No Limit, or Pot Limit and range from 6 handed to 10 handed.
AbsolutePoker.com rakeback is also offered on 1-table and multi-table Sit & Go tournaments with Hold’em and Omaha tournaments consisting of 9, 18, 27 or 45 entrants. The more players that enter into a game, the greater the rake that is taken in.
Absolute Poker also has a refer-a-friend program where you earn cash when someone you refer signs up, makes a deposit, and plays 200 real money raked hands with a minimum rake of at least 50 cents each. There is a VIP program that is available in 3 different levels and an Absolute Rewards program. When you are done earning points, you can spend them online in the Absolute Rewards Store where you will find everything from poker books and magazines to apparel and electronics.

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Playing poker tournaments can be a great and amusing experience for any poker player. But moving on to the internet poker world can be rather hard, as there is no physical interaction between the players.

This situation difficult the process of learning from your opponents tells and being aware of their physical behavior and much of the advantages that the traditional poker player has tend to vanish. Playing in online poker tournaments also means altering the style of play and working harder to understand what your opponent has in mind.

With the online Texas Hold’em poker tournament, there is no way to conclude whether your opponent might be chewing his nails, blinking or playing with a beer in his hand. Without an indication of the emotional state of your opponent, many players who have dedicated their lives to developing the ability to detect tells find them without any method of gaining an advantage in the online Texas Hold’em poker tournament. Poker tournament player can effectively double or even triple their gambling income through these types of games and events and activities.

In online poker, players have to concentrate in playing the cards that the player is dealt and playing the strongest and most aggressive game that they can play, players can compete in online Texas Hold’em poker tournaments just as effectively as they have traditionally competed in the brick and mortar off-line casino establishments. It can be very tricky to adapt to this type of play for many poker players, it is critical to the online Texas Hold’em poker player’s success to understand the basic differences in playing in online poker tournaments versus their off-line poker tournament counterparts in the traditional casinos and poker rooms.

Having in mind that the action is much faster in online poker sites than their traditional Texas Hold’em poker tournament can help you to increase your bankroll, but that basically depends on your game level and experience.

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