June 17, 2009
This Sunday, June 21st, UltimateBet is hosting a 50-seat Guaranteed WSOP Main Event tournament. At least 50 players will walk away with a $12,000 prize package that includes a $10,000 seat in the Main Event of the WSOP and money for travel and accommodations.
When you sign up at Ultimate Bet use the poker code: POKERKING
Sign up to Ultimate Bet by clicking here.
*World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah’s License Company, LLC (“Harrah’s”). Harrah’s doesn’t sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with, UltimateBet, pokerbonuscodes.com or its products, services, promotions or tournaments.
May 1, 2009
Carbon Poker is running the ChipStar $25,000 freeroll in May. Sunday May 31st to be exact.
This a cool freeroll idea they got going. Depending on the number of VIP points you earn at Carbon Poker this month, your starting chip stack at this freeroll will be reflect that VIP point level.
There will be 5 different size starting stacks you can start the tournament with. You will need at least 100 VIP points to qualify your entry and that is good for 1500 starting chips. However, if you earn 5,000 VIP points you will start the tourney with 10,000 starting chips.
Check out Carbon Poker and use the code POKERKING200.
April 12, 2009
The $100K Deep Stack Challenge tournament over at Pacific Poker has been changed from Sunday nights, to Saturday nights @ 20:00 GMT.
March 26, 2009
With the big event approaching, PokerStars is continuing its tradition of qualifying more players to the Main Event than any other poker site. PokerStars has WSOP* satellites starting April 13, for as little as $1 or 40 FPP, giving you the chance to win your seat in poker’s premiere event. Watch your PokerStars.com lobby for updates on their availability.
*WORLD SERIES OF POKER and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah's License Company, LLC ("Harrah's"). Harrah's does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with PokerStars.com or its products, services, promotions or tournaments.
June 13, 2008
Full Tilt Poker is running their biggest Main Event guarantee ever. On Sunday June 15th at 18:00 ET (23:00 GMT), FTP will be hosting the 150 Seat Guarantee where at least 150 players will win a Main Event seat.
A reminder is that if you win your seat at Full Tilt Poker you will automatically be eligible for the $10 Million Main Event Mania. With a $10 Million bonus you are basically just giving yourself a chance for extra cash if you win your seat.
*World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah’s License Company, LLC (“Harrah’s”). Harrah’s does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with, pokerbonuscodes.com or its products, services, promotions or tournaments.
May 8, 2008
ECOOP II – $3,600,000 GUARANTEED
If you want to get a semi free ride into the ECOOP, you have to sign up for a qualifying tournament. The ECOOP, European Championship of Online Poker is happening this MAY!!
The European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP) is a thrilling online tournament series where skilled poker players compete for a share of millions of dollars over a period of ten days.
The ECOOP II will run from the 23rd of May to the 1st of June – and it’s set to be bigger and better than ever before!! This second championship is going to award an astonishing $3,600,000!
Goto Titan Poker and play in one of their qualifying tournaments.
April 24, 2008
There are a number of different tournament options offered by each poker room and by online poker as a whole. The Sit-N-Go style tournaments are quickly becoming a new player favorite. The format is exactly what it sounds like; these tournaments typically have six to ten players and play like poker pick-up games, starting as soon as enough players sit.
As with any of the many tournament styles, there are a lot of different strategies for how to play and win in a Sit-N-Go. Of course all strategies are designed to do one thing: win money. All Sit-N-Go strategies have another basic focus: playing and winning as many tournaments as possible. Naturally you can’t always win, but having a healthy win to lose ratio will guarantee you always come out ahead.
For this particular Sit-N-Go strategy, the process is broken down to demonstrate the best way to play an individual tournament. Sit-N-Go tournaments differ from larger tournaments where the play is hard and fast. In other tournaments, as the blinds increase you have a high risk of getting trapped by aggressive players that want to start narrowing the field. The one table style of Sit-N-Go promotes a more relaxed pace, making patience a real virtue for successful players.
The relaxed pace does not mean you should have a relaxed strategy. The ideal Sit-N-Go playing strategy is to be tight with your chips but aggressive with your cards. This means you are going to be folding a lot over all, and playing hard when you do play a hand. Many people confuse playing a lot of tournaments with playing a lot of hands. Sloppy playing will not create a positive win-lose ratio. In this Sit-N-Go strategy the idea is to stay safe and hold your chips until the end, when the field has been narrowed and the blinds are high.
Why hold back? Because even as you stay tight, other players will get loose and eliminate themselves. The tournament is going to be decided in the last rounds, so your primary goal is to stay in the game. It is ok, even advisable, to play a good hand when you’ve got it, but otherwise this Sit-N-Go strategy is about making the majority of your moves at the end.
By the end of the tournament you have the advantage of knowing the players and their individual styles better. You are in a better position to play more loosely, as any risks you take now have a much greater payoff. Other players may be tightening up now as the blinds grow and the stakes get higher.
This is when you make your move, taking advantage of the big blinds by playing hard and fast before the flop. Go all in early, and most players are unlikely to have a starting hand that is worth the risk. You can build your stack quickly with a couple pre-flop pots in the end rounds, and have the potential to double it should anyone call your all-in.
As always, the successful use of this strategy depends on your own consistency and your ability to determine when your hand is worth the bet. To win Sit-N-Go with this theory of play, the idea is to come in like a bear and go out like a bull.
