2008 February 21 | US Friendly Poker

Poker Stars Review + New Deposit Bonus Code

POKERSTARS-The Possibilities Are Unlimited

New Deposit BONUS: 100% up to $50

BONUS CODE: FIRST2008

Click HERE to Download the Poker Stars Software and get your bonus!

PokerStars.com probably has the most variety of games than any other online poker site, especially for US-friendly sites.

Game Variety

It goes without saying (but we’ll say it anyway) that PokerStars offers Texas Hold ‘em, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, Stud, and Stud Hi Lo, but how many places online can you play 5-Card Draw or 2-7 Triple Draw? Want to play HORSE or Razz? Poker Stars has it all!

Stakes

Play limit, no-limit, or pot limit at PokerStars.com on single- or multi-tables

Tournaments

POKERSTARS.COM: “Home of the biggest weekly tournament on the planet!” And they live up to their tagline.

When you are looking for online poker tournaments, PokerStars is a great place to go to. They have big-money tourneys, low-stakes tourneys, freerolls, satellite tournaments, and an array of promotional tournament events. Throughout the week you can get into any kind of action you’re looking for, but the big day at PokerStars is Sunday. On Sundays, PokerStars offers the Sunday Million and the Sunday Warmup.

Sunday Million
When: Every Sunday @ 4:45 ET

The Sunday Million is a guaranteed $1,000,000 no-limit hold ‘em tournament the Sunday Million with first place winning a guaranteed $100,000! The buy-in for the first 3 weeks of the month is $215, but the buy-in goes up to $530, or win a satellite seat for few dollars. The 1^st prize is more than $100,000 every week guaranteed!

Sunday Warm-Up
When: Every Sunday @ 12:45 pm ET

If you want to warm up for the Sunday Millions, try your hand at the Sunday Warm-up tournament. The prize pool is a hefty $400,000 guaranteed. Also a no-limit hold ‘em tournament, this is a great tournament for players in European time zones who don’t want to wait until dark to play.

Monster payouts are just the icing on the cake. Poker Stars also has options. Here’s a rundown of the tournament opportunities available at PokerStars: Shootouts: Single-table, Double-table, and Triple-table Shootouts, Freerolls, Satellites, Sit & Gos, Rebuys & Add-ons, Deepstacks, 6-Max, Turbo

Traffic

With more than 100,000 + poker players folding, betting, checking, going all in, and winning during peak hours, you won’t get lonely at Poker Stars, and the action never stops with games and tournaments starting around the clock, 24/7. PokerStars.com is the poker site that never sleeps (no naps either!) Even when it’s slow, it’s lively. This website is hopping at all times, so jump in and download the software… what are you waiting for? You are the only one who’s not there!

Conclusion

PokerStars is where a lot of the big-name poker celebrities hang out. The best part about Poker Stars is that you too can become a star! With so many tournament options, you can always find just the right one for your poker mood.

Doylesroom.com Promotional Tournaments

Vegas Legends Tournament Series

Win $13K in prize packages includes $10K for buy-ins to the event(s) of your choice, and the remainder for travel expenses. As if that weren’t enough, you will get to meet Doyle Brunson, get you picture made with him, and go home with boatloads of Doyle Brunson and DoylesRoom.com merchandise.

How to get in:

Buy-in directly for $110 to the Vegas Legends Grand Final on 4/20/2008 @ 4:00pm ET OR
Satellites start at $1.10 OR
$11 10-seat Vegas legends STT games offered 24/7 and running continuously around the clock, launching when seats fill up

Also, don’t miss the FREE Vegas Legends Second Chance Freeroll every Sunday for anyone who bought into a Vegas Legends Satellite that week and didn’t win. This Freeroll awards a seat to the Grand Final. Check your account Sunday morning—you’ll be entered automatically!

QuickDraw Freerolls

With the blinds increasing every 2 minutes, this Texas Hold ‘em tournament is guaranteed to be action-packed. The playing field is leveled at tournament start, with every player sitting on a 1000-chip stack. Re-buy for $1 or with Action Points is allowed, and they are held every day of the week. These tournaments are located under “Scheduled Tournaments” “Special” “QuickDraw Freeroll.”

To ensure you get the latest deposit bonuses, click on the link below to access Doyle’s Room, which is already linked to current deposit bonus promotions, or you can go to Doylesroom.com and enter Bonus Code: NewDepositBonus

World Famous DoylesRoom Bounty Tournament & Celebrity Special Bounty Tournament

Take out Doyle Brunson, himself, as well as other high-profiled players like Nicky Hilton, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jim Campbell, and Alex Kamberis at the Special Celebrity Bounty Tournament to be held Feb. 27th, 2008 @ 9:30pm.

Buy-in to a DoylesRoom Bounty Tournament and get your first buy-in refunded! That’s right! Play in the Bounty Tournament for FREE! (See How to get my Bounty Tournament rebate at DoylesRoom.com)

To win, knock out Doyle, Hoyt Corkins, and Mike Caro for $25K

Knock out 2 and win $5K…

or just knock out just one and win $500!

The Sunday $175K Gurarantee

When: Every Sunday @ 2pm ET

Tournament Info:

2,000 starting chips
blinds increase every 15 minutes
add-on after the first hour

Two ways to play:

Buy-in for $60+$5 OR
Win one of 8 daily satellite tournaments with buy-ins for $6+$0.50

Don’t wait any longer! Go check out DoylesRoom.com now!

To ensure you get the latest deposit bonuses, click on the link below to access Doyle’s Room, which is already linked to current deposit bonus promotions, or you can go to Doylesroom.com and enter Bonus Code: NewDepositBonus

February 21st, 2008 Posted by Sean | Doyle's Room, Tournament Info | no comments

Bounty Tournament Rebate Info For Doylesroom.com

How to Get Your Bounty Tournament Rebate at DoylesRoom.com

Your one-time full buy-in rebate is easy to get!

If you haven’t downloaded DoylesRoom.com software and created an account, do it now! Sign-up is free and easy!
Make a deposit of at least $27.50 to cover the buy-in.

(NOTE: if you are interested in taking advantage of the 110% Initial Deposit Bonus up to $550, make sure you are aware that the bonus amount is dependant on your initial deposit).

To open a real-money, if you haven’t done so already, click on the “Bank” tab in the poker room. Then click on the “Deposit” button and complete the required information, including the deposit method you prefer.

To ensure you get the latest deposit bonuses, click on the link below to access Doyle’s Room, which is already linked to current deposit bonus promotions, or you can go to Doylesroom.com and enter Bonus Code: NewDepositBonus

To register, log into the software, click on “Scheduled Tournaments” and choose “The Bounty” (highlighted in green). Once you have completed your deposit, registering for the tournament reserves your seat.

After participating in the tournament, go to the bounty rebate page (hyperlink) and click on the box that says, “Click Here to Get Your Free & Instant $27.50 Bounty Rebate.”
Then go spend the money again!!!!

To ensure you get the latest deposit bonuses, click on the link below to access Doyle’s Room, which is already linked to current deposit bonus promotions, or you can go to Doylesroom.com and enter Bonus Code: NewDepositBonus

To purchase Doyle’s books, click the banners below:

February 21st, 2008 Posted by Sean | Doyle's Room, Tournament Info | no comments

Free and Legal Online Poker in the US?

One Giant Leap for Online Poker in the US

(New Update at bottom of article!)

Another option for US poker players itching to play online is the National League of Poker (NLOP). With 300K+ players on this site, not one of them has ever made a cash deposit; therefore, this site is perfectly legal and is not considered controversial. It does, however, yield cash payouts. How? NLOP.com is an advergaming website. It pays out by selling ads. NLOP.com is ad-supported and sells clickable ads for high prices, as they are a high-trafficked site.

Without your own cash hanging over your head, you might wonder where the fun is. Well, you earn points on NLOP.com and this is what you wager, in lieu of money, and if you don’t win, instead of losing money, you lose some of your points. NLOP has no real-money buy-ins or fees. All tournament fees and buy-ins are paid with NLOP points, and buy-ins are paid back to the top 10 seats of most tournaments. The higher you place in tournaments, the more points you get.

As your NLOP Bankroll increases, so does your position on the Weekly Leader Board. The top 1000 leaders each week qualify to compete in the Weekly Championship for cash prizes and other merchandise such as cruises, satellite seats, and other prizes. Win the satellite event for a chance to sit at the WSOP 2008 Ladies Only Live Event.

Just log in to receive 2000 points daily. Also, by singing up for an NLOP sponsor, you can win additional bonus points. Play in a seniors only tournament, or a singles only tournament. Win a t-shirt or win a car!

US poker is having to find new directions to go in that are legal in order to pave the way back to being able to play freely online. It’s probably the only online poker site that “only allows US players!”

Update:

Since this article was written over a year ago, I thought I would make some corrections, since I’ve had some comments regarding the information posted here. You can make real money deposits at NLOP now. In fact, players who purchase the $19.99 per month subscription have the advantage of earning VIP status. VIP members get shopping discounts, access to celebrity tables, access to bigger and better tournaments, access to Poker TV, buddy lists, avatars, VIP chat, expert advice, and private tables coming soon! Thanks to our readers for looking out, so we can keep our info up to date and current!

Does Online Poker Still have a Place for US Players

US Poker Players Can Still Play Online

Despite the UIGEA and the legislation that put a stop to online poker play in the US, there is still a will, and there is still a way. Pioneer online poker sites like PartyPoker straight up dumped US poker players from their sites. Where once, as US players, we were revered and acclaimed, we are now outcasts. These sites were too scared to keep us on board as real-money players and demoted us to play-money accounts, if even that. But some sites, however, did carry us through to the new-age of anti-US online poker play, braving the new frontier of the unknown legalities of shouldering US players.

When skimming through the “About Us” or “Rules” or “Deposit Options” information of online poker rooms, you’ll often feel that pang, that stab in the back, when you read, “US players not allowed” or “this website does not allow US players.” It hurts. After all the ground we, as a nation, covered, and then shared with the world, we are now simply, “not allowed.” It’s one thing for the US Congress to ground us from our privileges, but for the websites that we proudly called our poker homes to straight up deny us is just hurtful, when other sites are more than happy to get their cut of US poker money.

I remember the day the decision was made that the following day would be the end of online poker for US players. I went to my computer the next morning and had a moment of silence as my PartyPoker.com account was nothing more than a play-money account. I mourned for a while, until I realized that what I thought was my only online poker ally, was really just one of the only online poker rooms that actually cut its US players off.

With so many sites now allowing US players to play via loopholes in the deposit options and jurisdictions, there’s no excuse for any site to not allow US players. Perhaps if there wasn’t such a stand being taken against US players across the world, it wouldn’t be such a big deal for Congress to fight it. If all online poker sites opened their doors to US players, how could online poker play by US players be regulated at all?

There is definitely still a place for US poker players online, and as long as there are US poker players looking for accepting online poker rooms, they will find them. Below is a current but not complete list of online poker rooms that welcome US players, accompanied by a list of those who do not: