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Poker and Casinos.com is a top resource for information on online poker and casino rooms! Learn how and where to play poker against people from all over the world! Reviews of the top rooms, with related articles, strategies, and plenty of user-feedback features; including Forums.
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 Overall: 9.5 |
Carbon Poker combines a great software package with top bonus offers and reliable technical support. The abundance of fish in the waters of Carbon Poker aren't so bad, either!
Carbon Poker is...
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 Overall: 9.2 |
PDC Poker is an emerging online poker room. The owners are determined to spend as much money as is required to compete with the big boys, consistently offering unique promotions and...
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 Overall: 9.2 |
Stars has recently claimed the title of most popular online poker room, with nearly double its closest competators at any one time. PokerStars is also home to a lot of big...
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 Overall: 8.8 |
Party's cashier is very quick. Deposits are instant (no surprises there) and withdrawals are almost as fast. Typically it is less than 12 hours for neteller, and is usually about 3...
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 Overall: 8.8 |
Bodog are one of the internet's bigger sportsbooks, and like everyone else, they have opened a poker room. The players aren't as soft in general as most sportsbook rooms because the...
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 Overall: 8.0 |
This is the poker wing of 888 (one of the big boys of the online casino world). This is mostly a good thing, because it provides a steady flow of gamblers...
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 Overall: 8.0 |
At Cake Poker we have developed our own innovative and industry leading software to provide our players with an enhanced and enjoyable poker experience. We have brought our players several new...
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 Overall: 8.0 |
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 Overall: 7.5 |
The infamous streaker-promoting, Virgin Mary sandwich buying, Golden Palace now has a poker room. It is part of the Tribeca Poker Network. Tribeca provides poker software to online casinos and sportsbooks.
Golden...
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 Overall: 7.5 |
Playtech, makers of one the the big two casino packages are moving into the poker market with the Ipoker network. Noble Poker is run by one of the Internet's largest casino...
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 Overall: 7.5 |
Casino on Net is kind of like Godzilla. It's huge, it's been around a long time, crushed lots of opposition, and it's a lurid green colour.
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21nova - The Innovator in Online Gaming21nova offers a new era in online gaming, where player convenience and satisfaction are top priority. With this in mind, when it came to designing...
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Password for BIG Freeze Freeroll by staff Posted: 01/18/2012
Pacific Poker
[ review] is hosting a very cool tournament this weekend and you can play it for free! The Big Freeze Freeroll will pay out $3,000 in cash prizes this weekend. No entry fee or even a previous deposit is required to enter.
To play sign up at Pacific Poker
[ review] or log in to your account. Once on click the $3,000 BIG Freeze Freeroll link under Tournaments. When asked for a password, enter BIGFREEZE
Hurry! This freeroll is limited to the first 6,000 players. Enter now at Pacific Poker
[ review]
Get a Free $22 TCOOP Ticket by staff Posted: 01/10/2012
Poker Stars
[ review] is getting ready for its Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) with a brand new bonus. Now until January 18th, if you make a reload deposit of $60 or more you will be rewarded with a free entry ticket to TCOOP worth $22!
TCOOP runs on Poker Stars
[ review] from January 19th - 29th and has a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000,000. There are several tournaments on the schedule with a $22 buy-in, or you can also use the ticket to play a variety of deadline satellites for others events in the series.
Sign up at Poker Stars
[ review] to play!
3 More Value-Added Tourneys Left At PDC by staff Posted: 12/21/2011
PDC Poker
[ review] wants to wish you a happy holidays by offering juiced tournaments all December! There are still 3 x $1k-value-added tourneys left before the end of the month:
- December 24th @ 15:00 PDC Time - $2 + $0.20 (+earn at least 250 Royalty Points)
- December 25th @ 15:00 PDC Time - $1 + $0.10 (+earn at least 250 Royalty Points)
- December 31st @ 15:00 PDC Time - $1 + $0.10 (+earn at least 250 Royalty Points)
Get earning those VIP points so you can play! Sign up or log in at PDC Poker
[ review] now.
Santa's Surprise is Back by staff Posted: 12/03/2011
carribean is bringing back its most popular holiday promotion. Santa's Surprise is back and it's bigger than before! carribean is giving away more than double the amount of money this year!
Here's how it works: You need to play 250 raked hands per day to qualify. For each day that you do, you earn 1 Present token. For every 5 tokens you receive you can trade them in for 1 Present.
What is the Present? That's a surprise. It could be any of these. carribean is being very generous with the presents this year, with up to a $2000 bonus available to be won.
Pokerstars to Attempt World Record Tournament by staff Posted: 11/09/2011
One dollar buy-in and a $50,000 first prize. Sound too good to be true? Well, it is true. That's why Poker Stars
[ review] is expecting a record number of entries to the online tournament to be held on December 4th at 12:30 ET.
The World Record Tournament will need over 149,196 entries to beat the old record, which was set by Poker Stars
[ review] in 2009. With a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool and $1 entry, the math says they should be able to pull it off.
This tournament is just one way Poker Stars
[ review] is celebrating its 10th anniversary. You can find this and other 10th anniversary tournaments under the 'Events' and '10th Anniversary' tab.
WSOP Final Table (November 6-8) by staff Posted: 11/04/2011
Time to hand out the big bucks! Action on the World Series of Poker final table begins this weekend. The nine players known as the November Nine will compete for a prize pool of over $28 million.
Organizers are expecting the largest audience for what will be the 42nd WSOP. The event will be broadcast live on ESPN.
Earn 2x the Carbon VIP Points in October by Dan P Posted: 10/04/2011
If you still don't know how to play Omaha, here is some motivation to learn. Carbon Poker [ review] is now offering double the VIP points when you play Omaha! You can also get 2x VIP points on any type of ring games, MTTs and SnGs on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Remember, VIP points can be exchanged for cash and prizes.
This promotion will last all of October! Sign up at Carbon Poker [ review] to participate.
Also in October, Carbon Poker [ review] is offering hundreds of dollars in free cash prizes each Saturday to all Facebook fans. Just click this link - Carbon Poker [ review] and then through to the Facebook page and become a fan, and you can get entry into the freerolls!
Guaranteed Tournaments Get Bigger Than Ever by staff Posted: 10/04/2011
The Daily BIGS are getting bigger! Poker Stars
[ review] daily guaranteed prize pools are now even larger. Along with the popular Big $5.50 ($15k guaranteed), Big $55 ($100k guaranteed) and others, Poker Stars
[ review] has added a few more tourneys to the mix. Here is the full list:
| Tournament Name | Buy-In | Time | Gtd. Prize Pool | | NEW: The Big $3.30 | $3.30 | 01:00 ET | $5K | | NEW: The Big $16.50 | $16.50 | 03:30 ET | $10K | | The Big $33 | $33 | 06:00 ET | $15K | | The Big $5.50 | $5.50 | 09:00 ET | $15K | | NEW: The Big $8.80 | $8.80 | 10:30 ET | $16K | | The Big $22 | $22 | 12:00 ET | $25K | | The Big $109 | $109 | 13:00 ET | $50K | | The Big $11 | $11 | 14:00 ET | $50K | | The Big $55 | $55 | 15:00 ET | $100K | | The Big $162 | $162 | 16:00 ET | $50K | | NEW: The Big $4.40 | $4.40 | 17:30 ET | $8K | | NEW: The Big $27.50 | $27.50 | 20:00 ET | $7.5K | | The Big $2.20 | $2.20 | 20:30 ET | $5K |
Sign up at Poker Stars
[ review] to participate!
Deposit $10, Win an iPad2 by staff Posted: 09/28/2011
Want to win an iPad2? Pacific Poker
[ review] is giving away Apple's hot new mobile device in new depositor freerolls! Deposit $10 or more and you qualify for a free seat and a chance to win an iPad2.
Remember, new members of Pacific Poker
[ review] are also given $8 with no deposit required. Sign up now and take advantage of these great offers.
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 Omaha High only
This article explains the basic rules of Omaha (High)

 Ed Miller's Small Stakes Holdem
This book is the graduate course in beating low limit games.

 Limit? Spread Limit? Pot Limit? No Limit?
A quick look at the three main betting structures for poker.

 Doyle Brunson's Super/System 2
Doyle Brunson (and friends) update the Poker Bible (Super/System I)

 DD Tournament Poker
DD Tournament Poker is a good way of practising for multitable tournaments.

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Doyle Brunson: Legendary Professional Poker Player Part Five Sat, 28 Jan 2012 This is continued from Doyle Brunson: Legendary Professional Poker Player Part Four As of the date of this writing, Doyle Brunson is 78 years old and living in Las Vegas, Nevada. He still plays poker regularly and more importantly; he is still winning. [Read More]
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No online gaming rush for DC Sat, 28 Jan 2012 The District of Columbia Council remains bitterly divided on how, or even if, the nation's capital should have the first government-run online gambling venture in the United States. [Read More]
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