by Mike1013 | Apr 13, 2017 | bet365
If you, as a poker player, like high suited connectors – and who among us doesn’t? – then bet365 Poker’s Premium Suits special should intrigue you. Through a series of missions and freerolls, the site will hand out more than €65,000 to poker players from...
by Mike1013 | Feb 4, 2017 | bet365
Whenever you get a high pocket pair at a poker table, your pulse probably picks up a bit. Now there’s even more reason for excitement because bet365 is giving away freeroll entries to go with your enviable hole cards. In total, more than €80,000 will be...
by Mike1013 | Jan 7, 2017 | bet365
bet365 Poker is ringing in the new year with more than €100,000 to be handed out to players who complete missions between Jan. 2 and Jan. 29. There are both daily and weekly missions that you can accomplish to earn freeroll entries and Premium Steps tickets. To learn...
by Mike1013 | Dec 8, 2016 | bet365
The holiday season typically sees people deplete their bankrolls for gifts, travel and other expenses, but you may be able to replenish your funds with the Winter Warrior event. bet365 is giving away more than €100,000 to poker players for completing certain missions...
by carlcarlsoniv | Nov 4, 2016 | WSOP
While the World Series of Poker has drawn to a close, this doesn’t mean that poker is over for the year – far from it. Players in New Jersey and Nevada can head online to WSOP.com where there are a number of November promotions to take advantage of. Remember,...
by Mike1013 | Nov 3, 2016 | bet365
Poker devotees have the opportunity to snag their share of €100,000 by participating in the Autumn Missions at bet365, which run from Oct. 31 until Nov. 27. You’ll have to complete daily and weekly missions to earn entry into the relevant freerolls. If you have...
by Mike1013 | Sep 2, 2016 | bet365
Every poker player should know that he or she can pick up valuable prizes from Aug. 29 to Oct. 2 with Mission Month at bet365 Poker. There are four missions to complete every day and two Weekly Missions running from Sunday to Sunday each week. Upon completing these...
by Mike1013 | Jul 11, 2016 | bet365
Fans of poker will be able to log into their bet365 accounts from July 11 – Aug. 28 to try for their share of €70,000. This is part of the Summer Games promotion, which will see eager players complete missions to earn freeroll entries. This offer is intended to...
by Mike1013 | Jul 8, 2016 | WSOP
Poker players in the regulated markets of Nevada and New Jersey will get their chance to partake in quite a few July promotional offerings from WSOP.com. Remember that you don’t actually have to live in these two states to open up your WSOP.com account. You can...
by Mike1013 | Jun 2, 2016 | bet365
Running from June 1 – July 10, Football Fever at bet365 will reward poker players with freeroll entries for completing missions. There’s €100,000 up for grabs, so get ready to hit the tables in earnest for your share of the loot. All the freerolls will...
by givememyleg | Jun 1, 2016 | WSOP
WSOP.com is offering some exciting new and ongoing promotions for the month of June, for both Nevada and New Jersey residents. If you’re located in one of these states and want to get in on the action, visit WSOP.com now. First Time & Reload Bonuses The...
by Mike1013 | May 11, 2016 | United States, WSOP
WSOP.com is currently the most popular legal online poker room in the Nevada regulated market. But that doesn’t mean that the site is resting on its laurels; it’s offering a full suite of promotions to players during the month of May. If you’ve yet...
by Mike1013 | May 11, 2016 | United States, WSOP
The New Jersey-regulated online poker site WSOP.com wishes to earn your custom by providing attractive promotions on a regular basis, and this month is no exception. There are a variety of May promotional offerings for you to choose from. It should be clear, however,...
by Mike1013 | Apr 6, 2016 | bet365
bet365 frequently comes up with ways of rewarding its loyal poker players, and this month is no exception. There are prizes worth €100,000 up for grabs in the Gold Rush promo, including cash, tournament tokens and even trips to this year’s World Series of Poker....
by Mike1013 | Apr 6, 2016 | United States, WSOP
Poker players in New Jersey and Nevada will have a leg up on their brethren in states without regulated poker. The Road to the WSOP, brought to you by WSOP.com, will allow ordinary individuals to score seats to the World Series of Poker by playing in weekly satellite...
by givememyleg | Mar 1, 2016 | United States, WSOP
WSOP.com is kicking off March with many new promotions for those playing in New Jersey and Nevada. Thinking about playing in the WSOP this summer? Why not qualify for free directly on WSOP.com? Main Event Qualifiers & Friday Freerolls Win Your Way to the Most...
by Mike1013 | Feb 2, 2016 | bet365
bet365 has a real treat in store for poker players throughout the month of February. There will be specific missions that you can complete every day to win entries into freerolls and step tournaments. In total, there’s more than €100,000 that will be given away...
by givememyleg | Jan 4, 2016 | bet365
bet365 is celebrating the New Year by awarding poker players with up to €1,000 free. There are no crazy loops to jump through, all one has to do is play poker from January 1 – January 31 and if you pay enough rake/fees, you will earn cash back. It’s really...
by Mike1013 | Dec 5, 2015 | bet365, Poker News
It’s about time to get into the spirit of the holidays, and bet365 Poker is no exception. The Merry Missions promo started on November 30 and features free-to-enter tournaments that will continue running until January 3. In total, there’s more than...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2015 | bet365
Are you ready to accept your mission? Every hour on the hour, a new mission begins at bet365, with the objective to earn Coins and the goal to win cash prizes. Running now until midnight on June 24, the Hourly Cash Missions will reward one Coin for each Merit Point a...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 31, 2015 | Full Tilt Poker
The Stack, Full Tilt’s newest online, deep-stack tournament series, is here. From Sunday, May 31 to Sunday June 7, Full Tilt is offering 16 events and $700,000 in guaranteed money, as well as massive additional prizes including a $13,000 package to UFC 189 in...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2015 | Editorials
From May 27-July 14, the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas will host poker’s most popular tournament series, the World Series of Poker. The 46th annual edition will feature 68 events and close to $200 million in prize money. The venue itself is also...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2015 | Editorials, Featured Poker News
For as long as online poker existed, conspiracy theories about every aspect of it have constantly been floating around. Just like any other persistent conspiracy theories, logic and facts never really phased any of them and the craziest ones live on to this day. Most...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2015 | Editorials
Only a small percentage of dedicated professionals choose poker as their lifelong career and most of those who consider themselves professional poker players sooner or later choose to move on to a different career path. Fortunately, poker leaves long time players with...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2015 | FTR AMAs & Interviews
Chris Moneymaker is widely credited with jumpstarting the global poker boom when he won the World Series of Poker Main Event and took home $2.5M in 2003. He is also considered to be one of the nicest people in the game, both on and away from the felt. Moneymaker is...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 4, 2015 | Editorials
Is poker a game of skill or luck? Does it really take skill to win? Isn’t it just a gamble, like roulette or the slot machines? These age-old questions have dogged poker since its inception, and I want to set the record straight. While there is no denying that luck...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 28, 2015 | Press Releases
CHRIS MONEYMAKER TO HAVE UPCOMING ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH FLOPTURNRIVER.COM Moneymaker to answer questions live at 12pm ET on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Born into a family that historically made gold and silver coins, Chris Moneymaker was literally born to make money. Of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2015 | Editorials
Poker, much like most other forms of competition, has real-life parallels. The skills you learn grinding it out on the felt have more use than just getting your opponent to jam into your nut flush (although that is important). Controlling emotions, dissecting other...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 25, 2015 | Editorials, Featured Poker News
A few weeks ago it was announced that 2015 will see the launch of the first 24/7 poker channel. While many poker players agree that the heyday of televised poker has passed, this is still an interesting development for poker, which shows that the game is not as ‘dead’...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 23, 2015 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
A native of Alberta Canada, Jaime “jaimestaples” Staples was recently dubbed a “Friend of PokerStars” as a result of the work he has done on the Amazon-owned website, Twitch.tv. After giving up his aspirations to become a professional golfer along with his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 22, 2015 | Editorials
Move over, Big One For Big Drop; there’s a new super high roller about to grab the world’s attention: the $500k Super High Roller Bowl at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The second largest buy-in tournament in the history of poker is set to run from July 2-4...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 20, 2015 | bet365
Want to win a new prize every day until May 10? With bet365’s new “Golden Scatchcards” promotion, now you can! Every day, 10 Golden Scratchcards, each worth €100, will randomly appear. Earn Coins to complete each scratchcard and win €100 along with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 17, 2015 | Editorials
Every year, poker players and organizations alike donate millions to various causes all around the world. Just a few decades ago, poker may not have been associated very closely with charitable causes, but this perception has been strongly changing ever since the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 10, 2015 | Editorials
As poker players know, very few things can’t be measured in dollars, but health is definitely one of them. Staying healthy should be a top priority for anyone, especially someone sitting at a PC or a poker table for hours and hours at a time. Improving your heath is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2015 | Editorials
For most of us out there, poker is a fun (and hopefully financially rewarding) hobby, but at the end of the day, it’s exactly that: a hobby. While everyone has dreamed about turning poker into a full-time profession, usually it is something you play when you get home...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2015 | Online Poker News, Poker News
April showers may bring May flowers, but the month also happens to bring a pile of cash prizes thanks to the second annual New Jersey Championship of Poker online tournament series. Taking place from April 16-26, the series will feature over 30 events and $1 Million...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2015 | Editorials
Just like any sport where money is involved, poker faces a number of its own challenges. For online poker, the most recent challenge has been the huge number of hackings taking place. While live poker is immune to the perils of the internet, it is by no means...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2015 | Editorials, Poker News
From 2005 until 2011, online poker was unstoppable. Unlike many of their “real life” counterparts, who were typically grizzled veterans (or at least 30-year-olds), the rulers of online poker were often young college kids. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were won,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 27, 2015 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
There’s gold in them thar hills, and Full Tilt Poker wants to make sure you don’t go home empty-handed. As a result of overwhelming player demand, Full Tilt Poker has extended their Gold Rush promotion an additional 10 days. From Friday, March 27 to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2015 | Editorials
An overlay is a tournament player’s best friend and a casino’s worst nightmare. When the number of players registered for a tournament is not enough to cover the guarantee of the tournament, then we have an overlay, meaning free money for the players. The one thing...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2015 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The FTOPS XXVIII, Full Tilt Poker’s premiere tournament series, culminates on Sunday, March 29 with the $1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event, and Flop Turn River wants to give you a ticket to the dance. An exclusive, members-only $2,000 Added FTOPS Main Event...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2015 | Editorials, Poker News
In 2003, a Tennessee accountant by the name of Chris Moneymaker turned a $39 satellite entry on PokerStars into $2.5 million and the WSOP Main Event championship, and in the process ignited a worldwide fervor for poker. In the same year, the inaugural season of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2015 | Online Poker News, Party Poker, Poker News
As poker players, we live for the chances to grab free money, and with this new promotion on Party Poker, that’s exactly what you’re going to get. Party Poker is giving away £10 to any and all residents of the United Kingdom who sign up through...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2015 | Editorials
Players can argue for ages about which poker room is the best and there are good arguments for many of them. However, no one can argue with size. If you are a recreational player, you don’t want to wait for ages on waiting lists and if you’re a pro, having a vast...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2015 | Online Poker News, Poker News
MicroMillions, the world’s most popular tournament series, is coming back to PokerStars. Taking place from March 19-29, the MicroMillions 10 championship will feature 100 events and $5 million guaranteed. Buy-ins start from as little as $0.11 and go all the way up to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 12, 2015 | bet365
Do you have what it takes to build a Team Of Champions and go for glory? As a result of overwhelming popularity, and with the knockout stages of the Champions League upon us, bet365 has brought back their popular rewards promotion, Team Of Champions. From March 9-23,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2015 | Editorials
For the second week in a row, FTR is looking into some unique results produced by players in the brief period of online poker’s dominance. Just in case you didn’t feel like framing any of the great artworks featured in the first part of this series, check out these...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2015 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The Sunday Million Anniversary tournament, celebrating the 9th anniversary of the Sunday Million, is only a few short days away, and FlopTurnRiver is teaming up with PokerStars to make sure that you don’t miss out on your chance to win a piece of the guaranteed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2015 | Editorials
The world of poker has oft been described as a vast wilderness; it is a ravenous jungle full of all sorts of animals and creatures, some friendly, and some formidable. From the fearsome lion and the mischievous jackal, all the way down to the minuscule goldfish and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 2, 2015 | Editorials
Over the years, all sorts of players have graced the online poker felts, producing all kinds of results. Some have soul crushed every opponent they met, some called down three barrels with ace high every time and some have banked scores larger than they ever thought...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2015 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The Sunday Million Anniversary tournament is always a cause for celebration, but this year, PokerStars has decided to up the ante–the 9th anniversary of the Sunday Million is set to feature a guaranteed $9 million prize pool. The Sunday Million 9th Anniversary...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2015 | Editorials
Online poker is an industry that has seen a meteoric rise in popularity in a very short amount of time. It’s safe to say that the spread of internet access across the world and the general appeal of the game are the two main things that contributed to the success of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2015 | Editorials
I’ve been a poker player for the better part of a decade, and during my up-and-down journey I’ve read my fair share of poker strategy books. We all have. Virtually every player serious about winning has taken a peak in Doyle Brunson’s Super System books, leafed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2015 | Editorials
In the first half of our two-part series, we turned our attention towards some serious real-life afflictions that affected some of our favorite poker players. As the writer of said editorial, I’ll be the first to admit that the subject matter was awfully depressing...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2015 | Editorials
Most poker players have dreamed about making the biggest final table on the yearly poker calendar, although probably most of them never realize the amount of taxes they would have to pay if they actually did win the Main Event. Looking back at the winners of the last...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2015 | Online Poker News
Full Tilt is bringing things back to the old school–to the “good old days”–with the launch of a new online championship of poker: Full Tilt Classic. The event series, taking place from Feb. 15 – 22, is eight days of action encompassing 16...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2015 | Editorials
So you are somewhere in the vicinity of the legal drinking age and you would do anything to avoid a boring 9-to-5 job? In that case, you might be thinking about becoming a poker pro. Playing poker for a living might sound like a great proposition for someone young and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 7, 2015 | Editorials
More often than not, poker is game of fun, glitz, and glamour, even when one is losing—and let’s face it: for most of us, that is a frequent occurrence. Despite the obvious highs and lows involved with gabling, one can never take it too seriously; it is, after all,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 30, 2015 | Editorials
Nowadays, there are hundreds of poker strategy books available, but most of them are likely not worth your time. On the other hand, some poker strategy books that were written decades ago still hold valuable information for modern poker players. If you are looking...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Editorials
In life, the winners and losers aren’t always so clear-cut—there are a lot of people that just scrape by, living lives of quiet desperation. In poker, we are not afforded the same luxury: either you are a winner, or you are a loser. In part 1 of this editorial we...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 23, 2015 | Editorials
It takes luck to win any individual tournament. If you are an amateur player, you need a lot more luck to do it. It’s fairly easy for an amateur player to win a small entry field tournament in his local casino, but most major tournaments across the world attract the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 18, 2015 | bet365
In the game of poker, it’s hard to be a winner… or at least it was. Now, thanks to bet365’s new “Everyone’s A Winner” promotion, you can claim your share of up to €3,000 every day! From Jan. 12 until Feb. 15, bet365 is running a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 14, 2015 | Editorials
Most poker pros grind hard to get ever higher up the stakes ladder and moving up to the highest stakes is an understandable dream of most poker players. What most pros don’t consider is that with great opportunity comes great risk of running into the downswing of a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 12, 2015 | Editorials
Poker, unlike many of the other professions and past-times you may encounter in this bountiful world, is easily quantifiable: either you are a winner, or you are a loser. There are no bonus points for effort, golden stars for attendance, or special monetary...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 11, 2015 | bet365
bet365 is ringing in the new year with a special opening bonus for new players. Available now, all new players making their first deposit on bet365 will receive a 100% Bonus up to €100. Changes have also been made for the bonus requirements, making it easier for new...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 9, 2015 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
FlopTurnRiver has teamed up with PokerStars to make sure that you start the year off right. On January 14, we are offering an exclusive, members-only Spin & Go Special Freeroll tournament. A total of 200 $5 Spin & Go Tickets will be given away, which means...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 9, 2015 | Editorials
Being a successful online pro, be it in cash games or tournaments, doesn’t necessarily mean an easy transition to live games. There are huge differences between sitting in front of your PC while making split second decisions on multiple tables and being physically...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 4, 2015 | Editorials
Every New Year, countless people make outlandish claims about starting fresh, making new goals, and improving upon all the mistakes they made in the previous year. For some, this means a new (and overpriced) gym membership; for others, it means quitting smoking or...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 4, 2015 | Online Poker News
The fourth edition of the Turbo Championship of Online Poker, PokerStars’ first major online championship series of 2015, is nearly upon us. Running from Jan. 22 to Feb. 1, the TCOOP will feature $15 million in guaranteed prize money across 50 events and a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 25, 2014 | Editorials
10. Layne Flack 2002 Cashes: 3 Final Tables: 2 Bracelets: 2 Not only did ‘Back-to-Back Flack’ manage to win two bracelets in a single year twice in his career, he managed to do it in back-to-back years in 2002 and 2003. Despite this amazing achievement, this list only...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 21, 2014 | Editorials
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and while there’s no gift quite like a giant pile of cash-—or getting dealt pocket aces on the button with two raises in front of you—-we’ve managed to come up with some great holiday gifts for you and all your poker friends. Some of them...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Editorials
Good poker players know that profit in poker not only comes from maximizing your winnings, but also cutting short your losses. In the long run, making big laydowns is not a huge part of that equation, but if you are in a major tournament, a big laydown may make or...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2014 | Online Tournaments
The PokerStars December Festival, the exclusive, month-long celebration, is currently in full swing, with a minimum of $15,000,000 in prizes up for grabs, but things are about to step up a notch with a special $5 Million Guaranteed Sunday Million, with a $500,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 13, 2014 | bet365
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, because bet365 wants to make sure that this holiday season you don’t go home empty handed with the Wrapped Up Rewards promotion. bet365 is running an exclusive promotion from Dec. 1-31 where players open 25...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 8, 2014 | Editorials
10. Joe Hachem Final Table Year: 2005 Place: 1st ME Final Table Winning: $7,500,000 Non-ME Final Table Winnings: $4,365,859 Joe Hachem is only one of two Main Event champions on this list He is widely recognized as a poker ambassador and is credited for helping...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 6, 2014 | Editorials
Are you constantly losing money on the poker table? Are you blaming bad luck for those thousand dollar downswings? Do your friends always invite you over to their poker games, and then proceed to annihilate you hand after hand? Do you think Q-6 suited is a good...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 3, 2014 | Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker and FlopTurnRiver have teamed up for a special opportunity to send you into the FTOPS Main Event. 4 $635 FTOPS Main Event Seats, for a total of $2,540, have been added to the exclusive $1.10 buy-in event taking place on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 4:00pm ET....
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Editorials
Even when a poker player is considered to be great at what he does, it still doesn’t make him invulnerable to vices that can ruin a life and these 10 players are the best examples of this. 10. Gavin Smith Gavin Smith has long been considered a great tournament pro and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 26, 2014 | Editorials
Everybody loves watching drama unfold, especially when there are hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake, and when it comes to rivalries on the poker table, there is no shortage of bad blood. Last week, we focused our attention on the modern era of poker beefs. Now,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 24, 2014 | Editorials
Already got yourself a Geoffrey Parker $7.5 Million Poker Chip Set? Then you should definitely look into buying yourself a poker table to go along with it. Of course, you cannot just buy a $200 table cover and expect your friends to be impressed, so check out these...
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