Full Tilt is taking online poker to a new level with the unveiling of Rush Poker, a new and ground-breaking poker game built to provide the latest in high-speed online poker experience and reduce the wait time between hands.

This extremely fast and extreme poker action gives players the opportunity to move through different tables, play different challengers in every poker hand and choose the type of game (Hold’em, No Limit, etc) and fix the stakes they want to play. Rush Poker players will also be able to organize the game list by other classes such as number of players, average pot or number of hands per hour.

Once you choose 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. Check it out today for the most intense poker action on the planet.

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

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Harrah’s Enterprises, owner and operator of the World Series of Poker 2010, has unveiled the official schedule of events for the 41st annual World Series of Poker set to kick off from May 27th, 2010 with the Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em, and closing events on November 9th, 2010 with the Main Event Table.

The World Series of Poker schedule of events features a total of 57 bracelets events, including three new poker events ($50,000 Player’s Championship Event #2, $10,000 H.O.R.S.E Event #43, World Championship, $25,000 6-Handed No-Limit tournament Event #52). The 2010 World Series of Poker schedule of events mentions several changes, for example, the $50.000 H.O.R.S.E event has been replaced with the $50,000 “Player’s Championship” (Event #2), featuring eight unique poker games (Limit Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha, 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball).

The initial 5 weekends of the poker series (May 29-30, June 5-6, June 12-13, June 19-20 and June 26-27) will include $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournaments with two opening flights. In addition, a sixth schedule on July 1-2, will also offer the same event at the same buy-in level. The 41st annual WSOP 2010 will close on Monday, July 5th with the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship Main Event. The Main Event will take a break on July 17th, and will continue on four months later with the “November Nine” final table running from November 6th-9th

Other variations announced for the World Series of Poker 2010 consist of several new rules that will regulate the daily amount of play, and the addition of more poker tables. According to the 2010 WSOP site, the entire convention center of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino will be commited to the World Series of Poker, with tournament tables in the 58,000 square foot Pavilion and the 38,000 square foot Amazon Room.

The WSOP is also giving participants more than five months to sign-up for the first event on the 2010 WSOP schedule. Pre-registration for the WSOP is accessible at the Main Cage of the Rio Las Vegas and online at the World WSOP 2010 website. Sign-up for all bracelet events will stay open until the start of the third level (approximately 2 hours, 20 minutes after start time) or until all seats are sold.

“Whatever your game and whatever your bankroll, the 2010 WSOP schedule offers something for everyone. We are planning for the largest WSOP ever and look forward to welcoming all players to the Rio in Las Vegas next summer.” said WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel.

World Series of Poker schedule of events

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The best internet poker room FullTilt.com is unveiling a revolutionary new poker client that includes brand new aspects on both the front end and backend and makes navigating easy.

The first thing poker players will observe is a new welcome screen boasting a fresh restored appearance as well as a few innovative elements including a list of various security tips shown on the bottom of the page. FullTiltPoker.com’s updated client provides players 3 separate lobby views: Basic, Standard and Classic View.

The Basic View gives beginner players the opportunity of catching up with the new poker client and viewing the poker tables without the stress of playing. The Basic View offers step by step reports on all the existing games, and gives poker players the opportunity to choose their currency, game type, Game (Hold’em, Omaha Hi or HL, Stud and Mixed Games), Limit (Fixed, Pot or No Limit), and Stake. Also poker players can now observe the action before going in to a poker table with the brand new “Observe Table” option or click on “Browse Table to view the list of accessible tables.

The Standard View provides info about all the existing games and lets players to tailor the list of games and poker tables to show only the poker games of their choice. This alternative also gives poker players the prospect of picking the table by type, game, stake and check the poker tables before taking part in the poker action.

Players can also decide on the Classic view and stay with FullTilt’s initial lobby, however, this preference will be accessible for a short time only and will be withdrawn in a short while.

Both the Basic and Standard views also bring in innovative new aspects for example new turning graphic screen placed on the left that gives customers straight entry to Full Tilt’s promos and poker events for example the FTOPS, Iron Man, Play with the Pros, Full Tilt Poker Academy, Full Tilt Bonuses, and many other poker promotions and poker tournaments, as well as an option for video that permits players to watch videos right from the new poker client.

Full Tilt new poker client from is offered for Mac and Windows OS. To download Full Tilt Poker new poker client visit Full Tilt Poker Website or click here.

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Full Tilt Poker has incorporated a brand new bonus awarding a minimum of $100 in bonus money to its poker players simply for testing Full Tilt Poker’s new client software.

To apply this poker promotion, players only need to get one Full Tilt point before the 28th of July. Players who don’t fulfill the terms are not qualified for the Biggest Bonus Ever offer. Players who meet the requirements of this offer will have until 23:59 ET on August 16th to accept the poker bonus.

To get the poker bonus, poker players will need to open the Full Tilt Poker software, log in and click on the “Cashier” button in the client lobby, choose the “My Promotions” box in the cashier, choose the Biggest Bonus Ever link in the ‘My Promotions” area; this will take them to a section amplifying the details on how to receive the Full Tilt Poker bonus.

Once players agree to their Biggest Bonus Ever offer, they will have 30 days to release the bonus money simply by earning Full Tilt points in any real money games at Full Tilt Poker.

Players of ring games will earn one Full Tilt point for each dollar raked from the pot in poker hands where they are dealt poker cards. Poker players can earn partial Full Tilt points if less than a dollar is raked, with a limit of three points earned per poker hand.

Sit & Go poker players will gain seven FullTiltPoker.com points for each dollar in tournament fees paid. A cap does not exist for the number of Full Tilt points you can earn for each poker tournament.

To receive more information on Full Tilt Biggest Bonus Ever, please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/biggest-bonus-ever/overview?ck=ftp472930110217469.

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Full Tilt has just unveiled an innovative informative site involving all the excitement of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an incredible online heads up tournament presenting some of the finest big money online players competing against the online poker star Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

The brand new section presents poker players and fanatics the opportunity to follow this incredible internet poker challenge and get timely statistical updates. With this innovative “durrrr Challenge” site players can track all the action and look at each poker hand played during the poker challenge, and get lots of statistics, including how many hands were played, session time, amount won, average won during each hand and lots more.

Around six months ago, the 23 year old internet poker professional issued a heads-up poker challenge open to any poker player with the money, time and ability to accept it. Any poker player entering the durrrr challenge has to put up $500,000 against Tom’s $1.5 million. Dwan’s challenge states that at least 50,000 hands need to be played simultaneously at 4 or more poker tables of no-limit Hold’em or pot-limit Omaha. At the end of the poker challenge, the player who has more money will secure the pool. Essentially if you enter the FullTilt.com durrrr challenge and win a dollar after the 50,000 poker hands, then you will take home durrrr’s $1.5 Million, but if he wins by a dollar then he will take home your $500,000.

So far, a number of poker players have agreed to to play the Full Tilt “durrrr challenge”, including WSOP Champ Phil Ivey and David Benyamine, yet, only Patrick Antonius has agreed to the challenge. Thus far, both poker stars have engaged in a total of 20,647 hands out of 50,000, with durrrr up by $726,546 total.

If you would like more information on the Full Tilt Poker durrrr Challenge and durrrr vs. Antonius, please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-vs-antonius

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Take a minute to imagine if you were to have a chat with any ordinary person off the street about Texas Hold’em poker, they in all probability wouldn’t deem online poker to be a game of practice, planning, or study. Chances are when you talk about Texas Hold’em with them, they would more than likely picture some guys sitting around their kitchen table having conversations and smoking cigarettes. They also might consider online Texas Hold’em to be a game of chance and not expertise, more like a game of roulette compared to chess, for instance.

So the big question is: “Could I become a millionaire playing poker?”. Believe it or not, you can actually make money this way. Quite a few people not only win money by playing Texas Hold’em poker, but also make a living by competing in Texas Hold’em tournaments. The first thing you have to remember about Texas Hold’em poker is that while you can play in a Las Vegas, Nevada casino, close to roulette tables and casino slots; in Texas Hold’em poker you are not contending against the house but against other Texas Hold’em poker contestants. So, in all reality, you are putting up your poker chips against other competitors in a match of aptitude as opposed to a game of luck.

You could be saying to yourself: “Doesn’t it pay to be lucky?” Certainly in online Texas Hold’em poker, nobody has any idea which poker cards will be dealt. That doesn’t indicate that you cannot play poker with a reliable amount of pre-game knowledge. One major thing to remember in Texas Hold’em is that numbers are always truthful. Mathematics has a rather essential role in the game of online poker. Not to forget, that even if you become somewhat lucky regularly the figures always have a way of bringing you back down to earth.

Keep in mind that Las Vegas, Nevada casino games comparable to online poker where you are in fact playing versus other actual players CAN be won. One will find that the more you play the game of Texas Hold’em, you will notice that it is more of game of aptitude and not only pure chance.

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The hugely popular online poker site FullTiltPoker.com, just revealed that finally they will feature the Full Tilt Online Poker Series or “FTOPS” in the first week of November. The popular event will start off with a $216 no-limit Texas Hold em tournament. The Texas Hold em poker tournament will feature a guaranteed $15 million worth of prizes at stake. The Fulltilt Poker tournament will have 25 poker games leading up to the main event on Sunday, November 16th which will offer a $2.5 million prize pool.

There is a possibility for any FullTiltPoker.com player to play in the poker tournament, by coming first in as many satellite games as they can. Judging by how many satellite games you win, the more tournament money you will receive. If you are successful in winning more satellite games than the other players, you will gain the tournament equivalent of two more FTOPS buy-ins. The satellite games are being played at the moment, and are open to any fulltiltpoker.com member.

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series started in 2006 when it consisted of 8 events and gave away one million dollars in prize money. Since then, the FTOPS has become particularly famous, with FTOPS IX holding 25 poker events and giving away over $15 million. November’s poker tournament will highlight a Two-Day Event with buy-ins ranging from $2500 to $5000. The original Two-Day Event was FTOPS V, that FTOPS tournament had a prize pool of $400,000. This year’s Two-Day event has a guaranteed prize pool of around $2 million. This Two-Day event will kick-off on Sat., Nov. 15th.

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An important facet in poker championships is conning your opponents by persuading them into thinking you have a good poker hand, when in reality it is most likely your hand is much worse than theirs. This is called “Poker face”, an expressionless face used to trick or deceive your competitors into buying an idea that might be false.

If you have a good hand it is most likely going to make you feel nervous, could possibly make your hands shake, and your heartbeat race. The previous symptoms are signs that your competitors may notice very fast, especially if they are good friends of yours. Try not to look at the pot if you have some good poker cards in your hands. This is very obvious to the other players that you are, in your mind, adding up what you might win.

In the condition where you have a mediocre or dreadful hand, try not to keep yourself from glancing at your poker buddies, don’t lower your head, and don’t be indecisive about your bet. When you can persuade yourself that your poker hand is just as good, or better than your fellow poker players; you will have a better chance of making them think this as well. Try not to forget to make this seem as normal as possible. Your gestures and actions might be saying one point, while the things you are saying are making them believe something else.

Another important aspect of this game is to be conscious of the competition’s “poker tells”. A “tell” is a habit or facial gesture that may give away information about their hand. One key rule to remember is when your poker buddy behaves as though he has a good Texas Hold Em hand; he, in all likelihood, is holding a weak hand. On the contrary, if he behaves as though he has a weak hand, he probably has a pretty decent hand.

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A monster prize pool was announced by Bodog’s website, with the main tournament giving away $300,000. The total for the eight day tournament will be more than $650,000, over the course of the weeklong Texas hold em tournament. The Bodog Texas Hold em tournament will begin Sunday, September 28th and continues through Sunday, October 5th. The popular sportsbetting website will also feature six “Bounty” eliminatories, where the contestants can win $109 in poker credits for each Team Bodog poker player they eliminate from the poker event. David Williams, Jean-Robert Bellande, Evelyn Ng and Justin Bonomo are just a small number of the Bodog Texas Hold em pros challenging all participators in the poker contest.

Team Bodog professional, Justin Bonomo, is definitely energized about the Texas Hold em championship. Throughout his poker career, the 23 year old has made about $1.4 million. He says that if you thought the first poker championship was great, you will definitely be amazed with this year’s poker open and the prizes involved. He also challenges anyone that has the courage to knock him out of the poker tournament to come forward.

The first Bounty Tournament is going to be the first event in the championship on Sunday. Any player is able to buy-In right into this, and any of the other poker games with cash. Or another alternative is to win their way into the events through the satellites which are presented every night during the Texas Hold em contest week. Bodog will have six bounty events and seven “Championship Events”, that will have higher buy-ins and deeper stacks.

There are 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 cash, regardless of the amount of players in the Bodog Open. All the players who wish to enter the main poker tournament will have to pay $500 for the buy-in and in exchange will accept 10,000 in Texas Hold em chips.

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Is it more effective to play a tight game or a loose poker tournament?

You will undeniably hear two sides of this argument from your fellow poker players or perhaps the so-called poker authorities. Let’s take a look first at the tight players. Everyone including yourself will find it hard winning, if the entire table is playing a tight game. Probably what will occur if you have a poker table full of tight Texas holdem’players is the poker players will wind up trading the smaller pots back and forth to each other. All the while the poker room is raking in loads of your hard-earned poker money, and that of your competition. So now you could think, is it better to play loose? Well, in this situation the better poker players are going to lose a smaller number of hands, but at the end of it all nobody is going to succeed.

How can I perfect my Texas holdem’ playing in the long run?

The answer to this question is as straightforward as a piece of paper and a pen. A great approach to find out a lot about your playing style and tactic, is to keep track of your Texas holdem’ playing. You could write down this information during the poker game, and then pass it to a database on your home computer. This can also help you learn about your competitor’s playing style, and what is the best strategy to defeat them.

Should I use the same strategy for every Texas holdem’ game?

If you think that being predictable is a winning tactic for playing poker, then you should consider changing your poker tactic. The poker pros have the same opinion that varying your Texas holdem’ playing method is the best way to confuse and baffle your poker opponents. You should try a handful of methods, discover the ones that work for you and alter them for each poker game.

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