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Full Tilt’s end of year bonus for players

Full Tilt Poker have announced that they will be offering a Year End bonus to all their players.

The bonus (known as the Iron Man) is calculated by taking into account how many months you’ve qualified for the Iron Man Challenge since July with the money being paid out at the beginning of next year.

The levels relating to the Iron Man Challenge are as follows:

Bronze	$25/month
Silver	$50/month
Gold	$75/month
Iron	$100/month

As an example, if you’ve qualified for one month at Bronze level, two at silver and one more at Gold, then you can expect to earn a bonus of $200.

Those of you who haven’t reached an Ironman level in the second half of this year can still qualify for a bonus by participating in the Iron Man challenge in December.

One thing to bear in mind though, is that you need to op-in to the Iron Man challenge in order to be eligible for this bonus. To check your current status, click on the “My promotions” tab in the cashier area.

PKR masters this weekend

Sunday evening will see the conclusion of the PKR Masters tournament, with the final table being broadcast across Europe on PKR TV.

The tournament comes with a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000 with the winner being promised a minimum of $25,000 to take home with him or her.

Qualifiers have been running over the last few weeks, but should there still be people out there looking to reserve a seat,  PKR will be running a number of  “Last Chance Speed Qualifiers” on Saturday evening. Players looking to take advantage of these last minute qualifiers will need to register their details at www.pkr.com.

$3,000 trip to Vegas available at PKR

The Road to Vegas this week gives PKR players the opportunity to qualify for a $3,000 freeroll which will see the winner on the way to Vegas to take part in the WSOP 2009.

This is a freeroll with a difference though. Players will need to earn their chip stack by playing any real money Sit and Go Tournament on PKR. Players will get one freeroll chip for every dollar that they win, meaning that the more you win in your Sit N Go, the more chips you’ll sit down with at the freeroll tournament. Earn $1,500 in your Sit N Go, and sit down at the freeroll with 1,500 chips.

This is just the latest promotion in PKR’s Road to Vegas program which will ultimately see PKR send 33 players off to the WSOP to compete in a variety of bracelet events.

Each player will receive a tournament package worth at least $1,500 for travel and accommodation and players will be able to choose which tournament they want to enter.

Book your seat in the $3,000 freeroll at www.pkr.com»

Spend Thanksgiving with Aced Poker

The web’s newest poker room, Aced Poker has announced details of a special Thanksgiving promotion which could see a number of players celebrating the holiday period with an extra $2,750 in their pocket.

All members of Aced are automatically entered into this promotion with the aim to work their way through various levels by earning a certain number of comp points. With each level comes a cash prize and should a player manage to play their way through all twenty levels, they can expect to receive a total of $2,750 in cash .

The Thanksgiving promotion will run until midnight on 30th November, so players who aren’t registered with Aced yet can still get involved and receive a 200% bonus when they make their first deposit (up to $500).

What makes this particular attractive is the unique loyalty program that Aced runs. Known as ‘Outs’ it awards players points for what they achieve in the game rather than the money they spend. This adds additional value to the Thanksgiving promotion as it means that it’s possible to earn multiple sets of comp points on just one hand … which will push you closer to your next cash prize!

Enter the Aced Thanksgiving promotion today»

Peter Eastgate becomes youngest player to win WSOP

22 year old Peter Eastgate has won the 2009 World Series of Poker, and written his name into the history books at the same time.

The Danish professional becomes the youngest player to ever win the WSOP, beating the previous record held by Phil Helmuth by two years and he heads back to Odense with the first prize of $9,152,416 - the second largest payout in poker history.

Not bad at all, when you think that he only turned professional three years ago.

It was by no means a straight forward victory though. Eastgate originally started the final table in fourth position and was gracious enough to admit that luck had played a large part in his victory:

“I was lucky on the last hand. Ivan (Demidov) had two pair and I had a wheel. Just because I won the heads-up does not mean that I’m a better player than him. it goes to show that it is sometimes good to be lucky.”

His victory marks the end of a huge journey for the student who became “fascinated” by the  “psychological aspects” of poker while at school. It’s a journey that the PokerStars professional admits hasn’t quite sunk in yet.

“I do not think I have realized yet what a big moment this is,” he told reporters after his picking up his bracelet.

“It will come the next days and weeks. I expect I will get emotional about it later. But not as much now.”

Eastwood’s previous biggest win had occurred at the in the 2007 Irish Open when he had walked away with £30,000

Barry Greenstein “Masterclass” being held at Pokerstars

Pokerstars are offering players an opportunity to play an 8-game single table tournament with poker pro Barry Greenstein.

Greenstein is one of poker’s most succesful authors and players. Since turning pro, he has won millions of dollars playing in tournaments and cash games around the world. He has won a number of WSOP bracelets and cashed in 37 WSOP events in 13 different poker disciplines.

Away from the table, Greenstein is known for writing a number of hugely succesful books on the game. His most famous being “Ace on the River”, a signed copy of which which will be given to all participants of the “Masterclass” tournament.

Players looking to compete against Greenstein can buy into the game with 60,000 FPP. The game will be held at Pokerstars.com on November 23rd at 16.00 (EST) and will house a $6,000 prize pool. Throughout the tournament, Greenstein will be answering questions from his opponents and turning over his hole cards at every opportunity to give participants the opportunity to learn as much as they can.

The tournament will be played over eight different poker disciplines including Limit and No Limit Holdem, Limit Omaha Eight, Pot Limit Omaha, Razz and Limit 2-7 Triple Draw.

The tournament can be found in the Pokerstars lobby by clicking on the Tournaments > VIP tabs.

For those of you who don’t manage to obtain a seat (or don’t have that many loyalty pointsto qualify), a replay of proceedings will be made available on November 30th where all hole cards will be visible.

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