Chan has also announced that all player withdrawals will be processed up until the closing day. Withdrawal limits have also been increased, so players with large amounts of money in their accounts can get it all off before their accounts are closed. Once August 21st comes, all accounts will automatically be closed, and players won’t have to take any further action.

The new room, Aced.com, will be open to US players, and as mentioned before, will be a part of the Merge Gaming network. Other sites on this network include Carbon Poker and Walker Poker. There are over 3,000 players online at the Merge network at any one time.

A lot of speculation has come about as to why Chan Poker decided to make this move, and we have a few ideas. First of all, Johnny Chan may have wanted to avoid any legal hassles in the USA whatsoever. If Chan Poker was looking to start accepting USA players, they would have been forced to remove Johnny from their brand, or he wouldn’t have been able to go in the USA anymore. Also, Chan was struggling on their previous network, and maybe was just looking to switch things up.

If you’re looking for more info on this topic, make sure to check out the full press release regarding the Chan Poker moves.

For many, this is the opportunity of a life time - to win a $10,000 ticket to the WSOP to play with all the professionals.  The six winners will be given the chance to show the professionals what they’ve got and even see if they can bet them.   Not only that, but they will be given the chance to walk away with millions.  In 2006, everyone at the final table walked away with over a million dollars.

Greg Mills, Director of AOL games said that on games.com, free-play poker is one of the most popular games.  He said he is also thrilled to be giving players a chance to win “a  poker players dream come true. “  There is still time to play those free rolls, so you could still win the “poker players dream.”

Last year over 6,000 players entered, creating a prize pool of nearly $60 million dollars. The winner, Jerry Yang, took over $8 million in prize money. This year should have at least as many entrants, and ESPN is changing things up to bring even more drama and publicity to the televised event.

Play will begin just like normal on July 3rd. The players will continue playing until there are only 9 players remaining. Now, at this time, unlike in years past, play will halt. There will be a three month delay before the final table is televised live on ESPN. The reasoning behind this is that ESPN will really be able to build up drama and publicity for the event, so it should get much better TV ratings then in years past. However, this kind of sucks for the final table players because they will have a three month wait which will be very stressful and it will seem like forever.

One advantage the players will have, however, is that if they aren’t signed with an online poker site yet, they will receive huge offers to wear internet poker sites’ hats, shirts, and other gear. We’re literally talking millions of dollars here just in endorsements to wear the gear. That is definitely worth three months in my eyes.

Besides just poker, you can also play in a virtual online casino, place bets on every major sports game, and place bets on all of the major horse races all across the world. Plus, you can do all of this from one account, so you don’t have to have accounts for the four different methods of gambling. This is a great method for poker players who also like to do a little gambling on the side, because you don’t have to go and download another program at a different site - you can do it right from Bodog.

After I found the Bodog Racebook, I decided to check out what tracks they took bets on. When I clicked on the link, there was a big promotion for the upcoming Preakness, so I decided to try it out. After logging into my poker account, I was able to use funds right from my poker account to place my bet on Big Brown at the Preakness. Although the odds were only 1:2, I placed $500 on him, and it ended up working out for me as he won the race Saturday. He really looks like a Triple Crown threat - all that stands in his way is the upcoming Belmont race.

If you’re ever holding quad eights, you can expect to win the hand, because you’re probably going to.   However, this did not turn out to be the case for DENDAKOTA when he or she was playing at Absolute Poker held quad eights.  DENDAKOTA was beaten, and even though he or she may have lost the hand, DENDAKOTA still turned out to be a big winner, winning $46,908 of the bad beat jackpot!

The player who wins the bad beat jackpot really only gets 32.5% of the jackpot because of how the jackpot is split up.  Of the initial jackpot, 25% it taken off the top to go into the new jackpot, and the house gets 10% as well.  That only leaves 65% of the initial jackpot, and the loser of the hand only gets 50% of that.  Regardless of what percentage the player gets, DENDAKOTA still made a lot of money for a bad beat.

Don’t expect to win the bad beat jackpot with any bad beat however.  At Absolute Poker, in order to win the jackpot the player must have at least quad eights and be beaten and both you and the person who beat you must play both of their holecards.

They offer several ways to win your main event seat. You will be able to compete in satellite WSOP events for as little as $7.50 or 500 FPPs. Satellites are a great way for players to win their seat, especially if they are on a tight bankroll. Even though PokerStars send the most players to this event, there are still plenty of other sites that offer WSOP seats.

Full Tilt Poker is another one of those sites. There is currently a special going on that if you sign up at Full Tilt Poker through our partner site, then you will be eligible for a WSOP freeroll. This means that you have a chance to play in the WSOP for free! If this is something you would like to take part in, then head over to our Full Tilt Poker Download to sign up and get started. All you need to do is sign up through that site and you will be on your way. You will be required to make a deposit of $25 or more and earn a minimum of 300 Full Tilt Points in a required time period, none of which should take very long.

The plot of Deal is that an ex-gambler trains a young hot shot about the ways of winning big at the poker tables. Burt Reynolds, who plays Tommy Vinson in the movie, quit poker 20 years ago in order to save his family from falling apart. However, when he witnesses Alex play poker, he realizes that he can regain his poker dreams without even gambling by teaching Alex the poker game, and staking him into the biggest tournaments and cash games in the world. Everything is going great, until a Vegas call girl ruins everything…

Michelle (Shannon Elizabeth) is paid by Tommy to give Alex some company, and the two end up falling for each other, or so Alex thinks. Once he discovers that Michelle is just a call girl, who was paid by Tommy, Alex cuts off all ties with Tommy and begins to prepare alone for his shot at the WPT. However, their paths cross again, as Tommy makes a comeback to the poker game so he can play in the WPT with Alex.

The movie promises to be a hit within the poker community, and PokerStars should reap some benefit because all of their sponsored players are in it. To learn more about PokerStars, check out this Poker Stars Download page.

Currently, new poker players will receive a huge 100% up to $1000 first time deposit bonus. In order to receive this special offer, head over to this Sportsbook Promo Code page to get all the details. The standard poker bonus offer is only $650, so make sure you use the promo code page to sign up.  You will also find the details on the sportsbook and casino bonus from that page.

You won’t be able to find near as many high limit games here as you would at a site like Pokerstars, however there are still plenty average and smaller limit games. In lower traffic times, you may find it harder to get into a bigger buy-in sit n go. Hopefully traffic won’t be much of an issue in the near future, as Sportsbook.com is growing steadily and seem to have a pretty promising future ahead of them. If you every run into any problems or have any questions, it will be very easy to get that answered through one of three support options, all of which are very quick. Sportsbook.com offers phone, email and live chat support.

For those of you who don’t know, the PPA is a banding together of poker players and poker advocates that are seeking change from the USA Government in regard to their stance on gambling. People can join for free at their website, but donations are encouraged because the PPA uses the donated money to lobby for legal change.

The main topic the PPA is fighting is the UIGEA bill, which is a bill that took a harsh swing against USA poker players by shutting down their methods of depositing at poker sites. Although there are currently work-arounds, it is still much harder for a person to play Internet poker in the USA then it was pre-UIGEA. The PPA feels this is a violation of our freedoms, and wants to change the laws.

Also, in anticipation of the upcoming presidential election, the PPA has formed a voter registration drive called “If you play, have a say.” Their goal for this committee is to recruit 100,000 new voters who play poker, and educate them on the UIGEA and what actions they can take to help everyone out. If you plan on attending the 2008 WSOP, make sure to keep your eyes out for the voter registration booths that the PPA will have there.

Pacific Poker finally updated their bonus offer to compete with many of the other top Internet Poker rooms. Pacific Poker is now offering a 100% up to $400 bonus to all new players. Players will still earn an instant deposit bonus that can be used at the tables right away, which will still be a 25% up to $100 offer. The additional bonus will be an extra 75% bonus up to $300, which will be put into a pending bonus account and will need to be released.

The additional $300 bonus offer will take a bit of playing to release. Players are required to earn 14 Comp Points for every $1 they have the $300 bonus offer (not including the 25% up to $100 offer). The bonus will be released in one lump sum, so quite a few points will need to be earned before receiving this bonus. Players will have a total of 30 days to earn this bonus before it expires.

If you are interested in taking advantage of Pacific Poker’s new deposit bonus, take a look at this Pacific Poker Review to get all the details.