Strategies for 6 Max Sit-n-Go

November 28th, 2011 @ Casino Poker Room

Geared more towards fast game play and aggressive tactics, six max Sit-n-Go tournaments are a fun and exciting way for many people to enjoy poker without needing to invest large amounts of time into it like most standard full table tournaments offer. With 33% (2 out of every table of 6) of all entrants walking [...]

Playing Poker Freerolls Part 4 – The Final Rounds

November 26th, 2011 @ Casino Poker Room

If you’ve made it to the final rounds and have successfully reached the payout bubble then congratulations on your accomplishments – you should now be moving forward to try for the overall win. In terms of payouts the benefits gained between levels in the lower cash positions differs little, though the final payouts for the [...]

Playing Poker Freerolls Part 3 – The Middle Stages

November 24th, 2011 @ Casino Poker Room

Once you reach the middle stages of a freeroll tournament, the play styles used by various remaining players will typically change. This usually happens early on in a freeroll tournament than in standard tournaments with smaller blinds for each play due to the fact that a large number of players exit in the earlier rounds [...]

Playing Poker Freerolls, Part 2 – The Early Stages

November 12th, 2011 @ Casino Poker Room

When participating in freeroll tournaments remember at all time that both you and everyone else involved is playing with absolutely no money on the line. This means people tend to play more loose and reckless, hoping to get lucky and move on to the next stage because they have no personal loss if they make [...]

Playing Poker Freerolls, Part 1 – Why?

November 10th, 2011 @ Casino Poker Room

Freeroll tournaments are specialized tournaments that allow players to potentially earn money or other prizes and increase their own bankroll without risking any of their own money in the process. These can usually be found on a number of websites and have modest prize pools, though occasionally larger prize pools will be offered in major [...]

Poker Traffic Sees Substantial Increase

November 9th, 2011 @ Casino Poker Room

Latest reports from PokerScout.com, an independent website tracking traffic across multiple gambling websites, noted that an increase of 5.2% was seen last week across the top 10 gambling networks – a major drive upwards for the second week in a row. Traffic is doing more than simply increasing on a weekly basis as well – [...]

Masked Men Rob Puerto Rico Resort of $250,000

August 25th, 2010 @ Casino Poker Room

In Puerto Rico, four black masked men held tourists hostage in a resort casino on the North cost of PR.  The men held both tourists as well as employees hostage at gunpoint while in less than ten minutes, the four men were able to grab a quarter million dollars – $250,000! The four men worked [...]

Times a Wastin’ for the $10,000 PokerStars Sunday Million Freeroll Tournament

July 28th, 2010 @ Casino Poker Room

PokerStars and PokerNews bring you one of the most unbelievable freeroll opportunities ever!  This freeroll tournament is only available to Club PokerNews players and the total worth of the freeroll is $10,000. How do you get in Sunday Millions Event powered by PokerStars? The first thing that you will need to do is to create [...]

New Online Poker Room – UnleashedPoker.com

July 28th, 2010 @ Casino Poker Room

There is now a new option for you online poker room players.  There has been a newly launched, or should I say unleashed, online poker room at UnleashedPoker.com.  The site is US-friendly with software provided by the Cake Poker Network. The online poker room site claims that they have bonuses, promotions, and rewards for the [...]

Ivey Room Opens with $1 Mil Tournament

May 3rd, 2010 @ Casino Poker Room

The Ivey room, a private high-stakes poker room that will carry the name of poker heavy-hitter Phil Ivey, will debut at the Aria Hotel and casino in Las Vegas on May 21st and 22nd. To mark and add still further excitement and anticipation to the occasion a $1 million invitational freeroll will also play out. [...]