Win $6,000 for the 2009 WSOP in Vegas

For the entire month of April, Unibet is giving you the chance to play your way to the WSOP in Vegas. The prize package worth $6,000 includes a 9 night stay at a 5-star hotel, buy-in to a $1500 WSOP side event, $1000 for travel expenses, and $400 spending money. To win you will need to play Poker on any of the cash games at Unibet between 1st and 30th April 2009. Depending on the number of raked hands you play, you will be invited to one (or both) of 2 final tournaments. First prize in each tournament is a package trip to the World Series of Poker! Second to fifth Place winners will win buy-ins to the Unibet Open Sunday final on Sunday, 17th May, 2009.

Read the Terms of this amazing offer. We are so sure you will like what is in store for you that you will want to register, deposit, and start playing Poker at Unibet right away.

Farewell to Pokerroom.com - A True Pioneer

Monday, April 14th, 2009 marked a solemn day in online Poker history when the “option to play Poker on PokerRoom.com” was disabled. Pokerroom.com was one of the longest running online Poker outfits having been launched in 1999 by Swedish poker players Oskar Hörnell and Claes Lidell.

Players were given the option to withdraw from their account or to transfer their funds over to bwin, the parent company of Pokerroom.com. Until 2006, when the UIGEA came into effect, Pokerroom.com was one of the world’s leading poker sites with a huge player base and a top-notch reputation for excellent, innovative software. It was also one of the first sites to offer a Mac-compatible Client and Linux and mobile phone applications. The news of its ultimate closure is a shock to nearly the entire online Casino and Poker community. You had a great ride Pokerroom.com and you will be dearly missed.

Pokerroom.com may be closed but there are several other reputable online poker rooms to choose from. Read our in depth Poker reviews and make your selection. Our recommended Poker rooms have great game play and fantastic bonus offers.

The 2009 Poker Irish Open Champion

There were 700 runners vying for the title of Irish Open Champion which kicked off on April 10th and continued for 3 days but when the dust settled, it was 39-year old professional Player, Christer Johansson, who emerged victorious. Johansson beat out a field of other professionals such as an Dan Harrington, Jamie Gold, Phil Laak, Marty Smyth, Ciaran O’Leary and Neil Channing to claim his prize of €600,000. Kara Scott took second place with €312,600, while Andrew Pantling received a handsome €205,200. The buy-in for the tournament was €3,500 and the total prize pool was €2,240,000. Details of the prize amounts won can be found at the official Irish Open 2009 website.

When Canadian Andrew Pantling was rivered and had to step away from the table leaving only Johansson and Scott, the chip counts were 3.7 Million in favour of Scott to Johansson’s 3.3 Million. The play was intense and during hand No. 13, Kara raised $140,000 and Christer called. The Flop showed Kd Jd 7s. Kara bet $175,000, Christer raised to $575,000 total. Kara went ALL-IN for $2.5 Million and Christer called with $1.9 Million. Hands showed Scott with J-9 and Christer with K-3. The Turn of Qs and the River of Ad did nothing to improve either Player’s hand and the title of 2009 Paddy Power Poker Irish Poker Open went to a proud Christer Johansson.

Paddy Poker put on quite a show but see what Party Poker has up their sleeves or visit JackpotCityWin.com for some serious casino action.

All In for a good cause - Ladies Poker Charity

In September last year, SunPoker.com created a small non-profit Organization known as All In, which is based in Antigua. Spearheaded by Abi Mansoor, the PR Manager at SunPoker, this ladies-only Poker charity invites the ladies of Antigua to go “All In for a good cause” and help them to achieve their goal of raising money for various disability advocacy programs on the island. To date, All In has held 3 fundraising events and the turnout each time was remarkable, with persons in attendance including girls from SunPoker.com itself, Bodog girls, WSEX girls and even female dealers from the local casinos.

SunPoker.com’s recent move from the Cryptologic network to Playtech has proven very successful so far. The switch was completed on January 15th and Players have had no complaints thus far, as better promotions and games including multiple currency and language features are the order of the day.

Experience the excitement for yourself. Visit SunPoker.com to get in on the action.

Bankruptcy Protection for Trump Entertainment Resorts

For the 3rd Time Trump Entertainment Resorts is seeking bankruptcy protection. This follows on the heels of non-payment of a $53.1 bond payment which was due in December.

The drastic decline of the economy as well as stiff competition from neighouring Pennsylvania, which is currently expanding its brick and mortar gambling sector, pushed Trump to proceed with the filing. It was also reported that Trump Entertainment Resorts will be delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange effective February 26th. This raises serious questions as to whether the sale of Trump Marina Hotel Casino to Coastal Marina LLC will proceed as planned. The value of the sale is $270 Million and was set to take place on May 26th.

Donald Trump owns several high profile businesses in Atlantic City, including the Trump Plaza, the Trump Marina, and the Trump Taj Mahal, whose poker room was previewed in the classic poker movie Rounders. Trump and daughter, Ivanka, submitted their resignations from the company’s Board of Directors a few days prior to the filing. The stock is currently just pennies per share; a far cry from its 52-week high at $4.39.

Aussie Millions Poker Championship underway

The Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia is buzzing with activity. On Day 1a, the 192 entrants were whittled down to 76 after that day’s plays. At the end of Day 1, there were only 9 tables standing. 126 entrants rebought bringing the prize pool to the largest ever for this event.

Below are the final table chip counts and seating assignments:

• Seat 1: Sorel Mizzi — 131,200
• Seat 2: Clark Hamagami — 95,700
• Seat 3: Tony Dunst — 120,900
• Seat 4: Mark Kassis — 124,200
• Seat 5: Rayan Nathan — 38,700
• Seat 6: Larry Karambis — 79,900
• Seat 7: Jonathan Karamalikis — 153,000
• Seat 8: Richard Ashby — 83,400
• Seat 9: Peter Rho — 49.400

Tony Dunst busted in ninth place ($11,077) to Sorel Mizzi’s Straight. Peter Rho took 8th Place ($16,907) with a Diamond Flush draw. Richard Ashby took 7th Place with $22,737 while Rayan Nathan was sent home packing when his Jd,8h did not stand up to Larry Karambis’ Qc,Qs. The event also saw a 6th Place finish for Nathan who took home $30,607 and 5th for Sorel Mizzi finished with $37,895. Karambis was no match for Clark Hamagami’s pocket Jacks with a third Jack on the flop and finished in 4th Place with $53,927. Hamagami was next in line finishing in third place with $82,203.

Jonathan Karamalikis was no match for Mark Kassis’ pocket Queens. He took home $120,098 following behind Karamalikis’ prize win of $160,326 and the $4,000 Aussie Millions championship ring.

Can’t wait to read the latest updates on the 2009 Aussie Millions? Visit the official Aussie Millions website for the latest scoop.

This is no BLUFF

BLUFF Europe’s Card Gang promotions bears fruit to another fantastic offer. This time 32Red will host an amazing $5,000 Poker Tournament – completely free! 32 Red was once again the winner of the Best Oline Casino award. This is its 3rd consecutive award win and to commemorate this momentous achievement, they are giving away $5,000 courtesy of 32 Red Poker.

Getting started is probably the easiest part. You register your 32RedPoker.com account, locate and join the Tournament in the Poker lobby (under Tournament ID 2479556 or by name “$5,000 Bluff Europe Freeroll”), and lastly register for the Tournament. Party time starts at 8:00pm on January 29th.

Said Philip Conneller of Bluff Europe, “…this is another great chance for readers to win themselves some free money – which we all know poker players love doing!”

Get in on the action at 32 Red now and good luck at the tables!