Five Star World Poker Classic

One of the major tournaments you should look at this month is the Five Star World Poker Classic that is taking place at the Bellagio Hotel Casino inLas Vegas. The poker series started off on May 4 and will continue through May 26, 2012. A number of NLH,Omahaand stud poker events will be featured in this series, alongside the WPT Main Event. The World Poker Tour Champion will be declared on May 26, when the series comes to a close. Besides the championship title, several cash prizes are to be won with the remaining events at the Bellagio.

2012 Pot of Gold Poker Spring Tournament

The Pot of Gold Poker Spring Tournament for 2012 began on May 10 and will continue till May 20. The poker tournament is held at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino inReno,Nevada. The series features 31 events in all, which include several Hold’em,Omaha, and H.O.R.S.E variants in different formats. This week, the series will feature the following events.

1. No limit Hold’em tournaments for buy-in of $550 and $120 on May 17; a pot limitOmahaevent with a buy-in of $120 will also take place on the same day.
2. A $170 NLH event will take place on May 19, followed by the NLH Turbo Double Stack with a buy-in of $120.
3. The last event of the series will be the NLH Six Max event with a buy-in of $225 and bounties of $50.

The Main Event of the Pot of Gold Poker Spring Tournament takes place on May 19, and has a buy-in of $1,080.

2012 Spring UltraStack

The Canadian Spring UltraStack tournament also begins this week, on May 19. The series will be held at the Edgewater casino inVancouver,British Columbiaand features four events in all. The series lasts till May 27 and the events you can partake in include a $500 NLH on May 19, a $300 NLH Shootout on May 20, the $1,000 NLH Six Max event on May 22 and the Main Event on May 24. The Main event has the highest buy-in of $1,650.

2012 Orleans Open

The last poker tournament worth mentioning for this week is the 2012 Orleans Open, which begins on May 19 and will take place through May 27,2012. The series features 9 events, including the $540 NLH event on May 27 and the $330 Omaha Hi/Lo event on May 26. The series also features a $225 H.O.R.S.E event on May 24.

Macau Poker Cup, Red Dragon

The first live poker event at Macau will be the Macau Poker Cup, Red Dragon series, which begins on June 9 and will be held through June 18 this year. The main event of the series will have a buy-in of 11,000 HKD and a guaranteed prize pool of HKD 300,000. The event will be held at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino, which also hosted the series in year 2008. According to PokerStars, the casino’s Conference and Exhibition Center will be the venue for both the main event and the special events during the series. The events held during the 10-day period will include 9 events that will give away the “Official Asia Player of the year” titles to the winners.

The Red Dragon Series will continue its second leg from July 28 to August 6, 2012. The main event here also has a buy-in of HKD 11,000 and comes with a huge guaranteed prize. The previous winners of the Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon series included China’s Nicky Tao Jin, who took home HKD 1,092,500 in cash, after winning the HKD 11,000 event.

The MPCC and ACOP

The Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon Series will be followed by the Macau Poker Cup Championship and the Asia Championship of Poker. The MPCC is another major poker event in Asia, and begins on September 7 this year. It will take place through September 16, 2012 and will include a Main Event with a buy-in of HKD 20,000. This is followed by the Asia Championship of Poker from October 26 to November 11, 2012. The ACOP is perhaps the biggest of all live poker tournaments in Macau, as it includes a Main event with a buy-in of HKD 100,000. If you win this event, you could be taking with you millions of HKD as prize money.

How to participate

You can participate in one or all of these Macau Poker events through direct buy-in. If spending thousands of dollars on buy-ins is not your style, you can always fall back on the good old satellite events that several poker rooms have to offer. To begin with, PokerStars is one of the online poker sites offering online qualifiers for the events in Macau. Just register with the poker site and look for ‘Macau’ under the list of tournaments in the lobby. Participate and win these tournaments and you could soon be on your way to Macau, one of the hottest gambling destinations in Asia and also the world.

12 freerolls to win

As a part of its Wednesday Dozen Freerolls, Winner Poker will be hosting 12 freeroll tournaments for its new members and giving away $30,000 in cash prizes. To be eligible for these freerolls, you need to earn Winner Points that the site rewards, by playing cash games and tournaments on it. Each of the freerolls has a prize pool of $2500, and is only open to new players, which means the competition is limited and may not be that tough either. If you are an experienced player and are good at poker, your chances of winning the free money are even better.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for this promo, you will have to earn at least 150 Winner Points. With these points, you can participate in three freerolls during the 3-month period. If you earn 300 points, you can participate in 6 freerolls, and if you earn 450, you can play 9 freerolls. To participate in all the 12 freerolls, you will have to earn at least 600 Winner Poker points.

Earning Winner Poker points wont be a problem if you are a seasoned poker player. Just play poker for cash on the poker site and you can earn 12.5 points for every $1 you spend towards rake. So spend just $12 and you will get three freeroll tokens, and spend $48 to be eligible for all the 12 freerolls in the next three months. Definitely, spending less than $50 is worth the chance to win a part of the $30k prize pool.

Freeroll schedule

The 12 freeroll tournaments being hosted by Winner Poker will take place over 90 days. The freerolls will be held once a week, on every Wednesday starting May 23, 2012. The last freeroll would be on August 8, and the qualification period for each of the freerolls would be one week before it. The tournaments begin at 7:00 pm GMT on all scheduled days.

Bonuses

The best part about all this is that Winner Poker is giving away 250%, up to $2,000, on first deposits for all its new players. These bonuses are offered on the deposits you make and can be used to play any cash game on the site. Using these bonuses and earning Winner Poker points has an added advantage. If you earn enough number of points, you can participate in the special VIP tournaments that take place on all Wednesdays and Thursdays. But to avail any or all of these benefits, you should register with Winner Poker as soon as possible.

Season XI to begin in July

The Season XI of the World Poker Tour will officially begin on July 31, with the WPT Merit Classic. The complete schedule for the events inCyprushas not yet been revealed, except for minor details about the Main Event. Besides the $4,400 Main Event, there will be 3 other side events that players can participate in for 6 days, till August 5, 2012. The Merit-Grand Casino will be the venue for all events inCyprus.

Day 1 of the Main Event would be split into two days, Day 1a and Day 1b, and the tournament continues to end with the final table on August 5. The most exciting bit about the Main event here is the guaranteed prize pool of $1 million that the winners will take away. If you have decided to participate in this opening event, you would most likely be competing with pros from Party Poker at the table.  Combine the celebrity factor and the prize pool that is being given away, and you have a hit opening party for the World Poker Tour Season XI.

What more to expect

The Main Event and the side events are not the only interesting activities inCyprus. The popular holiday spot inEuropewill also be the venue for the VIP Players’ Party, which will take place on August 3, 2012. The party will have some of the biggest celebrities from world of poker, and also the entertaining Royal Flush Girls. It also features a number of cash poker games with smaller bankrolls, and a lot of fun. To top it all, you can also indulge in a number of other non-poker activities that the island has to offer for holiday-goers.

Register for the event

To participate in the exciting Season XI premiere atCyprus, you can register through the WPT website. The site offers details about the main and side events at the casino, and also about the activities like snorkeling, golf, jet-skiing etc that you can partake in there. Details about the location, the accommodation can also be found on the website. Just select the event of your choice and register yourself for it by paying the buy-in amount. If you cannot make it, you can always watch it online as all the events at the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic will be broadcast through wpt.com.

Early position

If you are seated close to the dealer and are among the first few players to play after the game begins, you are in an early position. For example, if you are to the immediate left of the player who is the big blind, you are in an early position. In such a scenario, your decision to continue to the flop or fold pre-flop is largely dependent on how strong your hand is and not the knowledge of what the opponents cards could be.

Players in the early position ate often referred to being “under the gun”, as they have no choice but to start the game with whatever they have. Being in an early position is a disadvantage as it gives you nothing on your opponents cards while your opponents get to make a decision depending on how you act.

Late Position

When you are in the late position, you would be one of the last players to act. This means you would have ample chance to observe the opponents’ actions and make your decisions accordingly. Being in a late position is an advantage as you will know whether the remaining players have checked, bet or folded. Also, going for a steal, which is to win the pot through bluffing is possible when you are in a late position,but not necessarily in a middle or an early position.

The logic behind this is that when you are in an early or late position, you will not have any idea of all the opponents’ hands. Trying to bluff with the half-knowledge you have in an early or middle position can be a dangerous thing in poker and could lead to significant losses for you. Players with the dealer button and the second last person to act at the table are the ones in a late position.

Middle Position

If you are to the left of the players in the early positions, say in the 4^th, 5^th or 6^th place, you are in the middle position. Now there are both advantages and disadvantages to being in this place. The advantage is that you don’t have to start the action and can decide your move based on how the earlier members played.

The disadvantage is that you still have a few players after you, in the late position. Another drawback of being in this place is you could end up in what is called “squeeze play”, which is a difficult position. Such a situation is usually where you call the bet by someone in the early position, but someone in a late position is actually raising you. This is where you should exercise caution and avoid the temptation to spend more chips.

Irish Winter Festival

Spanning just 4 days, from October 26 to 29, the Irish Winter Festival may seem like the smallest poker  tournament by Paddy Power. The events will take place during the 4 October bank holidays, but they certainly offer some good cash prizes to the winners. In 2011, the Irish Winter Festival saw the winner walk away with €100,000.

This year, the festival will be held at The Burlington Hotel in Dublin and will feature the €1,125 Main Event, which will be a No-Limit Texas hold-em tournament. In addition to that, Paddy Power is also having a special promo called the Six Survivors during the festival. This is somewhat similar to the Sole Survivor promo the poker site had earlier.

The four days of the festival will also feature a few other side events that you could participate in. The schedule of these events, however, is yet to be announced.

Six Survivors

One of the highlights of last year’s IWF was the sole survivor promotion. This year, it is going to be the Six Survivors promo. To qualify for this promo, you have to register with Paddy Power Poker and participate in the satellite tournaments for the IWF. That’s not all. You should win the qualifiers and win a seat to the IWF finals. The last six finishers at the IWF, who have qualified through Paddy Power’s qualifiers, will get to participate in the Irish Open in 2013. And, they will also qualify for the 2013 Irish Open sole survivor promo that gives away €100,000  in cash.

How to qualify

The Irish Winter festival is open to poker players from across Ireland and UK. You can be a part of the excitement in Dublin by registering for the events. Registrations can be made at the venue,  although the dates for the same have not been announced. The easiest way to qualify for the events will be through the satellites that Paddy Power Poker is hosting from this month.

Paddy Power  is hosting weekly satellites that take place every Sunday at 8:00 pm. The events have a buy-in of €140 and give away 2 IWF packages worth €1,800 every week. If you prefer the direct buy-in option for the events, you could register for it through Paddy Power website. Online registrations will be open from August while direct registrations at the venue can be made on the day of the event.

The position of the dealer also gains additional benefits on knowing the way the players feel regarding their hands

As you by now knew, Texas Hold’em happens to be played in a clockwise and this result in the players at the dealer’s right to achieve less information.

The players the dealer’s right will obtain less benefit because of the being short of information for making an excellent decision.

The additional players would be raising the bet of the premature betting position. On being able to obtain the dealer position, which you’ll have numerous callers and excellent starting hand, you are able to put a smallest amount of bet.

This would be making the additional players call. You would be ending up raising the game’s pot size.

In the event of you truly understanding the way of playing with the “blind” position you have additional possibility of winning the game. In the event of you being in “blind”/ “early” position you do not have any feedback from additional poker players.

Within the blind position, call, raise, fish or take any possibility only on you having excellent starting cards

Do not allow the lure of the high stakes have you gamble at the time that you do not actually have an excellent hand. This isn’t the way of winning the game.

You might be having an idea that you are having partially of the ante inside the pot and the blind stakes happen to be high, even then do not gamble with that possibility.

So you must be saying no to this lure and saving your chips till you are having an excellent hand and require using the chips.

An excellent player identifies that for winning the poker game he requires an excellent plan and an excellent poker strategy. An excellent poker player does not depend on luck / chance.

Among the poker positioning plans happens to be the art of “bluffing”.

You are able to make use of a bluffing method to bluff a single player simpler compared to bluffing all the additional players. This is the reason for which positioning for poker game bluffing is among the vital poker factors.

The reason for which the blind position happens to be the most excellent poker position for bluffing is there is not going to be any cards on top of the table. This is able to make your rivals, who might have really excellent cards, not have any idea whether you are having excellent cards too.

Anyway at the time of bluffing you ought to know that on you getting additional to one caller, there is a chance that one among the callers is having an excellent hand.

In this instance, you ought to fold. Do not continue playing on your self-esteem.

The bluffing method in poker positioning approach is just to concern “stealing the additional blind” that’s all.

Be the last one standing

Starting May 1, 2012, Carbon Poker will be running its ‘Last Man Standing’ promotion for its members. To be a part of this and win some cash prizes, you have to play and earn the required number of VIP points every day for 60 days, in May and June. To better understand, here is a look at how the promo works.

• For the first five days, till May 5, players have to earn at least 50 points every day. The number of points required increase to 100 VIP points for the next three days, 150 points each on the following 4 days .
• The number of VIP points required keep increasing as you progress. Towards the end of May, you will be required to earn 500 and 700 VIP points.
• In early June, you need to earn at least 1000 points every day. The number of points you have to earn increase to 2000 by June 14, and to 3000 by June 20.
• Between June 23 and June 25, you will have to earn at least 5000 VIP points every day.
• You have to earn 7500 points on June 26, 10000 points on June 27, 15000 points on June 28 and 25,000 points on June 29, the last day of the promo.

To be eligible for the cash prizes in the end, you will have to participate and earn the target VIP points on all days in May and June. However, you can take a break for 3 days in between, if you feel the need. The 3-day break is allowed only before the 45th day of the promo, which is June 14.

Cash prizes and more

Cash prizes will be given away to the top 50 players participating in the promotion. The first place winner will take home $6000, while the second and third place winners will get $4000 and $2500 respectively. Players ranked between 4 and 7 will be given cash prizes between $2000 and $1000. The remaining players will share cash prizes ranging between $800 and $50. in addition to that, Carbon Poker is giving away free entry to its $2500 Last Man Standing Freerolls.

The freeroll tournaments will take place on May 6, 13, 20 and 27. To qualify for these freerolls, you have to earn the required number of VIP point totals by may 5, 12, 19 and 26 respectively.

How the promo works

To win the range of prizes offered by the VIP 500 Club, register with Party Poker first. Once you make a deposit into your account, you need to earn enough points to become a Palladium VIP. Then, opt-in for the promo and play cash games to earn at least 500 VIP points during the promotional period, which ends on May 13. For every 500 points that you earn, you will get a VIP 500 Club instant prize card that offers a cash prize. The minimum amount you can win is $5, while the maximum you can win is $500. Besides that, you can also win poker bonuses of $25, $50 and $100 and loyalty bonus points between 100 and 500. But that is not all. The VIP 500 Club promo will also be giving away iPads and iPods to the most loyal players at Party Poker.

If you are lucky enough and collect 60 prize cards during the promotional period, you will be awarded a special bonus of $1000 in cash and 5000 in player points by Party Poker.

Become a Palladium VIP

Palladium VIP members on Party Poker enjoy a number of special privileges, including rewards in the form of cash and goodies. To become a Palladium member and enjoy the benefits of the VIP 500 Club, you need play the cash games on Party Poker and earn at least 9000 points in a calendar quarter. Earn at least 45,000 points during the quarter and you could become a Palladium Elite VIP. Following are the rewards you can earn when you become a Palladium VIP at Party Poker.

• $600 in cash and $1000 as poker bonus if you earn 10,000 points
• $1,500 in cash and $3,000 as bonus for 20,000 points
• $3,500 in cash and $7000 in bonus for 40,000 points
• $15,000 in cash and $20,000 bonus for 100,000 points and
• $50,000 in cash and $75,000 bonus for 300,000 points

The bonus offered as a part of the VIP 500 Club promotion will be released in 4 installments and has a clearance window of 60 days. The bonuses should be cleared by real money play, which means you need to play and earn player points to get the amount released. For instance, you have to earn 100 points to clear the $25 bonus, 300 points for $50 in bonus and so on. But to win cash prizes during the promo, all you need to do is become a Palladium member as soon as you can and earn the required number of points.

How to win Betfair WSOP packages

Betfair has started its WSOP promo in March, 2012. The site is offering 28 packages as a part of this promotion and only a few more are left for grabs right now. To win one of those packages, you need to participate in the tournaments during the weekly trail periods on the site and win at least 25 Player Points.

Right now, the seventh trial week, Trial Seven is in progress. Trial Seven began on April 23 and will take place through April 29, 2012. That will be followed by four more trial weeks when players will get a chance to win the WSOP Experience package. Trial Eleven, which would be from May 21 to May 27, would be offering the last chance for players who want to be a part of the WSOP Experience with the Betfair team.

The finals for every trial week will take place on Wednesday of the following week, and two players can win additional cash prize of $13,000 along with the $4,000 worth packages.

Endurance Trial

Betfair is also giving away WSOP main event packages during the Endurance Trail, which began on March 12. The promo is on till June 3, 2012, and players have to earn a total of 300 Player Points during the period to win entry to the WSOP Main Event. A total of six Team Betfair Vegas Experience packages will be given away as a part of this promo.

Betfair WSOP Packages

The Betfair WSOP package includes buy-in for event # 59 of the World Series of Poker, which is a $1,000 no-limit Hold’em tournament. In addition to that, the $4k Team Betfair WSOP Experience package includes

• Cost of accommodation for 7 days at the Palazzo, a five star hotel in Las Vegas
• $1,500 for traveling and other expenses
• Privilege to participate in Team Betfair events and parties during the series
• Be a part of the Team Betfair exclusive welcome party alongside the likes of Hans ‘Birdie BF’ Vogl, John ‘kunku wap’ Tabatabai and more

How to participate

To stand a chance to win any of these WSOP packages from Betfair, you have to be a member of the online poker room. One you have registered and made a deposit, you need to visit the promo page and click on ‘opt-in’ for the ongoing trial week or the endurance week. Once you opt-in, all the Player Points you earn by cash games and tournaments on the site will be counted for WSOP Experience package.

30 confirmed seats

WSOP’s Big One for one Drop may have the highest buy-in of $1 million, but it has been successful in drawing some of the rich and famous to participate. WSOP officials have revealed that 30 players have registered for the event, confirming their participation through the million dollar buy-in. Participants include several professional poker players and businessmen from the US, Europe and even Asia. The event, which will take place between July 1 and 3, will be telecast on ESPN.

Participants you can find at the table include Erik Seidel, Justin “Boosted J” Smith, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Gus Hansen, Tom Dwan and other professional poker players. The event will also have Asian businessmen Paul Phua and Richard Yong, French businessman Arnaud Mimran, and Paul Newey, who is the co-founder of the US company New Wave Ventures, LLP. The event will also have US businessmen Cary Katz of College Loan Corporation and Bob Bright of Bright Trading competing for the $12 million prize.

A few seats at the big event are also reserved for winners of the satellite tournaments that are being held all over the US. Of the seats reserved for satellite winners, two are for Caesars Entertainment satellites and one is for MGM Mirage satellite.

Mega prizes offered

The brainchild of Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque de Soleil, the Big One for One Drop aims at creating awareness about universal water problems. For every one million buy-in, $111,111 will be going to the One Drop charity and the rest will be going towards rake. The total prize pool for this mega event is estimated to be at least 26 million dollars, with the cash prize for first place winner being a whopping $12,266,668.

Want to play?

If you are excited about this million dollar event, you still have a chance to enter it through satellites. A number of online and brick-and-mortar casinos are hosting satellite tournaments for this event. Among them is the mega satellite that Caesars Entertainment is hosting on June 30, 2012, with a buy-in of $25,300. If you don’t want to spend so much, you can find your place in the satellite by playing the step-satellites for it. So if you at least want a chance to participate, you should start looking for satellite tournaments without any further delay.

Event schedule

Events at the EPT Berlin began on Sunday, April 15, 2012. Already, 170 players have qualified for the events through the satellites conducted by PokerStars. Along with the €5,300 Main Event that begins on Monday, April 16, participants can take part in a variety of other events.

• The Berlin EPT began with 2 events on April 15. On was the €330NL Turbo event and another was a €220 NL satellite for the Main Event.

• On Monday, April 16, Day 1A of the Main Event Began at 12:00. That was followed by a €2,100 Pot Limit Omaha Turbo at 5:00 pm and a €550 NL satellite for Day 1B of the Main Event.

• On April 17, you can be a part of the €5,300 Main Event Day 1B. Besides that, you can also partake in the NL Turbo Bounty event for a buy-in of €2,100.

• Day 2 of the Main Event will take off on Wednesday, April 18. At 6:00 pm, a 2-day no limit Holdem event will begin. This event has a buy-in of €2,150 and will end on the following day. At 9:00 pm, a NL Turbo Rivers event with a buy-in of €330 will take place.

• On April 19, you can participate in a NL Heads Up event for a buy-in of €3,200, the NL Turbo Bounty for €1,050, a €330 NL Turbo and day 1 of another NL Holdem event. Day 3 of Main Event also takes place on this day, where game comes down to 24 players

• Day 4 of Main Event starts on April 20, and 8 players will move to the final table the next day. Besides that, there will be a €330 NLH Women’s event, NLH Reentry 8-Max, €1,100 NL Turbo, €1,100 NLH, €1,100 PLO single re-buy and the €330 NL Turbo Win the Button tournaments.

• April 21 will the last day of the Main Event and also the end of EPT Season 8 in Berlin. Along with final day events, the 30k guaranteed NL Turbo EPT Spring Fling is another event you can participate in. The buy-in for this event is just €330. Other events on last day include €5,200 NL Turbo 6-Max and the €10k guaranteed NL Hyper Turbo 10k stack event for a buy-in of just €120.

The events at Berlin will be followed by the PokerStars EPT Grand Final, which will take place between April 23 and May 1 at the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco.

The Crazy Freerolls

BetVictor’s Crazy Freerolls are so called as the bi-weekly freerolls do not have a specific start time. They can begin anytime between 4:00 pm and 11:00 pm CET on all Tuesdays and Fridays, till May 5. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Well it is.

So how do you participate in the events? The answer is simple. You will have to login to BetVictor and watch out for a notification about the start time of the game. The freerolls will appear in the lobby an hour or so before it is about to begin. If you are logged into the lobby, you should look out for a yellow envelope which gives you the exact start time of a particular Crazy freeroll.

Note that registration for each of these freerolls opens only 15 minutes before the game starts. And, each freeroll also has a player cap of 600, which means you have to be really alert and quick in noticing the freeroll and registering for it.

When to play

As mentioned, the Crazy Freerolls will be held on all Tuesdays ad Fridays until May 4. In April, crazy freerolls will take place on the 10^th, 13^th, 17^th, 20^th, 24^th and 27^th. The last two freerolls will take place on May 1 and May 5. On all these days, the freeroll can take place anytime between the stipulated times, which is from 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

Prizes to be won

The total prize pool for every Crazy Freeroll is €500. This is divided among the top 30 players, of the total 600 who participate. Here is how the prize pool will be distributed for each freeroll.

• First place winner gets €80, first runner-up gets €60 and the second runner-up gets €45
• Players between ranks 4 and 9 will get €30 each
• The next five players, between 10^th and 15^th positions, will get €10, and those from 16 to 20 will get €7
• Of the last ten runners, players ranked between 21 and 25 will get €5, and the rest will get €3

Considering that you don’t have to spend anything on buy-ins for a freeroll, these cash prizes are good enough. But if you want to win the maximum, be sure to work on your poker skills to be among the top 3 winners.

BetVictor bonuses

Join BetVictor today and you could get a welcome bonus of upto €1,000. Once a member of the site, you will be able to participate in several other BetVictor promotions and win cash prizes, as well as packages to major poker tournament from around the world.

What is Fast Poker anyway?

The new concept by Unibet eliminates the waiting time between ending a game and starting a new one. Fast Poker software at Unibet is created by Relax Gaming, which has also supported the “fast folds” applications at Rush Poker and Zoom Poker. When you play Fast Poker, you have a “fast fold” button which you can use to fold your hand and move on to the next table which is ready to begin. So when you fold, you don’t have to wait at the same table for the game to finish and a new one to begin. This way, you should be able to play over 250 hands in one hour.

Also, players can play at multiple tables, all of which can be viewed in one window. Another advantage of Fast Poker is that it multiplies the amount spent on rake by four times, which means more number of player points and incentives.

How to play Fast Poker

Fast Poker is the new way of playing your favorite game on Unibet. Fast Poker has several Texas Holdem and Omaha tables that both new and existing players can join. If you already have an account with Unibet, all you have to do is create a Fast Poker alias on the site to get started. Your primary Unibet account will be used for funding your Fast Poker games, and should have a balance of €0.01 or more.

If you are new to the site, get registered with the site and make a deposit. Then, create an alias account for Fast Poker and you are ready to get started.

Fast Poker bonuses

Unibet is also offering bonuses to promote Fast Poker among its old and new players. Existing players on Unibet Poker will get a bonus of €10 when they create an alias for Fast Poker. But this special bonus is being offered only to the first 4000 players who register for the fast-paced poker games on the site, by creating an alias.

If you don’t already have an account with Unibet, the bonus offer gets even better. Register with the site and you could get a welcome bonus of upto €200. This bonus is given in installments of €5, for every €25 you spend towards rake. You will have just 60 days to spend the required amount on rake and withdraw the entire bonus amount. Considering that Fast Poker enables you to spend 4 times more rake than traditional games, it shouldn’t be difficult to get the bonus released within the specified time.

About Unibet satellite tournaments

Unibet Poker is running a number of satellite events for the Unibet Open in Paris. The online poker room is giving away 8 Unibet Open packages worth €2,500 to winners of these satellites. Want to win a package for yourself? Here is how you can.

• Once you are registered with the online poker room, you can participate in the Unibet Open freeroll that takes place every day on the site. Or you can use the bonus to participate in the RB satellites with unlimited rebuys for €2 and the Turbo RB satellites that are held every day. The buy-in for these events is €2.20. If you win you will move to the next level satellites on the site.

• The second level satellites for the event include the Unibet Open Single Handed Tournament for €1. Winner of this event will be given a free seat at the Unibet Open €55 satellite or a €55 Sit n Go game on the site. Winners of the first level will also be eligible to play the Unibet Open Open FO satellites and the Unibet Open Turbo FO Satellites for €12

• The next level would be the €60 FO Satellites that take place from Monday through Saturday, and the €60 Turbo FO satellites that take place on every Sunday.

• Winners of the third level will gain free seats to the Weekly Sunday Final, which has a buy-in of €275. The top 8 players of the tournament will win €2,500 Unibet Open Packages for Paris. The package includes buy-in of €1680 for the Main Event, accommodation with breakfast and dinner, and travel expenses of €250.

If you are good at poker and are lucky enough, you could just spend €.80 for the freeroll and win your way up to win the package. Alternatively, you could buy-in for each of these events and still win the Unibet Open Paris package.

Unibet Open Paris

The Unibet Open will begin on May 3 at the Cercle Cadet Poker Room in Paris. The Main Even of the open is the NLH Freezeout with a starting chip stack of 20,000. The event will take place till May 6, when the final table will be played. In addition to the main event, you can participate in side events like the €135 NLH Freezeout Ladies Event and €400 Deep stack event on May 4, the €200 Random Bounty on May 5 and the €200 NLH Freezeout on May 6.