Over €100,000 in packages to be won

Paddypowerpoker.com launches its biggest summer promotion to date, the Paddy Power Poker Pro. With over €100,000 in packages to be won, players at all levels will have the opportunity to live the life of a poker professional. “Everyone dreams of jetting around the world, playing in the biggest tournaments against the biggest players and we’re really excited to be able to make this dream a reality for one lucky player”, said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com.

Partnering with paddypowerpoker.com in the search to find the newest star is poker publication Bluff Europe. Editor-in-Chief Michael Caselli is relishing the opportunity to unearth the next big poker pro; “There is nothing better in the world of poker than to be one of its stars. This promotion will transform an ordinary player into an extra-ordinary poker pro, which is really thrilling!”

Eric Booth, Head of Paddy Power Poker also commented, “This promotion aims to make the Poker Pro lifestyle accessible to everyday players and we’re delighted to have Bluff on board to help us in our search for the first Paddy Power Poker Pro. There’s no doubt but it will be an exciting summer.”

The Paddy Power Poker Pro promotion will culminate in a Live Grand Final to be broadcast live from Citywest Hotel at the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Winter Festival on October Bank Holiday weekend. With a top prize of €60,000 (approximately $85,000), one lucky player will take a free run at some of Europe’s largest poker tournaments within the next year, and those who do not qualify for the top prize will be in with a chance to win a variety of other packages worth €40,000 in total.

Do not miss this opportunity to increase your earning potential during the Summer months. Go to Paddy Power Poker, register now and get the free $600 bonus and many more!

Monthly Million:

The fourth running of the PartyPoker.com Monthly Million takes place on Sunday 3 May at 12.45 EST (17.45 BST, 18.45 CEST). The buy-in to the $1,000,000 guaranteed championship blind structure event is $600+$40 but the diverse qualifying paths mean players can join the qualifiers from as little as $1. The wide range of qualifiers for the Main Event include $64+$4 daily satellites with 19 seats guaranteed – a Mega Friday $50+$5 satellite that guarantees 20 seats and Super Satellite Saturday qualifiers with a $32+$3 buy-in and 15 seats guaranteed.

Check out the new blind structure for Monthly Million

Million Dollar Race:

May is going to be a big month with the biggest ever rake race getting underway on May 1, 2009. The Million Dollar Race is an exciting leaderboard promotion where 3000 players will share over $1,000,000!

For more information see: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/mdr.html

There are three kind of limits in poker determining the minimum and maximum height of the opening and raising during bidding.

The game without limits – called No Limit (NL)

In this type of game the minimum opening or raising is as large as amount of big blind but the puncture can not be lower than the previous bet made in the same round of betting. There is no fixed upper limit of the bet which means that the player by opening the bidding or raising the previous person bet can always put all their stacks. The game has no limit of raises.

Limit the pool game – called Pot Limit (PL)

In this type of game the minimum opening or raise is as large as amount of big blind but the raise can not be lower than the previous bet made in the same round of betting. The upper limit of the opening bid is the actual amount of the pot. To determine the upper limit of raise made bet first offset this bet is done and then you can do the maximum amount of raise of the current bet. The game does not have limit of the raises.

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We are very proud and excited to announce our recent partnership with RakeMeBack.com - the world’s leader in online poker rakeback/prop deals.

RakeMeBack currently offers 12 strong rakeback/prop deals that cater to US players so check out the full range of offers! For more information on that please see the website RakeMeBack.com.

To get started follow these simple steps:

1. Go to www.rakemeback.com and register an account

2. Login and apply for one or more of the many deals

3. Once applied, follow the on-screen instructions and register/verify your account.

In addition, PowerPoker is launching today, Monday Feb 23rd and RakeMeBack members get first movers’ advantage. PowerPoker is a brand new poker room on the CAKE network, which welcomes USA Players.

You will receive 33% rakeback (the absolute highest), along with many incredible promotions.

When signed up with PowerPoker through RakeMeBack you will also be able to participate in an exclusive $10,000 Rake Race starting March 1st. Information can be found under “promotions” on the RakeMeBack website.

Your 33% Rakeback will be paid straight to your PowerPoker account on the 5th of every month automatically!

If you have ANY questions about our new partnership with RakeMeBack.com OR PowerPoker.com, please email us.

The normal RakeMeBack support can also be reached on support@rakemeback.com.

7-card Stud

The game 7-Card Stud, unlike Texas Holdem or Omahas, do not have community cards, each player gets their own cards, which must create the strongest poker hand. At the beginning of all players pay the ante (in principle, there are no Stud games without ante). Then each player gets two cards face down (their value is only known to their “owner”) and one discovered card, which is seen by all the other players. At this point, the player with the lowest card (count colors) pay so-called bring in – mandatory entrance to the pool. Subsequent players clockwise decide whether pass (Fold), offset (Call) or break (raise).

After finishing the auction, each of the other players in the game again gets one card face up. This time auction begins the highest unveiled the system. Then the players get a third card face up, and after another round of bidding the fourth card face up. After the auction there is the last hand and each player receive one card dealt. Every time a player opens the bidding, which has currently the highest unveiled the system. After the deal in total of 7 cards (3 covered and uncovered 4) following the last round of betting.

The game 7-Card Stud is usually in the form Fixed Limit, but you can also find the place where the game is Pot Limit.

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Omaha High

Game similar to Texas Holdem with the difference that gives us more opportunities to create a strong poker systems. Rules for blinds and bets are exactly the same as in the game Texas Holdem. And so it looks the same for flop, turn and river cards.

The difference is that in Omaha we get four cards (not two) unknown for opponents. To create a poker system we have to use ours two cards and three community cards. Because of more cards we have at the disposal Omaha is a very dynamic game which generates a lot of shares at the poker table.

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The game Texas Holdem starts from paying blinds – mandatory bets paid before deals. The first player in left from the dealer pay a small blind, and the next player – big blind. Blinds have generally different value, however, both blinds may be of the same value. In some cash games and in later stages of the tournament occurs ante. Ante is a mandatory rate, which is paid by all players before any deals.

Each player gets two cards of its own, which are not known for enemies. At this point begins the first round of betting. A player to the left of the big blind starts. It may pass (Fold) not paying any money, can compensate to a large Blind (Call) or subjugate (Bet). Next player has the same options plus, if a player before him has trumped, can trump again (Raise). Bidding will proceed around the table at the turn clockwise. Once everyone have decided flop is starting.

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Online Poker Expert/Affiliate Marketing Industry Veteran, Randy Ray Joins PokerAffiliatePrograms.com as its new Community Director.

PokerAffiliatePrograms.com (PAP), the Internet’s largest affiliate marketing community dedicated exclusively to the online poker industry (and sister company to CAP), is happy to announce the latest member of its team of online marketing professionals: Introducing Randy Ray, PAP’s new Community Director!

A seasoned veteran of the online poker industry and a highly successful affiliate marketer in his own right, Randy brings to PAP an impressive background in both marketing and online poker. As a previous SEO consultant for PokerStars, he has direct marketing experience for the world’s largest online poker website (and one of PAP’s most popular clients). Randy was also one of the original owners of Poker Affiliate World, giving him direct experience dealing with the types of issues that confront the PAP community on a daily basis. He’s also earned a name for himself in the affiliate marketing industry as an intelligent, resourceful, innovative thinker who knows how to make an affiliate program successful.

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One of the major topics for discussion for many in the poker affiliate market in recent times has been the subject of rakeback.

Over the last few years, one of the most talked about issues in the poker affiliate market has been rakeback. What started out as an incentive scheme to help affiliates convert and retain players has grown into a multi-million dollar business within the online poker market itself.

For anyone reading this article that is not familiar with rakeback in the online poker market, I will briefly describe what it is. Almost every poker site has an affiliate program that offers its affiliates some sort of revenue sharing on the affiliates-referred players. Most programs offer between 20% – 40% of the total rake generated by each player. Read more »

Poker is a game that allows for unique expression; each player has their own style of play, their own preferences. And when it comes to delivering just what they’re looking for, nobody understands your poker traffic better than you do. So why not up the ante and give your poker community their very own venue to play in? Well, unfortunately, it’s not been so easy up until now.

While there are various types of poker software available, you’ll want to get the best possible conversions from day one, and doing so requires that the software operate on a large network. That’s because fluidity, or the number of concurrent players, is a vital factor. When your traffic produces registered players, they must always have a selection of playing tables to choose from, regardless of time zone, or they simply will not become a real money player. Read more »