PokerStars Empire State Holdem Championship

February 31, 2025

Qualify at PokerStars to play in PokerStars Empire State Hold’em Championship starting on February 8th.

PokerStars is giving you a chance to win a $4,000 prize package. The Empire State Hold’em Championship is a two-week poker festival which is being held at the luxurious Turning Stone Resort. It features 24 events, including a $2,500 Main Event. The Main Event will be held from February 14-18.

PokerStars is holding special Satellites that start at just $11.

In addition to winning an Empire State Holdem Championship, the first 20 qualifiers will also receive complementary entry to Vanessa Rousso’s Bigslick Bootcamp, worth $399, to polish their poker skills before the Main Event.

Prize packages to the PokerStars Empire State Hold’em Championship includes entry to an exclusive PokerStars welcome party on February 13, Main Event buy-in, expenses, and luxury accommodations.

How to Qualify to play in the Empire State Hold’em Championships

First, you need to sign up and create a player account at PokerStars

Then register to play in a satellite by going to the PokerStars Lobby, click ‘Events’ & ‘Special’.

Visit PokerStars now.

2025 Bodog Mini Poker Series

February 11, 2025

The 2025 Bodog Mini Poker Series is one of the most popular events that takes place at Bodog Poker. It’s going on right now through Saturday February 17th.

Courtesy of Bodog Poker and the 2025 Mini Poker Series you can win a seat to the 2025 WSOP Main Event. That’s right earn a seat to next years main event at Bodog!

This is the first seat that Bodog is awarding for next years event and is a $12,000 WSOP prize package as a member of Team Bodog! In addition, you’ll get a chance to win a piece of $40,000 in guaranteed prize pools, a Bodog Poker Open V Prize Package, or free entry to the Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed!

Here’s how the 2025 Bodog Mini Poker Series works:

The 2025 Bodog Mini Poker Series is consists of 13 $10+$1 tournaments with $40,000 in guaranteed prize pools. The series runs from Monday, February 5th to Saturday, February 17th 2025. The top 30% of finishers in each qualifying event will earn points to Bodog’s Mini Poker Series Tournament Leader Board based on their finish. These points will be used to rank players. In addition, a first place finish in a qualifying event will give you automatic entry to the final!

At the end of the qualifying series Bodog Poker will host two other tournaments; first the Mini Series Semifinal on Tuesday, February 20th 2025, and then on Thursday, February 22nd 2025 the Bodog Mini Poker Series Final.

Bodog Poker has always been known for great poker and great promotions like the Bodog Poker Mini Series. Sign up at Bodog Poker today.

Rush Week at Full Tilt Poker

February 11, 2025

Rush Week at Full Tilt Poker

Rush Poker has been the hottest game at Full Tilt Poker since its introduction. Now Full Tilt Poker is holding Rush Poker Week from Monday July  12th to Sunday February 18th. During Rush Poker you can win up to $250 in cash and win an entry into an exclusive $50K Rush Week Freeroll.

Plus, many of Full Tilt’s guaranteed poker tournaments will be converted to Rush Poker Tournaments including the $1 Million Monthly Guarantee.

Earn up to $250 during Rush Poker Week
When you play Rush Poker at Full Tilt Poker during Rush Poker week you’ll accumulate Full Tilt Points. Rush Poker is the fastest way to earn Full Tilt points. Accumulate enough points from Rush Poker ring games and tournaments on at least four days to earn your cash reward. Reach your reward level on all seven days to double your cash.

Here are the three different reward levels during Rush Week:

Bronze (10 Full Tilt Points)

  • Earn at least 10 Full Tilt Points per day on any four days to receive $5
  • Earn at least 10 Full Tilt Points per day on all seven days to receive $10

Silver (100 Full Tilt Points):

  • Earn at least 100 Full Tilt Points per day on any four days to receive $25
  • Earn at least 100 Full Tilt Points per day on all seven days to receive $50

Gold (1,000 Full Tilt Points):

  • Earn at least 1,000 Full Tilt Points per day on any four days to receive $125
  • Earn at least 1,000 Full Tilt Points per day on all seven days to receive $250

$50K Rush Week Freeroll
The exclusive $50K Rush Week Freeroll will be held at 15:15 ET on Sunday, February 25th at Full Tilt Poker, and you can earn your way in by reaching the final table in a Rush Poker Tournament during Rush Week.

Full Tilt Poker is the only place that you can play Rush Poker and experience Rush Poker week. Visit Full Tilt Poker today!

Take 2 at Full Tilt Poker

April 5, 2025

Take part in Full Tilt Poker’s Take 2 promotion and you can earn an extra $25 and double VIP points.

The Take 2 promotion runs from April 3rd to April 11th so there is still plenty of time to play.

So how do you earn the extra cash?

Earn at least five Take 2 bonus points on any five days during Take 2 to get $5 in cash. Play on all nine days to get an extra $20, for a total of $25.

How do you earn double Full Tilt Points?

There are two ways to double up on your FT points; the first way is to play two ring games at the same time. The amount of points that  you earn at those two tables will be doubled.

The second way to double up on FT points is to play at any Rush Poker table at Full Tilt. When you play Rush Poker any FT points you earn will be automatically doubled!
The great thing about earning all these extra Full Tilt Points is that you can use them for special Full Tilt Points Sit & Gos and Multi-Table Tournaments.

To be a part of Take 2 at Full Tilt Poker you must do the following:

1. Visit Full Tilt Poker to download the software and create your player account now.
2. Log in to Full Tilt Poker and click on the red Cashier button in the game lobby.
3. Click on the My Promotions box and then the Take 2 link.
4. This will lead you to your personal Take 2 page. Follow the instructions on this page – you must elect to participate in this promotion or you will not receive cash or double points for your play during Take 2.

Then enjoy being part of the best online poker room with many more great promotions to come.

Full Tilt Poker’s Big Little Tournament

February 13, 2025

Full Tilt Poker’s Big Little Tournament is one of the best tournament series that is held at Full Tilt Poker. The Big Little Tournament is starting up again in February.

There will be three $200,000 guaranteed tournaments featuring buy-ins of $2 + $0.20 and a guaranteed first-place prize of $18,000.

The Big Little Tournament at Full Tilt Poker gives you a shot to turn a couple of bucks into a big payday.

$2 Buy-in – $200,000 Guaranteed

Full Tilt Poker is the only place that you can look to take down your share of $200K for just $2 + $0.20.

The tournaments will take place on Sundays this February and the total guaranteed prize pool of these three tournaments is $600,000.

You can play in The Big Little Tournament at Full Tilt Poker on the following Sundays:

  • February 14th: $200K Guaranteed Turbo No-Limit Hold ‘em
  • February 21st: $200K Guaranteed Turbo No-Limit Hold ‘em
  • February 28th: $200K Guaranteed Turbo No-Limit Hold ‘em

Each Big Little Tournament begins at 12:30 ET. There is a 30 minute seating period for the tournament and play will begin at 13:00 ET.

Remember you can buy in directly to any Big Little Tournament for $2 + $0.20.

You can even satellite your way in to the Big Little Tournament for as little as $0.10 or 10 Full Tilt Points.

Each $200K tournament is limited to 100,000 players – register now to play for your share of $200,000 in each Big Little Tournament.

How to Register

If you don’t have a Full Tilt Poker account, download the free game software and set up an account. Once you’ve done so, log in to Full Tilt Poker and follow these steps to register for The Big Little Tournament of your choice:

In the game lobby, click on the Lobby menu, select Choose Lobby View and then click Standard View.

In the Browse area, click on Tournament, then select Guarantee, Hold ‘em, No Limit and Micro.

Scroll down the game list to find the Big Little Tournament of your choice by time and buy-in.

Select that tournament and click Register Now.

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PokerStars 40 Billion Hands

February 12, 2025

It’s taken only eight years for the world’s largest online poker room to reach an amazing milestone – PokerStars is getting set to deal its 40 billionth hand! To celebrate this incredible achievement, PokerStars is celebrating with a special promotion called F40.

F40 is PokerStars way of thanking all of their players who had a hand (literally) in getting to 40 billion dealt hands.

Here is how F40 works:

TOURNAMENTS

On Sunday, February 21 at 16:30 ET, there will be a special Sunday Million 4th Anniversary Edition with $4 million guaranteed prize pool and a first prize of at least $1 million
 
On Sunday, February 14 at 14:30 ET PokerStars is hosting a $40 tourney with a $1 million guarantee

PokerStars is holding eight special tournaments over an eight day period from February 14-21, each with a 40 FPP buy-in and $40,000 prize pool!

SIT & GOs

From February 14-21, there will be 40-man Super Sit & Go tourneys with buy-ins of $1.10, $11, $22 and $55. All Super Sit & Go first place finishers will receive an extra cash prize at the end of the promotion: a share of a $40,000 prize pot. There will be one $40,000 prize pot for each Super Sit & Go buy-in level, for a total of $160,000!

VIPs

PokerStars is offering a one-per-customer $40 instant cash credit, which you can purchase for 2,500 FPPs. You will find it in the VIP Store until the end of the F40 celebrations on February 21.

Cash Games

F40: Milestone Hands
There will be cash prizes across all PokerStars cash game tables in the days leading up to the 40 billion Mega Milestone hand. Players dealt into every millionth hand will win a cash prize of $40 for every VPP they earned in the previous 40 hands played on that table. Because PokerStars wants everyone to be a winner,an extra VPP will be awarded to all players dealt in – this means you’ll win a minimum of at least $40. The winner of the hand will also get their cash prize doubled!

Visit PokerStars to take part in F40!

Bodog Poker’s Ultimate Sports Fan Experience

February 11, 2025

How would you like to go to the Super Bowl? The World Series? The Stanley Cup? The NBA Finals?

Most sports fans are lucky if they go to one of these events in their lifetime. Most never even get to go to one of these events. Well, how would you like to see all four of these events in one year?

Well Bodog Poker is awarding one of their poker players the Ultimate Sports Fan Prize Package. The package includes 2 tickets to the NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, Super Bowl, AND World Series, including airfare, accommodations, and $500 in spending money to each event. Players can earn their entry into the draw by playing in eligible Sit and Go Tournaments between February 15th and March 14th 2025

But that’s not all that Bodog is giving away. Bodog is also giving away weekly trips and tickets to an NCAA March Madness Game, UFC event, U.S. Open (Golf), or NASCAR event. Plus players can earn a seat at 1 of 2 $5,000 freeroll tournaments.  It’s easy, just play and cash in the qualifying “Sit and Go” tournaments.

How does Bodog Poker’s Ultimate Sports Fan Experience work?

By simply playing in qualifying Bodog Poker real money “Sit and Go Tournaments”, you can start to qualify for great prizes.

Qualifying for the Grand Prize

Players must cash (receive a payout), in 3 eligible real money “Sit and Go” Tournaments over the course of the promotion.  That’s it! And with players only able to earn one entry per person, everyone has an equal chance of winning!

Qualifying for the Weekly Prizes

Players must play in 5 eligible “Sit and Go” Tournaments that week.  There is a new prize each week of the promotion, so players who want to get in on all 4 draws, can come back every week and earn their entry.

Qualifying for the Freeroll Tournament

Getting into one of the two $5,000 freeroll tournaments, players must cash (receive a payout), in 3 eligible real money “Sit and Go” Tournaments over the course of the promotion.  Qualifying players will be notified by Email with registration details.

New to Bodog Poker? Relax. Bodog Poker is easy to play and easy to download.

Download Bodog Poker Now.

FTOPS XV

February 11, 2025

FTOPS XV starts up at Full Tilt Poker on February 10th. FTOPS XV features 27 events and a guaranteed prize pool worth more than $17 million.

Full Tilt Poker players can choose from a wide selection of tournaments, including knockout, shootout, turbo and super turbo events, each hosted by a Full Tilt Poker Pro.

The series finale is the huge $2.5 million FTOPS Main Event on Sunday, February 21st at 18:00 ET.

FTOPS XV Prizes

  • If you are one of the final players in an FTOPS XV event you’ll receive a bunch of great prizes including:
  • A limited-edition FTOPS jacket
  • A gold FTOPS jersey and a coveted gold jersey avatar for use on Full Tilt Poker
  • The player who finishes 1st on the FTOPS XV Leaderboard will win a custom Full Tilt Poker avatar and a special prize package which includes entry to every FTOPS XVI Event (except the Two-Day Event); the prize package is expected to be worth approximately $8,500 in tournament entries.

Play in FTOPS Challenges and the FTOPS XV Satellite Challenge to win prize money and Freeroll entries.

FTOPS Challenges

Put your skills to the test and take on our FTOPS Challenges. There are six FTOPS Challenges to conquer – complete each Challenge to earn special prizes, including Freeroll entries and cash bonuses.

FTOPS Satellite Challenge

Be sure to satellite in as many different FTOPS events as possible. There are a total of 27 events for FTOPS and the more seats you win the more freeroll entries you win:

FTOPS Satellite Seat Challenge
  • Satellite into two events to win a $10K FTOPS Sat Challenge Freeroll 1 entry
  • Satellite into three events to win a $10K FTOPS Sat Challenge Freeroll 2 entry
  • Satellite into four events to win a $10K FTOPS Sat Challenge Freeroll 3 entry
  • Satellite into five events to win a $10K FTOPS Sat Challenge Freeroll 4 entry

The Freeroll entries are cumulative, so if you satellite into at least five different events, you’ll win entry to all four Freerolls.

To play in the FTOPS Satellite Seat Challenge:
  • Log in to Full Tilt Poker
  • Click the Cashier button
  • Select the My Promotions box
  • Click the FTOPS Challenges link

This will take you to a webpage where you can choose to participate in all FTOPS Challenges and track your progress as you complete each task. FTOPS satellites are running now – play for your seats today at Full Tilt Poker.

Win Your Seat to EPT Berlin Courtesy of PokerStars

February 8, 2025

The European Poker Tour is coming to Berlin and they’re expecting a record number of players to participate in this event. The EPT Berlin is even being held in a venue that was specially built just for this event!

Best of all for the first time at a German EPT, PokerStars is guaranteeing a huge €1 million prize to the winner.

The total prize pool for EPT Berlin is €5,300 and the main event will take place March 2-7, 2025 in a beautiful glass palace which is being constructed right next to the Spielbank Casino in the heart of the city.

Last year’s EPT was the biggest poker tournament ever held in Germany.

A total of 667 players competed with German Team PokerStars Pro Sandra Naujoks, who lives in Berlin, taking it down for a jaw-dropping €917,000. Naujoks was only the second ever female EPT champion and only the fifth player to win an EPT in their native country.

Qualify for EPT Berlin at PokerStars

PokerStars gives its players a chance to turn a few dollars into a seat at the EPT. At PokerStars there is a buy-in to a satellite to suit every bankroll. You can even qualify for free using your PokerStars Frequent Player Points.

EPT Steps satellites are also a great way to qualify. Just buy in at any level to play against eight players in a single table tournament. If you finish in the top two, you move up to the next step.

Satellite events are underway right now. Just visit PokerStars and download the poker client and play in a game where you could win a trip to play tournament poker in a stunning European city. Your EPT prize package includes your buy-in, luxury accommodations and €600 to spend.

 Playing in EPT satellites on PokerStars start out for as little as €5.45 or 100 FPP.

Playing satellites on PokerStars is easy. If you’re not already a PokerStars player, first download the free PokerStars software by clicking here.

Once you’ve installed the software, it’s time to create an account.

Then, once you’re in the PokerStars lobby, click Events then the event of your choice and you’re ready to register for the satellite of your choice. Click the Tourney Lobby button to make your buy-in.

Win Super Bowl Tickets Courtesy of PokerStars

January 30, 2025

The Super Bowl is just around the corner but you can still score a pair of tickets to the game. On Sunday, February 7, when the eyes of the world are focused on Florida for the biggest football game of the year – and you could be there to watch the Champions crowned live!

PokerStars has got two pairs of tickets for the Big Game up for grabs on Sunday, January 31 at 19:00 ET and 22:00 ET. PokerStars will be hosting two special $11 tournaments where, in addition to the regular prizepool, the winner of each will be awarded a pair of game tickets and $1,000 spending money.

Even better, if you make a reload deposit to your PokerStars account using the code FOOTBALL before the tournaments begin, PokerStars will automatically credit your account with a ticket to play in one of the ‘Sunday Football Special’ tournaments for free.

This special offer and these tournaments are only open to players from the USA, Canada and Mexico. You can find both ‘Sunday Football Special’ tournaments, located under the ‘Tourney’ > ‘Regional’ tab in your PokerStars lobby.

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