Sun Poker’s $1 Million GTD This Weekend!

If you’re looking for some action this weekend then the place to be is Sun Poker. The popular iPoker network site is set to host their $1 million guaranteed tournament with life changing sums of money on offer for the lucky winner, not to mention other cashing players.

Of course, registering for a $1 million tournament won’t cost you pocket change BUT qualifying for this particular event could! Satellites are available from only 44 cents! and they are running right up to the event start time on Sunday at 18:00 Sun Poker time.

Irish Open 2010 Satellites at Winner Poker

The Irish Open is widely recognised as one of the most prestigious events on the European poker calendar. Players from around the world often travel to Dublin to take on some of the best tournament poker has to offer.

You could be joining them this year by qualifying via one of the many satellites at Winner Poker. Winner Poker is one of the newer poker rooms on the iPoker network. Winner focuses on making YOU a winning player and their promotions are amongst the best on the network. Their Irish Open packages are worth $7,200 (€4,800) and qualification can be made from just a few dollars.

PartyGaming Posts $26.5 Million Loss for 2009

PartyGaming PLC, the company behind Party Poker, have announced a net loss of $26.5 million for 2009. Despite the apparently poor figures, the group remains positive about their future.

PartyGaming CEO, Jim Ryan, was quick to put a positive outlook on the results. He said; “Whilst the macroeconomic environment remains uncertain, we remain focused on executing our stated strategy and are confident about the Group’s prospects.”

Company revenues were down 6% from 2008 to $446.2 million in a turbulent year for the business. In the previous year PartyGaming posted a profit of $66.9 million.

PokerStars Release SCOOP Schedule

Online poker giants, PokerStars, have announced their latest online poker festival schedule. The Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will take place at the largest online poker room between May 3rd and 16th and will feature a $10,300 event. Smaller bankrolls are also catered for with some events starting from as little as $5.50.

Omaha; Razz, HORSE and Badugi events will be part of the SCOOP alongside three “main events” with buy-ins of $109, $1,050 and $10,300. $1 million, $3 million and $5 million prize pools will be guaranteed for each tournament respectively.

Fort Knox Jackpot Hit at iPoker

One lucky sit n go player hit the big time last weekend on Paddy Power Poker, a popular skin on the iPoker network. The Fort Knox jackpot was hit, releasing a whopping $110,000 jackpot to the lucky winner.

The Fort Knox jackpot is an exclusive bonus paid to $50 buy-in sit n go players should they win six tournaments consecutively. The $50 jackpot sit n gos are notoriously difficult on iPoker so when somebody hits six wins in a row it makes for a very interesting story!

The jackpot winning player in question was Phil “flukesfla” Flavin, a regular at Paddy Power Poker.

Mastercard Blocks American Online Poker Deposits

As if playing online poker wasn’t difficult enough for most residents of the United States, things got a little tougher today as credit card giants, Mastercard, blocked deposits by players. Mastercard has apparently figured out how some gaming sites were manipulating the coding, to previously allow transactions to go through, and have now blocked the process.

Now the major online poker rooms including Doylesroom, Bodog, Absolute Poker, and UltimateBet no longer list Mastercard as an option in their cashiers.

Mastercard have previously worked out the “gambling deposit loophole” only for sites to find a work-around and offer the method again within a few months.

Cake Poker Loser WINS the Pot

Perhaps the old saying; “You can’t have your cake and eat it” isn’t completely true when it comes to playing online at Cake Poker. Poker forums burst into life late yesterday when news of a losing hand being awarded a pot hit the wires.

The action took place on a 2c/4c NLHE table. Two players got their money into the middle before the flop with vs . A board of fell giving a nut flush for the Ace holder. Strangely though the pot of $5.72 pot was awarded to the K high flush player!

$250,000 Double Up Tournaments at Sun Poker

Tournament players get ready for an incredible February at Sun Poker. A colossal $250,000 is on offer in Sun Poker’s Double Up Tournament Race. Double up tournaments, as the name suggests, pay 50% of the players an equal share of the total buy-in amount. So, if you can beat half the field you’ll double up!

The Double Up Tournament Race starts today! and runs each week (leaderboards are reset weekly) for the entire month of February. The race suits all sizes of bankroll with double up players eligible to take part from the smallest buy-ins at only $1.

$20 Instant Bonus at Sun Poker

Our exclusive $20 free cash bonus is still available at Sun Poker. All new players that join Sun Poker via a link on Poker News Headlines are eligible for this promotion. So, if you want a bankroll booster for very little effort this January and February, then this is the bonus for you!

Not only are we giving you $20 for free for joining Sun Poker, we’re also boosting up the first deposit bonus as well! Generally the deposit bonus at Sun is, an already chunky, $500 but if you join the poker room via our links you can take advantage of a $600 bonus. That’s $120 in free money that you will not find at any other poker site.