Full Tilt are doing a Mini Series of Poker (MSOP) which mimics the events of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, but at 1/100th of the buy-in size. Great to feel like being part of the series even if you are not actually going to Las Vegas itself. Getting into the spirit of things etc. Buy-ins range from $10 to $500, with the events running through June and July.

If you fancy giving it a go then sign-up to Full Tilt and collect a sign-up bonus of up to $600

The subsequent rounds played out as follows, with Skammes emerging as the eventual victor, taking home $360,000

Round 2

Joviant Gent v SWEGIN
molswi47 v Myrabbifoo
raszi v wheresmyroll
Skammes v Sussie Smith
gcnmoo v goatboy1
buck21 v good2cu
BiggestFish v Mosheh
gunning4you v philivey2694

Round 3

molswi47 v SWEGIN
Skammes vs WheresMyRoll
buck21 vs goatboy1
gunning4you vs Mosheh

Semi Finals

Skammes vs SWEGIN
goatboy1 vs gunning4you

Final

Skammes vs gunning4you

Winner: Skammes

There are 32 entrants in the high-rollers $25K Heads-up on Pokerstars.

1st Prize: $360,000
2nd Prize: $200,000
3rd and 4th Prize: $120,000

Here are the first round match ups:

SWEGIN vs Tim0thee
Jovial Gent vs steamraise
MyRabbiFoo Vs ZeeJustin
bad_beat_bud vs molswi47
trader0811 vs WheresMyRoll
evanski vs RaSzi
mistakooll vs Skammes
Sussie Smith vs w00ki3z.
gcnmoo vs RunThisTable
goatgoy1 vs KidPoker
aejones vs buck21
good2cu vs Iftarii
BiggestFish vs PeteEastgate
LadyMaverick vs Mosheh
lb6121 vs philivey2694
gunnig4you vs PokerNoob999

Full Tilt Poker have introduced Rush Poker Tournaments

Every time you click fold you will immediately move onto a new hand at a new table.  Therefore you can play a normal structured tournament (ie normal blind speeds and intervals) at about 3 times the normal speed.

Rather than spending 7.5 hours to complete a whole tourney, you can play one in about 2.5 hours, without losing out on any of the skill element.  Not bad eh.

When the tournament gets down to 30 players or less the tables become shorthanded in order to keep up the speed of new tables and new hands.  This will continue until the final table is reached, then the tournament will just revert to a normal tourney.

You can find the Rush Poker Tournaments in the main tournament lobby.  They have a black R next to the them (on the left hand side).

If you would like to give Rush Poker Tournaments a go then sign-up to Full Tilt Poker and get a bonus up to $600 at the same time

Pokerstars have introduced bounty tournaments.  Knockout a player and instantly receive some cash each time.  Collect as many bounties as you can.

They have started off with 9-seater knockouts and 90-seater knockouts both at a wide range of buy-in levels.  There are also Heads-up MTTs with knockout bounties

As an example there are $13.50 90-seaters with first prize of $247.95 and second prize of $166.50, etc, down to 12th prize of $22.50.   For every person you knock out you will collect a $2.50 bounty

As a 2nd example there are $27 90-seaters with first prize of $495.90 and second prize of $333.00 down to 12th prize of $44.10.   Each knockout bounty is worth $5 in this case.

If you are interested in checking them out then play bounty tournaments at Pokerstars with a bonus up to $600

ECOOP VI is starting in May, comprising of 14 events. To play the ECOOP signup to Titan Poker

Here is the full ECOOP schedule:

Pokerstars are doing 4 novelty April Fools Poker Tourneys, each of them pretty much like something you have never seen or experienced before at the poker table

Mike’s Tourney

When: 15:05 ET - 1st April

In short: Decending blinds

Blinds start at 1500/3000 and go down until level 21 where they then turn and start to go back up again.

It is a $2.20 rebuy event, with 5 min levels, and 4875 starting stack.

Rebuys will get you 4000 chips, and a 6000 chip add-on is available to players with 12000 chips or less.

Fredrik’s Tournament

When: 15:05 ET - 1st April

In short: Mixed PLH and PLO, 2 cent rebuy

$2.20 buy-in. 2500 starting stack. Blinds jump around all over the place and rebuys are available for 2 cents (2500) and add-ons available for 3 cents (6000 chips)

Bryan’s Tournament

When: 15:05 ET - 1st April

In short: Everything to do with 8’s

$2.20 buy-in. 888 starting stack. Blinds and antes jump around between 88, 888, and 888, gradually increasing as a while.

Rebuys gets you 888 chips for 8cents. A massive add-on of 88888 chips is available for 88 cents.

Alex’s Tourney

When: 15:05 ET - 1st April

In short: All-in every hand from Level 10 onwards

$2.20 buy-in. 1000 starting chips. Rebuys are $2 for 1000 chips. Add-on $2 for 1500 chips. The levels are 10 mins each. At level 10 there is a 500 million chip ante, meaning all players will be all-in every hand until there is a winner.

If you would like to take part then signup to Pokerstars and receive a bonus of up to $600

Perfect 10 Promo on Ultimate Poker

From 1st April until 30th April Ultimate Poker are running 10 x $11 tourneys each day (between 14:00 ET and 23:00 ET each day)

You will score points for each tournament you play.  The better you place, the more points you get.  At the end of April your best 10 finishes will get their points added up, and the people with the top 50 highest total points win a cash prize

1st - $20,000
2nd - $10,000
3rd - $5,000
4th to 10th - $2500
11th to 20th - $2000
21st to 30th - $1500
31st to 40th - $1000
41st to 50th - $500

If you fancy competing for the prizes signup to Ultimate Poker and get a 111% bonus at the same time

PokerStars 40th Billion Hand Celebrations

It only seems like yesterday that Pokerstars had a player base of 2 men and a sheep, and now look at it, 150,000 players online 24/7 and rapidly approaching 40 Billion hands played.

To celebrate this milestone Pokerstars have loads of things going on including a $4 million guaranteed tournament this coming Sunday, with $1 million of that guaranteed for the winner.

There are also special F40 SNGs (you see them in pink in the SNG lobby) which are 40-seaters.  Every winner during this week shares in a $40,000 prize.

And one of the biggest things is the milestone hands.  Every million hands on the lead up to 40 Billion they are giving cash out to people playing at the table where the hand is dealt.

For the actual 40 Billionth hand the prize is 400 times the frequent player points you earnt at that table in the preceeding 40 hands.   So this could be anything up to $120,000  (400×7.5×40)

If you fancy getting into the action then signup to Pokerstars with a deposit bonus up to $600

No fewer than 19377 entrants lined up for last nights PokerStars Sunday Million, giving it a astronomical prizepool of $3.875 million.  3150 of those players got paid, with the money starting at $266.03.    After 12 hours of play OX45AL took down the $550,011.29 first prize.  

1st OX45AL $550,011.29
2nd celofyz33 $333,540.00
3rd eMarkM $244,616.42
4th OBVAMENTS $166,270.00
5th S.Takmaziyan $133,016.00
6th Kostya 77777 $99,762.00
7th Gmelkonyan $66,508.00
8th austinlewis $44,227.82
9th hunter10999 $29,928.60

OX45AL has an ABI (average buy-in) of just $13 so this win will no doubt propel him upwards into the bigger buy-in tourneys. Good luck to him