Well I guess you have all heard about the Poker shut down in the States. Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Absolute Poker : “The Big 3” in the US (and globally) have lost a high stakes bet against the US government and the Feds in particular. Real money play is (may be, could be, depending which lawyer you speak to) is banned in the US. These 3 companies have been accused of flouting US law following the banning of companies making transactions to fund player´s accounts.
What has happened in the US?
On Friday 15th April 2011, The US Gov. came down on a number of Poker rooms that have been accepting players from the US despite the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (U.I.G.E.A) 2006. The FBI has taken control of the domain names of some of the biggest Poker sites on the planet.
But not to worry if you live in the UK, otherwise now known as “The Land of The Free”! 😉 Online poker is perfectly legal here. And all of the big European poker companies here are falling over themselves to attract European players affected by the fallout. After all- you´d be slightly crazy to continue playing with these companies, if you want to be 100% sure of being able to withdraw your winnings.
They are literrally throwing money at poker players to get them to sign up with their sites. Here is a list of the best poker promotions following the US fall out:
1. Ladbrokes Poker: Special
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Given the US news on the so called “Black Friday” (only for US poker players!), Ladbrokes Poker have been busy bees coming up with some big promotions.
€750k Guaranteed this Easter. Online Poker Festival
The popular Easter Festival goes from strength to strength with the Main Event dishing out an eye-watering prize pool of €750,000. This two-day event will begin on 24th April at 6pm UK time and will be the biggest poker tourney anywhere online this weekend!
The bonaza runs over 4 days from 22nd to 25th April and includes 9 different tournaments catering for all tastes. Omaha 2nd Chance and 5 Card Draw with Turbo’s and Survivor also included.
UP to 50% Rakeback
PLUS, Ladbrokes Poker is offering up to 50% Rakeback for all players until the 31st July.
2. Virgin Poker Golden Friday Specials
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€100,000 FREEROLL SERIES
The €100,000 Freeroll will take place on Sunday the 12th of June at 17:30 GMT and will have no more than 3,000 entrants. In order to qualify for the €100k Freeroll you will need to come in the top 200 places in any one of 15 weekly qualifiers. The qualifiers kick off every Wednesday and Sunday at 6.30 pm UK time, each with a €1,000 prize pool, and cash prizes for the top 50 players.
https://www.virgingames.com/poker/tournaments.aspx?tourney=tourney04
6 x €10k 1st TIME PLAYER (Virgins) FREE ROLL
Virgin Poker are offering an extra treat for new (virgin) players, to thank you for joining them. All players who have completed their FIRST RAKED HAND during any week until the end of May 2011 will be able to sign into a €10,000 1st TIME PLAYER Freeroll (virgins) on the following Monday.
LOW COST HIGH VALUE TOURNAMENTS
PLUS, Virgin poker have added some high value MTTs (that´s Multi-Table Tournaments) with Low Buy-ins.
These tournaments offer great value buy-ins and all for under €10.
GUARANTEED WSOP SATELLITES
Virgin Poker will be GUARANTEEING a €10k package to the World Series of Poker every Sunday from now until June 5th. You can buy-in direct for just €210 or qualify through their range of satellites running 24/7.
They will also be guaranteeing seats into the weekly final from each of the €10+€1 Rebuy and €21+€2 Freeze-out DAILY satellites:
3. Bet Fred Poker Specials Following the Poker Stars, Full Tilt and Absolute Poker Fall Out.
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Following the big shuffle of the deck in the world of online, Betfred Poker also has some good deals.
Watch out for:
