KAPPIT, a 60 year-old woman from Ferris, Texas, was playing a $0.25/$0.50 Texas hold’em cash game at the CEREUS Network website when she saw that she held quad nines. She was thrilled with her hand until she discovered that her opponent CJBV held quad queens.

The Bad Beat Jackpot at Ultimate Bet, standing at $670,573.38 kicked in with KAPPIT’S loss as it pays out when a player loses with quad 8s or higher.

KAPPIT was therefore the big winner of the Bad Beat Jackpot even though CJBV had won the hand. CJBV won $109,057 for his part in the event and 7 players each took home a $1,000 bonus just for being at the table. An amount of $89.36 went to each of the remaining 610 players for playing on Ultimate Bet at that moment.

KAPPIT has been playing poker for 45 years and will use part of her winnings to trade in her 1995 truck.

A statement read from Ultimate Bet revealed that fifty cents is collected from all qualifying poker hands and placed into a growing pot until the jackpot is hit. The jackpot is divided among bad beat jackpot players when an online poker player loses a hand with four eights or higher. The remaining pot is held over for the next hit. A piece of the jackpot goes to every player seated at a bad beat jackpot table that features the same limit and game type as where the bad beat occurred.

Ultimate Bet is licensed in Kahnawake.

Launched in June, RealDealPoker,com features the automated Cut N’ Shuffle system in place of the usual random number generator with real cards giving players the feel of being in an actual casino. The system has been patented and provides a “cut function” together with the deployment of “burn cards” which, according to Gioia International Limited, the owner, is not available through any other online poker site.

RealDealPoker.com will award the top ten rakers until August 20 with lifetime percentages of between 42 to 50 percent. The actual rate set will be decided at a one-off sit-and-go tournament which will be held on August 27. The top raker will also be awarded a seat into the final for an opportunity to face the American heavyweight boxing champion Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield at September’s Poker in The Park festival while other players get a chance to buy-in to one of its starting qualifiers for Euro 109. Satellites can be bought from Euro 1.50 and 75 percent of the total prize purse will go to the winner of the decisive heads-up match.

Paul Gambrill, Affiliate Director for RealDealPoker.com revealed that players are very impressed at the difference that real cards make to online poker and tend to stick around for a long time after realizing how much more trustworthy a system using real cards actually is.

In terms of the agreement between the Kahnawake-licensed online poker room and the 36 year old former model and actress who starred in American Pie and Scary Movie, Shannon Elizabeth will represent the brand at major poker tournaments, serve as part of their upcoming marketing campaign and also play regularly online.

Peter Hampton, a spokesperson for Carbon Poker, revealed that they had been hunting for a face for their brand who is a recognized star as well as a respected member of the poker community and that Shannon meets both criteria. They are thrilled to have her on board.

Hampton added that they will soon be launching a few promotions involving players playing against Shannon enabling them to get to know her both inside and outside of poker. In terms of the deal, Shannon will be involved in a number of promotional videos for the site and will be posting regularly on the CarbonPoker.com’s blog and answer player questions.

Shannon Elizabeth recently represented Team Lebanon in the World Team Poker Event. CarbonPoker.com is hoping that her addition to their site will assist them in their aim to make it into the top ten poker sites by next year.

CarbonPoker is played on purpose-built software powered by the Merge-Gaming network. It used Macromedia Flash download and it’s sleek, clean lines make multi-table play easy. Like most online Poker rooms, CarbonPoker is played in US dollars.

PokerStars.net will be celebrating this event by giving players the chance to win exciting prize packages worth a whopping $4,000 to its main event.

The championship features a $2,500 buy-in which is open to all adult players and Poker Stars.net has revealed that the prize packages for the main event of the Empire State Hold’em Championship includes the buy-in as well as six nights’ accommodation for two and travel expenses for players in North America.

PokerStars.net revealed in a statement that “there are free-to-enter satellites for the main event of the Empire State Hold’em Championship running now with prize packages up for grabs in each”.

Players wishing to register for the event should open the PokerStars.net lobby and merely click “events” and thereafter “special”.

PokerStars.net has also revealed that Vanessa Rousso, its very own sponsored professional player will be hosting her Bigslick Boot Camp at the venue from one o’clock in the afternoon local time on 13th August. Players have the choice of winning their entry into the event directly via a special website at BigslickBootCamp.com or courtesy of the online poker site.

Vanessa Rousso announced that she is very excited about this PokerStars.net sponsored event and feels that it is the perfect setting to run one of the Bigslick Boot Camps. She is also very excited to be coaching this session a day before the main event.

PokerStars.com is one of the largest online poker rooms and last year awarded over $40 million in cash over the course of 22 events with the SCOOP’S trio of main events. It featured buy-ins of amounts of $100, $1,000 and $10,000 which was won by online competitor “JannotLapin” followed by two Team Poker Stars professionals, JC Alvarado and Jude Ainsworth.

The SCOOP promises to be even bigger this year and features buy-ins ranging from $5.50 to $25,000 during 38 events. A six-handed tournament and a two-day no-limit hold’em tournament kicks off on May 3rd followed by two daily tournaments being offered by PokerStars.com over the following weeks. The festivities will end with a two-day main event commencing on May 16th at 5 o’clock in the afternoon (New York time).

There is an incredible amount of competition being offered and the SCOOP schedule will provide something for all types of players who are getting very excited about and looking forward to the high-stakes main event with its five million dollar guarantee and the guaranteed one million dollars to the tournament champion.

The Ante Up tournament will also be featured in this year’s SCOOP. In this tournament the blinds remain the same while antes increase alongside a turbo fixed-limited hold-em event. This year there will be 20 no-limit hold-em events. Included in these events will be re-buy, shootout, heads-up and four-handed play competitions and players of mixed games will have a chance to enjoy Badugi, triple draw, stud high-low, Omaha, horse, razz as well as eight-game tournaments.

Chief Operating Officer for Tokwiro Enterprises, the site’s Quebec-based owner and operator, Paul Legget, reported that they regretted the announcement that the Aruba event will not run this year but that 2010 would be an exciting year for UltimateBet.com and its players. He stated further that they feel that their players can benefit more from them if they invest in new events and rewards.

Players at UltimateBet will continue to receive access to a few of the world’s top tournaments such as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) as well as the World Poker Tour via online satellites. Customers will be offered major WSOP incentives and top competitors will receive additional loyalty benefits.

UltimateBet.com is planning to create many pro-related competitions as well as an UltimateBet Online Championship twice yearly. A monthly $500k Guaranteed Tournament is also being planned which they hope will become a $1 million event.

A deal has also been signed by UltimateBet.com whereby it will serve as official sponsor for the Four Aces Poker Pro Canada Classic. This event will take place over four days from April 15th and have a buy-in of $1,650. Fifty players are set to be sent to this exciting event through a series of online satellite tournaments.

Three “day ones” will be featured in the Four Aces Poker Pro Canada Classic. Players who are eliminated on the first day of the tournament can rebuy into the event with the field’s top ten percent competing on the Sunday.

GoldBet is an online European bookmaker that was launched in 2000. GoldBet is a company with a reliable reputation within the sports betting industry with a varied selection of sporting events and attractive odds. This company is a member of ESSA that is dedicated to maintaining sports integrity within the sports betting field and also runs an operational charity plan.

It appears that GoldBet now intends to expand operations into the area of poker and has chosen the Microgaming Poker Network to develop a poker product to be incorporated into the GoldBet gaming platform. This new alliance with the expert Microgaming software provider will present top quality online poker opportunities for GoldBet’s customers in addition to the existing sports betting options.

As the original provider of online gaming software for the first online casino in the mid 1990s, Microgaming has developed into a natural leader in the field. Today, Microgaming boasts a selection of more than 450 pursuits and introduces approximately 60 new games annually. More than 160 online gaming sites are powered by Microgaming software. In addition, the biggest progressive jackpot network on the Internet is powered by Microgaming.

Cool Hand Poker’s low buy-in tournaments may be accessed by ‘the people’ and are not geared for high rollers. Buy-in rates at poker tournaments at this site can be as low as $0.20 +$0.02. This opportunity can be utilized as a great learning tool as new players can become accustomed to the workings of an online poker tournament or just learn the rules and practice skills for a comparatively low charge. Once a player has gained an insight to the workings of the tournament at a minimum charge, then a tournament with a slightly higher buy-in charge may be selected.

The Cool Hand Poker site operates an attractive selection of tournaments that are priced from under $1 to $22. This site appears to be catered for people to learn about poker and have fun playing poker and is not intended for professional poker players.

Newcomers to this poker for the people site may take advantage of a $350 welcome bonus. At the Cool Hand Poker site, free play tables are also available that enable players to practice without placing any money on the poker table.

PokerStars hosts a variety of tournaments and February is showing top action on the multi-table tournament (MTT) scene. This is also the 4th year of the Sunday Million MTT event and on February 21st, PokerStars will be hosting a special Sunday Million tournament with a massive four million dollar guaranteed prize. This prize pool includes a minimum of $1,000,000 for the lucky player that finishes the tournament in 1st position.

Sit n Goes will also feature in the PokerStars F40 promotion and will be operating between 14th to 21st February at all hours and with attractive prizes. There is also F40 action for newcomers to the PokerStars site in the form of free rolls. Following a first deposit at the site, new players may take advantage of freeroll tournaments between the dates 14th to 21st February with prizes of $1,000 up for grabs.

Cash game players may also enjoy this 40 billion hand celebration at PokerStars. There will be cash prizes and special benefits at the cash games in the build up to the dealing of the 40 billionth hand.

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The new software has come as a direct response to player feedback and introduces a number of features designed to enhance play experience. On top of significant improvements to the graphical display, the new version will see an overall increase in game speed, a new Favourites system allowing players to quickly find their choice tables, a popular new game variant – Razz, seat selection and to the joy of many Bet365 Poker’s devoted players the introduction of resizable tables.

Bet365 Managing Director of Gaming Steve Ibberson commented, “The new features are excellent and will put Bet365 firmly in front of the competition. We have listened to our customers and produced software of the highest standard creating an interface to compliment the superb liquidity on the iPoker network and Bet365 Poker’s unsurpassed customer service”

To celebrate the new software and to demonstrate its potential Bet365 Poker will run four free to enter tournaments, each paying out $1000 and all running at the same time so players will be able to test out the resizable tables by downloading the software and registering for the tournaments.

Bet365 Poker are one of the world’s leading online gambling groups with over 3 million customers in 200 different countries. The Group employs over 900 people and is the UK’s 7th largest private company.