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PokerShare.com - Poker Share Review

Pokershare.com is a new poker room using Excapsa software, the same software that powers Ultimate Bet, Ultimate Poker, and Greentie Poker. Poker Share is licensed and regulated by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission in Canada. We're very excited here to welcome Pokershare as our new sponsor site for this poker blog, and we encourage everyone who reads this blog and players poker online to take a look at the innovative and exciting player rewards system that they've launched.

Poker Share's model for rewarding players is their unique selling proposition, which is a necessary thing in the crowded and growing online poker market. This player reward model is based on a player-ownership or player-equity model, where every quarter, the players from PokerShare.com receive a payout of 40% of the company's profits. The amount of equity each player receives is based on how many player points he's earned. The more you play, the bigger a percentage of the profits you receive each quarter.

We think this is a brilliant rewards model and can't wait to get our first share of the profits from the new site.

But we think too that there are other reasons to play at PokerShare, not the least of which is the fantastic Excapsa software product. If you play a lot of online poker, then you're probably familiar with the concept of multi-tabling. (Especially if you have the same kind of attention deficit issues we have.) Multi-tabling at an Excapsa-powered poker room is a dream because of their unique min-view feature, which reduces the screen size to an amazingly small but still user-friendly size.

At the lower levels, the competition on the Excapsa network is remarkably soft as well, especially in the single table tournaments. One feature that we enjoy about playing at Poker Share is that we get 1500 chips to start a SnG tournament with here instead of the paltry 800 chips that Party Poker gives at the lower levels. This improves a good player's chances of winning the tournament, which, since we're good players, is a big selling point.

Poker Share's first deposit bonus is one of the best in the industry too. Deposit $250 and get a 100% matching bonus. Too bad you can't buy $500 worth of chips at your local home poker game with just $250, huh?

But seriously...do yourself a favor and give Pokersahre a try. You'll be glad you did.

Online Cardroom Guides - Poker Room Review Sites

If you're thinking about playing poker online for the first time, you might be well-served by taking a look at an online cardroom guide or two before deciding where to play. I know that some folks just do the knee-jerk thing and choose whatever poker site just ran their most recent advertisement on ESPN, but there are actually a lot of sites which review internet poker rooms, and some of the information that they provide can help you avoid being frustrated with a site that doesn't meet your needs as a player.

For example, you might be a low-roller. If that's the case, then you probably want to play at a cardroom which offers $0.01/$0.02, and not all poker sites have stakes that low. Or maybe you like watching texas holdem on tv, but you'd prefer to play five card draw online. You'd probably be pretty frustrated if you downloaded Party Poker only to discover that they don't have the games or the limits that you want.

We're particularly fond of this site about online poker rules, because not only can you find out the details of some of the cardrooms they review there, you can also learn to play some new games. Their online poker room reviews include details about player traffic, tournaments, game variety, and bonuses. They've also got a great article about online prop play too.

Another site we like consists of nothing but online poker reviews. But unlike many poker review sites, Turning Trips features real reviews that actually show some knowledge of the poker sites under discussion. (Many poker review sites online are thinly disguised collections of sales letters for poker sites.) Read their review of True Poker to see how objective they truly are at this site.

A newer cardroom guide that caught our eye is this guide to online poker rooms which reviews a lot of poker sites that aren't usually featured on most poker review sites. We enjoyed the concise and sincere perspective these reviews exhibited.

And of course, one of the best places to find honest reviews is through a human edited directory, like the DMOZ online cardroom guides. At the time of this writing, they're featuring 27 different sites reviewing online cardrooms. Some of these sites are more than just review sites too; they're actual guides to playing in online card rooms. Definitely worth taking a look at these.

Beware of Casino Affiliate Programs - Masive Frauds and Cheating Reported!

A special report has been released on the large extent of frauds taking place with casino affiliate programs. These are controlled by organized crime operators. Extensive research, real tests, investigations and several complaints have been compiled over the last 8 years. This information has been released by game developers, directors, officers, accountants and programmers. Technical support, sales teams, marketing companies and their licensees are other sources from whom valuable information has been received and compiled. This report confirms that casino affiliate programs do not track real sales properly. 99% to 100% of the sales were not tracked at all leaving the innocent affiliates cheated and robbed. As per figures on the online gambling industry, affiliates get cheated by over a billion dollar each year. Apart from casino licensees, several marketing companies also run dishonest casino affiliate programs which are again based on fraud and cheating. Gamblingmagazine.com reports:

Their entire business models are based on frauds, and nothing else than frauds, and we are certain about this becuase there is no possible doubt about it. Very naive affiliates wrongly think that bigger is bigger, so they signed up with the bigger companies, including many publinc companies.

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Set Your Eyes on Winning Millions Without Investing Anything, at the Poker Millionaire Challenge at Las Vegas Next Year in April

It is a known fact that even when playing the lotto and in order to get towards having a chance to win millions, a player must invest at least a dollar. Therefore the idea of making millions without a single dollar worth of investment is definitely immensely appealing. This is absolutely possible if you are in Las Vegas between April 21 and 28 next year. Binyon's Gambling Hall will be hosting their Poker Millionaire Challenge around that time. This free-roll event will rake in a prize pool of $2.5 million for the winner. Arrangements have been made with dozens of organizations like Free Bar Poker, Pub Poker, the APPA etc. for this event. The Virginia Poker Club is also one of the affiliated organizations. So, Poker enthusiasts and players, come forward and give yourself a chance to win millions without investing anything at all. Launchpoker.com reports:

President Ron Snodgrass said the free roll event, which means it's free to play in, will give players a shot at a $2.5 million prize pool. "The tournament is designed to let every player get in on the action," he said.

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Learn the Key, Crtical Decision Making Factors Used by Pros - From the Online Resource Poker Tutor

Poker on television suffers from one major drawback. It is not able to show or convey the thought process of the players. This is where the online resource Poker Tutor comes in. This online repository of lessons has been put together by Hilger and other poker pros like Hendon Mob. It fills in the critical gap as it lets the players see the reasoning behind each poker decision. This in fact is the focus and the hallmark of Poker Tutor. This product has dual appeal. Firstly, it gives learners the key to critical decision-making as used by pros. Secondly, it allows them to move at their own comfortable pace, stopping to review the lessons when required. Launchpoker.com reports:

Hilger is also the author of a bestselling book, Internet Texas Hold'em: Winning Strategies of an Internet Pro. The lessons offered at the Poker Tutor include limit cash games, tournaments, and a detailed analysis of Hilger's cash finish in the WSOP main event.

Read More: Poker Tutor Gives Away Pro's Thoughts

"WPT: Making The Final Table" - Second part of the WPT Champions of Poker Book Series

Its a foregone conclusion in Hollywood that if a sequel is made of a successful film, it will never be able to rise up to the standards set by the first one. But exceptions always prove the rule. The same has been the case with Erick Lindgren's new book on the second part of the WPT Champions of Poker book series. It is called "WPT: Making The Final Table". This book will be out in the market by November 2nd. It will be priced at $15.95 US and $21.50 Canadian. The first book in the series was called "WPT: Shuffle Up And Deal". This book was by World Poker Tour Announcer and champion player Mike Sexton. Pokernews.com reports:

The book, however, was more useful in the limit world than that of tournament poker, especially No-Limit. They have addressed that problem through the efforts of Erick Lindgren and his co-writer and friend, Matt Matros.

Read More: Second WPT Poker Book Better Than First

Subscribers to WannaPlayPoker.net Will Get a Host of Poker-Related Information in Across 7 Countries

Starting November 1st, a new service is due to be released. This will be collating live poker information in seven countries. Subscribers to WannaPlayPoker.net will get news on local tournaments, card rooms, home gamed and about other players in their area. All this information will be given through an e-mail service. This system is based on the hoovering up of news of live games throughout the English-speaking community. It categorizes the news on the basis of their geographic location. The news is collated every month to make a personal poker schedule for all the registered players.  Richard Speigal of WannaPlayPoker.net said that essentially the service put players together through the web. Prweb.com reports:

Tournament and game hosts are encouraged to get listed, as is any player who wants local poker news direct to their e-mail inbox. The service is entirely free and also private - players are not required to give any personal details to use the site.

Read More: World Poker Database Hits the Ground Running

Party Riches is Rebranding as Poker Affiliate World And is Set to Grow Even Larger

Jeremy Enke and Randy Ray are both online marketing experts and owners of PartyRiches.com. They announced today, the relaunch and re-branding of their online poker webmaster community - the largest poker affiliate community in the world as PokerAffiliateWorld.com. Poker Webmasters will remain the top ranking community and enjoy community support and information given by the site. This site was started as a mini-site and had been launched by its founder Jeremy Enke, for selling ebooks for promoting Party Poker. However, over a one year period, it has grown into the largest and the most popular and famous poker affiliate community in the world. It has over 450 active members. The site is visited by more than 1000 people every day. The community involvement in the forums at Poker Affiliate world, has been the major reason for its success. Prweb.com reports:

CEO and founder Jeremy Enke said, "The decision to rebrand our community couldn't come at a better time. The online poker industry is maturing constantly, and our site and brand will continue to mature with the industry.

Read More: PokerAffiliateWorld.com -- PartyRiches.com ReBrands Poker Affiliate Community with a New Name

Fox Sports Net and GSN Will be Airing Two High Stake Poker Events in November

Some of the biggest names in poker, feature in two made-for-television poker games. These will be played at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. One of these two televised events is ' Stakes Poker' which is produced by GSN. The other one is 'Poker Superstars III' and has been produced for Fox Sports Net (FSN). The Golden Nugget had earlier this year, hosted the World Series of BlackJack. This event had been televised on GSN, Speed Channel's Mobil High Endurance Charity Poker Challenge. It had also been aired on NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Both these events had attracted solid viewership and ratings. Biz.yahoo.com reports:

GSN, the Network for Games, in launching its new series, High Stakes Poker in January 2006. The series will unite some of the top professional poker players with elite poker-playing business executives in an exciting match of skill and money.

Read More: Poker's Biggest Names Gather at the Golden Nugget for Two Televised Events

Tune in to a New Radio Show on Sirius Satellite Radio - The Average Joe Poker Show'

Poker enthusiasts and novices can now tune in to Sirius Satellite Radio. Every Monday at 9 p.m EST, Channel 122 airs a program on poker. This program gives a little poker advice, news on poker, interviews of pros and other related snippets of information. This program is called the "Joe Average Poker Show" and was launched in June this year. It has anything and everything related to the world of poker. Roy Cook was on the show last week. Lou Kreiger appeared on the show that aired in September. North Dakota House of Representative James Kasper made also made an appearance on the show and spoke about why he introduced the internet poker bill in his state. Cardplayer.com reports:

Both Knox and Farley participate in major tournament events, and they share their experiences with the audience. They also record a hand they played at the tournament for their "What would you do?" segment.

Read More: A New Radio Show for the Average Poker Joe