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PatIvey: The Phil Ivey of PKR Poker

Poker News Man — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:03:01 +0000

Phil Ivey is no longer the only Ivey making it big in the poker world, nor is he the only P. Ivey, even. His near-namesake (and near-doppelganger in recent success as well) is named PatIvey and after winning the PKR Masters in September, for about $30,000, and then winning it again in October, for another approximate $30,000, he makes it to the final table of the November PKR Masters as well, and almost makes the hat-trick, coming in third instead to Russian ShatokhinNikita (PatIvey is a Swede). That most recent 3rd place PKR Masters win brought him another $11,250, making his total from just this one recurring event at PKR, $71,250. Add to that, then, the $7,800 win his notched in last Saturday’s Saturday Big Shot event and top prize in PKR’s $10,000 Gtd Prime Time Poker event, and you have a rising star the likes of which Phil Ivey himself will one day probably have to come up against, face to face.

Best Poker Bonuses Get Better: PKR, William Hill, Ladbrokes

Poker News Man — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:35:16 +0000

Welcome bonuses (or first deposit bonuses as they’re also called) a one of the ways that poker sites compete with one another for your patronage. That’s why they are constantly trying to one-up each other with how much “free money” they can offer players to join their site. Most of the welcome bonuses offer 100% matches on your first deposit into a real money online poker account, up to some maximum. It is these maximums that just keep get jacked up higher and higher. And recently they hit new heights.

While Full Tilt Poker and Poker Stars (the two to beat, if you ask most folks) are offering a respectable $650 and $600 match, respectively, two sites have upped the ante even further.

PKR, the one-of-a-kind 3D poker site, has a new $800 welcome bonus maximum and William Hill Poker has a £400 max.

Some sites, by the by, offer no deposit bonuses, albeit of much smaller amounts, but nonetheless something-for-nothing. One of the best casino signup bonus running right now is at Ladbrokes as is for £25. You can find other bonuses by doing an online poker search here.

PKR Live Satellites Going On Now

Poker News Man — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:12:59 +0000

Satellites are going on now over at PKR, the 3-D poker site, for the third incarnation of its sole live tournament each year, with PKR Live III.

PKR Live III will take place on November 20, 2009 at the Loose Cannon Club in London, England. It will be a 3-day event culminating not, as you may think, in the main event, but in a PKR Bounty event, in which a $200 buy-in gets you the opportunity to shoot not only for the grand prize but for PKR celebrity pro players as well, with cash bounties on each of their heads for whoever knocks each one out of the tournament – cash bonuses independent of who wins the overall tournament.

The main event, on day 2 of PKR Live III, has a $1,500 buy-in and a $40,000 first prize (double the one won by last year’s main event winner Philip Conneller).

This is PKR’s 3rd year in business since launching in 2006 as the only 3D online poker room, and each year the site has increased its player base by 1 million, making it currently an over 3 million member player pool.

PKR Live III satellite prize packages include the $1,500 main event buy-in, accommodations, and a bit of spending cash.