This is probably not for the beginner as the qualification terms are tough. Paddypower aren’t just going to sponsor any old Joe, you have to be exceptional.

In their new Poker Pro promotion, Paddy Power Poker are giving all players the chance to live the life of a Poker professional for a year with €100,000 in packages up for grabs – see the site for further details. Whether you are a ‘green behind the ears’ beginner or an advanced player, you could be jetting to cities such as London, Prague, Dublin & Monte Carlo and pitting your wits against some of the world’s leading professionals.

Your qualification for Paddy Power Poker Pro starts today – make sure to book your seat at the final table (which will be broadcast live!) and get in line to take down the €60,000 top prize by checking out www.paddypowerpokerpro.com

Players can find out details of how they can reach Las Vegas through Sky Poker’s “Viva Las Vegas” tournaments at wsop.skypoker.com. When the WSOP is underway, wsop.skypoker.com will be constantly updated with news, blog posts, videos and pictures of how the Sky Poker players do on the WSOP biggest stage. The Sky Poker Channel 865 TV crew will be in Las Vegas for up to date coverage of the WSOP excitement. Viewers can tune in to follow players’ progress and gain a unique insight into the ultimate in world class poker.

Players can play for Sky Poker’s Viva Las Vegas and Vegas Lite packages at www.skypoker.com or through the red button on Sky Poker Channel 865.

Each WSOP package is worth $13,000 and is made up of WSOP Main Event entry ($10,000), 7 nights’ accommodation and $1,900 to cover travel and spending money.

Satellites to this MEGA event will run from June 1st, so check them out under ‘Satellites’ in the tournament lobby when you log-on.

Stage 1 qualifiers to $500 + $35 Mega Satellite

Monday June 1st – Sunday June 7th

* Ongoing Sit’N'Go Stage 1 to the Super Satellite $107 + $9 (5 players)
* Ongoing Sit’N'Go Stage 1 to the Super Satellite $53.50 + $4 (10 players)
* Stage 1 $30 + $3 rebuy, 1 seat for every $535 collected, daily at 13:05
* Stage 1 $60 + $6 turbo rebuy, 1 seat for every $535 collected, daily at 19:05
* Stage 1 $80 + $8 freezeout, 1 seat for every $535 collected, daily at 22:00

Monday June 8th – Saturday June 13th

* Ongoing Sit’N'Go Stage 1 to the Super Satellite $107 + $9 (5 players)
* Ongoing Sit’N'Go Stage 1 to the Super Satellite $53.50 + $4 (10 players)
* Stage 1 $30 + $3 rebuy, 1 seat for every $535 collected, daily at 12:10, 14:20 & 16:30
* Stage 1 $60 + $6 turbo rebuy, 1 seat for every $535 collected, daily at 19:25
* Stage 1 $80 + $8 freezeout, 1 seat for every $535 collected, daily at 22:00

Sunday June 14th

* Ongoing Sit’N'Go Stage 1 to the Super Satellite $107 + $9 (5 players)
* Ongoing Sit’N'Go Stage 1 to the Super Satellite $53.50 + $4 (10 players)
* Stage 1 $30 + $3 rebuy, 1 seat for every $535 collected, Sunday at 07:55, 10:15, 12:10 & 14:20
* Stage 1 $60 + $6 turbo rebuy, 1 seat for every $535 collected, Sunday at 15:05
* Stage 1 $80 + $8 freezeout, 1 seat for every $535 collected, daily at 16:30

Feeders to the Stage 1 satellites will run from June 1st, starting from less than $1!

The WSOP package includes $10,000 Main Event entry, 7 nights’ accommodation and $1,900 to cover travel and spending money. Sign up now to get your sign up bonus and for you chance to play in Vegas. CLICK HERE

New Players
Bet365 Poker have updated our New Player bonus, giving new customers the chance to earn a fantastic $500. The bonus is redeemed through continued play at the tables and the accumulation of Merit Points. As an added incentive, Bet365 Poker also offer new players the chance to play in an exclusive $100,000 WSOP* Freeroll tournament where players can win a package to Las Vegas for zero outlay. Sign up here

Tournament Players
There will be a host of promotions throughout April tailored to our tournament specialists, including Last Man Standing, where the ultimate heads-up players can win a trip to Las Vegas, Beat The Pro and the ever popular Tournament Leaderboard Challenge.

Cash Players
April is set to be a great month for players looking to build their bankrolls on the cash tables. There is a huge $500,000 Cash Race throughout April. Players will have the opportunity to win cash prizes and entries into the biggest events in poker: The World Series of Poker* in Las Vegas and the online series of tournaments, ECOOP IV.

$500,000 Cash Race
Cash game players have the chance to win a share of a massive $500,000 in prizes this month. Huge amounts of cash, three WSOP* Packages and 13 ECOOP IV Main Event seats are on offer. Three separate leaderboards will be running allowing for three ways to win. Players also have the chance to qualify for the bet365 exclusive $100,000 WSOP* Freeroll.

$100,000 WSOP* Freeroll
Bet365 Poker are giving away five $13,000 Main Event Packages and five $4,500 Side Event Packages in our exclusive $100,000 WSOP* Freeroll. With so many ways to qualify both in tournaments and cash games, plus a special opportunity for new players, everyone can get involved.

ECOOP IV
With over $4,500,000 guaranteed in prize money across 14 events, ECOOP is one of online poker’s largest tournament series. bet365 are offering satellites for as little as $1. Last year’s Main Event winner scooped a top prize of $315,000.

Beat The Pro
bet365 players can take on two-time WSOP* bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard and make their way to Las Vegas in our WSOP* Beat The Pro tournaments. The top five finishers in each tournament will win seats in the $100,000 WSOP* Freeroll. You will not want to miss this great opportunity to challenge one of poker’s elite tournament players. Join Today

An ipod touch is just like an iphone but without the phone or an ipod with a touch screen depending on how you see things. Worth over £150, this is an unbelievable offer open to all new betfair poker players. Click here to sign up.

• Promotion is open to new Betfair Poker players who play their first real money hand between 25th March and 12th April 2009
• All new players who generate 10,000 Betfair Poker points within their first 60 days from the first real money hand played will automatically get an iPod 8GB Touch
• Upon reaching 1,000 Betfair Poker points, new players will also automatically qualify for a seat in an exclusive freeroll, where the top 50 players will each receive an iPod Touch

The tournaments include many poker variants including Holdem, Omaha and 7 Card Stud events with buy-ins ranging from $100 + $9 to $2,500 + $100. The ECOOP IV $1,500 + $80 Main Event takes place on Sunday, June 7th and features a $1.5 million guaranteed prizepool. Satellites to the ECOOP IV tournaments run daily on paddypowerpoker.com, with buy-ins as low as $1. Even a poker beginners can have a go at winning.

Last year, a paddypowerpoker player, Eoghan “Intruder123″ O’Dea, took down the main event so here’s hoping to a repeat performance! Already, interest in this years Tournament is unprecedented.

Sign up to Paddypower Poker for your chance to win.

Paddy Power also offer instant play poker.

Ladbrokes Poker sponsored pro, Jon “skalie” Kalmar has launched a new online tournament called “skalie’s Sunday Deepstack”. According to ‘skalie’ it doesn’t get much better than this….the tournament takes place on his favourite day of the week Sunday, a day which he reserves for watching sport on the telly and playing good poker – So, if you want to join him online and sharpen up your deepstack game, there’s no better place to start than by logging on to Ladbrokespoker.com

The weekly tournaments will be run from March 8th with the satellite schedule beginning on Monday 2nd March. The Sunday event will be run as a league system, with points being awarded to the top 20 finishers each week in addition to the usual cash payouts. The overall winner of the league will win buy-ins to not one but three live GUKPT events of their choice worth $4,500, second will receive two buys-ins worth $3,000 in total, third one worth $1,500 in total and a fourth buy in worth $1,500 will be played for by the top 18 including the prize-winners finishing in the top three for the final $1,500 GUKPT buy-in.

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LADBROKES LAUNCHES NEW TOURNAMENT POINTS!
Ladbrokes are now rewarding all STT and MTT players with a great new promotion that allows more flexibility & better value by enabling you reedeem points for MTT enteries. All tournament plays will be awarded with Tournament points that have a value of 10% of tournament fees paid.

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LADBROKES $1, 000,000 RAKE RACE!
Join Ladbrokes Poker and take part in the $1,000,000 Rake Race which is exclusive to Ladbrokes players. The race has already started and you have plenty of time to participate. Remember the more points you accumulate, the better chance you have of winning your share of $1,000,000!

The third key skill of a good poker player understands his opponents’ psyche. He is able to identify with his fellow players and judge why his opponent has made a particular decision and how that will affect his future play. Determine which player is loose and which is tight. Watch how each one bets, and who is more inclined to bluffing.

It is these basic skills that differentiate an ordinary poker player from a good poker player.

Spank My Ace Freeroll and Big C Stalker tournaments also scheduled

paddypowerpoker.com today announces Paddy’s Cheap Date, a $1 rebuy tournament awarding an Irish Open package to the outright winner.  The tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, February 10th and the winner’s package includes a €3,500 Irish Open main event ticket plus $500 in expenses.  Additionally, the winner will be eligible to participate in the poker room’s €100,000 Sole Survivor qualifier promotion.

The poker room also schedules a Spank My Ace Freeroll for February 14th featuring a $500 prizepool and three Big C Stalker bounty tournaments with a $100 bounty awarded to the player who knocks Ciaran ‘Big C’ O’Leary out of each tournament.

“Paddy’s Cheap Date will allow one of our players to experience the excitement of big-time poker at Europe’s premier tournament” said Eric Booth, Head of Poker at paddypowerpoker.com.  “They’ll also have a shot at taking down the €100,000 Sole Survivor package – every poker player’s hearts desire!”

Valentine Tournaments:

* Paddy’s Cheap Date $1 Rebuy – Tuesday, February 10th at 8.15pm
* Spank My Ace Freeroll – Saturday, February 14th at 7.30pm
* Big C Stalker Bounties – Wednesday, February 11th at 7.30pm and Saturday, February 14th at 5pm and 8.30pm

To register for the Paddy’s Cheap Date $1 rebuy tournament, open the poker software lobby; select ‘Scheduled Tournaments’ and then ‘Specials’.  Sort the tournaments by name or date to find ‘Paddy’s Cheap Date’.

paddypowerpoker.com today announces weekly Irish Open Ticket-Only satellites, with the first $300 + $30 freezeout super satellite scheduled for Thursday, 22nd January at 8.05pm. An Irish Open main event ticket will be awarded for every $4,700 in the prizepool. Feeder satellites will run daily from Monday, 19th January and buy-ins start from $2.20.

“Our ticket-only super satellites to the Irish Open are always popular and there is particularly strong demand from players this year” said Eric Booth, Head of Poker for paddypowerpoker.com. “Adding ticket-only sats to the existing Irish Open qualification schedule gives players more options with regard getting to Dublin in April, and since ticket-only qualifiers are also eligible to participate in the €100,000 Sole Survivor promotion, we expect these satellites to be a great success!”

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