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APF Freeroll & Buyin at Felt Stars – 26/27.05.12

This month, we have 2 special games sponsored by our good friends at Felt Stars. The first is a $50 Freeroll followed on the Sunday by a $1 Buyin with $100 added to the prize pool. Active members and regular buyin players will be invited along with those members that download/or have downloaded Felt Stars through APF links and banners.

Read all the information on how to qualify for these games …here

APF Sign-Ups & 1st Depositors Bonus
There is a special first deposit bonus for sign-ups using the deposit code (it’s case sensitive): FELT150
This will give you a 150% deposit bonus plus all the usual Merge benefits for first time depositors.
Note For Older Sign-Ups: If you have already downloaded Felt Stars through Alternate Poker links and made a deposit, please PM me on the forum if you are planning to, or make another deposit during May

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Americas Cardroom – New Regular Gtd Tournaments Lineup

$50k
The Sunday Night $50k Guarantee
$50,000 Guarantee
When: Every Sunday at 7:00PM ET
Direct Buy-in: $200+$15
Starting chips: 10,000

 

$10k
The Saturday Night $10k Guarantee
$10,000 Guarantee
When: Every Saturday at 9:00PM ET
Direct Buy-in: $50+$5
Starting chips: 5,000 (one Re-buy, one Add-on)

 

Sunday Night Nickel
The Sunday Night Nickel ($5k Gtd)
$5,000 Guarantee
When: Every Sunday at 8:00PM ET
Direct Buy-in: $5+$0.50
Starting chips: 2,500

 

$2.5k
The Wednesday Night $2.5k Gtd
$2,500 Guarantee
When: Every Wednesday at 8:00PM ET
Direct Buy-in: $5+$0.50
Starting chips: 2,500

 

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Party Poker – WPT National Madrid

Starts: 00:00 ET, 7th May, 2012
Ends: 23:59 ET, 10th June, 2012

The World Poker Tour® knows how to stage unmissable, all-action tournaments and  Party Poker are offering free seats to the WPT® National Madrid. The Spanish capital will be the place to be for all poker players from 28th June to 1st July, and as the event will also form part of WPT National Series Spain the excitement, thrills and drama promise to be ramped up even more.

You can secure your own place at the Casino Gran Madrid by winning a $4,000 prize package.

Each WPT National Madrid package includes:

  • $2,250 Main Event buy-in
  • Hotel accommodation for five nights
  • $750 spending money

These packages are available via exclusive qualifiers and satellites that run until 10th June. There’s a guaranteed package in every weekly satellite so if you start your WPT National Madrid adventure with a daily freeroll you could claim your $4,000 prize for free.

Please check out the Party Poker Homepage for a full schedule including satellites and all terms and conditions attached to qualifiaction.

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Intertops Poker – $40,000 Diamond Mine Tournament Series

Look out for the Diamond Mine Series at Intertops Poker from May 15th to May 31st. During this promotion, any 2012 series Gold Card will get you a ticket into our Diamond Mine! Play your way step by step to bigger tournaments – all the way to the $5,000 final tourney!

  • Play in all tournaments from Event 1 through Event 13 and receive entry into our $10,000 Flawless Freeroll. Remember, only players who participate in all 13 tournaments will receive an entry*!
  • There is a second way in of course! By placing in the Top 4 in any of our Diamond Mine events, you’ll gain an entry as well.
  • Make it all the way up to the Final Event for your shot at a piece of $5,000!
  • Each tournament has its own cash prize pool, as well as seats for the next stage of the Diamond Mine Tournament Series.
  • Look for the Diamond Mine tournaments located in the Gold section of the tournament lobby.
  • All Diamond Mine tournaments take place at 5:30pm EST (09:30pm GMT).

 

If you do not win a seat to the next event in the series you can always check The Exchange and purchase the cards needed to buy directly into to any event you choose, except for the $5,000 Final and the Flawless Freeroll.

*Only players who participate in each of the first 13 events will receive entry to the Flawless Freeroll.

 

Date GMT Time GMT Date EST Time EST Tournament R&A? Prizes
16.05 00:00 15.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- 5 * 2d Series ’12
YES $1.000
17.05 00:00 16.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- 5 * 3d Series ’12
YES $1.000
18.05 00:00 17.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- 4 * 4d Series ’12
YES $1.500
19.05 00:00 18.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- 3 * 5d Series ’12
YES $1.500
20.05 00:00 19.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- 2 * 6d Series ’12
YES $2.000
21.05 00:00 20.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- 7d Series ’12
YES $2.000
22.05 00:00 21.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- 8d Series ’12
YES $2.000
23.05 00:00 22.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- 9d Series ’12
YES $2.500
24.05 00:00 23.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- 10d Any Series
YES $2.500
25.05 00:00 24.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- Jd Any Series
YES $2.500
26.05 00:00 25.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- Qd Any Series
YES $3.000
27.05 00:00 26.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- Kd Any Series
YES $3.500
28.05 00:00 27.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- Final – Ad Any Series
YES $5.000
01.06.12 00:00 31.05 20:00 GC – Diamond Mine
- Flawless Freeroll!
NO $10.000

Qualifiers runs 15th May 2012 to 27rd May 2012. Reg Opens 24 hours prior to start for ALL tourneys.

Players must participate in every one of the previous 13 MTTs for a Ticket, 2d thru Ad or Place in the top four of any Diamond Mine tourney.

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A full review of Intertops Poker including standard and/or special bonuses can be found in our Room Reviews section …here

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Red Star Poker – Merit Summer Slam

Until the 20th of May, Red Star Poker carries out a series of satellites to the main event of Merit Summer Slam Poker 12 series which will take place in Cyprus from 1st of June to 11th of June , 2012 in hotel-casino “Merit Crystal Cove”.

The Air temperature in June in Cyprus is +30 +33 degrees, water temperature in the sea +24 +26. Red Star Poker gives the players great opportunity to combine poker play and pleasant rest during the high season in Cyprus. Satellites are carrying out daily with buy-inns beginning only from $1! Participate and Win!

The prize package worth of $4000 includes:

  • Participation in the main event buy-inn $3000 + $300,
  • Accommodation in magnificent 5* hotel “Merit Crystal Cove”on all inclusive basis for 2 persons from 1 June until 11 June,
  • Flight tickets Moscow – Cyprus – Moscow for 2 persons (or other destinations up to $700),
  • Transfer from/to airport

Satellite Schedule

 

Tournament name Buy in Date, Time Prize pool
Merit Poker $4k FINAL $200 + $15 May 20, 17:00 GMT One Prize $4000 package to Merit Summer Slam 2012
Merit Poker $4K SEMI FINAL $20.00+$2.00 Every Saturday, 17:00 GMT 2 tickets to Merit Poker $4k FINAL guaranteed
Merit Poker Satellite R&A $1 + $0.10 Mon – Fri, Sun
8:00 и 16:00 GMTSatturday 9:00 and 14:00 GMT
1 Ticket to Merit Poker $4K SEMI FINAL guaranteed
Merit Poker Satellite $2 + $0.20 Mon – Fri, Sun 16:00 GMT One ticket to Merit Poker $4K SEMI FINAL guaranteed

“Merit Crystal Cove” Hotel and Casino

Merit Crystal Cove is located in the ancient city Kerynea on the North part of Cyprus, the hotel settles down in only 50 meters from the sea.

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Red Star Poker - 1st Deposit Bonus 110% up to $600

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Americas Cardroom – New Depositor Freeroll

Tournament – Regular (US Friendly)

Americas Cardroom are tossing $250 into a free tournament every Saturday and here’s how it works:

1) Make your first Americas Cardroom deposit.
2) Score a free seat in a freeroll that features a $250 prize pool.

If you make your first deposit between Sunday and Thursday, Americas Cardroom will put you into the upcoming Saturday freeroll. Those who deposit between Friday and Saturday will win a seat in a freeroll that falls on the next Saturday.

Buy-in: $0
Starting Chips: 100. One FREE REBUY For 1400 Chips and ONE FREE.
Add-on: for 1400 chips during the first 3 levels.

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Carbon Poker – Exclusive $500 Freeroll & Buyin Every Month

Tournament – Ongoing (US Friendly)

Every month on the second Saturday and Sunday of the month Carbon Poker is offering a $500 freeroll and a $500 Added Value ($2.20 Buyin) for players signed up through Alternate Poker banners or links.

Note: If you are signed up through us, you will automatically be eligible to enter for the tournament.

Here are the details to this months exclusive tournament series.

Name: Exclusive $500 Freeroll
Where: CarbonPoker Lobby
When: Second Saturday of month @ 15:00 Carbon Poker Server time
Location: CarbonPoker–> Tournaments–> Private–> Scheduled

Name: Exclusive $500 Added Value – $2.20 Buyin
Where: CarbonPoker Lobby
When: Second Sunday of month @ 15:00 Carbon Poker Server time
Location: CarbonPoker–> Tournaments–> Private–> Scheduled

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Lock Poker – LockOps (May 6th to May 20th)

From May 6th to May 20th Lock Poker will be hosting for the first time ever, a Lock Exclusive Epic Tournament Series.

LOCKOPS: Lock Online Poker Series. 33 events, over 2 Million in Guaranteed Tournaments and the Grand Finale Main Event with over 800k in guaranteed winnings. A Lock PRO Elite will be hosting each tournament and there will be bounties on all Lock PRO’s heads.

A leaderboard for the top 100 players will be running throughout the series. A special final tournament for the final top 100 players will be held after the main event.

Winners of each event will also be entered in a Champion of Champions tournament, competing for 2 World Series of Poker Main Event seats.

All the details on LockOps can be found …here

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A full review of Lock Poker including standard and/or special bonuses can be found in our Room Reviews section …here
 

PokerStars – $100K Depositor Freerolls

Tournament – Ongoing (Non-US Friendly)

Play special PokerStars $100K Depositor Freerolls for the chance to win a share of $100k in cash each month. All you have to do is make a first real money deposit using special code “STARS600” and you will be rewarded with a free ticket that gives you entry to unlimited freerolls for a period of 31 days. You will also be eligible for the regular 100% welcome bonus up to $600.

Each freeroll has a prize pool of at least $1,000, with more added for every rebuy for just $0.30, boosting the prize pool each time. Freerolls run every day at 11:00, 17:00, 22:00 and 04:00 EET and can be found in the PokerStars lobby under Tourney –> Freeroll.

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A full review of PokerStars including standard and/or special bonuses can be found in our Room Reviews section …here
 

Carbon Poker – All-in or Fold Heads-Up Tournaments

Carbon Poker is giving you more ways than ever to test your skill and luck on the way to $2,250 cash.

Play your way through 10 levels of All-in or Fold Heads-Up tournaments and you could turn as little as $1.10 into a big payday just by going all-in or not.

How It Works:

  • Register and play in any of the 10 AIOF Step tournaments you can start at Step 1 for just $1 or buy-in as high as Step 10.
  • Finish 1st in any Step tourney and receive entry to the next step tournament.
  • All step tournament will only offer “All-in or Fold” bet options
  • To register for our All-in or Fold step tournaments, simply log in to your account and select the tab: Tournaments » SitnGo » Satellite

 

Steps Buy-in Entrants Payout
1 $1.10 9 1st – Step 2
2-4th Step 1
2 $5.50 2 1st – Step 3
3 $10.50 2 1st – Step 4
4 $20 2 1st – Step 5
5 $39 2 1st – Step 6
6 $77 2 1st – Step 7
7 $152 2 1st – Step 8
8 $300 2 1st – Step 9
9 $594 2 1st – Step10
10 $1,180 2 1st – $2,250
2nd – Step 6

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These tournaments are also available on Merge Network sites, PDC Poker and Aced Poker.

  
 

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