Doyles Room has done it again! They seem to come up with the most exciting special event tournaments time and time again. What do they have up their sleeve this time around? How about a celebrity bounty tournament? Now add into the mix a couple of hot chicks that you can “knock out” and win some cash. That’s what I call fun!

One of the cool things about this event is you get a chance to take on a legend without risking a cent! Getting your full one time rebate is instant and easy, so it costs you nothing for a chance at $25,000! Here’s how YOU can get a free bounty ticket:

1) Have a DoylesRoom.com account - simple create a screename and download the software

2) Deposit at least $27.50 into your account. If you have not opened a real money account yet, click on the Bank button in the game lobby, then click on the Deposit button and fill in your personal information and chose any one of their easy deposit methods.

3) Reserve your seat before the start of the tournament. Simply log into the DoylesRoom game software, click on Scheduled Tournaments then select THE BOUNTY tournament highlighted in green to register.

4. After you have played in the Bounty for your first time, visit this page http://www.doylesroom.com/bounty/ and click the bounty rebate page button to get your full and instant rebate of $27.50.

Here Are a Few Quick Features of the Bounty Tournament

- This event is a classic multi-table tournament just like the competition you see on television.

- Win up to $25,000 by knocking out all three key bounties. If you knock out three key bounty players, you win $25,000, knock out two key bounty players, you win $5,000 and if you knock out any bounty, you win $500.

As players get knocked out, the number of tables decreases. Everyone is trying to win and move on, and at the same time, the bounties hang on for dear life as the field gangs up on them to claim the coveted bragging rights and bounty cash.

Visit Doyles Room to find out more!

Situation 1: Joe Schmoe is playing in a fullhanded no-limit hold’em ring game. Action folds to Joe, and he raises with A Spades 9 Spades from the cutoff. The button and the blinds call, and the flop is A Diamonds A Clubs 9 Hearts. The blinds check to Joe, and he makes a pot-sized bet fueled by two hopes:

1.) One of his opponents has the case ace and will go over the top.
2.) An opponent with a pocket pair will call on the flop
3.) An opponent with a flush draw will call or semibluff

All three of Joe’s opponents dash Joe’s hopes and quickly fold.

Situation 2: Joe Schmoe is playing shorthanded no-limit hold’em. In 100 hands of play there has only been one reraise preflop. Joe raised from the button, the small blind reraised, and Joe folded. This happened around hand #50 of Joe’s session.

During hands #101 and #102, Joe (who has been playing somewhat aggressively but far from manically) opens from the button and the cutoff with raises. Both times, the same player reraises. After not doing much for 8 hands, Joe opens for a raise with JJ. Joe is reraised again - this time by a different player who has never reraised preflop. Being that this is the third time in the span of about 10 hands that he has been reraised preflop, Joe has faith in his JJ, goes over the top, and ends up losing 100 big blinds versus his opponent’s AA.

Hope and faith adversely affect our poker playing. In situation #1, Joe needs to think about his opponents. Instead of betting pot and hoping, he should think realistically about his opponents distributions. In many - but not all - games, a half-pot bet (or even something slightly less) will be ideal. A pot-sized bet might actually force a player with the case ace out of the pot if he has a bad kicker to accompany it. And anyone who mucks an ace with a bad kicker here will do the same with a pocket pair. Instead of betting big and hoping for a monster confrontation, Joe should bet smaller and get value from his hand.

In situation #2, a lot of things happen within a short span of time, and Joe makes a common mistake. At a table where no preflop reraising is happening, the reality of the game is that players are waiting for cards. The player who reraised Joe twice in a row probably had big hands both times. It could be possible that the different player who reraises him the third time observed Joe’s reaction to the prior two reraises, but the texture of the table dictates that Joe probably ran into another big hand. If preflop reraises begins happening regularly, on the order of once every two orbits or so, Joe can reason that the dynamic of the game has changed. But by letting faith replace reason with a hand like JJ and a random short spurt of events, Joe got himself into a lot of trouble.

Tony Guerrera is the author of Killer Poker By The Numbers and coauthor of Killer Poker Shorthanded (with John Vorhaus). Visit him at www.killerev.com.

PokerStars is offering a special promotion for US poker players using eChecks as their deposit method. Simply make a deposit using eChecks between now and Sunday, April 6th 2008, and PokerStars will match your deposit with a 100% bonus of up to $100.

Players must enter the special code “ECHECKS” into the bonus code area of the PokerStars cashier when making their deposit. This is a very limited time offer, so head on over and take advantage of this special promotion right away.

eChecks is an easy to use and convenient deposit option that allows players to fund their poker account instantly and receive withdrawals quickly as well. Sounds good, right? Well it gets better. There are also no fees charged for deposits or withdrawals! This method appears to be the best option for US poker players at this time. Click the button below to start using echecks to make deposits instantly into your poker account at PokerStars.

The 2008 World Series of Poker is right around the corner and Doyles Room wants to send you there in style. No other poker room is offering more comprehensive packages to this years Main Event. Main Event packages at Doyles Room include the following:

1) $10,000 Buy-in

2) $3,000 for travel and accommodations

3) Breakfast strategy session with Mr. Doyle Brunson himself as well as other top pros.

4) Personally autographed two volume set of both Super System 1 and Super System 2

5) Exclusive photo session with Doyle and other pros

6) Exclusive Doyles Room gear

As you can see, this is the sweetest and most unique 2008 WSOP package available anywhere online. Doyles Rom is offering continuous $14 + $1.40 Sit & Go Satellites, $9 + $1 Daily Turbo Satellites, and $20 + $2 Daily Satellites, as well as weekly satellites and Bi-Weekly finals.

As always, terms and conditions do apply. Visit Doyles Room now to find out all of details of this amazing opportunity.

32Red Poker invites you to step into their loyalty express elevator and ride it all the way to $20,000 each and every month. Players are rewarded for their play and can rise all the way up to the Penthouse Suite.

The 32Red Poker Elevator Promotion consists of two parts:

1) Simply earn 100 EP (express Points) and you are welcomed onto to The Elevator and you will become eligible for one of 32Red’s monthly bonuses that can reach $200.

2) Reach the level of 400 EP and you will be wicked away onto the $20k express lift where you will be entitled to a portion of the $20,000 express lift prize pool.

Players automatically earn express points for playing in ring games. Here’s a breakdown of exactly how express points are earned:

GAME TYPE	EXPRESS POINTS
Multi-Table Tournaments	1 RB = 1 EP
Sit & Go’s	1 RB = 1 EP
Texas Hold’em	1 RB = 1 EP
Omaha High	1 RB = 1 EP
Omaha High/Low	1 RB = 1 EP
7 Card Stud	1 RB = 0.50 EP
5 Card Stud	1 RB = 0.33 EP
5 Card Draw	1 RB = 0.10 EP

RB = Redbacks
EP = Express Points

Terms and conditions apply so be sure to visit 32Red Poker for all of the details.

Are you ready to hop on the Elevator and start earning your way to part of the $20k prize pool? Simply click the red launch button below.

Texas Hold’em, seven card stud, Omaha, razz, Mexican poker, blind maniac’s bluff - the list of playable poker variants extends pretty much as far as your imagination can take you with a deck of cards. And the same can be said for the number of ways each poker variant can be played: cash games and several different tournament formats.

When playing in a cash game, the chips on the table are directly equivalent to cash (a $1 chip represents $1), and you may cash out or add more chips at any time. Generally, chips are not directly equivalent to cash in a tournament. You can not just take the payout for first place and divide by the number of chips in play to find out how much each chip is worth (the exception being if you are playing a winner-take-all tournament). When playing in a tournament, your goal is to maximize your monetary expected value.

At a given time in a tournament, your probability of finishing in each place will be a strong function of the relative stack sizes. And the monetary expected value associated with each stack distribution is a function of the payout structure. When evaluating the monetary expected value of a tournament decision, you need to evaluate the distribution of possible stack distributions that will result from a particular move.

For some payout structures (particularly top-heavy ones) you won’t mind taking risks that are just barely above neutral chip expected value. For other payout structures (like the relatively flat ones found in satellites and many single table tournaments) you will prefer to avoid big confrontations with marginal edges, looking to keep pots small in such situations and folding if action gets too heavy.

Poker is a game of situations, but those situations are not just defined by the cards and how your opponents play. They are also defined by the structure of the game you are playing in. You can have the same cards and be playing against an opponent who plays identically regardless of format, and optimal play can dictate taking completely different lines of play depending on the format. Those who say that it’s tough to be good at cash games, single table tournaments, and multi-table tournaments tend to be those who play the same regardless of the poker format they are playing. Account for the game format, and you will be able to succeed in whatever form of poker you’re playing.

Tony Guerrera is the author of Killer Poker By The Numbers and coauthor of Killer Poker Shorthanded (with John Vorhaus). Visit him at www.killerev.com.

Full Tilt Poker offers over one million dollars in combined guarantees each and every Sunday. What a great way to end your week! Big Money Sundays are comprised of the following three great events:

1) The $750,000 Guarantee Tournament - This huge tournament is held every Sunday at 18:00 ET. Players compete for a prize pool that is guaranteed to be at least $750k. The cost for this tourney is only $216 and satellites are offered that start at just $2 + 0.25. Players can also participate by using their Full Tilt Poker Points.

$750,000 Guarantee Satellite Schedule
DATE	GAME		TYPE	BUYIN
4 Plr SnG	Hold’em		NL	$54 + $3 *
9 Plr SnG	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
9 Plr SnG	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
9 Plr SnG	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
36 Plr SnG	Hold’em		NL	$3 + $0.30
9 Plr SnG	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 22 2008 16:10 ET	Hold’em		NL	$10 + $1
Mar 22 2008 18:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 22 2008 19:55 ET	Hold’em		NL	$8 + $0.80
Mar 22 2008 20:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 22 2008 22:10 ET	Hold’em		NL	$5 + $0.50
Mar 22 2008 22:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$50 + $5
Mar 22 2008 23:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 00:10 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 00:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$10 + $1
Mar 23 2008 01:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 02:10 ET	Hold’em		NL	$5 + $0.50
Mar 23 2008 02:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 03:10 ET	Hold’em		NL	$8 + $0.80
Mar 23 2008 03:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 05:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 08:00 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 08:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 09:00 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 09:35 ET	Hold’em		NL	$8 + $0.80
Mar 23 2008 10:00 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 10:25 ET	Hold’em		NL	$8 + $0.80
Mar 23 2008 10:45 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 11:00 ET	Hold’em		NL	$10 + $1
Mar 23 2008 11:15 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 12:30 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 12:45 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 13:00 ET	Hold’em		NL	$10 + $1
Mar 23 2008 13:15 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 13:40 ET	Hold’em		NL	$8 + $0.80
Mar 23 2008 13:45 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 14:20 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 14:35 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 14:50 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 15:05 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 15:15 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 15:30 ET	Hold’em		NL	$50 + $5
Mar 23 2008 15:45 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 15:50 ET	Hold’em		NL	$8 + $0.80
Mar 23 2008 15:50 ET	Hold’em		NL	$8 + $0.80
Mar 23 2008 15:55 ET	Hold’em		NL	$20 + $2
Mar 23 2008 16:05 ET	Hold’em		NL	$8 + $0.80
Mar 23 2008 16:05 ET	Hold’em		NL	$8 + $0.80
Mar 23 2008 16:10 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 16:10 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 16:15 ET	Hold’em		NL	$69 + $6
Mar 23 2008 16:20 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 16:20 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2
Mar 23 2008 16:20 ET	Hold’em		NL	$24 + $2

2) The Sunday Brawl - Fun and exciting “Knockout Bounty” tournament played every Sunday at 14:00 ET. The Buy-in is $240 + $16 with $200 of the buy-in going to the $250K Guaranteed prize pool and $40 goes into the knockout bounty prize pool. If you can knock out a player, $40 will be instantly credited to your account.

3) The Sunday Mulligan - Second chance tournament designed for players that bust out of the $750k tourney - hence the name “Mulligan”. Played every Sunday at 19:05 ET. The cost to participate is $200 + $16 and offers a guaranteed prize pool of $150,000.

Ready to take your piece of the over $1,000,000 in guaranteed prizes every Sunday at Full Tilt Poker? Click HERE to get started!

Doyles Room has put together a great opportunity for their valued players. It’s the WPT Bootcamp Champions Event + WSOP Event #2 + 13 nights in Las Vegas and $1,000 in spending cash. Wow - that was a mouthful! The winners of this satellite package get to spend over two weeks in Vegas that kicks off with the 3 day WPT Bootcamp Champions Event.

The Bootcamp Event includes hands on training from many well known professional players. During the event, there will be real tournaments where players can win cash in addition to WSOP Main Event and WPT buy-ins.

During the winners second week they will be entered into WSOP Event #2 where they can use all they’ve learned to possibly take home a coveted bracelet. Winners will spend their trip in luxury while staying at one of Las Vegas’ most well known hotels on the Strip. The package is worth $9,700 and can make your Vegas fantasies come true.

Find out more about this wonderful opportunity by visiting Doyles Room and clicking on the “Vegas Poker Fantasy 2008″ link.

Here’s a breakdown of the prizes:

·         10 x The Easter Beast Lunch Money $2.5k GTD Super Turbo worth $22 each

·         12 x $25k GTD Easter Beast Curtain Raiser worth $215 each

·         10 x $111k THE EASTER BEAST worth $550 each

·         25 x $25k Second Chance Easter Beast worth $109 each

·         5  x $7.5 Goodbye Easter Beast worth $55

·         1 x EPT Monte Carlo $60k Final worth $1,050

·         5 x WSOP Europe $50,000 Final worth $550

·         5 x WSOP Vegas Final worth $550 each

·         5 x $16k GTD worth $109

·         20 x Betfair $11k GTD Regular worth $90 each

·         1 x Easter Beast – Mega Package worth over $950

Easter Sunday Schedule:

The Easter Beast Lunch Money $2.5k GTD Super Turbo at 12.30pm (GMT)
$20 + $2 Buy in
1000 Starting stack
2 min levels
$25k GTD Easter Beast Curtain Raiser at 15.30pm (GMT)
$200 + $15 Buy in
2500 Starting pack
15 min levels

The Easter Beast $111k GTD at 18.30pm (GMT)
$525 + $25 Buy in
5000 Starting Stack
15 min levels

$25k GTD 2nd Chance Easter Beast Rebuy at 21.30pm (GMT)
$100 + $9 + R Buy in
2500 Starting Stack
15 min levels

$7.5k GTD Goodnight Easter Beast at 23.59pm (GMT)
$50 + $5 Buy In
1000 Starting Stack
2 min levels

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Cake Poker launched their WSOP satellites one week ago and they have already awarded 10 World Series of Poker - 2008 prize packages. On Sunday March 9, 2008, Cake’s WSOP $12k final sent a total of 3 players to this year’s event with dreams of winning a huge stack of cash and some notoriety.

There are three ways to get involved in Cake’s WSOP events:

1) Gold Card Daily Giveaways - From March through June, Cake will award 50 WSOP $2,000 Prize Packages through their Gold Card daily lottery. Gold Cards can be collected by playing real money ring games.

2) ShareCake - Simply refer a friend to Cake Poker and earn valuable points in their ShareCake contest. Send them the most valuable leads and they will award you with a 2008 WSOP $10,000 seat.

3) WSOP Satellites - Gold Chip Satellites will be held daily and will cost players 5 GC - R&A. The top ten players advance to the WSOP $12k Final.

Weekend WSOP direct qualifiers are played on Saturdays and Sundays at 5:00 PM ET. Check for daily cash, Gold Chip and Gold Card satellites under the ‘Events’ tab within Tournaments.

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