PokerStars is celebrating the dealing of its 40th billionth hand by rewarding cash, multi-table tournament, and sit & go players.

If you play cash games at PokerStars, you may want to add some tables! Why? Every millionth hand dealt is an F40: Mega Milestone hand that awards cash prizes. Your cash prize will be based on the number of VPPs you earned in the last 40 hands. Any player dealt in the PokerStars Mega Milestone hand will be awarded an additional VPP. Simply, multiply your VPPs earned times $40 to calculate your cash prize. Your cash prize will double if you are the winner of the hand! For example, say you are dealt in a Mega Milestone hand and you earned 29 VPPs. PokerStars will award you with an additional VPP, bringing your total to 30 VPPs. Your cash prize would be $1200 (30 VPPs x $40), and if you won the hand you would receive the easiest $2400 ($1200 x 2) you have earned in your life!

PokerStars is the industry leader with regards to online tournaments, so they brought out the big guns to celebrate their F40: Sunday Million $4,000,000 Guaranteed.  In conjunction with the fourth anniversary of the Sunday Million, PokerStars will be jacking the prize pool of the Sunday Million up to an astounding $4,000,000 on February 21. On top of that, PokerStars guarantees that first place will be at least a cool $1,000,000. Sunday Million satellites are available, and will accommodate all bankrolls. You could satellite to the PokerStars Sunday Million for $8.80 and win hundreds of thousands!

Are you Sit & Go players feeling left out? Don’t worry, PokerStars is proud to present F40: Super Sit & Go Tournaments. Forty-player Sit & Gos, ranging from $1.10 to $55, will be running all day until February 21. The winner of each tournament will share a piece of the $40,000 dished out by PokerStars at each buy-in level. For example, you win 6 $11 Super Sit & Gos over the course of F40. If 1000 $11 Sit & Gos go off during F40 you would win $240 ($40,000 / 1000 tournaments * 6 $11 Super Sit & Gos that you won).

PokerStars is adding another Sunday Major, the Sunday Lunch! The PokerStars Sunday Lunch is a $215 that begins at 1100 AEST. The starting time is friendly to players hailing from Australia and New Zealand. Satellites to the Sunday Lunch, Sunday Warmup, and Sunday Million are in full swing, so get in the action at PokerStars today!

Baltic and Nordic players are encouraged to take part in the PokerStars Nordic Snowfest Expedition. There are daily free rolls available with $1000 prize pools. If you place in the top 3 of the daily free rolls, you will qualify for the Snowfest Final on March 12, 2010. Players will do battle for an EPT Snowfest seat in the final!

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Although Gavin Griffin, WPT Champion, and host of FTOPS Event 12, did not make the money, many of his fellow Full Tilt Pros did. David Pham, who holds two WSOP Bracelets, made the strongest showing, finishing in 32nd place. Four-time WSOP bracelet winner Huck Seed and online phenom Isaac Baron also made the money for Team Full Tilt. If you are an ER fan, you may notice that Mekhi Phifer, Dr. Pratt on ER, surgically navigated his way to a small cash.

The big money and big names were at the final table. Perhaps the most famous was third place finisher gboro780, who has been dominating online multi-table tournaments for years. February 2010 has been a month that gboro780 will not soon forget. In addition to his FTOPS six figure score, gboro780 won the $100 Rebuy $250,000 Guaranteed on PokerStars and took down the $75,000 Guaranteed on Full Tilt. Between the three tournaments, gboro780 has won nearly $300,000.

The big winner was kingpin023, who has an excellent tournament resume across PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Kingpin023 hit a two outer heads-up versus grindtherail to seize the momentum. His eventual triumph over grindtherail, another up and coming player, earned him over $300,000.

Congratulations to all who played!

FTOPS XV – Event #12
Players: 1,541
Buy-In: $1000 + $60
Prize Pool: $1,541,000

1.) kingpin023 – $331,315
2.) grindtherail – $209,576
3.) gboro780 – $155,641
4.) bmwmcoupe – $123,280
5.) RLD1989 – $92,460
6.) KevboyStar – $66,263
7.) yahoo33 – $43,148
8.) RandomFish666 – $30,820
9.) raver44 – $21,574

In a shootout format, tables are not balanced as players are eliminated. Instead, each table plays until there is one player remaining, much like a Sit N Go. The winners of the first table advance to form the subsequent table. In a triple shootout, players must win 3 tables in a row to claim ultimate victory.

In the end, Ronald Lee, who plays as ScarJo on Full Tilt Poker took down Event 3 for just over $76,000. Lee is a force to be reckoned with. He won the $200 Sunday Mulligan on Full Tilt for $55,000 in late 2009, and has several five figure scores on both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. The momentum shifted ScarJo’s way eight-handed. daPHUNNIEman, who finished runner-up in the Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed, opened to 13,5000 in middle position and ScarJo 3-bet to 40,000 in the BB. The flop came 55Q rainbow, and ScarJo led out for 48,000, daPHUNNIEman called. ScarJo bet 78,000 on the turn 7 and daPHUNNIEman called. The river brought the King of Diamonds and ScarJo shoved. daPHUNNIEman made the call, and ScarJo showed Kh9d for top two pair. daPHUNNIEman mucked and was eliminated in eighth place, shipping 40% of the chips to ScarJo. ScarJo controlled the table the rest of the way to claim ultimate victory.

Although no Full Tilt Poker Pros made the final table, players may have recognized a few names. The third place finisher, Halfrek, gained fame by winning two FTOPS VIII events for over $800,000. Along with Halfrek, daPHUNNIEman and POCKET FIVE who have all enjoyed considerable success on the electronic felt. Last month, POCKET FIVE finished runner up in the UB $75k guaranteed.

FTOPS XV – EVENT 3

1.) ScarJo – $76,545
2.) Ebolarama – $51,030
3.) Halfrek – $36,450
4.) eaglemann – $27,338
5.) ComputerhandQ7 – $20,048
6.) hbacademyvb – $14,580
7.) POCKET FIVE – $10,206
8.) daPHUNNIEman – $6,926
9.) Miguel Santiago – $4,921

First, PokerStars would love to see you on TV via their Royal Street Poker promotion. Players interested must fight their way through one of the daily finals and then place in the top 14 the Weekly Final. Next, you must submit an application, which will be reviewed by PokerStars, conveying why PokerStars should pick you to be on TV! PokerStars will select 18 players to do battle on TV for an EPT Barcelona prize package. The runner up will be rewarded with T$ 10,000 and third place will receive T$ 5,000. T$ are simply tournament dollars that can be used to enter any PokerStars tournament. See you in the streets!

Do you want Joe Cada to be your Valentine? PokerStars wants you to meet him in Las Vegas! Cada hit the by becoming the youngest player to win the WSOP in November 2009. Cada’s WSOP Main Event victory netted him over $8.5 million and earned him a spot on PokerStars Team Pro among poker legends like Daniel Negreanu and Greg Raymer. Players wanting to meet Joe will play in daily freerolls. These daily freerolls feed top players into the last Weekly Final on February 13. If you manage to outlast you opponents in the Weekly Finals, you move on to the big stage, the Grand Final. The stakes get high during the Grand Final; the winner receives a Vegas prize package! The Vegas package will include airfare, five-night accommodation, a day with Joe Cada, $1000 to spend in Vegas, and a NAPT Main Event seat that you could parlay into hundreds of thousands of dollars!

You can also meet your favorite Team Pro players on the electronic felt every Tuesday this month. Every Tuesday in February, Team PokerStars Pros like Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier  and Joe Cada will be logging on and sitting amongst players like you at cash and tournament games. Feel free to ask them questions, and don’t be afraid to outplay them in Outlast the Pro tournaments. When the last Team PokerStars Pro busts out of an Outlast the Pro tourney, the remaining field will split $1000. For example, if the last Team Pro left is Joe Hachem, who you knock out in 51st place, you would earn $20 ($1000/50 players). Making money is fun on Team Pro Tuesdays!

PokerStars and the Dallas Stars have love for hockey fans, and want to send you to the NHL Awards in Las Vegas! Free-to-enter qualifiers are available to hockey fans everyday, up until the Grand Final on April 4. Dallas Stars’ gear will be awarded along the way as consolation prizes. You will have to battle with the likes of Daniel Negreanu and hockey legend Brett Hull, but if you’re a true dangler, you will deke your opponents and score a trip to Las Vegas! Grand Final winners are allowed to bring up to 3 people with them to the NHL Awards! PokerStars and the Dallas Stars will pay for your crew’s airfare, accommodation, and throw in some spending money. Don’t miss out on this great promotion!

Do you want more chocolate in your box this year? PokerStars offers great NAPT Satellites and the best VIP Program on the net. When you are ready to sign-up at PokerStars,  register your new account with the PokerStars Marketing Code flopturnriver. When you are ready to deposit as little as $10, use the PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600 for a 100% Bonus up to $600! When you use PokerStars Marketing Code flopturnriver in conjunction with PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600 you will be invited to exclusive monthly freerolls and money added tournaments. We give away $1000 every month in restricted freerolls and tournaments such as the FTR300, a $3 freezeout with $300 added to the prizepool. Stop grinding the Hubble Freeroll, making money is fun with PokerStars Bonus Marketing code flopturnriver and the PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600!

Chilipoker has developed a slick, new poker client. Based on customer feedback, Chilipoker is proud to announce that players can now re-size their tables and tile them. Additionally, players can choose a preferred seat, a must for any multi-tabler. Your friends and favorite tables are just a click way thanks to Chilipoker’s new ‘My Favourites’ feature. To top it all off, Chilipoker has introduced new colors, more avatars, and useful player tools to bring you a world-class online poker experience!

Chilipoker is making  some rumblings in the live poker arena as well. Chilipoker is hosting the European Deepstack Poker Championship in Dublin on February 4. Unfortunately, the €500 + €50 Main Event is already sold out. Skilled tournament players will love the structure of the event: 50,000 starting chips and the blinds slowly increase over a period of three days. Don’t be too sad about missing the 2010 European Deepstack Poker Championship. Chilipoker is hosting the same event in 2011 and 2012. Did we mention Chilipoker is hosting a special free-to-enter event for you?

To celebrate their sponsorship in Ireland, Chilipoker is hosting the FTR Deepstack Fpp Challenge. This $500 guaranteed tournament takes place on February 10, 2010. To register for the tournament you must have 50 frequent player points (fpps) and a password. You must be a registered FTR forum member to view the password.

Chilipoker is part of the growing iPoker network, the fourth largest online poker network. They were launched in 2004 by a team of experienced Swedish poker enthusiasts. Chilipoker strives to guarantee safety and fair play while delivering you a top notch poker experience. Check out the new Chilipoker today!

First, similar to the NFL, PokerStars is allowing you to interview the superstars that compose Team PokerStars Pro onTeam Pro Tuesdays. Every Tuesday in February, Team PokerStars Pros like Peter Eastgate and Joe Cada will be logging on and sitting amongst players like you at cash and tournament games. Feel free to outplay them and ask them questions.  Don’t forget to participate in the Outlast the Pro tournaments each Team Pro Tuesday. When the last Team PokerStars Pro busts out of an Outlast the Pro tourney, the remaining field will split $1000. For example, if the last Team Pro left is Greg Raymer, who you knock out in 51st place, you would earn $20 ($1000/50 players). Making money is fun on Team Pro Tuesdays!

Are you a hockey fan? PokerStars and the Dallas Stars have teamed up to send you to the NHL Awards in Las Vegas! Free-to-enter qualifiers are available everyday, up until the Grand Final on April 4. Dallas Stars’ gear will be awarded along the way as you fight to make the Grand Final. You will have to battle with the likes of Daniel Negreanu and hockey legend Brett Hull, but if you’re a true dangler, you will be off to Las Vegas! Grand Final winners can bring 3 people with them to the NHL Awards! PokerStars and the Dallas Stars will pay for your crew’s airfare, accommodation, and throw in some spending money. Remember to deke your opponents and score a free trip to Las Vegas!

Next, we are delighted to announce that PokerStars is giving another free trip to Las Vegas! PokerStars is giving you opportunity to fly to Las Vegas and meet Joe Cada! Cada rose to stardom by becoming the youngest player to win the WSOP in November 2009. Cada’s WSOP Main Event victory netted him over $8.5 million and earned him a spot on PokerStars Team Pro among poker icons like Daniel Negreanu and Joe Hachem. Players seeking to go to Las Vegas to meet Joe will play in daily freerolls. These daily freerolls feed top players into Weekly Finals. These Weekly Finals take place on February 7 and 13. If you manage to conquer the competition in the Weekly Finals, you move on to the big stage, the Grand Final. Play your A-game during the Grand Final because the winner receives a free trip to Las Vegas! The Vegas package will include airfare, five-nights accommodation, a day with Joe Cada, $1000 to spend in Vegas, and a NAPT Main Event seat that you could parlay into hundreds of thousands of dollars!

Don’t have an account at PokerStars? Are you crazy? PokerStars has a new VIP System in place to award everyone, especially the beginning player, and they recently awarded nearly $4 million in the Sunday Million! When you are ready to build your bankroll,  register your new account with the PokerStars Marketing Code flopturnriver. When you are ready to deposit as little as $10, use the PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600 for a 100% Bonus up to $600! When you use PokerStars Marketing Code flopturnriver in conjunction with PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600 you will be invited to exclusive monthly freerolls and money added tournaments. We give away $1000 every month in restricted freerolls and tournaments such as the FTR300, a $3 freezeout with $300 added to the prizepool. Stop grinding the Hubble Freeroll, making money is fun with PokerStars Bonus Marketing code flopturnriver and the PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600!

PokerStars has increased the Sunday Million prizepool to $2 million! This  Sunday, January 31 at 16:30 ET, you can be battling it out for your share of  $2,000,000. In addition to the massive $2 million prizepool, PokerStars has guaranteed that the first place finisher will receive at least $500,000. The Sunday Million is the premier major tournament, consistently awarding hundreds of thousands to the top finishers.

Don’t want to pony up the $215 to enter? Simply play the many satellites that PokerStars offers. There are Sunday Million Satellites for all bankroll levels. Players can even earn a seat to the Sunday Million by wagering player points (FPPs).

The largest Sunday Million was December 28, 2009. The prizepool was just over $3,000,000. This Sunday, that record is likely to be shattered. We will see you this Sunday, January 31 as you do battle for the life-changing prizes inherit with a $2,00,000 prizepool!

Don’t have an account at PokerStars? The $2,000,000 Sunday Million prizepool is a great reason to sign up! On top of that, we can offer you $1000 a month in password-protected freerolls and exclusive money added events. Simply register your new PokerStars account using the PokerStars Marketing Code flopturnriver. When you are ready to deposit use the PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600 for a 100% Bonus up to $600! When you use PokerStars Marketing Code flopturnriver in conjunction with PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600 you will be invited to exclusive monthly freerolls and money added such as the FTR300, a $3 freezeout with $300 added to the prizepool! Making money is fun when you register with PokerStars Bonus Marketing code flopturnriver and deposit using the PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600.

First, we would like to remind you that your time to qualify for a trip to meet Joe Cada in Las Vegas is winding down! Cada burst onto the scene by taking down the 2009 WSOP Main Event, earning over $8.5 million. Cada is the youngest player to earn the WSOP crown. Players interested in meeting Joe must compete in daily freerolls, available until February 13, which send the top 45 players to the Weekly Finals. The final two tables of the Weekly Final go on to play for all the marbles in the Grand Final on February 13. The pressure is on in the Grand Final! Players will be competing for a Las Vegas prize package. This all inclusive package includes entry into the NAPT Venetian Event, airfare, five-nights accommodation, a day with Joe Cada, and $1,000 spending money. We hope to see you in Las Vegas with Joe Cada and the rest of Team PokerStars Pro.

Today marks the start of the World Blogger Championship of Online Poker (WBCOOP). The blogger championship series is free, and culminates in the Main Event on January 31. This year, bloggers will be competing for tickets to the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). Bloggers can also score SCOOP tickets by impressing PokerStars with their live blogs or tweets. You must register your blog with PokerStars to compete in the WBCOOP. Visit the PokerStars website for more details.

Don’t forget about the Janaury Sale going on at PokerStars! Until the end of January, PokerStars will be discounting one item in the store each day. Here are the highlights:

The $50 Bonus is available on the 25th for 3k FPPs, which is $0.01667/FPP.

The $285 Bonus is available on the 26th for 20k FPPs, which is $0.01425/FPP. You shouldn’t buy this Bonus if you can access the $1500 or higher normally.

This is only a slightly better value than the normal price of the $650.

The $530 Sunday tourney ticket is available on the 28th for 25k FPPs, which is $0.0212/FPP.

The $215 Sunday Million ticket is available on the 30th for 10k FPPs, which is $0.0215/FPP.

The $650 Bonus is available on the 31st for 40k FPPs, which is $0.01625/FPP.

Finally, we urge you to step up to the plate and donate to the earthquake victims of Haiti. On January 12, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti. In addition to the devastating earthquake, over 30 aftershocks were recorded. This deadly combination has destroyed infrastructure and claimed over 100,000 lives. Please take a look at this thread before donating. Follow the directions in the thread to quadruple your donation.

Do you want to play in more free events, like the WBCOOP? Do you want free money? Simply register your new PokerStars account using the PokerStars Marketing Code flopturnriver. When you are ready to deposit use the PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600 for a 100% Bonus up to $600! When you use PokerStars Marketing Code flopturnriver in conjunction with PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600 you will be invited to exclusive monthly freerolls and money added tournaments. We give away $1000 a month in password-protected freerolls and events such as the FTR300, a $3 freezeout with $300 added to the prizepool! For access to private freerolls be sure to register with PokerStars Bonus Marketing code flopturnriver and deposit using the PokerStars Bonus Code STARS600. Making money is fun!

Obrestad, part of the Betfair Pro Team, bested 159 other players in a Pot Limit Omaha preliminary event, earning $40,000. Annette has had significant success in both live and online Hold ‘Em tournaments. Online, Annette_15 has won the UB 100k guaranteed and trudged her way through a field of 20,000 players to win the PokerStars’ Sunday Hundred Grand. Obrestad revealed her prowess for live poker by winning the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event in 2007. She has also had impressive results in Pot Limit Omaha. Her first place finish in this $1000 PLO Aussie Millions tournament surpasses her impressive third place finish in a Pot Limit Omaha event at WPT Barcelona in 2008.

Obrestad began the final table third in chips, but quickly became chip leader by eliminating Tony Bloom in eighth place. The Norwegian poker prodigy continued to steamroll the field by eliminating PokerStars Pro Emad Tahtouh when she held AAQK versus Tahtouh’s KK8T. Obrestad won a major pot with 4 players remaining, showing down a fullhouse, propelling her to 600,000 in chips.

After the dinner break, Annete_15 eliminated another player. At showdown, her fullhouse beat Ryan Gutch’s flush, sending Gutch to the rail in third place with $22,800. Heads-up play lasted just 3 hands. Both players got all in preflop with Billy Seri holding K8J9 and Obrestad showing KJJ2. The board ran out A9A2T and Obrestad won the pot with a pair of Jacks.

Once again, congratulations to Annette on her impressive showing and finish at the Aussie Millions!

First, check your email! Titan Poker, part of the iPoker network, has offered a select group of players a generous January bonus. Titan Poker will reward these select players by matching their January deposits ten times in bonus money. Players begin clearing the bonus in February. For example, if you deposit $50 in January, Titan Poker will credit your account with a $500 pending bonus that can be cleared starting February 2. The maximum bonus that will be awarded is $1000.

Get your rest! Starting February 1, you will need your mind on the grind to win cash prizes in Titan Poker’s Last Man Standing Promotion. Your goal is to be the last man grinding! During the month of February players will need to accumulate a minimum number of points each day to stay standing. The minimum number of points is based on their VIP Level at the start of the month. If you do not earn the number of points then you will be sat down and crossed off the list. On the other hand, if you stay strong and grind hard you will be kept on the list. The last player standing at each VIP level will be awarded with a cash prize. For example, if you are a Gold VIP player who earns 800 player points each day and manages to outlast the other players, you will be awarded with $2,500 cash! There is a Main Event Package up for grabs too! Worried you can’t put in the time to be the Last Man Standing? Don’t worry, along the way Titan Poker will offer fantastic promotions for those left standing, like the $5,000 freeroll on February 28. Check out Titan Poker for a chart detailing the Last Man Standing promotion.

In addition the Last Man Standing promotion, Titan Poker is proud to present the Double Up promotion that begins February 1. The Double Up promotion will give away $250,000 in cash prizes and Monthly Million Guaranteed tokens to players that finish at the top of the Double Up leaderboard. Players earn leaderboard points by playing in Sit ‘n’ Go Double Up tournaments and accumulate additional points based on which position they finish in.

Presently, Titan Poker is running some exciting tournaments. Don’t forget to join Titan Poker on January 21 for a chance to win a trip to the 2010 London and Irish Opens. The next day, January 22, Titan Poker will be hosting a $100 rebuy with a massive guaranteed prize pool of $100,000. Finally, join Titan Poker on January 23 for their humongous $100+9 $50,000 guaranteed freezeout.

Titan Poker, the fourth largest online poker room, is the place to be this winter.

If you don’t have an account at Titan Poker, use the Titan Poker Bonus Code FTRIVER when you create your new account. Using the Titan Poker Bonus Code FTRIVER will give you a 150% bonus up to $600 on your first deposit. In addition to a handsome deposit bonus, the Titan Poker Bonus Code FTRIVER will grant you exclusive entry to the FTR400 each month. In case you did not know, the FTR400 is a $2 freezeout with $400 added to the prizepool. The FTR400 takes place on the 30th of each month, so mark your calendar! Making money is fun with Titan Poker Bonus Code FTRIVER!