Happy 2009!

New year. New President. And a chance to change the course of history for the better. We wish you all a fruitful and fulfilling year ahead. Here are the latest deals and news from FTR to help you get off to a great start.

Special Promotions

LuckyAcePoker: $1500 Rake Race

We have a special contest happening RIGHT NOW with LuckyAcePoker. At least 15 players are required to participate by February 14, so you must act now! You could win $500 for 2nd place or a huge $1000 prize for 1st! All you need to do is simply sign up to LuckyAcePoker via FTR and play some real money games. Play more than any other FTR player and the $1000 is yours! Complete details and the current leaderboard are here. GO GO GO!

PokerStars: $300 Freeroll

This month, we are again rewarding our devoted FTR members with a special freeroll only for those who have signed up to PokerStars via FTR. If you have a PokerStars account that was created with a link from FTR, you are automatically granted access to play for a free $300 prize pool! No password is required. This restricted freeroll starts at 8:00pm ET on January 28. If you don't already have a PokerStars account, go here.

Virgin Poker: Win a Trip to LA

As mentioned in the last newsletter, two lucky players will win a trip to Los Angeles to meet and party with the FTR Admins, courtesy of Virgin Poker. So far, we have one winner. Congratulations to LuckySlevin for being the first to win a trip from London to LA, plus two nights' lodging in Los Angeles! The second winner is still to be determined, so hurry on to Virgin Poker! Read the full details of this promotion here.

Monthly Exclusives

FTR500 | Full Tilt | $5 Buy-in | $500 Added + Full Tilt Clothing!
5th of every month

FTR11 | Carbon Poker | $1 Buy-in | $50 Added!
11th of every month

FTR333 | Bodog | $3 Buy-in | $300 Added + Bodog Clothing!
13th of every month

FTR150 | CDPoker | $5 Buy-in | $150 Added!
15th of every month

FTR250 | Mansion Poker | $3 Buy-in | $250 Added!
24th of every month

FTR25 | Cake Poker | $1 Buy-in | $100 Added!
25th of every month

FTR300 | PokerStars | $3 Buy-in | $300 Added
30th of every month

FTR400 | Titan Poker | $2 Buy-in | $400 Added!
30th of every month

Extra money is added to the prize pool in each of these low buy-in tournaments, so every winner receives a bigger cash prize! Check our FTR Events and Announcements forum for complete details and start-times. To receive an email reminder on the day of each event, join our Events Mail group.

Passwords for our private tournaments may be accessed by FTR forum members in our FTR Event Passwords forum. You must be a registered FTR Poker Forum member to view these passwords.

Other News

FTR on Facebook

Become a fan of FTR on Facebook! We now have a fan page on Facebook. Click the Become a Fan button near the top-right of our Facebook page. Show your support and be sure to share the page with friends who might enjoy or benefit from our poker community. In the future, we will have special FB invitational events exclusively for our fans on Facebook, so be sure to become a fan and watch for news from our FB page.

Poker News on Twitter

Our poker news articles are now being tweeted! That's right. Tweeted. This means you can follow our poker news in real-time as they are published via Twitter. You'll receive instant updates directly from FTR! Our followers will receive short, one-line titles ("Tweets") along with a link to the full news article. You choose which articles you wish to read in detail. Find us at twitter.com/FTR_Poker_News. Be sure to click Follow on our page after joining. Happy Twittering!

Your Story

Would you like to be featured in our newsletter? If there is anything you'd like to share with your fellow FTR community members, this is a good way to do it. Whether it's a poker story, a life anecdote (a la Lukie), a drawing, a poem or a song that you wrote, we'll be happy to put it right here in our newsletter -- any and every month. Send your submission to [email protected] and you may be featured in our next newsletter!

FTR Birthdays

Upcoming birthdays of some of our FTR friends:

midas06 (Jan 22)
BoondockSaint (Jan 26)
Triptanes (Feb 1)
pokerfanatic (Feb 8)
Sandstorm (Feb 13)
Deanglow (Feb 14)
mcatdog (Feb 14)

Wish them all the best!


- Tyson, Eric & Xianti



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