US 20 May

Bovada This Week

Super Sundays

Bovada beefed up guaranteed prize pool to over 275K for their Sunday slate of tournaments. From 2 pm to 11 pm eastern starting times, there are over a dozen tournaments in several game formats and across multiple stakes, each featuring thousands of dollars in guaranteed prizes. Qualifiers are abound: a chance to get into the $162 100K guaranteed Big Deal for only $1 is just one example.

15K in Monthly Freerolls

Twice a month $7,500 is given away at poker point freerolls. You can get a tournament ticket for 1,000 poker points or win a seat through 25 and 150 point qualifiers. Qualifiers are offered daily several times a day.

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Americas Cardroom Offers

Depositor Freeroll

Not only do they start you off with 100%, up to $1,000, welcome bonus; each new player deposit also entitles you to a seat at a weekly $250 depositor freeroll for the rest of the month. Any new player/computer deposit made from Sunday through Thursday comes with a ticket to the freeroll the upcoming Saturday, as well as every subsequent Saturday until the month runs out.

100K Guaranteed

On June 9th, the room is doubling the size of its regular 50K guaranteed to give you a chance to walk away with a piece of a six-digit score. 15-minute levels and the starting stack of 10,000 will also guarantee you plenty of play for your $200+15 buy-in. Satellites for the main tournament are also offered: a daily one for $24 starting at 6:35 pm, and an hourly one for $1 at 35 minutes past the hour.

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Annie Duke Releases Statement on UB Cheating

Poker pro Annie Duke, mentioned in the audiotapes regarding the Ultimate Bet superuser scandal, released a 1,200 word statement where she denies any involvement in cheating.

Following a similar statement last week from Phil Hellmuth, one of the site’s owners, Duke refuted assertions made by primary UB cheater Russ Hamilton about her use and knowledge of the software tool so-called “God Mode”.

She did not address her own long-term involvement with Ultimate Bet in various roles. Having worn several hats in the company over more than a decade as a spokesperson, in management and in software design, she and Hellmuth parted ways with Ultimate Bet just months before Black Friday.

Read more on the topic at pokerfuse.com.


Internet Poker Bill from Indian Tribes is in California Legislature

Having for years opposed any motions to pass a bill to regulate online poker, California tribal elders, coming to a realization of the economic opportunities that a regulated online gambling market in the world’s sixth largest economy may bring, have crafted and filed such legislation.

The draft bill allows online poker only and would not permit any other type of online wagering. Licenses to operate poker sites under the bill would only be restricted to the current land-based casinos in the state that have been owned by tribes for more than five years. It also contains a “bad actor” clause, prohibiting licenses to anybody who offered online wagering before the passage of the law.

The introduction of this bill was a prompt reaction by the tribal nations in the state to the potential threat to their interests from across the border, in Nevada, where the newly launched UltimatePoker.com may end up diluting the tribal casinos’ customer base.

Read the full article at legaluspokersites.com.