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Pam Brunson to Oversee DoylesRoom Brunson 10

Like father, like daughter. Doyle Brunson’s daughter, Pam Brunson, will manage the Brunson 10, according to officials from DoylesRoom. The stable of up-and-coming poker pros numbers four, with six men and two women yet to be named.

A press release distributed by DoylesRoom in recent days notes, “As Manager of the Brunson 10, Pam Brunson will be responsible for overseeing PR requests, handling scheduling and managing the Brunson 10 internally. As the world's biggest poker legend continues to fill spots on his team of poker professionals, Pam Brunson will be tasked with managing their relationship with one of the fastest growing online poker sites and its players.” The younger Brunson is a regular in the online poker site’s weekly Bounty tournament, which offers a refund of the $27.50 buy-in for first-time players.

Amit “amak316” Makhija, Dani “ansky451” Stern, Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark, and top online poker pro Chris “moorman1” Moorman currently comprise the Brunson 10. Stern is the group’s newest addition, having joined the clan during final table play in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas. A press conference was held at the Wynn for Stern’s introduction, with “2 Months, $2 Million” housemate Jay Rosenkrantz on-hand to witness the festivities.

Meanwhile, former Brunson 10 member Alec “traheho” Torelli departed the online poker site to join Victory Poker, whose roster of pro players includes Antonio Esfandiari, Andrew “good2cu” Robl, and Full Tilt Poker defects Paul Wasicka and Lee Markholt. The site is set to debut on February 1st on the merged Everleaf/UPN network, with a launch party to occur after the Trash Talk Championship of the World Straddle Tournament at the Hard Rock on February 6th.

On replacing Torelli, DoylesRoom officials told Poker News Daily that a fifth member of the Brunson 10 will be named no later than mid-March. In addition, the forthcoming announcement may include the introduction of two new faces to the Cake Poker Network site that welcomes action from the United States. The newest additions will fall under Pam Brunson’s wings.

According to the traffic ranking site PokerScout.com, the Cake Poker Network is the 10th largest worldwide, offering a seven-day running average of 2,100 real money ring game players. During its peak hours, which occur in the evening across North America, nearly 3,000 cash game players call the network home. Besides DoylesRoom and Cake Poker, other sites on the network include City Poker, Lock Poker, PlayersOnly, Poker Host, Red Star Poker, Stryyke, and Phil Laak’s Unabomber Poker, which was added to the family this week.

The 2010 calendar year also saw DoylesRoom unveil its very own online store, which offers unique items like a limited edition Doyle Resitol Cowboy Hat. Other goods available in the DoylesRoom Store include DoylesRoom apparel, laptop bags, Brunson autographed merchandise, GPS systems, iPod accessories, digital cameras, Nintendo Wiis, and “the hottest lifestyle enhancing accessories.” Gold Chips are the currency of the DoylesRoom Store, which can be accessed from the online poker room’s website.

The recent World Poker Tour (WPT) Southern Poker Championship featured DoylesRoom pro Hoyt Corkins coming out on top to claim his second WPT title. Corkins earned $739,000 for his efforts and defeated a final table that also included Jonathan Kantor (second place for $366,00), Jerry Vanstrydonck (third place for $197,000), Jared Jaffee (fourth place for $135,000), James Reed (fifth place for $106,000), and Tyler “Tydean” Smith (sixth place for $87,000). The Southern Poker Championship marked Corkins’ sixth WPT final table appearance. The tournament will air as part of Season 8 on Fox Sports Net.

Pam Brunson finished 364th in the 2007 WSOP Main Event for $34,000. That year, she won a ladies’ event held during the Legends of Poker for the same amount.

Additional Haiti Earthquake Relief Online Poker Tournaments Announced

This week, members of the online poker community wishing to donate to victims of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti last week can take advantage of several tournaments being held across cyberspace.

Today, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Haiti, the strongest aftershock to date according to the Associated Press. Roughly 200,000 people may have died due to the original quake last week and 1.5 million people, or nearly 20% of the country’s population, are now homeless. The Associated Press reported that 40 aftershocks have rumbled through the island nation. On the magnitude 6.1 tremor that hit on Wednesday, a geophysicist told the American news service, "Aftershocks sometimes die out very quickly. In other cases they can go on for weeks, or if we're really unlucky it could go on for months."

On Wednesday, UB.com, which makes its home on the CEREUS Network, will host a $5 rebuy online poker tournament to raise funds for the victims. The event gets underway at 20:30 ET and the field is capped at 750 players. In a generous gesture, UB.com officials will match the entirety of the prize pool and then donate the sum to the Red Cross Haiti Disaster Relief Fund. In addition, $10,000 in prizes will be on the line, consisting of entries to Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC) tournaments and satellites. The charity poker tournament is dubbed “Play for Haiti” and can be found in the UB.com lobby. The site happily accepts players from the United States.

Also hosting a charity event on Wednesday night is DoylesRoom, which resides on the USA-facing Cake Poker Network. DoylesRoom is running the “Haiti Relief Celebrity Bounty,” taking the place of its regularly scheduled Bounty tournament. Those in the field will include site namesake Doyle Brunson, “The Wrestler” actor Mickey Rourke, Brunson 10 member Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark, and “The Mad Genius of Poker” Mike Caro. The tournament kicks off at 9:30pm ET and DoylesRoom is matching all bounty money won and donating the total to relief efforts. In addition, DoylesRoom will ship any first-time player’s $27.50 buy-in to charity.

Ongame Network site Betsafe is offering a $5 tournament called “Help Haiti” on Wednesday at 20:45 CET. Unlimited rebuys will be permitted during the first hour and Betsafe will donate the funds to charity. A press release distributed by the site explains, “Betsafe will match the fee generated and we guarantee to give a minimum of $1,000. There is no maximum of the amount that we will match, so make sure to register for the tournament and help the victims of Haiti!” To sweeten the pot, Betsafe officials have added three $200 Grand Series of Poker (GSOP) event tickets to the prize pool, or $600 total. Other online poker rooms on the mammoth Ongame Network include Hollywood Poker, PokerLoco, and RedKings.

Finally, the Microgaming Network, which has recently tried to curb datamining by not allowing observed hand histories to be stored on a player’s computer, is holding a €10 + €10 buy-in tournament on Friday, January 22nd. The €10 juice will be donated to the Haitian Health Foundation and players can sign up for the event by visiting any Microgaming Network site like Betway, GNUF, Ladbrokes, Nordic Bet, PokerTime, and Unibet. The event issues its virtual “Shuffle up and deal” command at 6:30pm GMT. A press release distributed by Microgaming notes, “Over 92 percent of funds collected by Haitian Health Foundation go directly towards services for the poor, so players can be assured that donations generated from the tournament will be used to maximum benefit.” Neither the Microgaming nor Ongame Networks accept players from the United States.

These tournaments have complimented efforts at other major online poker sites like Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Cake Poker, each of which has reached into its database of players to give to the cause. Play in the Haiti relief tournaments taking place this week across some of the world’s largest sites.

Full Tilt Poker Launches Double Guarantees Week

From January 25th to 31st, Full Tilt Poker, the world’s second largest site, is doubling the prize pools of its guaranteed tournaments. A total of $25 million will be on the line throughout the week, leading up to a special $1.5 million purse for the site’s marquee $750,000 Guaranteed on Sunday. Full Tilt happily accepts players from the United States.

The $750,000 Guaranteed, which will sport a seven-figure prize pool on the final day of January, is a $216 buy-in poker tournament that kicks off at 18:00 ET. The $256 buy-in Sunday Brawl, the industry’s largest bounty tournament, will see its guarantee boosted from $400,000 to $800,000. In the event, $200 of each player’s buy-in becomes part of the prize pool, $40 is placed on their head as a bounty, and the remaining $16 goes to Full Tilt Poker as juice. Last week, bounties totaling $109,000 were up for grabs.

The final chance for Full Tilt Poker members to get in on high-stakes action each weekend is the Sunday Mulligan, which issues its “Shuffle Up and Deal” command at 19:05 ET. On January 31st, a total of $400,000 will be up for grabs in it, an increase from the regular $200,000 prize pool. Overall, $2.7 million out of the $25.3 million in guarantees will be on the line in the three aforementioned Sunday majors.

A bevy of more affordable tournaments will also have their guarantees doubled between January 25th and 31st. The site’s $1K Monday, which drew 315 players last week in a tournament ultimately won by IStakeU.com poker coach Will “imahustla1” Givens, will sport a $600,000 purse on January 25th. Givens pocketed $78,000 and the top 36 players finished in the money in the $1,060 buy-in affair.

Full Tilt Poker’s Daily Dollar, a $1 buy-in tournament, will boast a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool. This tournament runs twice daily at 15:15 ET and 20:15 ET and offers unlimited rebuys during the first hour and one add-on. Its first place prize is regularly around $1,500. The daily $75,000 Guaranteed, which comes with a $163 buy-in, will see a purse of $150,000 up for grabs as part of Double Guarantees Week.

The $55 buy-in Fifty-Fifty will not sport a $50,000 guarantee during Full Tilt’s promotional week. Instead, the spoils will be bumped to $100,000. The Fifty-Fifty runs nightly at 21:30 ET and first place usually pays around $9,500. Other highlights of Double Guarantees Week include the Double Deuce, which will come complete with a $400,000 guaranteed prize pool. The affordable $22 buy-in tournament kicks off, appropriately, at 16:22 ET on Sundays.

Double Guarantees Week rounds out the month of January on Full Tilt Poker. Beginning on February 10th is the 15th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). The quarterly event makes its debut in the new decade with more than $17 million in guaranteed prize money. The kickoff event is a $216 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with at least $1 million on the line. FTOPS XV culminates in a $535 buy-in Main Event with at least $2.5 million up for grabs. Last time out, The FTOPS XIV Main Event drew 5,471 players and surpassed its guarantee by $235,000.

Following February’s running of the FTOPS is the MiniFTOPS in March. The series features buy-ins that are one-tenth the size of their high-stakes counterparts and will take place between the 10th and 21st of the month. Full Tilt’s roster of pros include 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine member Phil Ivey, five-time bracelet winner Allen Cunningham, former MIT Blackjack Team member Andy Bloch, and high-stakes cash game specialist Tom “durrrr” Dwan, who is Team Full Tilt’s newest face.

Visit Full Tilt Poker for more information on Double Guarantees Week.

Todd Brunson Interview with Poker News Daily

Among those present at a press conference welcoming the newest member of the DoylesRoom Brunson 10, Dani “ansky451” Stern, was Todd Brunson, son of poker legend Doyle Brunson.

Brunson owns over $723,000 in lifetime earnings from World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments and captured a bracelet in 2005 in a $2,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low Eight or Better event for $255,000. He finished 13th in the 1992 WSOP Main Event and grabbed 459th 15 years later when Jerry Yang took home the crown. Along the way, Brunson won the 2006 Poker Superstars Invitational for $500,000 and took down the series’ Las Vegas stop the same year for another $400,000. In the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT), the younger Brunson earned $96,000 for his 15th place showing.

Nowadays, Brunson serves as a recurring participant in the DoylesRoom weekly Bounty Tournament, a $27.50 buy-in contest that takes place each Wednesday on the USA-facing online poker site.

Poker News Daily: Give us your thoughts on Dani “ansky451” Stern becoming the newest member of the DoylesRoom Brunson 10.

Todd Brunson: He’s a great player and we’re glad to have him. I hope it works out well.

PND: Tell us about your latest travels.

Brunson: It’s been busy, so I hope it slows down a little bit until February. I need a rest.

PND: You’re a sponsored pro of DoylesRoom. What makes the site a good place for poker players to head to as opposed to some of the larger rooms like PokerStars and Full Tilt?

Brunson: It’s a smaller community where you get to know your players better. On a lot of the other sites, if you’re playing $5/$10 No Limit, there are so many other players that you have to make notes on, so it’s harder to find your games. DoylesRoom is a little smaller. It’s a little easier to keep track of people and jump in.

Not to bash PokerStars, but I’ve been playing on DoylesRoom and their site at the same time and I get so frustrated with PokerStars. It’s so much slower than DoylesRoom, it’s unbelievable. I could probably get in 50% more hands at DoylesRoom.

PND: You mentioned that you’re looking for a break. What are your plans in the coming months and what have you been doing recently?

Brunson: There are just busy times of the year. We’re just concluding one and the next one is going to be in January for the L.A. Poker Classic. I just got back from Europe, I had my tournament in Montana, and then I filmed 12 episodes of “Poker After Dark.” I’ve had a ton of stuff to do and haven’t really had a rest, so I’m worn down.

PND: How will the Brunson family celebrate Christmas?

Brunson: It’ll probably be at my house. We’ll have everyone over and do the Christmas thing.

Bounty tournaments come to PartyPoker

Bounty tournaments allow players to get paid for knocking others out. A part of the buy-in is put aside and reserved to pay out the bounties, which are credited to a player's account immediately.

"We are always listening to customers and consistently striving to improve our product," a PartyPoker spokesperson said. "The introduction of new bounty tournaments add an exciting and fun dimension to play."

The software update also includes the introduction of a 'remember table layout' feature and enhanced players notes.

The 'remember table layout' feature allows players to enable a feature that will remember the layout of tables when closed and open new tables of the same size and in the same position on the screen.

The new enhanced player notes feature allows players to double-click on another player's image to open the 'Notes' section with their name already entered in the 'Select Player' field.

"These changes come on top of the introduction of the hand history replayer and super speed games last month," added the spokesperson. "Coming up in the future is the introduction of RSA tokens and synchronized breaks."

For more information on PartyPoker's latest update, click here.

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DoylesRoom Seeking New Members for Brunson 10

The USA-friendly online poker site DoylesRoom, fronted by 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Doyle Brunson, is expanding its stable of pros. The so-called “Brunson 10” currently consists of only four members.

In order to become a part of the illustrious Brunson 10, online poker players must hold an account at DoylesRoom and hit the felts in the site’s daily $5/$10 and $10/$20 cash games that take place at 7:00pm ET. Brunson and other site pros are regulars in these games and an e-mail sent to DoylesRoom players explained, “We recommend joining and chatting with them at the tables.” The online poker room is hoping to add players with “personality, integrity, and potential” and plans to fill the fifth Brunson 10 slot around the beginning of November in time for the WSOP Main Event final table.

A formal way to apply for the Brunson 10 will be unleashed in the coming weeks. The e-mail foreshadowed, “This system will eventually allow the best players to get to the top, at which point we will arrange personal interviews with Doyle and the team.” Interested players can e-mail Brunson10@doylesroom.com. A representative from the online poker site told Poker News Daily, “We are looking for live and online success in both cash games and tournaments, but personality is key too. Doyle Brunson has the final word.”

Amit “amak316” Makhija is one of the four current Brunson 10 members. The top-tier online and live poker pro is best known for finishing as the runner-up to John “The Razor” Phan in the finale of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Legends of Poker in 2008. His reward was a healthy $563,000 boost to his bankroll and a bevy of television time on Fox Sports Net. In that year’s WSOP, Makhija finished fifth in the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of Pot Limit Hold’em and earned $198,000 in a tournament that aired on ESPN. In addition, he landed in third place in a €5,000 buy-in preliminary event held during the European Poker Tour’s (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final for €85,000.

Also part of the Brunson 10 is Chris “moorman1” Moorman, who signed on with DoylesRoom just before the start of the WSOP Europe festivities in London. Moorman is a former number one player in the prestigious PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings and is an eight-time Triple Crown winner on the site. He chopped an event during August’s Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) for $204,000 and made the final table of the high-stakes PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Main Event for $113,000. He’s arguably the most respected high-stakes online grinder in the industry and adds a considerable amount of prestige to the Brunson 10.

Alec “traheho” Torelli has nearly $2 million in career earnings. His bankroll was boosted to a large degree by virtue of finishing as the runner-up to Kenny Tran in the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em during the 2008 WSOP for $336,000. Later that year, Torelli was up to his winning ways again, this time banking $120,000 for taking down a $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event during the Festa al Lago. Five months ago, Torelli earned a colossal $329,000 for grabbing sixth in the $40,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event commemorating the 40th running of the WSOP.

Rounding out the Brunson 10 is Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark. In August of 2007, he won the FTOPS Main Event for $395,000 and, in April of this year, chopped a SCOOP tournament for $390,000. Clark took third in last August’s WPT Legends of Poker, joining Makhija at the final table and earning $281,000.

DoylesRoom is a member of the USA-friendly Cake Poker Network and holds a weekly $50,000 Bounty Tournament. Members of the Brunson 10, along with Todd Brunson, Doyle Brunson, Mike Caro, and Hoyt Corkins, serve as the bounties in the high-stakes contest.

Doyle Brunson Advocates WSOP Europe Venue Change

Even though he has more than 50 years in the poker world under his belt, poker legend Doyle Brunson continues to be one of the leaders in the community, advocating suggestions for improvements to the industry.

After making a stirring run during the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe - he was in the Top Ten through much of the action before being eliminated in 17th place - the man known as the “Godfather of Poker” opined on his blog about some of the spectacle that surrounded the tournament series. Brunson’s blog is one of the most respected reads in the poker industry and its author is known for pulling no punches when it comes to his thoughts.

On the location of the WSOP Europe, Brunson states that he’d like to see a change and admits that the Casino at the Empire in London “needs to be bigger.” Looking potentially at making WSOP Europe even larger than it is, Brunson suggests that, if the management of Harrah’s could work out the details, moving the location of the three year old event to a new city each year would “draw many more players… London is just too expensive for the beginning pros to play.”

Brunson also spoke up about fellow former World Champion Phil Hellmuth, whose grandiose entrance to the WSOP in Las Vegas was duplicated this year at WSOP Europe. Brunson, who was seemingly dismayed at Hellmuth’s display, writes in his blog, “I’ve always liked Phil Hellmuth and have defended his tantrums because that is ‘Phil being Phil,’ but these grand entrances he makes are too much! He came to my table dressed as Julius Caesar along with trumpets and scantily clad girls. It embarrassed me just being there. I would have liked to have applied for the role of Brutus. I am a poker purist and stuff like that detracts too much from what a great game poker is.”

In addition to his opinions on the recently completed WSOP Europe, Brunson is kicking up his activity on his eponymous poker room. For some time, DoylesRoom has featured a weekly Bounty Tournament where Brunson and many of his friends - including his daughter Pamela and son Todd, longtime friends Mike “The Mad Genius of Poker” Caro and Hoyt Corkins, and celebrities like socialite Nicky Hilton and actress Jamie Lynn Sigler - have sizeable bounties on their heads. Now, Brunson is offering players at the site the opportunity to step to the felts to take him on in an arena that Brunson has dominated for decades, cash games.

Beginning tonight at 7:00pm ET and then taking place every night Monday through Friday thereafter, Brunson will step to the virtual felts on the $5/$10 and $10/$20 No Limit Texas Hold’em tables and take on all comers. While Brunson, whose online moniker is “Tex_Dolly,” will be the centerpiece of the battles, several of the previously mentioned players and members of the Brunson 10, which include online warriors Amit “amak316” Makhija, Zachary Clark, Alec “traheho” Torelli, and Chris “Moorman1” Moorman, will also be on hand. There should be plenty of action and poker discussion between players at these tables.

DoylesRoom Offers WPT Five Diamond Seats from $0.22

On December 13th, the World Poker Tour (WPT) will head to the Bellagio in Las Vegas for the annual Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. Among those in attendance will be members of DoylesRoom

Last year, World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member David “Chino” Rheem outlasted the field at the Five Diamond event and earned $1.5 million. Heads-up, he defeated poker pro Justin Young in a final table that also included Evan McNiff, Steve Sung, Amnon Filippi, and “The Alabama Cowboy” Hoyt Corkins. A total of 497 players turned out, creating a $7.2 million prize pool. In 2007, 626 players competed in a tournament won by Eugene Katchalov.

Steps for entry into the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic begin at $0.22. Both standard and turbo tournaments are available at that price tag and entry into the turbo format can be obtained by placing first or second in a Gold Chip event. A total of 10 steps are on the docket for players to qualify for the WPT tournament. The final event is a $3,750 buy-in contest that awards a $17,000 prize package to its winner. Second place will take home another Step 10 entry, while third place will earn $250.

DoylesRoom members can buy in at any step they’d like. Step 1 weighs in at $0.22. Step 2 comes with a $0.68 buy-in, Step 3 has a $2 price tag, Step 4 has a $5.85 buy-in, Step 5 has a $17 price tag, Step 6 will set players back $49, Step 7 costs $145, Step 8 will run you $438, and Step 9 requires an outlay of $1,289.50. If successful, players will be treated in style in Sin City. Text found on the DoylesRoom website notes, “You won’t be just another player in Doyle Brunson’s tournament. You’ll be the player who experienced a full weekend of legendary Las Vegas indulgence with Doyle Brunson the weekend before the first hand was dealt.”

Players who make their way to Las Vegas after parlaying $0.22 into a WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic seat will also take home a Vegas Experience package, which includes first class airfare, hotel accommodations, VIP club access, tickets to a hot show, and even a chance to meet “Texas Dolly” himself. Players will receive $1,000 to use towards travel and accommodations and also be given a private coaching session with Brunson, a 10-time bracelet winner.

The promotion runs until December 4th on DoylesRoom, which happily accepts players from the United States. The site makes its home on the Cake Poker Network, which, according to PokerScout.com, is the tenth most popular worldwide with a seven-day running average of 1,780 real money ring game players. During its peak hours, which occur in the evening across North America, 2,400 cash game players can be found battling it out. The Cake Poker Network is the fourth largest worldwide that accepts customers from the United States.

Weekly on Wednesdays at 9:30pm ET, DoylesRoom hosts its signature $50,000 Guaranteed Bounty tournament featuring Brunson, the “Mad Genius of Poker” Mike Caro, and a bevy of celebrities and guest pros. DoylesRoom is fresh off adding online poker pro Chris “moorman1” Moorman to its Brunson 10, a group of pros that also includes Amit “amak316” Makhija, Alec “traheho” Torelli, and Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark. Moorman recently reached the apex of the PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings and is one of the most respected players in the game today.

Qualify your way to Las Vegas for the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic on DoylesRoom.

PKR Heads Up Event to Feature Dwan and Schwartz

The railbirds at the nosebleed cash games on Full Tilt Poker that loved watching Luke “FullFlush1″ Schwartz mouth off to Tom “durrrr” Dwan earlier this year will be happy to hear there is yet another chance for the two to face off on the felt in person.  Both Dwan and Schwartz have been tapped to play in the upcoming PKR Heads Up Grand Slam invitational event.

The televised event will feature a bracket-style tournament that pits a total of 32 players against each other in deep stack, heads-up matches.  The buy-in is $10,000 and there will be a grand total of $350,000 up for grabs in the prize pool.  Some of the other pros confirmed to be joining Dwan and Schwartz  are JC Tran, PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren, WPT Championship winner Yevgeniy “atimos” Timoshenko, Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad, Nam Le, Sammy George and Full Tilt Pro Roland de Wolfe.  The event will be taped and broadcast on UK’s Sky Sports over the course of eight two-hour episodes.

In addition to his poker prowess, Schwartz is also known around the poker world for his penchant for trash talking and outspoken nature.  Ever since Schwartz began playing in the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt, he has been particularly critical of Dwan and his group of friends within the poker community.  Schwartz has hinted at taking on durrrr in both the online and live “durrrr Challenges” in which opponents face off against Dwan in a series of heads-up matches, but nothing had come to fruition.

In the past two weeks all that has changed though, as the PKR Heads Up event marks the second televised tournament which will feature the two young pros.  In August, PartyPoker announced the two would be playing in their upcoming event, the PartyPoker World Open V.  That event, also being recorded for television, features a series of single table Sit & Go heats with players from each heat advancing to the final table.

Neither of these matches guarantees that Dwan and Schwartz will bump heads at the same table, but it now gives those eager to see the two together in a brick and mortar setting even more opportunities for their wish to come true.  The PKR Heads Up Grand Slam will take place in London from October 8th-10th and the World Open V will film immediately after that, running at the Palm Beach Casino from October 11th-15th.

The PKR Heads Up Grand Slam may be an invitation-only event, but it will be open to more than just the top pros.  The site is currently running satellites on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in which players can qualify to play in the Heads Up Grand Slam Online Finale taking place from September 29th through October 1st.  Only 32 players will advance to the online finals, which consist of a series of three heads-up matches.  The 16 players who survive Round One on the 29th advance to Round Two the next day.  On the final day of play, the eight remaining players will battle in one last heads-up showdown and each of the four winners will gain entry into the live and televised Heads Up Grand Slam Event.

The four satellite prize packages are each valued at $12,000 and include a buy-in into the October event as well as $2,000 for travel expenses.  Those interested in satelliting their way into the online final can do so for as little as $7.28.

The upcoming heads-up event is not the only live tournament with PKR sponsorship on the horizon.  The site recently announced it’s popular PKR Live event will be returning for a third installment from November 20th-22nd at The Loose Cannon Club in London.  A special $200 Bounty tournament will be offered in addition to the $1,000 buy-in Main Event, which is expected to offer a first place prize of $40,000.

Meet & Beat Bet24 – Tonight at 18:00 BST

On the first Thursday of each month Bet24 hold the Meet & Beat Bet24 Freeroll bounty tournament. Today is no different.

Poker News in Brief: Aug 24-30, 2009

As always the PokerListings news team has brought you all the headlines from across the globe, but there were a few stories that didn't quite make the front page.

As part of PokerListings' ongoing News in Brief feature, we've compiled a list of those stories below.

This week the Poker Brat is playing for charity, PartyPoker has a new promotion, Titan Poker launches a $1 million guaranteed tournament and more.

Hellmuth antes up for the cops

Phil Hellmuth is set to host the 5th annual Hold'em For Heroes Celebrity Poker Tournament Nov. 19-21 at the Fort McDowell Casino in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Last year, the event collected over $500,000 for the TASER foundation, which raises money to benefit families of police officers that have lost their lives in the line of duty.

"Over the last several years, and especially since 9/11, my respect for policemen, firemen and the people who protect us has risen higher and higher," Hellmuth said.

There will be three tournaments running during the three-day event including a $115 buy-in with unlimited $50 re-buys and a $50 add-on Nov. 19, a $265 buy-in with unlimited $125 re-buys and a $125 add-on Nov. 20, and a high-roller $1,000 buy-in with unlimited $500 re-buys and a $500 add-on Nov. 21.

Half of all the buy-ins, re-buys and add-ons will be donated to the TASER Foundation.

Poker pros Brandon Cantu, Layne Flack, Todd Brunson, Antonio Esfandiari, and Clonie Gowen have already confirmed.

First prize in the high roller event is a seat at the 2010 WSOP Main Event.

The Cash Machine is open

PartyPoker has a new promotion starting Sept. 1.

The "Cash Machine" runs until Sept. 28 giving players the chance to convert PartyPoints into cash.

Players need to earn 10 or more PartyPoints on at least 10 days prior to the 28th.

At the end of the promotion, PartyPoker will look at the PartyPoints collected on a player's 10 highest-earning days and pay the player $1 per point on the lowest of those days.

((PKR)) Live returns

PKR Live will be back in London Nov. 20-22 with $180,000 up for grabs.

This third incarnation of PKR Live is a three-day festival at London's Loose Cannon Club featuring a massive welcome party, a $1,000 buy-in main event and a $200 PKR bounty tournament.

Satellites are already up and running on PKR for as little as $5.25. Direct buy-ins will be available for PKR players.

Titan launches $1 million tournament

Starting in September, Titan Poker is giving players a chance to win their share of one million dollars every month.

The inaugural $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Tournament will be held Sept. 13 at 18:00 GMT with a $500+$35 buy-in.

Satellites are also available with buy-ins as low as $1+$0.10.

((PokerStars)) corrects inaccuracies

PokerStars claims a number of recent news reports have included estimates about its market share in the U.S. which are significantly wrong. 

While PokerStars continues to serve customers in the U.S. based on the legal advice it has received, the PokerStars public relations department says, in terms of both player liquidity and revenue, the U.S. market represents substantially less than 50% of its business.

PokerStars also claims that even after discounting the U.S. market, its liquidity and revenues are still more than twice that of any other online poker site.

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$50,000 Doyle Brunson Bounty Tournament

Starting today, leading online poker site DoylesRoom.com is offering players as much as $50,000 for taking down the site’s namesake, Doyle Brunson, and his friends in a series of weekly bounty tournaments.

Commerce Casino To Host New Autumn Tournament Series

After moving the extremely popular California State Poker Championship to May earlier this year, the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, CA, was left with a gap in its schedule of poker events in the fall when the CSPC traditionally was held. To cover up that gap and offer some innovations to the poker tournament world, the Commerce announced last Friday that the Commerce Casino Hold’em Series would take place from September 10^th to September 25^th.

The Commerce Casino Hold’em Series will feature sixteen tournaments that offer buy-ins from as low as $220 up to the $2500 buy-in for the Championship Event. In a departure from most tournaments, nearly each event will have guaranteed prize pool ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 guaranteed for the players. The $335 No Limit Hold’em Shootout tournament and a $1065 Pot Limit Hold’em event will not have guaranteed prize pools and other tournaments that do not have guarantees will offer seats to the $2500 Championship Event to the victors. Along with a wealth of cash, there are other innovations that will be tested during the run of the Commerce Casino Hold’em Series.

One of the best innovations is offered to players in the first tournament on the series, the $220 No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $500,000 guarantee. Slated to have three Day Ones and be a four day tournament, a player who is eliminated on Day 1A has the option to come back and buy in again to play on Day 1B. Any players eliminated on Day 1B will also have the option to buy in again and play Day 1C. The potential exists for a player to take three shots at the $500K prize pool, which should exceed the guaranteed amount.

Other interesting tweaks to tournament poker can be found later in the Commerce Casino Hold’em Series schedule. The Commerce will put a twist to the Heads Up format when they offer the $545 Double Elimination (meaning that a player has to lose twice before they are eliminated) Heads Up Championship on September 22^nd, which will feature a seat into the $2500 Championship Event for the eventual winner in addition to the cash prize. Also on the 22^nd, the first ever $335 Knockout Bounty Tournament with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool will play out. For each player that a competitor eliminates in that tournament, the winning player will get $100 on the spot from the Commerce Casino.

On September 23^rd, arguably the most original event of the Commerce Casino Hold’em Series will take place with the $1600 Ironman Challenge. The tournament, which will have $10,000 added to the final prize pool, will truly be a test, as it has no scheduled breaks and will test the abilities of the players under extreme and unrelenting pressure. While the tournament does not deny the players the opportunity to leave the felt, the tournament does not stop and the player’s stack continues to be in play and blinded off. The payout of the event is also like no other tournament, as 50% of the prize pool is paid to first place and no deals are allowed at the final table.

Some of the new twists on tournaments are courtesy of the gentleman considered the finest tournament director around today, Commerce Casino’s very own Matt Savage. “The series will feature huge guarantees and unique tournaments that have never been seen before in poker,” Savage commented during the announcement of the Commerce Casino Hold’em Series. “The diversity of events and unusual formats will continue to make Hold’em tournaments at Commerce Casino exciting, stimulating and rewarding for our players.”

With the fall schedule a little slow in the poker community, Commerce Casino’s Hold’em Series should offer different innovations for players and plenty of guaranteed money for the winners. For a full look at the schedule of events or other information, visit the Commerce Casino website to learn more.

Alec Torelli (traheho) Signs with Doyle’s Room

In coverage of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup V, it was revealed that Alec “traheho” Torelli has signed with Doyle’s Room, a USA-friendly site on the Cake Poker Network. Torelli holds the sixth largest chip stack entering Day 4 at the Bellagio.

In an interview with WPT Live Updates Hostess Amanda Leatherman, Torelli recapped the process that went into signing with Doyle’s Room: “My agent knew the guy who is the Marketing Director, Will. He’s a really cool guy. We went to lunch together and talked about the prospects of it and things went really well. They looked at me for a little while and it all worked out… I’m really excited. I like him, the crew, Doyle, and everyone.” In May, Torelli took sixth in the $40,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament commemorating the 40th running of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). He banked $329,000 for his efforts in the event, which was ultimately won by Vitaly Lunkin. The tournament will air as part of ESPN’s coverage of the 2009 WSOP.

Now, Torelli is making waves at the WPT Bellagio Cup V. He has been at or near the top of the chip counts for virtually the entire $15,000 buy-in tournament. Heading into Day 4 on Friday, Torelli holds a stack of 703,000, good for sixth place overall. The entire field is looking up at online poker star Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka, who holds 20% of the chips in play after three days, or 3.2 million. Torelli commented that a deep run in the Bellagio Cup V would come at the right time: “I got deep in the $40K and will hopefully get deep in this as well to make a run right when I sign.”

Torelli may be a part of the weekly Bounty tournament on Doyle’s Room. The $27 buy-in contest features $500 celebrity and pro bounties and over $25,000 in prizes are up for grabs. The site’s namesake and his family also compete in the Beat the Brunsons $100,000 Bounty Challenge, in which the site notes that you can “take on the first family of poker in the tournament where everyone’s a bounty for only $10+1.” Both tournaments, which are run weekly, are currently on hiatus for the 2009 WSOP.

Torelli finished as the runner-up to Kenny Tran in the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em during the 2008 WSOP. The second place effort earned him $336,000. All told, he has well over $716,000 to his name from WSOP tournaments. In October, Torelli won a $5,000 buy-in preliminary event held during the Festa al Lago for $120,000. He defeated Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little heads-up in a final table that also featured Scott “BigRiskky” Clements, Ultimate Bet Star Player Michael Binger, Amnon Filippi, and Toto Leonidas. In 2006, Torelli took eighth place in the Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic for $39,000.

According to PokerScout.com, which keeps tabs on online poker room traffic, the Cake Poker Network is the 10th largest worldwide with a seven day running average of 1,480 real money ring game players. Besides Doyle’s Room and the Network’s namesake, other sites in the Cake Poker family include Lock Poker, Players Only, Poker Host, and Red Star Poker. Doyle’s Room jumped to the Cake Poker Network from Microgaming earlier this year and now proudly accepts players from the United States.

Torelli will be in prestigious company on Doyle’s Room, where he’ll join personalities like Doyle, his son Todd Brunson, and the “Mad Genius of Poker” Mike Caro. Brunson owns 10 WSOP bracelets, good for the second most all-time to Phil Hellmuth’s 11. Brunson is arguably the most recognizable face in the industry and won the WSOP Main Event in 1976 and 1977. His most recent piece of hardware came by virtue of winning a $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Short-Handed event during the 2005 WSOP for $367,000, defeating Minh Ly heads-up.

Fifth anniversary celebration for Full Tilt Poker!

Full Tilt Poker celebrates their fifth anniversary for the next ten days. The World’s second largest online poker site is going to have a big birthday as they launch five different promotions. You can earn extra Full Tilt Points, boost your bankroll through freerolls and have a shot at Sunday’s major tournaments with raised prize pool.

On Thursday, July 9th, a $20,000 freeroll will start the celebration. After being announced on Wednesday, the event is already sold out at 30,005 players. A disclaimer that appears on Full Tilt Poker’s website notes, “Sorry, the $20K Freeroll has reached the maximum number of players. Registration is now closed.”

Then at next Tuesday, July 14th, Full Tilt is offering their members to earn FTPs five times faster than normally over a 24 hour period. This promotion is valid in any cash game, sit and go and multi-table tournament. Also from July 14th through 19th, all scheduled Happy Hours will award FTPs five times their normal rate.

All the players who missed the $20.000 freeroll can have their shot in $5.000 freerolls that take place every five hours. These special tournaments are scheduled to take place from July 14th to July 19th and the buy-in for each is five FTPs.

Full Tilt will award 5X Bust-Out Bounties from ther pros starting at midnight July 14th. Team Full Tilt members will be signing up to these special tournaments for you to claim your prize. Team Full Tilt pros who are joining the fun are going to be at least these familiar faces: Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Gus Hansen, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, and Patrik Antonius.

July 19th Full Tilt will be adding $700,000 to the prize pools of their Sunday majors. The Sunday Brawl, a $256 buy-in bounty tournament, will have the guarantee raised from $350,000 to $500,000. Every player in the Sunday Brawl has a $40 bounty on their head. The player who gets the most knockouts will earn an entry into the following week’s event.

The regularly scheduled Full Tilt $1 Million Guarantee will have a stunning $1.5 million guaranteed prize pool on July 19th. The Sunday Mulligan will have a raised prize pool as well as Full Tilt is bringing an extra $50.000 to get the pool up to a total of $250.000.

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Fifth anniversary celebration for Full Tilt Poker!

Full Tilt Poker Launches FIVE Promotion for Fifth Birthday

Full Tilt Poker turns five years-old in 2009. For the next 10 days, the world’s second largest online poker site is celebrating in a big way, giving players the ability to earn extra Full Tilt Points (FTPs), boost their bankroll through freerolls, and participate in richer Sunday majors.

On Thursday, July 9th, a $20,000 freeroll will kick off the festivities. After being introduced on Wednesday, the event is already sold out at 30,005 players. A disclaimer that appears on Full Tilt Poker’s website notes, “Sorry, the $20K Freeroll has reached the maximum number of players. Registration is now closed.” The event takes place at 17:05 ET and is one of the largest freerolls ever offered on Full Tilt.

Beginning next Tuesday, July 14th, at 00:05 ET, the online poker room will offer its members an opportunity to earn FTPs five times faster over a 24 hour period. The offer is valid in any cash game, sit and go, or multi-table tournament. From July 14th through 19th, all regularly scheduled Happy Hours will become even happier, as FTPs will be awarded at five times their normal rate. A yellow smiley face symbol will appear next to tables during Happy Hours.

Players shut out of the $20,000 freeroll will undoubtedly be headed in droves to play in $5,000 freerolls that take place every five hours. The tournaments run from 00:05 ET on July 14th through 20:05 ET on July 19th and the buy-in for each is five FTPs. To register, Full Tilt Poker players are advised to head to the Tournament lobby and look for tournaments shaded in pink. Alternately, FTPs can be redeemed in the Full Tilt Store for a variety of merchandise.

Starting at 00:00 ET on July 14th, Full Tilt will award 5X Bust-Out Bounties. Members of Team Full Tilt will be signing up for tournaments with more than 30 players. Knock any of them out and players will take home five times their buy-in as a reward. Tournaments that boast Team Full Tilt members in their field will be shaded in red in the site’s lobby. Those slated to participate include Howard Lederer, 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) dual bracelet winner Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, 2008 WSOP Europe Main Event Champion John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Gus Hansen, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, and Patrik Antonius.

On July 19th, Full Tilt will be adding $700,000 to the prize pools of its Sunday majors. The Sunday Brawl, a $256 buy-in bounty tournament, will see its guarantee boosted from $350,000 to $500,000. Each player in the Sunday Brawl has a $40 bounty on his or her head. The player who records the most number of knockouts earns entry into the following week’s event.

The regularly scheduled Full Tilt $1 Million Guarantee will instead boast a $1.5 million guaranteed prize pool on July 19th. The $535 buy-in tournament runs once per month and replaces the $750,000 Guaranteed, which has a price tag of $216. Finally, the purse up for grabs in the $216 buy-in Sunday Mulligan will be $250,000, up from its regular total of $200,000. The Sunday Mulligan serves as one final chance for players to take home a sizable score in a weekend tournament.

Full Tilt Poker is fresh off unveiling the schedule for its 13th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). A total of 25 tournaments will pan out beginning on August 5th and culminating in a $535 buy-in $2.5 million guaranteed Main Event on August 16th. In September, an affordable MiniFTOPS schedule will begin. During FTOPS XII, the MiniFTOPS series ran concurrently with its high-stakes counterpart. This time around, the events will occur one month apart.

Poker News in Brief: April 20-26, 2009

Every week we compile a collection of stories that didn't quite make the cut for the front page but were worth mentioning nonetheless.

In these week's edition it turns out that a certain Bodog has its bite back, French poker players are actually really, really good (at least one of them) and the WPT Championship wasn't the only major tournament won by a TV pro.

Bodog.com returns along with Bodog Open

The Morris Mohawk Gaming Group announced this week that it reached a resolution of all litigation relating to 1st Technology, LCC and will be getting the Bodog.com domain back.

The settlement ends the series of 1st Technology's lawsuits alleging the online poker site used patents in the 1st Technology portfolio. It also means Bodog.com will be returned to the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group which now runs the Bodog sites.

Despite not being a part of the original lawsuits, the MMGG said it stepped in to settle the matter because the lawsuit cast a shadow on the Bodog brand it had been running.

"We are absolutely thrilled to be able to return the Bodog experience to its rightful home - the reaction of staff and key suppliers has been thunderous," said Alwyn Morris, MMGG chief executive.

The return of Bodog.com is just in time for the 26-event Bodog Poker Open III. The series begins today and ends with the championship event on May 3.

The Bodog Poker Open III will feature three concurrent series during the week offering a Mini-Bounty Tournament Series, Mid-Stakes Tournament Series and the Championship Tournament Series.

In all there is more than $280,000 in guaranteed prize money, plus the varying levels of buy-ins offer a little something for everyone.

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Hollywood Dave Stann wins prelim event at WSOPC Caesars Las Vegas

Although the big news over the weekend was Yevgeniy Timoshenko winning the WPT championship another well-known pro took down a tournament with more than 370 runners.

"Hollywood Dave" Stann won Event 18 of this year's WSOPC Caesars Las Vegas after he outlasted a final table that included Eskimo Clark and Steven "Stevie G" McKoy.

It was the third major tournament that Stann has won and his first WSOPC ring. The 35-year-old former blackjack player officially collected $26,398 for his first place finish.

The WSOPC Caesars Las Vegas Championship Event kicks off on tomorrow at 12 p.m.

Florida man predicts online poker to be legalized in the U.S.

Once again an expert in internet law is suggesting the U.S. government may move to legalize online gambling in an effort to raise revenue.

In a story with 24 Hours online Lawrence Walters suggested that intrastate online poker games may be the future for online gambling in the U.S.

Law professor Ed Morse of Creighton University in Nebraska was quick to point out that legalizing online gambling would not only help a cash-strapped government but it would help create jobs and economic expansion during a recession.

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PR Web declines online gambling releases

Popular press release website PR Web announced this week it will no longer be accepting submissions from online gambling companies.

PR Web is based in Washington and decided to ban online gambling related pressreleases due to the murky legislation surrounding online gambling in the U.S.

Prior to the ban PR Web was one of the most prominent methods of advertising for sites like Full Tilt Poker and Everest Poker.

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PKR Announces Pro Team

Joining the likes of the other major online poker rooms, next generation poker site PKR.com today announced the roster of its new “Team PKR Pro.” The six new members will represent PKR.com and act as brand ambassadors for the website.

“Team PKR Pro” will be exclusively sponsored by PKR and act as brand representatives at live events, as well as offering a variety of content for the PKR.com website and PKR TV. They will also be available to play on the PKR.com site in both cash games and specially organized bounty tournaments.

The inaugural members of the team include TV celebrity Ashley Hames (ashleyhames1), GUKPT winner Andrew Teng (PKR username “golfpro699”) and 2008 Irish Open finalist Kai Danilo Paulsen (kingkai84), along with PKR community members Raymond O’Mahoney (callmebabe), James Sudworth (James666) and PKR Live runner-up Henrik Eklund (pokey85).

“We’ve been following our initial ‘Team PKR Pro’ members for some time and are convinced that they all have the game and personality required to be genuinely world class poker players”, said PKR Marketing Director Simon Prodger. “They are also among the most recognized and respected players within the PKR community so are guaranteed to have over two and a half million people cheering them on every time they play.”

Here’s a closer look at each of the new members of “Team PKR Pro”:

Henrik “Pokey85” Eklund (Stockholm, Sweden) -- Eklund, 24, has been playing poker for four years. The Swede has been a regular at PKR’s nosebleed cash game tables since April 2007 and began to make a name for himself on the live tournament scene by taking second place at the inaugural PKR Live in November 2008 followed by a victory in the APT Manila Headhunter side event. Henrik’s ambition for 2009 (beyond winning the WSOP) is to make a final table of a major event.

Ashley “ashleyhames1” Hames (London, UK) -- Ashley Hames is a popular TV presenter and writer who is known for his series Sin Cities -- still Bravo’s highest rating show ever in the UK. Hames is also the PKR TV commentator. He began playing poker in 2008 and rates his poker highs as playing in the WSOP main event, reaching the final of Celebrity Poker Club and playing on the TV table at this year’s Irish Open.

Raymond “callmebabe” O’Mahoney (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) -- Like Eklund, O’Mahoney has been cutting his teeth at the highest cash games and tournaments since April 2007. His first major live cash came courtesy of the inaugural PKR Live $500 Main Event, where he finished fourth for $6,500. Ray’s goal is to win his home major, the Irish Open.

Kai “KingKai” Paulsen (Trondheim, Norway) -- The 25-year-old Norwegian has the finest live tournament record of any PKR regular with more than $322,000 in earnings. This includes two cashes at the WSOP (including an 18th place finish in Event #49 in 2007) and a fifth place finish at the 2008 Irish Open, where he earned $229,358. Kai’s aspirations include winning one of poker’s majors -- and preferably bring home a bracelet.

James “James666” Sudworth (Kent, UK) -- This 22 year old has been a familiar face at the PKR tables since November of 2006, playing some of the biggest cash games the site has to offer. Sudworth’s top poker accomplishment was a runner-up finish at the GUKPT in January 2009 for more than £40,000.

Andrew “golfpro699” Teng (London, UK) -- Teng has been a high-stakes pro across many online sites for the past two years. He made an impact on the live scene in 2008, first making a deep run in the WSOP Main Event (126th place) and then winning the Thanet leg of the GUKPT in October 2008 for £70,000.

PRK, founded in 2005, is an innovative online poker site that features real-time video game-like 3D graphics that has changed the way online poker is played.

Bodog Poker Open III Dates Announced

On April 26th, the third Bodog Poker Open will kick off on one of the world’s largest online poker sites. In a similar model to tournaments held on Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, the newest Bodog Poker Open will feature three buy-in levels.

The Main Event takes place on May 3rd. Leading up to it, the popular event will feature tournaments held as part of the Championship Tournament Series, Mid-Stakes Tournament Series, and Mini-Bounty Tournament Series. Each features a different schedule of events. Overall, players will battle it out in full- and short-handed tables in games such as Limit Hold’em, No Limit Hold’em, and Omaha. In contrast to other sites, Bodog does not guarantee prize pools in its high-stakes Championship Poker Open. Instead, the site adds money to each prize pool.

Here is a look at the schedule of events that players can look forward to on the popular online poker room, sports book, and casino when the festivities kick off on April 26th:

Championship Series:

Sunday, April 26th at 4:00pm ET
Event #1: No Limit Hold’em Rebuy
$55 with rebuys, $5,000 Added

Sunday, April 26th at 8:30pm ET
Event #2: No Limit Hold’em Four-Handed Freeze-Out
$215 buy-in, $5,000 Added

Monday, April 27th at 8:00pm ET
Event #3: No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
$270 buy-in, $5,000 Added

Tuesday, April 28th at 8:00pm ET
Event #4: No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed Freeze-Out
$325 buy-in, $5,000 Added

Wednesday, April 29th at 8:00pm ET
Event #5: No Limit Hold’em Rebuy
$110 with rebuys, $5,000 Added

Thursday, April 30th at 8:00pm ET
Event #6: Pot Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
$163 buy-in, $5,000 Added

Friday, May 1st at 8:00pm ET
Event #7: Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
$130 buy-in, $5,000 Added

Saturday, May 2nd at 7:15pm ET
Event #8: Turbo Hundo Freeze-Out
$109 buy-in, $5,000 Added

Sunday, May 3rd at 2:00pm ET
Event #9: No Limit Hold’em Cubed
$55 buy-in (One Rebuy plus One Add-On), $5,000 Added

Sunday, May 3rd at 4:00pm ET
Main Event
$500 buy-in, $30,000 Added

Mid-Stakes Series:

Sunday, April 26th at 2:00pm ET
No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
$109 buy-in, $20,000 Guaranteed

Monday, April 27th at 8:30pm ET
No Limit Hold’em Rebuy
$22 with rebuys, $15,000 Guaranteed

Tuesday, April 28th at 8:30pm ET
No Limit Hold’em Turbo Freeze-Out
$60 buy-in, $15,000 Guaranteed

Wednesday, April 29th at 8:30pm ET
No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed Freeze-Out
$60 buy-in, $15,000 Guaranteed

Thursday, April 30th at 8:30pm ET
Limit Hold'em Four-Handed Freeze-Out
$75 buy-in, $15,000 Guaranteed

Friday, May 1st at 8:30pm ET
Pot Limit Hold’em Rebuy
$33 with rebuys, $15,000 Guaranteed

Saturday, May 2nd at 8:30pm ET
No Limit Hold’em Cubed
$33 buy-in (One Rebuy plus One Add-On), $15,000 Guaranteed

Sunday, May 3rd at 8:30pm ET
Main Event
$163 buy-in, $30,000 Guaranteed

Mini-Bounty Series Schedule:

Sunday, April 26th at 4:30pm ET
No Limit Hold’em Bounty Freeze-Out
$11 buy-in, $10,000 Guaranteed

Monday, April 27th at 9:00pm ET
No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed Turbo Bounty Freeze-Out
$33 buy-in, $10,000 Guaranteed

Tuesday, April 28th at 9:00pm ET
Pot Limit Hold’em Bounty Freeze-Out
$22 buy-in, $5,000 Guaranteed

Wednesday, April 29th at 9:00pm ET
Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty Freeze-Out
$16.50 buy-in, $5,000 Guaranteed

Thursday, April 30th at 9:00pm ET
No Limit Hold'em Bounty Freeze-Out
$27.50 buy-in, $10,000 Guaranteed

Friday, May 1st at 9:00pm ET
No Limit Hold’em Four-Handed Bounty Freeze-Out
$36 buy-in, $5,000 Guaranteed

Saturday, May 2nd at 5:45pm ET
No Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty Freeze-Out
$24 buy-in, $5,000 Guaranteed

Sunday, May 3rd at 4:30pm ET
Main Event
$50 buy-in, $15,000 Guaranteed

Bodog Poker pros Evelyn Ng, Jean-Robert Bellande, David Williams, and Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo will each have a bounty on their heads throughout the Mini-Bounty Series. In addition, winners from the 12 Days of Poker promotion, Monthly TLB champions, the Top 10 on the Yearly TLB, Mini-SOP victors, Bodog Poker Open II champions, and Flight Club players will also don bounties, making the tournament series lucrative. Knocking any of them out pays for a player’s entry into the Mini-Bounty Series Main Event.

Beat the Brunsons on Mondays at Doyle’s Room

One of the things that draws players to Doyle’s Room is the number of top professionals who show up to play in tournaments on the site. From ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and site namesake Doyle Brunson to top pros Hoyt Corkins and Cyndy Violette, the Thursday night Bounty Tournament consistently draws some of the biggest names in the poker industry. Now, Doyle’s Room is going one step further with a bounty tournament that brings the entire Brunson clan to the battle.

Starting tonight at 9:30pm Eastern Time, for a $10 buy-in (plus juice), players on Doyle’s Room will have the opportunity to “Beat The Brunsons” with large cash prizes on the line. Leading the Brunson family is, of course, Doyle, who also has the largest bounty on his head, $1,000. Son Todd and daughter Pamela - who have both captured major championships in the poker world – will each be at the tables with $500 targets on their backs. Other members of Team Brunson will be playing with a $250 bounty. Besides these big prizes, there are plenty of other ways for players to capture different prizes in the “Beat The Brunsons” Bounty Tournament.

Every player in the tournament has a $5 bounty on their head, which can add up to a sizable chunk of change for a player who drives deep in the tournament. Its winner will earn a $500 chip for play at Doyle’s Casino, the casino arm of the Doyle’s Room operation, and there are also prizes for battling the Brunsons themselves. If you can knock out Doyle with his signature 10-2 hand, you will earn a $5,000 prize and, if Brunson family members go to war with each other in a “Brunson Family Feud” and one is eliminated, the players at that table will earn their buy-in back. Finally, if one player can eliminate each Brunson family member, that player will earn the grand prize of $100,000.

If you don’t want to pay the $10 entry fee, there are a multitude of ways to earn your way into the tournament. Speed and turbo sit and gos run 24 hours a day for $1.10 and heads-up satellites also are available for a $5.50 buy-in. Each day, there is also a multi-table satellite tournament that starts at $1.10.

Since joining the Cake Poker Network back in January, Doyle’s Room has become the jewel of the group. According to PokerScout.com, which ranks site traffic, the Cake Poker Network is in the Top Ten worldwide with a peak average of over 3,000 cash players daily, doubling the its numbers over the past six months. The Thursday Bounty Tournament is one of the most attractive, but the opportunity to “Beat The Brunsons” should draw even more players to the site.