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Liberty Quarter Million from Americas Cardroom

One year on from April 15th (remember? when online poker got a lil' bit crazy?), Americas Cardroom are all set to shake up the world of poker, this time for a GOOD reason with a no limit hold 'em poker tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $250,000!

Americas Cardroom is a US facing poker room with fast payouts and a great reputation (go search 2+2!) as a poker room, giving Americans and all other poker players a chance to pay in a safe and secure environment. To top it all off, now they are hosting the biggest online poker tournament available for to all players (US players included), with $500,000 split up over two big poker tournaments, every weekend between March 31st and April 29th.

The anniversary of online poker's "Black Friday", on April 15th is such a huge day and this sentiment is backed up by a statement made by Michael Harris, a spokesman for Americas Cardroom,

"April 15th will go down in history as a day that we’ll never forget, but this time it’ll be because of something incredible,"

Michael commented on the growth of Americas Cardroom and the immensity of ...

Betfair Premier Cup - Week 1 Winners

Week one of the Betfair Premier Cup has come to an end and the results of week one are in! The first week was quiet with only 4 players earning badges so there's plenty of opportunities to get playing and start winning some great prizes!

Betfair Premier Cup Prizes

The main prizes include an official 2012 signed Manchester United replica shirt and VIP tickets to see Manchester United play Sunderland at home at Old Trafford including travel expenses. As well as this, Betfair are giving away an iPad2 or a Samsung Laptop to first place winners, PS3 or Beats by Dre. headphones for second place and a Reebok sports bag for third place.

We expected week one to be a quiet one and it was. If you entered and played, you were in with a good chance of winning a prize.

Week 1 Winners

1st prize winner: sicklines

The first place winner, sickliness, won the "Bend It Like Rooney" achievement an amazing SIX ...

The Betfair Premier Cup! Over $15,000 in Prizes!

PokerTableRatings has teamed up with Betfair, the official betting sponsors of Manchester United, to run a poker competition over 8 weeks (split into two half times), with weekly prizes and a grand prize at the end of each half! The total value of prize is just over $15,000!

If you're into soccer (it's really football, right?) and even better, if you're a Manchester United fan then you need to sign up for the Betfair Premier Cup! Players will be competing for tons of great swag, with not one, but two grand prizes!

How do I enter?

It's simple, follow the competition sign-up instructions found on the Betfair Premier Cup page.

Note that this promo is only open to NEW Betfair Poker sign-ups who use the Download button found on that page.

Please read the Terms & Conditions thoroughly. Betfair will confirm that your newly created account is eligible to participate shortly. Check back to see your updated status.

How does it work?

All prize winners are determined by total points. Complete various poker challenges to earn points - the harder the challenges, the more points you'll earn.

Each week will reveal 2 challenges, and each challenge ...

Badges Announced for the Betfair Premier Cup!

We're just a few hours away from the launch of the Betfair Premier Cup and the details for the first half of competition have just been announced!

What's at stake? One PTR member will get an expenses paid trip to Old Trafford to see Manchester United play Sunderland in BOX SEATS! Another PTR member will walk away with a signed Manchester United Jersey and $500 cash! And if that is not enough motivation, EVERY WEEK for 8 weeks we are giving away an iPad 2, Samsung Notebooks, PS3's, Beats Headphones, and more!

Haven't registered yet? SIGN UP NOW!

Note: You must be a NEW DEPOSITING PLAYER on Betfair and use PTR's signup link in order to be eligible. The competition starts March 2nd at 00:01 GMT (a stroke past midnight Thursday)!

Betfair Premier Cup - First Half Badges

• Week 1: March 2 - March 8
• Heroic Save [25pts]
  Call a river bet with King high or less and win (pot must be minimum of 35bb)
• Bend It Like Rooney [25pts]
  Win a hand with hole cards 10 and 7 (hand must go to showdown, pot must be minimum of 75bb)
• Week 2: March 9 - March 15 ...

Bodog's Calvin Ayre Responds to Indictments

On Tuesday, Federal Prosecutors in Maryland unsealed an indictment against former Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre, the founder of Bodog. The site was once one of the world's largest online gambling companies, but has been inactive for quite some time. The indictment accuses Ayre of operating an illegal gambling business involving sports betting as well as conspiring to commit money laundering. The DoJ and Homeland Security also saw fit to seize the inactive web domain of Bodog.com as part of their sanctions being levied against Ayre and the site.

The flamboyant Ayer became a central figure from within the online gambling industry when he was the focus of a 2006 Forbes.com cover story titled "Catch Me If You Can" where Ayers said "we run a business that can't actually be described as gambling in each country we operate in. But when you add it together, it's Internet gambling." For years after, Ayers was able to dodge US law enforcement agencies despite continuing to operate questionable operations of online sports betting and casino games to US gamblers.

Three other men in addition to Ayre were included in the indictment unveiled by Rod Rosenstein, the US Attorney in ...