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Online Poker Industry Report July 30, 2008

by Bill Rini on July 30, 2008

in Online Poker, Poker, Poker News

Another stagnant week in online poker.  The entire market was about break-even with last week.  Rooms of note are Party who was up almost 22% on the back of several promotions all hitting at the same time.  Everest retreated from last week’s big pop.  More or less those that were down this week were up for last week and those that were up are down this week. Pretty much what you expect during the middle of a summer with good weather and lots of new and casual players opting to spend the time outside rather than sit behind a computer screen.

numbers thumb Online Poker Industry Report July 30, 2008 

Source PokerSiteScout

The big Sunday tournaments turned out pretty much as expected with rooms either regularly exceeding their guarantee or those that miss missing by relatively small amounts.  Stars stood out this week by hitting the $1,000,000 prize pool twice on Sunday when their warmup event also exceeded a million. 

PokerStars announced that they will be upping their $1,000,000 guarantee to $1,500,000 permanently.  They’ve also just released their beta black lobby theme live.

Tokwiro the parent of UB and Absolute made a statement about the cheating scandal as did the KGC.    Tokwiro says they turned over all forensic evidence to KGC and KGC has announced that they have appointed former New Jersey State Gaming Regulator, Frank Catania to oversee Tokwiro. 

Everybody seems to be announcing qualifiers for the PokerNews Cup. So far you can qualify on iPoker, Bwin, Full Tilt Poker and PokerRoom (I might be missing a few more). 

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SiteRackbackSign Up BonusUS
Absolute Poker 30% 150% up to $500 The poker room accepts US players
Ultimate Bet 30% 111% up to $1100 The poker room accepts US players
Cake Poker 33% 110% up to $600 The poker room accepts US players
PKR Poker 30% 100% up to $800
Paradise Poker 30% 200% up to €1,000
Players Only 33% 100% up to $650 The poker room accepts US players
Fortune Poker 30% 200% up to €1,000
Betfair 30% $1500
Aced 30% 100% up to $500 The poker room accepts US players
Poker Heaven 30% 200% up to €1000
Poker Nordica 30% 100% up to $200 The poker room accepts US players
Carbon Poker 30% 150% up to $1000 The poker room accepts US players
Red Star Poker 33% 110% up to $600
True Poker 27% 100% up to $200 The poker room accepts US players
Action Poker 35% 100% up to $2500
Cellsino Poker 40% 500% up to $500
Minted Poker 40% 100% up to $400
Power Poker 33% 110% up to $600
Interpoker 30% 200% up to €1000
Doyles Room 33% 110% up to $600
Gutshot Poker 33% 110% up to $600
Full Tilt Poker 27% 100% up to $600 The poker room accepts US players
Fat Bet Poker 40% 1000% up to €500
NoiQ Poker 30% 100% up to €5000


Site Rake Race Rake Chase Freeroll
Doyle's Room $35,000    
Cereus Poker Network* $7,500 $10,000 $10,000**
Cake Poker $60,000    
Party Poker***   $50,000  
Red Star   $23,000  
Eurobet***   $21,000  
Players Only   $16,400  
Tower Gaming***   $15,000  
Full Tilt Poker $10,000    
Carbon Poker   $12,000  
Betfair Poker   $12,000  
Boss Media Network**** $5,000    
Cellsino Poker   $5,000  
Power Poker   $5,000  
Poker Nordica   $5,000  
NoIQ €1,500    

* Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet (UB) ** May not be available to all players *** Poker Heaven, Fortune Poker, InterPoker, Paradise Poker

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