Friday, August 15, 2008

PKR Runs Satellites to the GUKPT

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) is visiting Thanet on October 16, and PKR.com is trying to send as many possible players to the event as possible to represent the 3D poker site. This tournament is Leg 8 of the GUKPT, and is a $2,000 buy-in, three-day event. The tournament director expects hundreds of players to enter, and a first place prize of over $100,000.

Thanet is a rural area in Kent that contains many seaside towns, and a military history. It is a beautiful setting for Leg 8 of the GUKPT, and should provide a great time for the six-figure winner. Since it is such a scenic area, the Tour is providing players with a rest day to explore and relax while preparing for the final day of the tournament.

If you're interested in this tournament, and want to play, make sure to check out PKR.com to win your tournament package. PKR is running countless satellites to the GUKPT Leg 8, starting with qualifiers for as little a $1.54. There are tons of options for players to qualify, including lottery satellites (everyone pays a small amount, and one player receives entry to the next qualifier), sit and go satellites, and MTT satellites.

For more details, read this page to learn all of the ways you can qualify.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

PKR Magazine - New Bonus for Players

As you probably know, PKR has been expanding extremely rapidly, surpassing the traffic of several other major poker sites. They thought it would be a great time to take PKR one step further by offering their players a PKR.com magazine. The magazine puts its efferts in targeting advanced poker players.

There hasn't been too many detials released about the new magazine, yet. However, the first issue of PKR Magazine is scheduled to be published June of 2008. PKR has hired Dennis Communications, a very respecable company when it comes to this stuff. This magazine seems to be one of the many little bonus offers that PKR is coming up with for their players.

Some other exciting news at PKR is the anncouncement of new Phase tournaments. These should be very popular amoungst players who want the opportunity to win big money without risking much money. Make sure to keep an eye out at PKR to see what the next improvement consists of.

PKR continues to be the leading 3D poker room on the market today. If you would like to give PKR a try, then make sure to visit PKR here to sign up and get started.

Monday, August 4, 2008

PKR Adds New Deposit Options

PKR.com has recently added several new deposit options to give players more methods of getting money from their pockets to the online poker site. Although only players from outside of the United States can make a deposit at the PKR poker site, those players now have their choice of 13 different payment methods. We'll go through each method, and tell you who its best for:

NETeller and Click2Pay - These are both e-Wallets, which means that you fund your account at NETeller or Click2Pay, then transfer money from the e-Wallet to PKR.com. To get money onto the e-Wallet account, most players use either a bank transfer or a credit card payment.

The advantage of creating an e-Wallet is that when you're ready to cash out, you'll receive your money much quicker through the e-Wallet service than through a cheque cash out.

Visa, Visa Delta, and Vista Electron - These are all basically credit cards, and allow players to make instant transfers to your PKR account. There are no fees involved, and it is a very convenient and quick method of getting money onto your account.

MasterCard, gift card, or pre-paid MasterCard - This is basically the same as above - just an instant credit card transfer to your account.

Maestro, Switch, and Solo - All of these options are debit cards that you load with money, then transfer funds onto the poker site just like its a credit card transfer.

Moneybookers - Moneybookers is another type of e-Wallet that you load by either a bank transfer or credit card payment, then move money onto your PKR account. Afterwards, you can withdraw directly to your Moneybookers account to cut down on withdrawal time.

iDeal/Envoy - This option allows you to transfer funds directly from your bank account to your PKR poker account. There are no fees involved, and it is a very quick method of funding your account, once you set up the iDeal system.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

PKR Charity Event For Children

One to One Children's Fund is a great charity that focuses on helping disadvantaged children all over the world. PKR.com joined in with this charity on Sunday as they hosted a poker tournament and raised a great deal of money.

The tournament was held at London's Sketch restaurant and they raised funds around £200,000. The buy-in for this tournament was very creative as it cost each player £365 which would give one child £1 a day for a year. Non-players were also invited and they were able to enjoy champagne while bidding in the auction. Some great prizes were up for bid such as a signed Harry Potter book.

Some well known celebrities even competed in the poker tournament such as James Oliver and Dexter Fletcher. These celebrities did not have an easy road as they had to compete against some well known European pros such as John Tabatabai and Women's World Open Champ Beverley Pace.

Leticia White came out on top and took down a nice £4,000 prize along with a trophy. This night was all about the children though and everyone there had a great time. For the best PKR bonus use this PKR bonus code.

Monday, May 19, 2008

The Tournament Trail May 12-18

The PKR open had many weekly tournaments with $10,000 Guarantees. The cash was divided up in a number of different ways.

Mondays Tournament- $10,000 Guar.- Open
Player Leonardshelby took it down for $3,097 as he defeated a field of 412 players. Leonardshelby's win was not a fluke as he would find another Final Table in Tuesdays $10,000 Guar.

Tuesdays Tournament- $10,000 Guar.- Open
Oceanindien found himself a winner after outlasting 394 other players to capture a victory of $2,955. Oceanindien has been having some impressive finishes as he final tabled the Saturday Showdown and the Sunday Classic. He also added a 12 in the April Masters as he just missed out on another final table. Other notable finishes include a 2nd place finish by Blakmenba, 5th place by Tassen77, and a 6th place finish by Northy.

Wednesdays Tournament- $10,000 Guar.- Terminator Bounty
The tournament featured a $10,000 prize pool with 6 $100 bounties. The Final Table of this event had some of PKR's top players alongside with 2 bounties. Callmeraoul made a nice call as PKR_Jabba tried to bluff making the heads up match rather short. He raked in a total of $4,901 as he took down some major money with the bounties. Other notable finishes include Fallenangel, who finsihed 4th. Spazpecker has made his name known amongst this tourney as he has finished 2nd, 23rd, and 3rd all in consecutive weeks. The tournament has been getting a great turn out and is growing rapidly.

Thursdays Tournament- $10,000 Guar.- Open
Two experienced players ended heads up as the Swiss Osteomat was challenged by the Dane Paledane. Osteomat was ranked 2nd in overall MTT rankings yet he could not overcome the Dane.

Thursdays TV Tournament- $10,000 Guar.- Open
The $100 buy-in had a field of 136 players all fighting for the #1 spot. Farryboy and MrPatel7 finished 4th anf 7th each with notable PKR resumes. Brazzino captured the title for an impressive $3,672 as he defeated runner-up Skinner1981. Tune into PKR TV on SKY or YouTube to watch these Final Table.

Fridays Tournament- $10,000 Guar.- Open
Lesstax2pay fought a tough match heads-up against skipdbezum to capture a cool $3,000 pay day.

Saturdays Tournament- $20,000 TV Showdown
There was a large field of 455 entrants with first place taking a nice prize of $6,006. Giansanti battled against Alacartebud for the title. Giansanti was able to claim the title and Im sure Alacartebud will be happy with his $3,503 award for second place. The event will air later with hole cards being shown along with commentary.

Sundays Tournament- Classic $25,000 Gaur.
Once again the Final major of the week attracted 455 players. The first place prize was $7,000 and Papachanga was in the hunt was again as he made two straight final table, but fell short as he captured a 10th place finish. Goodyin and Redshape found themselves heads up. Last week goodyin finished 15th and once again could not pull off the victory allowing for Redshape to claim the $7,000 prize.

It was another great week of tournaments and many exciting finishes took place!

PKR Tops the Charts in the UK

PKR Poker is the fastest growing poker room in the world and has just received a Hitwise number one award for the first quarter of 2008. PKR.com has raked up the most UK visits within the poker category of Hitwise Gambling. This means that all the other major players, including Ladbrokes Poker, VC Poker, and William Hill Poker finished behind PKR.com.

To achieve the top ranking in the UK is an incredible achievement for any company, but for a company like PKR.com that has never allowed US players, it is unbelievable. This just goes to show how fast PKR Poker is growing. PKR.com says that in February, they hit the 1.5 million user mark; and that is without US players!

With the amount PKR is currently growing, they appear to be unstoppable. Plus, with PKR's unique 3D software and unlimited capacity to customize characters, they are likely to keep growing at the amazing exponential rate they currently are. Expect to continue seeing PKR Poker at the top of the charts for a long time to come.

PKR is the next generation of poker and that has been proven by this prestigious award. If you want to see what all the excitement is all about, now would be a great time to join PKR.com.

PKR is Launching a New Magazine

PKR Poker has announced that they are going to be releasing a magazine that will begin publication this June. The title of the magazine is unknown because PKR is not releasing it until the launch. They have said that the magazine is targeted toward advanced players and will include content such as advanced poker strategies and advice, poker news, PKR.com promotions, and relevant player reviews.

PKR feels that this is a great opportunity to built their relationship with their loyal players. To show how much they appreciate their loyal players, an international selection of PKR.com customers will receive the magazine for free as a premium benefit of playing at PKR.com.

PKR wants this magazine to be the best it can be, so they have teamed up with Dennis Communications to publish it. Dennis Communications is one of the worlds leading gambling publishers and owns numerous titles which include Inside Poker and Poker Player.

This magazine will be great for the times that you can't access the internet, but still want to enhance your poker skills or read about what's going on with PKR.com. There is also likely to be content in the magazine that is not posted on the web, so make sure you get your hands on this magazine when it comes out.