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PKR Runs Satellites to the GUKPT

2008-08-15T12:17:00.002-04:00

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.

PKR Magazine - New Bonus for Players

2008-08-05T12:44:00.002-04:00

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.

PKR Adds New Deposit Options

2008-08-04T14:13:00.002-04:00

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.

PKR Charity Event For Children

2008-05-20T10:25:00.003-04:00

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.

The Tournament Trail May 12-18

2008-05-19T12:31:00.003-04:00

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

2008-05-19T11:12:00.003-04:00

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

2008-05-19T10:27:00.003-04:00

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.

Promising May for PKR

2008-05-08T13:53:00.002-04:00

It seems like ever month PKR does something that impresses me. This month PKR is giving television exposure to their $20k Sunday Showdown and their $5k Guaranteed. The final tables of both events will be televised and broadcast from the PKR Cast Team. This is really a step forward for them as they should get some great exposure. If you would like to take part in this event, then head over to PKR Poker to get started.

Another PKR Event coming this month is ClubPKR, which is a loyalty program to reward players. A few of the benefits of ClubPKR are exclusive freerolls, free tournament buy-ins, special VIP access to events, and more. PKR's loyalty program is different than most rooms, as any play has the opportunity to get the highest membership levels. Unlike most programs, PKR doesn't require you to play a set amount in a given time period in order to maintain a membership level. This really opens up the door for less frequent players and lower limit players.

Finally, PKR is going to send a minimum of three players to Manila in the Philippines. There, they will have an opportunity to win a million dollars. And with PKR's great satellites, players have an opportunity to win their spot for only $1.

PKR continues to add value for their players and seem very dedicated to improving the overall experience for their players. If you haven't played at PKR Poker yet, then you don't know what you're missing. Experience online poker like never before, in 3D, at PKR Poker. Visit PKR Here to get started and to experience 3d poker for yourself!

PKR Makes Big Claims in Email

2008-04-28T14:34:00.002-04:00

If you happen to be on the PKR.com mailing list then you received an email today that certainly caught your eye, just like it caught mine. PKR sent out a spiffy looking graphic email that said "What's The Big Idea?" and the email was titled This Is Big. So, what is this big idea all about?

Well, apparently PKR thinks that they're getting up there with the big dogs in England when it comes to online gaming sites. At the bottom of the email, they say they want to be big, "As big as Betfair and Ladbrokes." For those of you who don't know, Betfair and Ladbrokes are the two major online gambling companies in England that cater to the English market.

So, is PKR just getting a big head, or do they actually have something to talk about? I did a little research, and at the time of this posting there are 1,050 real money cash table players on PKR, one of the highest totals I've ever seen at the site. At Ladbrokes, a site that routinely exceeds 1,000 cash game players, there were 950 active cash table players online. And at Betfair there were 906 real money ring game players online.

When I saw this information, I was shocked. PKR, only launching within the past year or two, has already eclipsed the two giants in the England online poker market. So apparently, the claims they're making in their email aren't far off at all, and are actually already true. Great job PKR, you're really making strides!

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PKR Rakeback Offers - 30% and up to $2,000

2008-04-25T15:53:00.003-04:00

PKR Poker continues to grow and is now considered to be the fastest growing poker room on the Internet. PKR is really increasing the amount of real money players they have at the tables and as a result are now offer bigger and better events. If you are a big limit player, a frequent player, or even a casual player, rakeback at PKR is something you don't want to miss out on.

If you have not joined PKR yet, then make sure to check out this PKR Rakeback page to get started. You will automatically receive 30% PKR Rakeback for life, plus you will also get a special PKR Poker sign up bonus with that, anywhere from $50 to $2000. If you already have an account with PKR, then you will need to contact them to be switch to rakeback. You shouldn't create a second account as you may run into multiple account penalties.

All rakeback that you earn will be deposited into your account automatically on a monthly basis. If you aren't very familiar with what rakeback is, then read on. Rakeback is where you receive part of the house rake that is taken from the table, back into your account. You can see how this could add up to quite a bit especially if you muli-table and play some of the higher limits at PKR. Just head to the PKR rakebake page linked to above to get all the details about this special offer.

PKR Announces Six New Freerolls

2008-04-22T11:14:00.002-04:00

PKR.com has announced a slew of new freerolls that players can gain real money experience in without having to make a deposit. Every one of these tournaments runs daily, and there is no buy-in fee or requirement, literally anyone can play. We'll give you the full schedule, as well as the prize pools right now...

The first freeroll is a $10 freeroll that runs every day at 11:45 GMT. The second freeroll is a $20 freeroll that runs at 14:15 GMT daily. The third one - a $10 prize pool at 15:50 GMT every day. Fourth, they have a $20 freeroll at 17:40 GMT. The fifth freeroll is a bigger one, with a $50 prize pool running at 19:20 GMT every day. And finally, the sixth daily freeroll is a $20 freeroll at 23:10 GMT.

These new freerolls that PKR has added may be small as far as the prize pool goes, but the experience a new player will gain (as well as possibly the bankroll) make them well worth it for players who are new to the game. Plus, besides these daily smaller freerolls, PKR runs premium freerolls that have huge prize pools.

To play in a premium freeroll, you have to earn a set number of PKR points throughout the month. The premium freeroll is a $10,000 prize pool on the last Sunday of the month. Enjoy!

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Online Poker Strategy - Improve your Table Play!

2008-04-18T10:51:00.002-04:00

With the rapid growth that PKR has seen from the start of it's launch, has been coming tougher competition. PKR Poker still offers some of the softest competition of any poker room out there, but that doesn't mean you can't earn even more money from them or stay up to date with the latest strategy. As the traffic continues to grow, you will probably see the competition getting better, as is typical with any larger room.

PKR offers quite a few unique features, such as the PKR Emotes that may give tells to players. Learning the type of players at your table is key and if specific players use certain emotes in specific situations. This is a small thing to improving your game. Coinflippoker.com of one of the largest Internet Poker Strategy websites out there. You will find all kinds of poker strategy to help your game, and the best part is that it is 100% free.

Simply check out the website when you get some free time and you should find plenty of strategy articles to keep you busy for time to come. They have been around for a while and are steadily increasing the amount of strategy offered on the site.

Coinflippoker.com also offers several different PKR deposit bonuses that all new players are eligible for. Make sure to visit their PKR Bonus Code page if you have yet to play at the room. You will find bonuses ranging from $50 all the way up to $2k.

3D Poker Seeing Growth

2008-04-14T12:28:00.002-04:00

Since the initial launch of TruePoker.com, the first 3D poker site, there has been an exponentially increasing interest in the idea of 3D online poker. Although TruePoker.com didn't have the graphics or traffic to really create an interest, it got the ball rolling, and now a few other sites have picked up the slack.

The main site of course is PKR.com. This is the best out of all the 3D poker sites and is actually a major player in the online poker market which is something no other 3D poker room can say. The rest of this article will talk about how PKR came along, and how they continue to show growth in a competitive market.

Stacks Poker is the site that really started the 3D poker revolution. They generated a huge buzz with in game video previews of their software, and had every poker forum on the 'net chatting about how excited they were to beta test the software. Then, the beta test came out, and all that buzz was lost.

Reviews claimed that the software was shaky, the program was very resource intensive, and the graphics weren't all they claimed to be. After the disappointing beta test, Stacks ending up cutting their losses and shut the site down, never to be seen again...

Then PKR came along with basically the same marketing ploy. Make awesome software, get people excited, and actually LAUNCH your site. This worked out, and PKR now has over 2,000,000 registered players with over 8,000 people online at peak hours. Everyone said it couldn't be done, but it was, and PKR is showing great success.

PKR Runs Terminator Tournaments

2008-04-08T13:44:00.003-04:00

PKR is running new tournaments that are attracting tons of players because of the big twist. They look just like a normal tournament, and feel just like a normal tournament, but there is one big change. Every player you knock out is worth extra money to you, so everyone is going for the knockout blow. You can really take advantage of this, and we'll get into how to win these below...

How it works is that everyone in the tournament has a bounty on their head, and if you knock a player out, you win the money that was his bounty. Also, every time you knock someone out, your bounty increases as well, so you become a more worthwhile prize for your opponents. The bounty prize pool comes right from the main prize pool, and is usually about 50% of the total prize. So, in a $10 tournament, $5 will go to the prize pool, and $5 will go to your bounty.

Besides the MTT terminator games, there's also a Terminator Two style game, where it is a heads up tournament with bounties on everyone's head. As you knock out your heads up opponent and face a new one, your bounty increases as well. These tournaments also reward you with PKR points depending on the tournament fee.

The final terminator game that PKR offers is the Terminator sit and go. In this one, it is a normal one table sit and go, but 100% of the prize pool goes to bounties. So, your only goal in this game is to knock people out. You could get 4th, which would normally be a losing place, but if you knocked out the other 6 people you'd have won a big amount. In this game, focus on the knockout.

We Test Out PKR Support System

2008-04-01T20:12:00.002-04:00

When it comes to online poker customer support is a huge part of whether a room succeeds or flops. Having a great support system gives players tons of confidence to play at the room, and will continue to deposit and play without worry. However, having a shabby support system will quickly kill your room because players will withdraw their funds and move on.

So, since we're a PKR.com specific blog we decided to test our PKR's support system and give you a full review. We'll start off by introducing their system. They offer 2 options of support: email and live chat. We wish they had a phone number you could call, but we'll have to deal with it. First we'll discuss the email support.

To send an email to PKR you use their email form. You have to enter your Name, Email Address, Subject, Message, and you have the option to attach a screen shot for a technical problem. After completing the form, we waited for the response. It arrived within the hour which isn't bad for online poker email support.

Ok, so now we'll try the live chat. This is where PKR really shines. After entering some basic information, the pop up live chat box came up, and told us we'd experience a wait of 23 seconds. This wasn't off at all, as a support rep quickly responded and offered help.

Overall, PKR has great support, especially for a smaller sized room. For more information, read here about PKR poker.

PKR Updates 2K Bonus Requirements

2008-04-01T14:24:00.003-04:00

As you have probably ready from other posts, PKR offers up to a $2000 bonus. When this bonus originally released, it required players to deposit a minimum of $2000 to get this bonus. The requirement of this offer is still a bit, at a $1000 minimum deposit amount.

It didn't seem that the 2k PKR bonus offer was very popular with the original requirement, so hopefully the lowered deposit requirement will help. The biggest problem still remains with the fact that PKR has a maximum daily deposit limit of $800, unless you get that raised by following a series of steps.

In order to raise your deposit limits; You must send in photo id (Drivers License or Passport), a copy of your credit card that will be used for depositing, and documentation that shows both your current address and your full name. The details of this offer can be found on this PKR Bonus Code page.

Other than the 2k PKR bonus offer, there hasn't been too many changes. PKR has continued to improve their tournament schedule, and now offer a guaranteed tournament of 100k every month, which shows just how well PKR is growing.

Brief Review of PKR Poker

2008-03-26T14:02:00.003-04:00

PKR Poker has been growing ever since this launched to the general public. They offer features that no other poker room can, and they are one of the only poker rooms that run entirely in 3D software. The only downfall to the 3D Poker software is that you will need a decent computer to run the software in it's high quality, and especially if you plan on multi-tabling.

Perhaps one of the most notable features that the poker room has to offer is their PKR Emotes system. While at the table players can make expressions, or emotes that help keep the table exciting and may even give tells for some. Some of these emotes even tend to be quite entertaining, which may really help entertain your during a dry card streak.

PKR Poker has definitely grown into one of the main online poker rooms, so there is no problem finding games at even higher limits. If you are a tournament player, you won't find anything like the One Million Guaranteed found at PokerStars, but you will find tournaments as big as a $75,000 guaranteed. For anyone looking for a full review of the poker room, make sure to take a look at this PKR Poker Review, where you will find in depth details and screen shots showing what that room is like.

PKR Poker is really a one of a kind poker room that should really impress the first time you play. It's almost like you're playing poker on a video game level, but you have the option to take real money to the table. If you are at all interested in PKR, make sure you take a look at the full PKR Poker Review that is talked about above.

Poker Players Love to Play PKR

2008-03-25T15:45:00.003-04:00

For only being running one and a half years, PKR poker has quite the resume. Millions of players signed up, thousands of real money players online at a time, and large weekly tournaments that always meet their guaranteed amounts. Plus, they recently won an award at CAP London for running the best poker affiliate program in the business. All of this has lead to players who really love to play PKR.

For being such a young site, it's very surprising that PKR has such a loyal following. Obviously, the 3D software has contributed massively, because it's totally unique and can't be found at any other poker site. But besides just their software, PKR offers a massive bonus, plus a community feeling that you can't really find at the other poker sites.

The bonus is easy: PKR offers massive bonuses, and in 5 varieties - how can you beat that! The standard bonus is a simple $50 bonus on any deposit, and this is what most players take advantage of because they are just trying out the site and only deposit a small amount. After that, you range through a slew of match bonuses, peaking at the 100% up to $2,000 high roller bonus. To get this one you have to contact PKR, but $2,000 is an enormous match bonus for an online poker site.

Besides the enormous bonuses, PKR provides players with a community feeling that is really special. Since you can have friends lists on the site you'll be able to play with people you meet every time you log on. Also, with the emotes that PKR provides, you can really interact with other players at the tables by having your character express your emotions.

Phase Tournaments Running at PKR

2008-02-02T21:20:00.000-05:00

PKR has just released a new way for players to turn a small bankroll into a large one without even using a huge PKR deposit bonus. It's called "Phase Tournaments", and it's a similar idea to Party Poker's step tournaments. How it works is that you can start in any phase sit and go you want, and all of the phases lead up to the final 5th phase, where the winner of the sit and go takes down $700.

So for example, if you buy into a Phase 1 sit and go for $3.60 and take 1st or 2nd, you advance to Phase 2 which is a $10.75 sit and go. Or, if you finish 3rd-5th in the Phase 1 sit and go, you get to repeat the Phase 1 for another shot at making it to Phase 2.

This theme reoccurs throughout each phase, with the top finishers advancing to the next phase, and the middle of the pack getting another shot. Also, once you get to the higher phases, the 7th place finisher drops down a phase but gets to continue playing.

If you're lucky enough to make it to the final phase, Phase 5, you're in for a treat. First gets $700, second gets $400, third gets $300, and 4th gets $200. Fifth-tenth however are eliminated.

So for you poker sharks out there who don't quite have a big bankroll right now, this is a perfect option for you. You can turn your $3.60 into hundreds of dollars with solid play throughout multiple sit and goes. Try them out today!

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PKR Casino Offers Progressive Jackpots

2008-01-17T18:16:00.000-05:00

The title pretty much sums it up, but PKR Casino offers progressive jackpots on many of their casino games. This is especially helpful with people who have a small bankroll as they have an opportunity to win big with as little as a $1 bet. However, remember that your chances of winning the big jackpot are very small.

Currently the biggest progressive jackpot, GoldRally 8line $2, is nearly 2 million dollars. There is only one other jackpot that is over a million dollars at this time, which is Beach Life. In November of 2007, a PKR Casino player was lucky enough to win $4,700 from a $1 bet on the game KENO.

This is just a small highlight of the features that PKR Casino has to offer. If you are into online poker, you should really like the atmosphere of the PKR Poker room, which is full integrated with the casino. PKR Casino is also offering a special first time deposit bonus for 100% up to $200. Simply check out our PKR Casino Bonus page for all the details.

PKR Promotions for December

2007-12-19T16:43:00.000-05:00

PKR has just announced their December to Remember promotion on their poker website. This December, PKR will be putting on a slew of promotions, and you can bet that player traffic will greatly increase this month. Below, we'll take a look at each promotion so you can decide if it's a PKR promo that interests you.

Christmas Gear - PKR has added all sorts of Christmas outfits and additions for your player avatar. Besides simple goodies to add to your characters' current outfit, you can also take on a Bad Santa costume to hit the tables.

Big Money Tournaments - PKR has announced that they will be holding multiple cash-added, guaranteed, big money tournaments. These are in addition to free rolls they will be sponsoring for the Holidays, including the $2,008 added New Year's Day tournament.

LA Poker Classic Packages - PKR will be handing out three big packages worth $12,500 each to players who win satellite tournaments to the L.A. Poker Classic. The package covers the $10,000 buy in, as well as $2,500 "fun" money to blow on the trip.

Keep your eyes peeled for more PKR news!

PKR Casino Launches

2007-12-12T15:21:00.000-05:00

PKR has launched their highly waited PKRCasino platform to great reviews from online gaming fans. PKR Casino is an extension of the highly popular PKR poker site, and offers online casino gaming including games such as blackjack, casino hold'em, and progressive slots.

Players are already flooding the site, and have appreciated what they've found. The graphics, clean user interface, and quick download have quickly made PKR Casino a hot spot in the online casino world.

Check out the site now, or learn more about the features at the link posted above.

PKR Bonuses Reviewed

2007-10-17T00:08:00.000-04:00

PKR Offers Wide Variety of Bonuses!

Players who love to play online on sites that offer great bonuses should check out PKR. The site has a wide variety of bonuses available for any player no matter what your bankroll. The site offers many levels of free money. If you earn 7,500 PKR Points you get $50 free dollars and a buy-in for two satellites for the monthly $30K guaranteed. If you can hold out and earn 50,000 PKR Points you will receive $250 free money, a Tee shirt, and satellite tickets to the European Poker Tour stage two qualifiers and the monthly $30K guaranteed.

If you can hold out even longer and earn 135,000 PKR Points you will receive an even bigger reward. A player will receive $600 in cash plus first pick at some awesome prizes. You could receive a buy-in to the weekly $12.5K guaranteed.

PKR also offers a bonus for their high rollers. Players can receive 100% of $2,000 deposit bonus only at PKR. A player must request of the site that a daily maximum of at least $2,000 to cover the deposit for the bonus. The bonus code is best2000. Be sure to enter it in so you will receive this generous bonus.

Several other bonus codes are available for a player to receive free money. Use best600 to receive 100% up to $600. Use best250 to get a 50% bonus on your first deposit up to $250. Or you can choose to use the bonus code best50 when you make your first deposit and when you have earned 7,500 PKR Points your account will be credited $50.

Finally, you can make your first deposit to the site using Moneybookers and you will receive a 100% bonus up to $300. A player must set up a Moneybookers account and use that specific account to deposit money into their PKR account. The bonus code is Moneybookers.

The Moneybookers site is an e-wallet site the securely transfers your money to other sites.

To sign up or learn more about the bonuses mentioned visit PKR.com and click on the promotions tab. You can then check out the bonus section and sign up to start receiving money into your account.

Also, make sure to use this PKR Bonus Code for the top bonus offer.

PKR Emote Commands

2007-10-16T13:05:00.000-04:00

PKR Players are nothing if not loyal, and with all that PKR offers to entertain them, why wouldn't they be. Along with the latest PKR Poker update came great new HIDDEN emotes! As if the emotes themselves weren't unique enough, PKR, as we've mentioned before, hid them, making a game out of finding the emotes before you can actually use them!

An Emote is an action your poker player can perform while you're playing at PKR, such as '/Kiss' great for buttering up competition of the opposite sex. Or '/loser' for those players you don't much care to be kissing up to .

PKR gives players the ability to keep five emotes handy at the bottom of the screen. Or you can use the more hidden, and more fun, emotes that are only accessible via your keyboard!

We've uncovered quite a few of these for you to play with, feel free to post a comment below and let us know how they worked, what they did, what was unexpected, or if you've unveiled any we missed here!

We've scoured the net in search of PKR emotes, and here's what we came up with, if you've any to add, please leave a comment and we'll get them added to the list just as soon as we can.

P.S. - If you haven't played at PKR yet, use these PKR Bonus Codes to get a special deposit bonus.

/atlast - at last
/brb - will be right back
/boo - boo
/bosh - bosh
/bravo - bravo
/bringiton - bring it on
/bye - bye =will see you
/cheer - cheer
/chicken - chicken
/chuckle - chuckle
/clap - clap
/congrats
/congratulations - congratulations
/cough - cough
/crikey - crikey
/cry - cry
/cu - see ya
/dance - dance
/drum fingers - drum fingers
/dude - dude
/fan - fan (op jezelf = on fire)
/finally - finally
/flirt - flirt
/frown - frown
/gasp - gasp
/gb - good bet
/gc - good call
/gf - good fold
/gg - good game
/gl - good luck
/grin - grin
/grr - grr
/hello - hello
/hi - hi
/iyf - in your face
/kiss - kiss
/laugh - laugh
/lmao - laugh my ass off
/lol - laugh out loud
/loser - loser
/nh - nice hand
/niceone - nice one
/no - no
/nk - no kidding
/np - no problem
/nty - no thank you
/noway - no way
/omg - oh my god
/oops - oops
/orly - oh really
/owned - owned
/phew - phew
/ronaldo
/rude - up yours
/shake head - shake head
/shame - shame
/shutup - shut up
/smile - smile
/sorry - sorry
/stretch - stretch
/sweet - sweet
/ty - thank you
/think - think
/thumbsdown - thumbs down
/thumbsup - thumbs up
/time - time
/tut - t
/typical - typical
/unlucky - unlucky
/wp - well played
/whatever - whatever
/wink - wink
/yawn - yawn
/yay - yay
/yes - yes
/yw - you're welcome

Chip Tricks: (You have to earn these)

/knuckle_roll
/snake_charmer
/bounce_backspin
/bounce_stack
/ten_chip_shuffle
/butterfly

Have fun with your new emotes!

PKR Announces Satellite Tournaments for EPT Packages

2007-10-08T21:32:00.000-04:00

Online poker players will be offered the opportunity to win one of two EPT Dublin poker packages. Each package is worth more than 13 thousand dollars, and allows the winner to become a part of one of the most famous events on the European poker schedule for 2008!

PKR players are offered several methods of entry, in fact, a multi table qualifier tournament is available every day for as little as $1.28. Another weekly Multi Table tournament is available each week beginning September 21st, with the a seat at the big game being awarded for every five feeder tournament entrants.

Sit n go tournaments are also available for a total of $29.50, the winners of these games go straight to the main satellite event to play for their shot into the EPT. Smaller buy in sit n go tournaments are also available, winners of these smaller buy in games win their way to the feeder games that feed into the main PKR satellite game.

For those that prefer a direct approach, you are also of course able to just buy into the main satellite event straight away, seats are available for $250 plus the $20 fee. The satellite main event is scheduled to be held on the 19th of October.

If you're ready to qualify for the EPT, download PKR now and get to it!

Happy Birthday PKR

2007-09-12T17:08:00.000-04:00

With a promise to change the way online poker was viewed, PKR launched in August of 2006. A year later, the next generation 3D poker site has registered over 1 million player’s world wide. Now instead of it being a new up and coming web site, it can be viewed as a site that has arrived and is flourishing.

Wanting everyone to be able to receive the full benefits of all the unique features offered at PKR, it launched as a stand alone operator. Despite not being a part of a larger network, they have grown through distinctive marketing campaigns and most importantly, word of mouth. It has even overcome the ultimate hurdle in its current growth as on the eve of its launch the US passed the Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which kept PKR totally out of the US market.

PKR started not only from a stand still but with a large internet poker community instantly wiped out and had built itself up to a top 20 poker room with over 7,500 players logged in a night and a total of $245 million bet in the past year.

So what is ahead for PKR? According to PKR Marketing Director Simon Prodger, “We’re very excited about our first year results and it’s definitely cause for celebration. But we have no intentions of resting on our laurels. PKR has set very aggressive growth targets for the next 12 months and we’re looking forward to even bigger and better things to come.”

Poktoberfest is Coming to PKR.com

2007-09-04T21:18:00.000-04:00

Online poker is a game of it's own, and the poker rooms are competing in promotions, each designing their own approach. Becoming known for seasonal treats, PKR.com is offering the ten days of autumn, as part of the Oktoberfest. The new value adding games are adding to the online sites attraction as well. The Main Event of the Oktoberfest is anticipated to generate the biggest prize pool to date, potentially as much as 50 thousand dollars, or more.

Marketing Director of Pkr.com Simon Prodger spoke about Oktoberfest saying, “PKR has earned its reputation as the home of poker promotions with great events like Oktoberfest. We’ll be releasing more details soon.” Everything will be disclosed on their site clearly as details become available.

PKR.com brings the feel of live play tournaments to your home PC with amazing graphics and unique customization opportunities. 3D characters do everything from victory dances to table chip tricks. In tandem the only way to view your cards, is to pick them up as you would across the felt from any live competitor. The most successful showcase of the graphic designer is the bounty tournaments played on the site, where poker pro look-a-likes carry a price on their heads for the person who forces them out of the tournament.

This site is a showcase of poker talent, potential and opportunity for the technology to further develop in the industry. The promising fledgling site, has shown why it is one of the fastest growing online poker rooms available today, and Oktoberfest will be no exception.

Get the top PKR bonus with this PKR Bonus Code. Sign up today!

PKR Announces $30,000.00 Monthly Tournament

2007-09-02T11:36:00.000-04:00

PKR Poker has announced a brand new addition to their poker tournament schedule! The online poker room will now be offering a $30 Thousand Dollar Guaranteed Prize Pool Game every month! The first 30k PKR Guaranteed tournament will be held on the 29th of this month. Tournaments will then be held on the last Saturday of each month. Satellites are available on PKR for as little as $2.18.

PKR has also changed the weekly Deep Stack event held Sundays at 14:00 GMT , that event will also be a guaranteed tournament beginning this coming Sunday. The prize pool will be guaranteed at $1,500.00

These new and improved PKR featured online poker tournaments are in addition to the currently offered European Poker Tour (EPT) London Grand Final Satellite tournaments and the weekly PKR Poker $10,000 guaranteed tournaments which are currently held on Sundays, and the PKR $12,000.00 tournament on Saturdays.

Keep checking back for the latest PKR news!

PKR Poker Software V1.3

2007-08-28T12:01:00.000-04:00

PKR has updated their famous video game-like software adding many new features!

One of the new features is called PKR Pal, this little guy manages PKR poker installations, upgrades, and updates all while you play, so that you wont have to wait for updates to install before you can login and play poker anymore! PKR Pal isn't nosy, and doesn't collect personal information while installed on your PC.

PKR has also added new emoticons and moods! Some of the emotes are in the game menu, whilst others are hidden within the software and can only be accessed via '/' commands, such as /typical. Poker players are especially excited about the addition of emotes that will work while your player is standing, if you switch tables, or games, the emote is not lost.

You can also create your own emotes! If you're familiar with IRC (Internet relay chat) then you'll likely recognize the /me command. If you haven't ever chatted in an IRC Chatroom /me is kind of a way to speak in the third person. For instance, try "/me is the poker king!!!" and your name will replace /me so if you're say, Phil Ivey, you will say "Phil Ivey is the Poker King!!!" in the poker chat.

PKR has also introduced new voices and has announced that even more voices will be offered in the very near future.

PKR has also finally stepped up to the year 2007 with poker player notes, notice something about another player, a tell, or just want to note a fish, or shark, slow player etc. PKR now offers the note taking feature. To access player notes, click on your opponents name and choose 'notes' insert your notes and hit enter. Once you've saved the note that player will have a special symbol next to their name indicating to you in the future that you have left a note on this player.
And if you don't want your bad decisions rubbed in your face, you can also opt to hide your folded cards, this option is available at the bottom of the game tab in your options menu under game.

Additional PKR Changes allow the purchase of tournament entry tickets with your PKR points directly from the PKR shop, and Moneybookers has been added as a PKR Account funding source!

Who's Playing at PKR Poker?

2007-08-26T18:40:00.000-04:00

With $1,470,242.93 wagered at PKR's online poker tables on August 17, 2007 (up from $2,591.48 the same day in 2006) someone is playing at PKR. So who are they? A report published recently shows us that of the 48,416 people that logged in on August 17 this year, more than 80% of them were men, in fact there are 828,918 registered male poker players on PKR, compared to just 74,612 female PKR poker players (8.2%).

PKR is definitely what we'd consider a global poker room, with poker players gambling amongst each other at the tables from more than 236 countries around the world. 22% of PKR's registered players, totaling 199,605 poker players are from the United Kingdom, another 16.1% from the Netherlands, 8.4% of PKR's registered players are logging onto the poker room from Germany. 7.5% from France, and the fifth largest represented country at PKR is Canada, with 49,897 registered players representing 5.5% of PKR's total registered poker players online.

The video game theme offered by PKR is pretty popular with the younger generation, and I'm happy to report, that looking at the numbers, as they're reported, I am a part of the younger generation! Even in my 30's! The average poker player fighting it out across PKR's poker tables is between 18 and 35, and male. The primary reasons that PKR poker is so popular with this group include amazing graphics (really!) and technology that is very customizable, and player interaction.

PKR Featured on the Big Screen

2007-08-03T11:02:00.000-04:00

PKR has come to an agreement with Carlton Screen and Pearl & Dean to feature their poker site at showings of Lucky You, a brand new poker film releasing in Europe. The sponsorship agreement states that PKR gets the 30 second Silver Sponsor spot before the film plays.

The movie is playing on over 450 screens throughout Europe, and with countless showings at each screen you can imagine how many people will be exposed to PKR's 30 second advertisement. Also, PKR should see success from this campaign because the movie is a poker movie, so the audience will be very targeted.

Lucky You stars Drew Barrymore and Eric Bana, and is directed by Curtis Hanson. Besides these major players in the entertainment industry, the film also has cameo appearances from some of the world's biggest poker players including Phil Helmuth Jr., Daniel Negreanu, and Johnny Chan.

PKR is optimistic about this campaign, and Simon Prodger, Marketing Director at PKR, stated the following:

"Showcasing the PKR.com brand alongside Lucky You, the biggest poker movie to appear in years, makes absolute sense and allows us to reach up to a million poker fans in an engaging and high-impact manner. We're confident that the big screen will maximize the impact of our stunning graphics and unique game play bringing thousands of new players to our game."

This is exciting news for PKR, and we're anxious to see the results of the campaign. This should be good news for all of us!

PKR Bonus Offers

2007-07-29T16:03:00.000-04:00

PKR has authorized us to provide our blog viewers with their top online bonus offers. If you use the links/bonus codes below, you'll be assured that you're getting the top bonus available for PKR.com. I'm sure you understand what poker bonuses are, but if not, here's a quick explanation.

By signing up to a poker room you can often get a bonus on your deposit. This means that if you deposit, say, $50, you may get a bonus of $50 or even $100 more. Often times you have to unlock the bonus by playing a certain number of hands or accumulating a certain number of player points. This is to protect the poker room from freeloaders. Anyhow, let's get into the PKR bonus offers.

The first bonus offer is for players who only play occasionally. This offer gives you a $50 fixed bonus on any deposit $50 or higher. To unlock this bonus, you have to earn 6,000 PKR points. These points come fast, and for a thorough explanation on PKR points, keep your eyes on this blog in the future.

The next bonus offer is for players who play slightly higher stakes than the average player, and play more often. This bonus gives you a 50% up to $250 match bonus, with a minimum deposit of $100. This means that if you deposit $150, you'll receive a $75 bonus (50% of $150). To unlock the bonus, you need to earn 150 PKR points for every bonus dollar you have.

The last bonus is for serious online poker players, or players who are going to make a large deposit. It is a 100% up to $600 match bonus, and you have to deposit at least $250. To unlock this bonus, you have to earn 200 PKR points for every bonus dollar you are unlocking.

If you are interested in obtaining any of these offers, check out this PKR Bonus Code page. It has all of the top negotiated bonuses for PKR, and we haven't been able to find anything higher than what is offered at that page.

If you are already a player at PKR, just use the bonus code when depositing. However, if you're not a player at PKR, just click the link to obtain your bonus and sign up. Everything will be handled automatically.

Good luck at PKR, and I hope you find these bonuses useful!

PKR Super Series Comes to a Close

2007-07-29T13:43:00.000-04:00

The PKR Super Series is finally coming to a close. The event was a series of tournaments that all culminated into a final event, the Tournament of Champions. There were 14 regular tournaments, and a different person won each one.

The Tournament of Champions is comprised of all the winners of the regular Series events, with the winner receiving a $13,000 package to play in a European Poker Tour event in Barcelona, Spain. The 14 series tournament winners will square off for this grand prize on August 5, a week from today. Also, the top 5 players overall during the Super Series will also gain entry to the Tournament of Champions, even if they didn't win an individual event.

Now, although only the winner of the Finale will be going to Barcelona, every series winner got something special. Besides the money they won from winning their respective tournaments, each winner of a Super Series tournament received a custom engraved silver bracelet with the PKR user name on it. This is a similar theme to the World Series of Poker, and will surely make a nice keepsake for the players.

Besides the Tournament of Champions, there is one event remaining for the PKR Super Series. It's the Fourplay Freeroll, and will be held on Wednesday, August 1st. This freeroll has a $5,000 prize pool and is open to anyone who played 3 Super Series events plus the Main Event tournament. There will be a limited number of players in this, so it should be a huge payout for many players.

I hope to see you in these tournaments, and keep checking back for more PKR news and events.

PKR Poker Blog - The Start

2007-07-28T12:24:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone,

This blog has been started to inform you about all of the events and news regarding PKR.com, the leader in online 3D poker. If you haven't heard about PKR yet, you're missing out. The site gives each player their own character, that can be customized and developed to look just like you, or like anything you want.

Also, at the table you are immersed into a 3D poker environment. You are not stuck with the standard 2D avatars around a poker table with a birds eye view. You can choose any view you'd like, and watch the players interact while playing cards.

PKR is not just about its graphics or software, it also is an outstanding poker room. PKR offers tournaments, cash tables, and sit n go's, just like every other online poker room. As of now, they are only open to non-US players, but foreign players can have a blast playing at the room.

That's all for today, but keep your eye here for future PKR news and events.