http://www.celebpoker.com/news All the latest Celebpoker news, Tournament Announcements, League Announcements, Industry News, Live Tournament Reviews en Tuesday, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.celebpoker.com/images/logo.jpg http://www.celebpoker.com/news 143 40 Tuesday, 12 Jan 2010 15:40:49 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Copyright 2010, Celebpoker.com. david@celebpoker.com webmaster@celebpoker.com http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/50000-elite-vip-final/00361/ Sunday, 10 Jan 2010 12:45:08 GMT This past winter Celebpoker held one of the most prestigious and exciting promotions available in online poker. On offer was a chance to play in a $50,000 freeroll tournament which saw first place take down a staggering $25,000 in cold hard cash. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/50000-elite-vip-final/00361/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/earn-more-celebpoker-points-as-you-play-/00360/ Thursday, 31 Dec 2009 10:33:46 GMT From 2 January 2010, we are increasing the CelebPoker Points you can earn on our cash tables by 170%! http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/earn-more-celebpoker-points-as-you-play-/00360/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-player-wins-side-event-at-the-bop/00359/ Friday, 11 Dec 2009 14:56:34 GMT In a partnership with Nederpoker, CelebPoker sent, with all-inclusive packages, a number of Dutch poker talents to the Belgium Open Poker Championships 2009, where they would compete against  some of the top European pros. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-player-wins-side-event-at-the-bop/00359/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/players/celebpoker-player-narrowly-misses-ecpt-malta-win/00358/ Friday, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:38 GMT CelebPoker player John V has come second in this year’s ECPokerTour Malta, winning a fantastic €31,200. Up against 150 other players, John battled it out over three days to make the final table and secure his biggest live win to date. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/players/celebpoker-player-narrowly-misses-ecpt-malta-win/00358/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/a-realistic-casino-experience/00356/ Sunday, 11 Oct 2009 10:17:32 GMT CelebPoker has introduced a diverse selection of stylish casino games as part of its ever expanding portfolio of online entertainment options. These new games can be accessed directly from the poker client and include variations of traditional casino favourites like Roulette and BlackJack together with some more unusual games such as Pai Gow Poker and Red Dog. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/a-realistic-casino-experience/00356/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/vip%e2%80%99s-invited-to-play-in-one-off-live-game/00355/ Sunday, 04 Oct 2009 10:39:53 GMT CelebPoker exclusively revealed the finer details of their headline promotion, the Elite VIP, which has so far proved a huge success with high-rolling online poker players from around Europe. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/vip%e2%80%99s-invited-to-play-in-one-off-live-game/00355/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/win-4-5million-playing-the-ecoop-/00354/ Friday, 25 Sep 2009 11:06:02 GMT Open to all players, CelebPoker will be offering the chance to qualify for the 5th leg of the ECOOP – which starts on November 23rd 2009 – through a variety of online satellites and tourneys on their site http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/win-4-5million-playing-the-ecoop-/00354/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-to-host-free-live-tournament/00353/ Thursday, 10 Sep 2009 17:08:54 GMT Top online poker players are switching their attention to CelebPoker, in the hope of securing an exclusive free invitation to a lucrative live poker tournament next January. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-to-host-free-live-tournament/00353/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/10-reasons-to-play-poker/00350/ Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 19:51:06 GMT 10 reasons why poker players should play at Europe’s number 1 poker room CelebPoker.com http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/10-reasons-to-play-poker/00350/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/new-affiliate-program-celebpoker/00352/ Wednesday, 02 Sep 2009 13:54:26 GMT Affiliates can now earn phenomenal commissions of up to 50% and view real-time reporting statistics, designed to help them earn more commission by managing their campaigns in a more effective way. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/new-affiliate-program-celebpoker/00352/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/new-deposit-bonus-offer/00351/ Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 17:04:28 GMT Both new and experienced online poker players can now take advantage of a superb 100% up to $600 deposit bonus when they sign up with leading online poker operator, CelebPoker.com. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/new-deposit-bonus-offer/00351/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-moves-to-ipoker-network/00349/ Monday, 03 Aug 2009 19:04:50 GMT On August 12th, leading online poker room CelebPoker.com will move its poker operations from Boss Media to Playtech’s iPoker network, boosting monthly guaranteed online poker tournaments to well over $20 million. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-moves-to-ipoker-network/00349/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/players/team-celebpoker-poker-masters/00344/ Wednesday, 17 Jun 2009 18:47:50 GMT Rein Zijda, a member of Team CelebPoker, announced his arrival on the Live European Poker circuit with a sensational third place finish in the 13th Poker Master Main Event in Seefeld, Austria. The 45-year-old poker professional, from Gouda in Holland, walked away with a cheque for €19,150 after exciting the crowd throughout the two days with his fast aggressive style and nerves of steel. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/players/team-celebpoker-poker-masters/00344/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/wsop/world-series-of-poker-tops-1-billion/00348/ Sunday, 05 Jul 2009 18:50:57 GMT The World Series of Poker achieved a major milestone today, officially crossing the $1 billion mark in prize money awarded.  The WSOP is the most prestigious poker tournament in the world and is celebrating its 40th annual event this year after first starting in 1970. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/wsop/world-series-of-poker-tops-1-billion/00348/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebrity/celebpoker-star-in-i%e2%80%99m-a-celebrity-usa/00345/ Wednesday, 17 Jun 2009 19:05:47 GMT CelebPoker’s resident Texas Hold ’em coach and established movie actor, Lou Diamond Phillips is playing a whole new game this summer as the star of I’m A Celebrity USA. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebrity/celebpoker-star-in-i%e2%80%99m-a-celebrity-usa/00345/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/players/richard-goes-from-pc-sales-to-poker-pro/00338/ Monday, 01 Jun 2009 11:31:06 GMT An IT salesman, who became a professional poker play after losing his job, has won almost £100,000 in just three months and is now heading to one of the World’s most prestigious tournaments, courtesy of CelebPoker. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/players/richard-goes-from-pc-sales-to-poker-pro/00338/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/wsop/russian-poker-star-to-take-wsop-40th/00339/ Friday, 05 Jun 2009 18:51:35 GMT Russian professional player, Vitaly Lunkin, defeated Isaac Haxton in a dramatic heads-up match to claim $1,891,018 in the eagerly anticipated WSOP $40,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/wsop/russian-poker-star-to-take-wsop-40th/00339/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/industry/tom-mcevoy-is-the-champion-of-champions/00340/ Friday, 05 Jun 2009 18:58:13 GMT For the newly crowned 2009 WSOP Champions Invitational winner, Tom McEvoy, the win was about much more than just the stunning 1970 Corvette Stingray that he picked up as his prize on Sunday. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/industry/tom-mcevoy-is-the-champion-of-champions/00340/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebrity/poker-face-singer-shows-a-desire-for-3-of-a-kind/00341/ Friday, 05 Jun 2009 19:02:46 GMT Lady Gaga has her eyes on the Jonas Brothers - but not for a musical collaboration! The eccentric Poker Face singer is a fan of the trio, and she reveals she would like to bed the clean-cut pop-rockers. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebrity/poker-face-singer-shows-a-desire-for-3-of-a-kind/00341/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebrity/celebrity-and-poker-%e2%80%93-the-perfect-match/00342/ Friday, 05 Jun 2009 19:09:23 GMT It seems that the gambling habit can affect anybody! Celebrity players have been spotted all over Las Vegas in the run up to this years WSOP – some happier to be spotted betting on the turn of a card than others! http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebrity/celebrity-and-poker-%e2%80%93-the-perfect-match/00342/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/general/nintendo-getting-sexy-/00343/ Friday, 05 Jun 2009 19:14:11 GMT A recent gaming report, commissioned by ESRB, has revealed that Gameloft’s Sexy Poker is set to be incorporated into WiiWare for the Nintendo Wii. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/general/nintendo-getting-sexy-/00343/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/tournaments/11am-11pm-daily-freeroll-poker-series/00336/ Wednesday, 13 May 2009 15:32:41 GMT CelebPoker Exclusive 11-11 Poker Freerolls.We are giving away FREE CASH 7 Days A Week 11am to 11pm in addition to the normal freerolls running on the CelebPoker resulting in Massive Free Cash in Freerolls.Freeroll Requirements vary, please check tournaments in lobby for full details. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/tournaments/11am-11pm-daily-freeroll-poker-series/00336/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-news-and-promotions/00335/ Wednesday, 06 May 2009 15:48:19 GMT Our guaranteed monthly tournament prize pool now equates to over €5 Million! With a range of game types and guaranteed prize funds from €1,000 to €1 Million running throughout the month plus many other massive daily promotions; there has never been a better reason to play your game of poker with CelebPoker. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-news-and-promotions/00335/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/team-celebpoker-pushing-strongly-at-ept/00334/ Monday, 20 Apr 2009 13:15:00 GMT With both of the starting days now finished, Team CelebPoker are off to a great start with all players reaching day 2. From a field of 1178 runners, only 469 players have made it to day two of the EPT San Remo that has over €5.7M in the prizepool! http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/team-celebpoker-pushing-strongly-at-ept/00334/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-sponsored-players-for-ept/00333/ Friday, 17 Apr 2009 14:33:05 GMT CelebPoker’s sponsored players for the forthcoming EPT San Remo were decided last night after a gruelling six-hour final.Having established themselves as the crème de la crème of online poker all eyes will be watching to see how Team CelebPoker performs on the live circuit. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-sponsored-players-for-ept/00333/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-returns-to-live-poker-circuit/00332/ Saturday, 11 Apr 2009 08:00:40 GMT Leading online poker room CelebPoker.com has bowed to popular demand and will shortly relaunch its acclaimed series of live off-the-wall poker tournaments across the UK and Europe. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/celebpoker-returns-to-live-poker-circuit/00332/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/seefeld-poker-masters-celebpoker-team/00331/ Thursday, 09 Apr 2009 14:10:58 GMT Leading online poker room CelebPoker.com has launched an online competition that will give six of its members the opportunity to play against big international names, such as Phil Ivy and Daniel Negreanu, at the prestigious Seefeld Poker Masters tournament in Austria. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/seefeld-poker-masters-celebpoker-team/00331/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/players/finalists-unveiled-for-team-celebpoker-at-san-remo/00330/ Wednesday, 08 Apr 2009 09:53:59 GMT Leading online poker room CelebPoker.com has unveiled the 20 finalists in the competition to choose its representatives for the San Remo Main Event poker tournament. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/players/finalists-unveiled-for-team-celebpoker-at-san-remo/00330/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/tournaments/freeroll-crazy-extened-celebpoker-com/00326/ Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT CelebPoker Exclusive New Freerolls Extened Throughout April - We have added EXTRA CASH in addition to the normal freerolls tournaments running on the Celeb, resulting in Over 60,000 Euros in Freerolls at CelebPoker.com http://www.celebpoker.com/news/tournaments/freeroll-crazy-extened-celebpoker-com/00326/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/win-sponsorship-celebpoker-com/00324/ Saturday, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT CelebPoker is offering YOU the chance to become one of our Poker Pros and win BIG money, by representing us as part of Team CelebPoker in a prestigious high-stakes European poker tournament held in the beautiful city of San Remo, Italy. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/celebpoker/win-sponsorship-celebpoker-com/00324/ http://www.celebpoker.com/news/general/celebpoker-now-accepts-ukash-card/00323/ Wednesday, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT CelebPoker Accepts UKash Card - European licensed online poker room CelebPoker.com is proud to announce that they now accept the UKash voucher as a payment option on our popular poker software. http://www.celebpoker.com/news/general/celebpoker-now-accepts-ukash-card/00323/