The Bad Beat Jackpot has been claimed once again at Carbon Poker and the five players who were at the table couldn’t be happier about it. The total jackpot was worth $462,858.44 that those lucky five players split, and the hand that played out was full of exciting action.

It occurred on a $1/2 NL table, and both players who were involved with the winning and losing hands are Carbon players. Player ‘JhonB75’ was dealt 77 in the big blind and he decided to call a standard raise from the under the gun raiser ‘dojokid21’ who made it $7 to go with 6s 5s.
The flop came down like “gold” for both players as it was 3s,7c,4s, giving ‘JhonB75’ top set with his 7’s and ‘dojokid21’ had flopped the nut straight with a re-draw for a straight flush. After calling a check-raise from ‘JhonB75’, ‘dojokid21’ went to the turn looking to extract the most money he could from this hand.

If the flop brought some action, the 7s on the turn was the one that really amped it up. That card gave quad 7’s to ‘JhonB75’, while it also made that glorious straight flush for ‘dojokid21’! Predictably, ‘JhonB75’ led out $31 into an $82 pot with his quads and was smooth-called by ‘dojokid21’ right behind him. The Kc on the river was irrelevant and both players found themselves all-in after that. The pot of $434.90 was taken by ‘dojokid21’ with his straight flush, but that was just the beginning of the money train for these players.

With quad 7’s being the lowest qualifying hand for the Bad Beat Jackpot, ‘JhonB75’ didn’t sweat his loss too much, as he took down the jackpot for $162,000! ‘dojokid21’was awarded $81,000 for winning the hand, while the other three players at the table took home a cool $27,000 just for being dealt in!

Both ‘JhonB75’ and ‘dojokid21’ are members of the Carbon Poker community and we would like to congratulate them on claiming the major shares of a large Bad Beat Jackpot. It goes to show you that at any time the Bad Beat Jackpot hand can be dealt at your table and you could walk away with a nice chunk of change just for playing at Carbon Poker. Get your carbon poker rakeback now.

Following in the steps of Gr88 poker, Carbon poker have released a brand new mac client which is set to go live on Dec 1.

Beta testing on the new client has gone very well, and some of the new features have been especially popular. Tournament lobbies now open in a separate window, full screen mode has been optimized for smoother play, and improvements have been made to the software’s performance on smaller computers and netbooks.

If you do not already have a Carbon Poker account then sign up for Carbon Poker Rakeback to receive 35% rakeback paid directly into your real money account at midnight everyday. You will also get a 100% up to $600 initial deposit bonus.

Gr88.com poker has become one of the first rooms on the merge network to offer a downloadable client for mac users. The client is currently in beta and is available for download after you have signed up for an account. We have had the opportunity to test the software out and it is very promising. It runs smoothly and fast and did not crash when multi tabling 4 cash games for over an hour. If you do not already have a gr88.com account then sign up for gr88 rakeback to receive 35% rakeback paid directly into your real money account at midnight everyday. You will also get a 120% up to $600 initial deposit bonus.

CarbonPoker is proud to announce that Shannon Elizabeth is coming aboard to represent Carbon at live tournaments, play against Carbon players and even contribute to the blog. Shannon Elizabeth is a noted actor and poker fanatic and Carbon Poker are proud to have her on board.

You will definitely recognise her from movies and television shows like American Pie, That 70s Show, The Grand, Dancing With the Stars and more. She’s also cashed at numerous WSOP events, finished third at NBC’s National Heads Up Championship event and represented Team Lebanon at the World Team Poker Event.

As a token of appreciation for how GR88 their players are, and in anticipation of their soon to be launched Mac compatible software, Gr88.com Poker are unleashing their newest promotion, GR88’s Showing The Love.

This promotion is in addition to 35% Gr88.com rakeback that you will get when you sign up through us.

Here’s how it works….

Each month, if you make a deposit of $50 or more, your name gets entered into a draw.
For every $25 you deposit over and above your initial $50 deposit, your name gets re-entered into the draw and increases your chance of winning. At the end of each month, Gr88.com will draw a name and the lucky winner will get a brand new Apple iPad and some GR88 swag!

That’s not all, every 3 months we will draw a name from the cumulative months and also send a GR88 player to Las Vegas!

* Entrants that add GR88 Poker as a fan on Facebook will get their name re-added into the draw. Just post a comment on our wall to let us know you’ve become a fan.

* Winners will be announced both on the GR88.com website, blog, and in the News section of the GR88 Software.

* Trip to Las Vegas includes travel and accommodations for one and can be also be exchanged for cash value.

‘BigNate53’ must be feeling huge after winning almost $150,000 in the bad beat jackpot last week at PlayersOnly.com Poker.

Playing at a $0.50/$1 NL hold’em table ‘BigNate53’ made a set when his pocket 7’s hit the 7c 8h 10d flop. Unfortunately (or fortunately) for him player ‘millionhands1’ had made a straight with his Jh9h. Both players got all of their chips into the pot when the turn brought the 10h putting ‘BigNate53’ back in the lead. The river was the perfect card, the 7h, giving BigNate53 quad 7’s and millionhands1 a straight flush to the Jack.

After the hand was over ‘BigNate53’ was asked what was going through his head when the chips were pushed to millionhands1:

“For a split second I was mad, but in the back of my mind I knew that quad 7’s qualified for the bad beat. So I was just wondering if I met all the other technicalities,” said BigNate53.

He didn’t have to wonder for too long as $150,000 was immediately pushed his way. Along with BigNate53 taking down $150,000, the rest of the table shared in the jackpot. The winner of the hand, ‘millionhands1’, took home $75,000 for his straight flush while the remaining 6 players at the table each won $12,000. Not bad for being front row spectators.

“Congratulations to all players who shared in the $300,000 jackpot. We’re looking to do it all over again. The bad beat has been reseeded and is already sitting at $150,000.” said Richard Stevens, a PlayersOnly spokesman.

Players Only is on the Merge Gaming network and you can receive 35% Merge Rakeback if you sign up through us.

The Bad Beat Jackpot isn’t the only thing happening at PlayersOnly Poker. This June features the Mega Million Points race, a special promotion that will be awarding over 12,000 individual cash prizes totalling over $1,000,000 to real money tournament and ring game players. “The more you play, the more we’ll pay”, stated Stevens when asked to summarize the promo in one sentence.

To take part sign up for Players Only Rakeback now and you will also benefit from 35% rakeback paid directly into your real money account everyday and a 100% deposit bonus up to $650!

GR88.com is helping 100 new players build their bankroll.
1st place $5000 CASH, GR88.com Poker Sponsorship, 35% rakeback & a possible $5400 in VIP cash bonuses.

Simply sign up for GR88 rakeback though us by clicking here and send an email to GR88 ([email protected]) with your player name and why you should be considered for the stake (player stats, highlights). GR88 will pick 100 players to stake with $20 in their accounts. Players will grind their $20 to build their bankroll. After 1 month the top 20 players will move on to the next level of the promotion.

GR88 will then stake each of these 20 players with an additional $200 into their accounts to compete for an additional 2 months VIP challenge.

1st place will receive $5000 Cash in their Poker Account and a Pro Sponsorship from GR88.com, 35% rakeback and a possible $5400 in VIP cash bonuses.
2nd – 8th place players will receive 35% rakeback on GR88.com and will be considered for a Poker sponsorship with GR88.com.

Each month as players reach the following VIP tiers below they will also receive the associated VIP cash bonus added to their bankroll to play with during the promotion. Whatever is left of the bankroll at the end of the contest goes to the player.

Should a player not be chosen for staking by GR88.com in either the 1st or 2nd round, any player may fund themselves for the same amount and participate on equal terms as the staked players.

Players may re-buy into the promotion should they lose all of their stake. This would be at their own cost and the re-buy can only be at the same amount as the level they are playing in (eg. $20 in first round, or $200 in 2nd round).

The 80 players who didn’t get chosen for the 2nd round get to keep their stake, but the stake cannot be withdrawn until after the promotion ends, and after they have raked $20 at GR88.com (or earned 200 VIP points).

The top 20 players also get to keep their stakes & VIP cash bonuses, and cannot withdrawal until the end of the contest

Players who participate in the Build your Bankroll promotion are not eligible to also participate in the cash chase or the mega millions promotion during those same months. After the player is no longer apart of the promotion they are then eligible in future months to participate in future promotions.

Steps for Signing up for Promotion:

1. Sign up for a new account with GR88.com
2. Email [email protected] with your player name and any stats you can share with GR88.com that will help them want to stake you
3. you will get emailed by GR88.com prior to the start of the competition to let you know whether you made it.

VIP CASH BONUS TIERS

Promotion Rules:
Only new players are eligible to participate in this promotion, existing players will not be considered for this promotion.

To be eligible for the 2nd round of staking all players must have a balance in their account, (no 0 balance players will be eligible for the 2nd round)

All Players to be eligible for 2nd round of staking must have raked a minimum of $10 in the first 30 days.

Players will not be allowed to play in the Casino during this promotion. Only Poker play will be allowed.

The winning player of entire promotion must have raked at least $2500 over the course of the 3 months in order to receive full prize.

Should winner have raked less than $2500 the following will apply:

(As the winning player reaches one of these tiers the cash prize associated with it will be the amount awarded). Only one prize will be awarded and it will be the largest prize that the winner qualifies for.

If any player is suspected of fraud, collusion or chip dumping all funds (including winnings) will be reverted back to GR88.com and the player will no longer be eligible to participate in the promotion.

All Player accounts will be locked for withdrawals during the course of this promotion, and then the accounts will be unlocked after the end of the promotion.

Visit the Leaderboard which will be live on the GR88.com promotions page to see your ranking

Carbon Poker have announced a huge $500,000 race that will take place in May. This will provide exceptional additional value in addition to our own $12,000 rake race.

The biggest prize is $15,000 and will be awarded to the first five players to earn 100,000 points. However, you do not need to be a massive raker to win a prize in this exciting Carbon promotion. Instead, there are 15 levels of prizes that you can aim for. The first prize only requires you to earn 250 points!

All prizes will be automatically added to your Carbon Poker real money account and there are no play through requirements. All you have to do to take part is sign up for Merge rakeback through us and click the ‘activate race’ button in the player admin.

35% rakeback, two rake races and a $600 bonus? What more could you want! Sign up to Carbon now!

On 15 April 2010, Play Aces Poker was created. This is the new name for the Sportsbook.com and Players Only Poker Room.

Traffic at the Merge network has immediately shot up and there are already 4 times as many players as there were on the 14th April! This new influx of players looks set to increase as the Merge poker network is widely regarded as the one with the loosest players. It is also one of only a few networks that accepts players from the US.

Merge rakeback has also been increased, so that now you can get 35% rake back at all rooms on the Merge network. To sign up to Players Only click the link on the right navbar. On top of your rakeback you will also receive a $650 sign up bonus!