Breaking poker news! I have just returned home and just heard of the EPT Berlin Robbery a couple of hours ago! That is some very disturbing news hitting the poker industry. There are already 2 popular videos on youtube showing actual footage of the EPT robbery. Germans didn't do that well in security, did they?

Supernova Elite is the ultimate Pokerstars VIP status and it can achieved on a yearly basis. I have constantly been achieving Supernova status in the last years and I have set one of my primary goals for 2010 to become one of the few Supernova Elites at Pokerstars. By becoming a SNE I will enjoy the outstanding rewards that come with the top VIP status and make more money cashing out bigger milestone bonuses. The task won't be easy but I will surely try my best. Let's take a closer look at the Pokerstars Supernova Elite awards in detail and how many hours I need to play online poker at Pokerstars.

According to the Cumberland News, an online poker addiction had caused former Carlisle mayor, Jayne Prewitt, to steal and lie about a £60,000 debt to an online poker room. Prewitt recalls that at one point she had arranged her own suicide to free herself from a gambling addiction.

The Grand Prive Group became the center of controversy last November when it closed its doors not only to U.S. wagers, but to its affiliates who had had a lifetime percentage agreements with Microgaming. A number of affiliates have since joined to pressure the group into lifting the ban on future payments due from non-U.S. customers referred that continue to gamble in its online casinos. The Grand Prive group is comprised of several online casinos, including Casino Grand Bay, Bella Vegas Online, Lake Palace, Jupiter Club Casino, Road House Reels, Grand Bay Poker, Jackpot Wheel and Fortune Junction.

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Since you can only sign up with a new online poker site once, you may need to choose between a large sign up bonus and a rakeback plan. Your choice depends on a number of factors. One of these factors may be the method for calculating the rakeback.

Titan Poker's Third European Championship of Online Poker is making online poker history as the prize pool jumps to a record $4.15 million and the world class action is extended from ten to fourteen days.Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, has announced the launch of its third European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP III) this November. For the first time since its inception, players will compete over an action-packed fourteen days for a share of the unprecedented $4.15 million prize pool.

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Ben Grundy is a high stakes poker player. I had not heard of him until I found his poker blog probably from someone else's gambling blog. I quote: "In the last month I won almost exactly $1 million, making me up about $2 million on the year. It's just so sick, at the start of the year my target for what i wanted to win online for 2008 was $750k-$1 million, must make sure i don't give it back!". In the latest poker blog entry he shows a graph with his poker winnings for 2008. That is over $10,000 per day!

It’s true, rakeback is the best friend you could ever have: never talks back, always there when you need it and puts money in your pocket. How many friends do you have that could claim that? If you sign up for a poker rakeback program, it will become a constant companion as you travel up the ranks—bigger bets, bigger tables—in online poker rooms. If you play often, you’ll know what to expect, and that's a significant amount of dough when the month is over.

According to the Greek law, poker is not allowed to be played in Greece neither in homes nor in land-based casinos. Of course, online gambling is also not allowed but that is another story. However there are rumors lately that imply the introduction of this card game to the Greek casinos. Yet, these rumors are heard for quite a few years, so that may mean nothing.

A glimmer of hope arised though when two advertisements made their appearance in Sunday's magazines. Both of them advertize 2 famous casinos (Porto Carras in Sithonia, Chalkidiki and Regency Casino in Athens and Thessaloniki) using poker terms. The first one shows a man holding 4 of a kind (Aces to be precise) while the second one uses the term "I Call". Additionally, there is also a radio advertisement promoting Regency casinos which talks only about poker. Perhaps, the time we Greeks will be able to host a big live poker tournament is closer than ever.