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Free Poker Training From Carbon Poker

May 112012

Carbon Poker has a new promotion in place where Carbon Poker players can receive free online poker training from the professionals at DragTheBar. The poker training has a retail value of $30 per month and Carbon Poker players can get this training absolutely free simply by playing online at Carbon Poker.

How To Get The Free Training

In order to get the free training at DragTheBar you simply need to rake $1 at Carbon Poker cash games. Once you rake that $1 you receive the rest of the current month and the following month of free poker training from DragTheBar. If you rake $500 before the months end then you can tack on an additional free month of online poker training!

You do need to opt in to take part in this promotion. To do so visit Carbon Poker and click on the DragTheBar Free Poker Training promotion. If you don’t yet have a Carbon Poker account you will need to open one and be sure to use a Carbon Poker bonus code to get the best bonus possible at Carbon Poker.

What You Get

You get a full membership at DragTheBar for two months just by raking $1 at a Carbon Poker table. The full membership includes training from over 30 coaches, access to DragTheBar’s library of over 1000 poker instructional videos (40 new videos added monthly), and access to the active forums where players attempt to help each other and pose questions to the coaches.

DragTheBar is one of the top online poker training websites online and access to the site for free is a great promotion from Carbon Poker.

Does Poker Training Work?

Most poker players believe they know more about the game than they do, but the fact is that poker is such a complex game that is always changing and training sites such as this one do have their place even for the most advanced players. If nothing else the videos will help you to understand how other players think when they are in a similar position, which should increase your ability to put your opponents on a range of hands when they make certain plays at the Carbon Poker tables. Poker is a game where you should never stop learning and Carbon Poker is giving online poker players the tools to improve their game just for playing at their site.

The Merge network has had some difficulties lately and with Lock Poker leaving to start their own online poker network Merge needs to continue to offer great promotions such as this one to attract new players and keep their current ones. The Last Man Standing promotion for the month of May was a solid promotion, but it is geared towards only the higher stake players who rack up the VIP points at Carbon Poker. This free poker training promo is perfect for the newer, lower stakes players, which is where I have found Carbon Poker to be lacking with their promotions over the years. A player should be able to rake $1 in less than an hour playing at very small stakes, so this promotion is really set up for anyone. A quick poker download of Carbon and a few minutes at the table should be enough to gain you access to DragTheBar for the next couple months.

In order to get the best return out of the promotion I suggest opting in and raking the $1 early in the month so that you have 2 full months of access to the DragTheBar website.

Last Man Standing Promotion at Carbon Poker

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Apr 242012

Carbon Poker is running a Last Man Standing competition that begins on May 1st and lasts for 60 days. There is $35,000 up for grabs from this promotion if can master Carbon Poker’s tests of poker endurance and be the last man standing. This promotion is for the grinders who play every day at Carbon Poker, so it is not for the feint of heart.

Details

You will have to earn VIP points at Carbon Poker every day in order to qualify for this promotion. The number of VIP points required each day increases as the Last Man Standing promo gets further along. The first day you must earn 50 VIP points and by the 60th day the goal is to earn 25000 VIP points! You are allowed to take 3 days off during the promotion, but once you miss that 4th day you are eliminated. And to make matters more serious after the 45th day the days off go out the window and you must play every day to stay alive. Visit Carbon Poker to check out how many VIP points are needed every day of the promo.

It is important to note that you must opt in to this promotion by clicking on “activate promo” in your player admin area.

Prizes

The 25 players who last the longest will win the money. Here is the money list for the top 5 finishers;

$6,000
$4,000
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500

If you squeak into the cash the 25th place finisher wins $250. Visit Carbon to see the entire prize table. I’m sure the top finisher will get one of those sought after Carbon Poker accolades.

Last Man Standing Freerolls

If you don’t make it into the top 25 all is not lost. The longer you stay in the promotion the more freerolls you will be able to enter. Every Sunday throughout the first four weeks of the promo there will be a freeroll tournament. The total value of the four freerolls will be $10,000 so there is still money up for grabs if you can hold your own the first few weeks of the grind.

Value

This is another Carbon Poker promotion that is geared solely towards the professional players. Players at higher limits earn VIP points faster than players at lower limits and casual players will not stand a chance in this promotion. For those players who do grind away every day at Carbon Poker this is a great promo because you will be rewarded for doing what you are doing anyways.

This is just one of the Carbon Poker pros and cons that you see from almost every promotion they offer. The promos are always geared towards the professional players which is a pro for them, but a con for the casual player who keeps the poker ecosystem going.

Carbon Poker April $25,000 Chip King Promotion

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Apr 082012

April is another exciting month at Carbon Poker with $25,000 in extra freeroll cash available to be won. Every Sunday throughout the month the freeroll prize pool will grow and the more VIP points you have earned to the point the bigger your starting stack will be for the tournament. Carbon Poker is one of the best poker websites online and one of the few remaining that allow American poker online. This is a great value promotion for the month and to learn more continue reading.

Chip King Freeroll Tournaments

As mentioned earlier a freeroll tournament will be held on every Sunday throughout the month, starting today April 8th. In order to participate in the first three freerolls you must opt-in to the Chip King promotion and earn at least 50 VIP points in the month prior to each of the tournaments. So if you have already earned 50 VIP points heading into the April 8th freeroll you are able to participate in each of the first three freerolls. That being said the more VIP points you have earned in the month the bigger your starting chip stack. Here is the information on the first three tourneys:

Freeroll #1 – April 8th @ 16:00 – $2,500 pot
Freeroll #2 – April 15th @ 16:00 – $5,000 pot
Freeroll #3 – April 22nd @ 16:00 – $7,500 pot

For each of these tournaments your starting chip stack depends on the amount of VIP points you have earned in the month:

50 – 99.99 VIP points – 250 chips
100 – 249.99 VIP points – 500 chips
250 – 499.99 VIP points – 750 chips
500 – 999.99 VIP points – 1000 chips
1000+ VIP points – stack size equal to number of VIP points you have earned

As you can see even though you gain entry into the tournament with just 50 VIP points a larger amount of VIP points will give you a significant advantage in the tournament.

Exclusive Fourth Freeroll

The fourth freeroll tournament is an exclusive $10,000 freeroll that only the top 100 VIP point earners for the month gain entry to. You can check where you stand on the leaderboard at the Carbon Poker website. This final freeroll takes place on April 29th at 16:00 and once again the starting chip stacks are determined by the number of VIP points you have earned over the course of the month. If you do manage to be in the top 100 in VIP point earnings then this tournament could be very lucrative for you.

Good Value?

This promotion has a value of $25,000 but in reality this $25k will mainly go to the players who rack up the VIP points this month at Carbon Poker. And seeing as you rack up the points faster at the higher stakes this probably isn’t that great of a promotion for the lower level players at Carbon. You can easily gain entry into the first three freerolls, but if the players with huge amounts of VIP points decide to participate it will be very difficult to cash.

Overall this is a great promotion for the higher stake players at Carbon, but not a great one for the players whose bankroll only allows cash games around $0.25/$0.50.

Visit Carbon Poker to learn more about this promo.

Biggest Online Poker Tournaments for USA Residents

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Jan 102012

There aren’t a lot of options for American residents anymore, but Carbon Poker, Bodog and Cake Poker are all still accepting US residents and each offers some decent size online poker tournaments where Americans can still earn a pretty penny playing poker.

Carbon Poker

Carbon is part of the Merge network, which currently houses the most American players of all online poker networks.

The biggest guaranteed tournament each week at Carbon Poker is the $100,000 guaranteed freezeout that takes place every Sunday at 3pm EST. The buy-in for the tourney is $100 + $9.

Carbon also offers a $25k guaranteed daily high roller tourney with a buy-in of $200 + $15. At Carbon Poker you are able to play for large amounts every day.

Bodog Poker

Bodog, which is the second largest of the online poker rooms still accepting US residents also offers a $100,000 guaranteed tournament on Sunday. Bodog’s $100,000 guaranteed begins at 4pm EST on Sundays and requires a $150 + $12 buy-in. Last week the winner brought home more than $22,500 and there was a total prize pool of $115,500 thanks to 770 entrants.

Cake Poker

Cake Poker is one of the few remaining online poker rooms that currently accept United States residents so I wanted to take a look at some of the big online poker tournaments offered by Cake Poker and see just how much money can be won at a site that is the third biggest poker room accepting US residents.

The biggest Cake Poker tournament that is held each week is the $25,000 guaranteed tourney that takes place on Sundays at 5pm EST. The buy-in to this tournament is $150 + $12, which means there needs to be at least 167 players for their not to be an overlay. Last week there were 175 participants and the champion took home over $5700 after 6 hours and 21 minutes of play.

The second biggest poker tournament held each week by $15k guaranteed with a $100 buy-in plus $9 fee. This tourney takes place a couple hours prior to the $25k guaranteed at 3pm EST. Last week there were 216 participants, which made for a total prize pool of $21,600, which resulted in first place being worth $4579.20.

Those tournaments only take place on Sundays though, so if you want to play in a big tournament during the week, or even daily at Cake Poker you have to be ok with playing for a little less cash. The biggest daily guaranteed tournament at Cake is the $5,000 guaranteed that takes place every night at 8pm EST. The buy-in for this tournament is $50 + $5.

As you can see there are still plenty of options for American residents looking for some big dollar poker tournaments online. Set aside your Sunday because that is the day that the majority of the high priced tournaments take place, but you can still find large tourneys throughout the week too, such as the Carbon Poker $25k guaranteed daily.

Merge Gaming Network Brings Poker To You

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Dec 062011

Poker remains one of the most popular forms of gaming and this is why online poker has exploded in recent years. Once the capabilities of the internet have been unleashed, players have been flocking to poker sites to enhance their skills and perhaps win some money. Of course, with so many different poker sites to choose from, it can be difficult to find one you can trust and rely on but this is where help is at hand for poker players.

A winning hand is always worth having at the poker table and the Merge Gaming Network will ensure you hold all the aces when it comes to finding the right online poker site for you. Their range of sites will ensure that whatever you are looking for in an online poker experience will be available at your fingertips any time of day or night.

Innovation is central to online poker play

Even though online poker play is helping more people than ever before get online, there will always be people bemoaning the fact it is not as good as traditional poker play. There are certain elements involved with traditional poker play that are very fun but the gap is closing as a number of poker sites introduce new innovations which greatly enhance the online poker experience. As any traditional poker will tell you, reading your opponent and playing them is as vital as playing your hand and this is becoming central to online poker play.

The Merge Gaming Network is home to a number of the modern and forward thinking online poker sites that are changing the way that we play online poker. The rules of the game remain the same but the way that we interact with others online is changing greatly and this means the way you play poker is changing greatly too. A lot of the fun and enjoyment of playing poker comes in beating your opponent and getting one up on them. This element is integral to the game and with the ability to see and interact with your opponent, you can have all the fun of defeating your opponent.

Security is also essential to online poker play

Even though the playing style of online poker is crucial to making the most of your time online, players have to know that they can play safely. The Merge Gaming Network places player security and safety at the top of its priorities and all of the sites contained within the network have been verified. If you are going to be spending your money online, you need to k now that the money and your details are safe. Poker can be a gamble at times but the safety of your details should never be at risk and this is something that lies at the heart of Merge Poker. If you like the idea of playing poker online but have concerns about security, stop worrying and know that you are in safe hands with this range of poker sites.

2X October at Carbon Poker - Double Points Promotion

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Oct 062011

Earn double the VIP points during select “happy hours” at Carbon Poker this month! There are three ways you can earn these double points.

Play at Carbon Poker on any Tuesday – Play in any real money ring games or tournaments on a Tuesday at Carbon and you will receive double your VIP points.
Play at Carbon Poker on any Thursday – Play in any real money ring games or tournaments on a Thursday at Carbon and you will receive double your VIP points.
Play Omaha at any time during October – Play at an Omaha ring game table or in an Omaha tournament and you will receive double VIP points. Playing Omaha you can earn double points for the entire month of October!

Your double points will be added to your account around 2am the following day, so don’t worry about not seeing your VIP points going up faster than normal during the day. It’s important to note that this promotion is just for real money online poker. Play money games will continue as before, but no VIP points will be awarded.

Opting In

You must opt in to this promotion to receive the double VIP points. Just go to your player admin and click on the ‘Activate Promo’ to opt in. It’s super easy.

What Do Carbon Poker VIP Points Get Me?

Earning VIP points will move you up the various VIP tiers at Carbon Poker, each of which earn you perks and bonuses. You start out at the Earth VIP tier where you receive cash exchange perks (500 VIP points for $3), daily 6% cash rebates and a $5.40 tournament entry ticket on your birthday. There are five VIP tiers and each higher one earns you better perks. The final tier is Ether, where you receive cash exchange perks (5000 points for $60), 35% cash rebates, 10% side game rebates, a $109 tournament ticket on your birthday and an exclusive $3500 freeroll on the last Sunday of the month.

You can also use your VIP points to buy Carbon Poker merchandise or other prizes in the Carbon Poker store. You can even get a big screen tv!

Carbon Poker

Carbon Poker is in the discussion for the best online poker site. Carbon is a great online poker room with a lot of action at the tables and great promotions like this one running every month. You won’t be upset setting up an account at Carbon Poker.

Poker Room Traffic Stats One Week After Black Friday

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Apr 212011

One week ago today was the last day that the poker world was running smoothly. Players were completely ignorant about what would happen the following day, which would later be known as pokers black Friday. The traffic was running strong at the big poker rooms such as PokerStars and Full Tilt and the American players at these sites were showing up and helping these sites be what they were, the top online poker rooms in the world. All that changed last Friday when the FBI forced PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and UB/Absolute Poker to close their doors to all American residents. I thought it would be interesting to look at the traffic stats of these top poker rooms a week later to see how drastically their traffic has declined, while also checking some other poker rooms that accept US players to see if the Americans are relocating to other online poker rooms.

I decided to take the average from Monday to Wednesday of each week (before and after) to get an idea of the change in traffic from one week to the next. I included the “Black Friday” rooms, as well as the top 2 rooms that already did not accept United States players and the top 2 rooms that still do accept US residents. These traffic stats were found at Poker Scout.

“Black Friday” Poker Rooms Traffic

PokerStars Peak Traffic

April 11th-13th: 46,769
April 18th- 20th: 37,598
Change: -9,171
Percentage: -19.61%

PokerStars is the biggest poker room online, but luckily for them they have a very strong international presence so although they lose a big chunk of their player base, their percentage decrease in traffic is much less than either Full Tilt’s or UB/Absolute Poker’s. PokerStars dropped almost 20% from last week, but remains the largest poker room online by far. In fact after last Friday’s event, PokerStars is now more than double the size of Full Tilt, which actually has really cemented PokerStars as a top destination for players (not including Americans of course).

Full Tilt Poker Peak Traffic

April 13th: 27,714
April 20th: 15,898
Change: -11,816
Percentage: -42.64%

Full Tilt’s traffic was hit hard by the loss of American residents. Full Tilt actually lost more players in the week than PokerStars did, which indicates that Full Tilt had a very large American player base. Full Tilt’s traffic stats are down over 40% and they will also be losing many of their sponsored pros, who are also American residents. This includes many of the high profile faces of the site, such as Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan who will not be able to play while living in the United States.

Cereus (UB/Absolute Poker) Peak Traffic

April 13th: 3,600
April 20th: 1,611
Change: -1,989
Percentage: -55.25%

The American player ban has likely hit the Cereus poker rooms of Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker the hardest. These rooms traffic decreased over 50% and they have become just another small room that does not accept United States players. I don’t expect many new sign ups to occur at UB or Absolute Poker in the near future.

Previous Non-American Room Traffic

I thought it would be interesting to see if other poker rooms that were already not accept American players had more or less traffic following the “Black Friday” events. Non-American players could be wary of the United States FBI attack on their previous poker site of choice and they may consider moving to a room that is not in trouble with the States.

Party Poker Peak Traffic

April 11th – 13th average: 6,877
April 18th – 20th average: 7,756
Change: +879
Percentage: +12.78%

It seems like some non-American players who have accounts at both Party Poker and one of the “black Friday” rooms may be moving their poker play to Party. This could be because the rooms that are being indicted have lost the trust of players. Including ones who have not been directly affected (non-American residents). It will be interesting to see if Party Poker can gain some ground on PokerStars and Full Tilt in terms of online poker market share following this event.

iPoker Peak Traffic (Titan Poker and more)

April 11th – 13th average: 6731
April 18th – 20th average: 6863
Change: +132
Percentage: +1.96%

The iPoker traffic looks to have remained fairly constant from the previous week. It seems most non-american players who are wary of playing at PokerStars or Full Tilt have decided to move to Party Poker, but it will be interesting to see if the iPoker traffic ramps up in the next week. Titan is the most trusted room on the iPoker network. Download Titan Poker for an alternative to Full Tilt and PokerStars for non United States residents.

Remaining American Rooms Traffic

Merge Poker Peak Traffic (Carbon, Lock, Sportsbook and more)

April 11th – 13th average: 1,401
April 18th – 20th average: 1,985
Change: +584
Percentage: +41.68%

The Merge network saw some big gains from the previous week. 584 players at peak hours may not seem like a lot, but that indicates a 41.68% player base increase for Merge poker rooms. Merge seems to be one of the few remaining options for US players and those that do not want to give up poker for the time being will likely be setting up accounts at Merge. I suggest players looking to play at the Merge network sign up through Carbon Poker. Signing up through this link will earn you 35% rakeback at Carbon Poker, which is the biggest and most respected member of the Merge Poker room network.

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Bodog Poker Peak Traffic

April 11th – 13th average: 1,147
April 18th – 20th average: 1,515
Change:+368
Percentage: +32.08%

Bodog is another room that is still accepting United States players and has had a 32% increase in play from the past week. In my opinion Bodog is the safest place for United States poker players to move their bankrolls to. Bodog has been in the business for many years and has somehow managed to stay out of trouble with the United States government for this entire time. Bodog is the biggest company and every player playing at your table is also from Bodog. It’s nice to only deal with one poker room, rather than knowing players can be coming from a variety of sites, which is the case with the Merge network. Bodog should see greater increases in traffic in the near future as more players realize they are a top option for not just poker, but also casino and sports betting.

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Carbon Poker - Poker Olympics 08

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Aug 112008

Rating: 2.5/5

Targeted: Frequent or high stakes players.
Value: Up to a max of $1900′s per player.
Chances of a Big Payday: None – you can earn up to $1900 depending on the amount of Comp Points you earn.
Type of Promotion: Bonuses from frequent play.

Details
The basic idea is that as you reach different levels of comp points throughout the month you will unlock cash that is instantly credited to your Carbon Poker account.
The first 10 levels are considered “bronze” levels, followed by 10 “silver” levels and 10 “gold” levels. After you finish the 10 levels of each medal, you earn a larger bonus for moving onto the next level. If you can play enough to make it to the gold levels, that’s where the real money is.
Here is the full details with the required amount of comp points to attain each level and each bonus:

Each Bronze level requires 5,000 comp points and receives a bonus of $5. Finishing the bronze level by earning 50,000 comp points earns you an additional $50.
Each Silver level requires 10,000 comp points and receives a bonus of $15. Finishing the silver level by earning 150,000 comp points earns you an additional $150.
Finally the gold level is where the most money is to be earned. Each gold level requires 20,000 comp points and earns between $50 and $150. Finishing the gold level by earning 350,000 comp points earns you an additional $500!

Summary
Carbon Poker does a similar promotion each month to entice players to play frequently in order to attain the bonus dollars. This month it was just convenient to make it an Olympics promotion (last month it was diamonds promotion). Any player is able to earn bonuses from this promotion, as 5000 comp points can be achieved fairly easily, but to earn all the money you have to play a ton at high limits.

To put it a bit into perspective you would need to play 4, 667 $10 tournaments to achieve the 350, 000 comp points. This shows that the gold level status is very hard to achieve and this promotion is mainly meant for the high limit players. You can earn comp points playing ring games or online casino games at Carbon Poker as well.

Personally, I won’t be taking advantage of this promotion, but if you are planning to play a lot of poker at high limits this month, I’m sure an extra $1900 would be good. If this is the case, check out Carbon Poker.

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Opting In

What Do Carbon Poker VIP Points Get Me?

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Poker Room Traffic Stats One Week After Black Friday

“Black Friday” Poker Rooms Traffic

PokerStars Peak Traffic

Full Tilt Poker Peak Traffic

Cereus (UB/Absolute Poker) Peak Traffic

Previous Non-American Room Traffic

Party Poker Peak Traffic

iPoker Peak Traffic (Titan Poker and more)

Remaining American Rooms Traffic

Merge Poker Peak Traffic (Carbon, Lock, Sportsbook and more)

Bodog Poker Peak Traffic

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