Targeted: All players who are tired of hold’em and omaha and are looking for a new poker variation.
Value: No added value
Chance of big payday: Whatever you put in, determines what you can win
Type of Promotion: New Variation of Draw Poker
Take Advantage: If you are looking for an interesting draw poker game, where big hands are often present, then yes.

Details
32 Card Draw Poker is increasing in popularity across Europe and is now available to be played at Devil Fish Poker.  Only the top half of the deck is used, (7-A), which results in a lot more big hands such as full houses and quads.  All these big hands causes a lot of fast paced action, which makes 32 Card Draw one of the most exciting poker games around. 

There are some rule changes.  The ranking of hands is different than in regular poker, with a flush beating a full house and certain suits being more valuable for flushes than other suites.  There is also an option to offer to split the pot.  Also, (A,7,8,9,10) counts as the lowest straight in 32 Draw Poker.

Here are the hand rankings for 32 Card Draw:
1. Royal Flush
2. Straight Flush
3. Four of a Kind
4. Flush
5. Full House
6. Straight
7. Three of a Kind
8. Two Pair
9. Pair

Suit Rankings
1. Hearts
2. Diamonds
3. Clubs
4. Spades

Overview
32 Card Draw looks to be an exciting form of poker.  I’m definitely going to try it out this Thursday after I play my weekly Devilfish Bounty Tournament.

Rating: 5/5

Targeted: all players
Value: up to $10000 in live tournament entry fees
Chance of big payday: Very good.  If you earn enough VIP points you will earn a trip to a live tournament of your choice
Type of Promotion: Frequent play promotion
Take Advantage: Yes

Details
Earn VIP points by playing in Devilfish Poker ring games or tournaments and you can earn yourself a trip to a live tournament anywhere around the globe.  For example:

Earn 14,200 VIP points to earn an entry into the €2000 buy-in, Irish Poker Championships on Jan 2nd.
Earn 37,500 VIP points to earn entry into the $10000 Aussie Millions.
Earn 54,000 VIP points to earn entry into the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event!!

There are a ton of tournaments to earn entry into and you have plenty of time to earn your VIP points.  There is no monthly minimum so you can build up your VIP points whenever you have the time. 

Other tournaments which you can earn entry into through Devilfish Travel include:
Asian Poker Tour Phillipines – 13500 points
WPT LA Poker Classic – 54000 points
Irish Open 2009 Main Event – 25000 points
WPT Championship – 137500 points
EPT Grand Final – 75500 points
And many more!

Overview
This is an amazing promotion, as any player who plays online regularly can surely earn enough points within the time frame to gain entry to a live tournament somewhere around the globe.  For example the Irish Open is in April and only requires 25000 points.  Thats less than 5000 points a month, which is very doable for any regular player.

All you have to do is play at Devilfish Poker, earn your VIP points, then go to the Devilfish Travel page and book your trip!

Rating: 3/5

Targeted: mid level buy-in tournament players.
Value: €500 in added prizes. (€250 Bounty on the Devilfish and €250 added to the pot)
Chance of big payday: Just first place in the tournament, which won’t be too huge.
Type of Promotion: Money added tournament and bounty
Take Advantage: If you have time

Details
Date: Every Thursday
Time: 8pm (9pm CET)
Name: Devilfish Bounty – €250 Added
Buy-in: €10
Prizepool: €250 Added
Bounty: €250 to the player who knocks out devilfish

Overview
This is a good €500 added value tournament, with the chance to take out Europe’s biggest pro, Dave “the Devlfish” Ulliot.  If you were planning on playing some poker Thursday night anyways, this is probably the best value online at this time for this buy-in level.

Rating: 4/5

Targeted: Low to middle buy-in tournament players
Value: €1266 in added prize pools.
Chance of a big payday: Not really, the biggest buy-in is €10 with €300 added, so unless a lot of people play, first prize will likely be under 1K.
Type of Promotion: Money added tournaments
Take Advantage: YES

Details
1pm EST: €5 freezeout with €100 added
2pm EST: €5 rebuy with €200 added
3pm EST: €6.66 freezeout with €666 added
4pm EST: €10 freezeout with €300 added

Overview
This is a great promotion for everyone.  Added value tournaments are a great way for average players to build their bank rolls.  The €6.66 freezeout basically has 100 players who have already lost before the tournament begins, thats how a money added tournament adds value to the players.  These sinday tournaments are every Sunday at Devilfish Poker and are a great promotion for the middle stake multi-tournament players.

The Olympics are starting this Friday and I am starting to get excited.  And if you’ve realized that I don’t mean the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, then give yourself a pat on the back.  What I’m excited for is the DEVILYMPICS!  17 nights, 77 tournaments, and a combined €20, 000 money added!  How can I not be excited. 

The action gets kicked off Friday with the Devilympics opening ceremony (tournament), which is a €1000 freeroll that includes a €250 bounty on the Devilfish himself.

Then there will be 5 events per night for the 15 straight nights of the Devilympics, and each of these events will have €100 added to the pot.  Here is the daily schedule of tournaments in EST time:

€10 Freezeout – 1:30pm EST
€5 Rebuy – 2:30pm EST
€10 Freezeout – 3:30pm EST
€5 Rebuy – 4:30pm EST
€10 Freezeout – 5:30pm EST
****All tournaments have €100 ADDED!

Each final table earns points towards the final leaderboard standings.  The points are as follows:
1st (GOLD) – 10 Points
2nd (SILVER) – 6 Points
3rd (BRONZE) – 4 Points
4th-9th – 1 Point

The top three finishers at the end of the Devilympics earn the following prizes:
1st (GOLD) – €5000
2nd (SILVER) – €3000
3rd (BRONZE) – €2000

My plan for the two weeks of the Olympics is to sit on the couch watching some quality sporting events, while having my computer on my lap playing in an Olympics of my own: the Devilympics!