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Chip Reese passes on in his sleep

rees.jpgThe three time WSOP bracelet winner David “Chip” Reese passed away last night. He was 56.

Chip, who was widely accepted as the world’s greatest cash player, was accepted into hospital late yesterday evening with pneumonia symptoms. He was sent home later that night but passed away in his sleep.

The highlights of Reese’s career include bracelets in 1982 and 1978 for $5,000 limit stud and $1,000 stud split and the $50,000 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. event in 2006. He was held in such high esteem that Doyle Brunson practically begged him to write the chapter on stud for his best selling book “Super System”. The two went on to become close friends.

“I have lost one of my oldest and dearest friends today,” Brunson said. “He was one of the most unique individuals I have ever known, and poker has lost one of the greats today.”

Fellow author and close friend, Barry Greenstein has also played tribute to his regular partner at the “Big Game” with a very touching audio blog tribute at PokerRoad.com

Be a bounty hunter for the day

Bounty Tournaments have arrived on PKR and are proving to be as popular as they are fun!

Played each Wednesday evening at 20.00 GMT, PKR give every player the chance to take on six bounty players for a shot at an instant $100 and a guaranteed $10,000 prize pool.

The only advice I can give is to register early as seats usually go quickly. Places start at just $20.

PKR at half price

This weekend, PKR are encouraging players the opportunity to take a shot at the massive $15,000 prize pool, by cutting the normal buy-ins by half. That means that you can enter the Saturday night special for just $25 now, which is probably cheaper that your usual Saturday night out!

 And for new players, it gets even better! By using our special PKR Bonus codes, you can ensure that you’ll be effectively playing for nothing as PKR welcomes new players with free cash!

On the road to LA

Time to blow the dust off your suitcase, wash your socks and buy yourself a new toothbrush. The PKR LA Poker Classic is back.

Three packages worth $12,500 are up for grabs. Each pack contains a $10,000 buy-in to the WPT LA Poker Classic and $2,500 to spend on whatever you feel like while you’re out there. Qualifiers for the tournament start today and you can buy into them for as little as $1.28, or if you’ve got PKR points burning a hole in your pocket, then you can enter them for absolutely nothing.

Even if you don’t manage to make it all the way to LA, PKR have made a $2 million prize pool available for you to grab a share of!

Cloutier impresses again

T.J. Cloutier negotiated his way through a final table containing Bill Edler, Ray Henson and Gavin Smith to win the first place prize of $241,000 at Scotty Nguyen’s Poker Challenge.

The tournament was held in the Cherokee Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma and attracted over 100 players, each willing to pay the $5,000 buy in.

But it was Cloutier who added another title to his already impressive career which also includes 6 WSOP bracelets.

If at first you don’t succeed …

… try again, for absolutely nothing! PKR are offering all players who enter this Saturday’s Guaranteed $50,000 free entry into a “second-chance freeroll” with 25 seats up for next month’s tournament up for grabs.

That way, even if you don’t win this month’s tournament you can put yourself in prime position to be a contender for next month’s big prize!

$50,000 up for grabs

As part of their promise to continue to increase the size of their prize pool, PKR’s latest $50,000 tournament is set to run this Saturday at 20.30 GMT.

This is currently a monthly affair which is great news as it allows players plenty of opportunities to qualify for it  for as little as $2.18 or 3,250 PKR points. Alternatively, you can buy your way directly to the final stage for $100.

Good luck!!

EPT Prague Grand Final

This Friday sees the culmination of PKR’s recent offer to give out four packages to the EPT tournament in Prague. Each package is worth over $9,000 and and gives each player a place in the lucrative tournament as well as flights out there and accomodation.

If you haven’t got your seat at the final table yet, there is still time. You can buy in direct or alternatively qualify through the satellites and free rolls which PKR are continuing to run.

WSOP set to expand

The world’s largest poker tournament grew even bigger this year with the introduction of an 11th event on the Sunday. While not strictly a WSOP event, the huge crowds that turned up to watch the World Series of Poker convinced Harvey’s Poker Room to open a $200 NL Hold’Em Tournament for those who couldn’t afford to play in the main event … or for those who had crashed out earlier than they had hoped.

Double points

A bit of good news to end the week! Double PKR points are making a re-appearance this weekend. That means all new players who register with PKR over the next couple of days will receive twice as many points for every real money tournament that they play in.

You can spend your extra points on chip tricks for your online ater-ego, a load of cool stuff from the PKR shop … or perhaps most importantly it means that you can play in twice as many freerolls as would normally have been able to.

Don’t forget to check out our bonus codes to get even more free stuff when you sign up.