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Phase tournaments hit PKR

PKR have introduced a new tournament structure which combine the convenience of Sit & Go’s with the big cash payouts of MTT’s … and they’re called Phase tournaments.

Phase tournaments consist of five levels with the buy-in starting at $3.60 for phase one and rising to $160.00 for the final phase. Players can join the tournament at any time they chose, although cash is only paid out after the final level.

If you finish at the top end of your level, then you get promoted to the next level. What’s great though is that even if you finish in the middle of the field, you get to give that same level another go for no additional cost!

Make it all the way to the top end of the fifth phase and you’ll be walking away with $700. You’ll get $200 just for finishing fourth.

It’s a great way for new players to get into online poker. And for those of you who aren’t signed up to PKR yet, check out our PKR Bonus Codes to ensure that you get yourself extra cash to play with.

See you at the tables!

PKR hits landmark

PKR cemented its reputation as one of the fastest growing online poker rooms when it confirmed that it had served 10,000 players simultaneously just 18 months after the poker site first went live.

Marketing Director Simon Prodger confirmed the figures in a press conference yesterday. ‘A year of high-profile marketing, together with the launch of a national television advertising campaign, has left PKR.com as the most talked about poker room in the world,’ he said.

Prodger also confirmed that PKR’s latest Television advertising campaign in the UK would expand to cover satellite channels such as E4, MTV, Dave and Setanta Sports. It is believed the campaign will continue to use the PKR theme Bring it on

Double up at PKR

PKR are offering all their players double PKR Points for this week only allowing all members who play cash games the opportunity to buy new clothes and chip tricks for their player. Most importantly though it means that members of the site can also participate in twice as many free-rolls, which has got to be a good way to start the New Year!

If you’re new to PKR, make sure you visit our PKR bonus codes page to ensure that you get some free cash to help with your initial bank roll

It’s still Christmas over at PKR

Well the 25th December may have come and gone, but PKR are still celebrating Christmas with a variety of different tournaments all with increased prize pools.

Santa’s Bounty will be running tomorrow and has an extra $1,500 up for grabs and on Saturday PKR have made a guaranteed first prize of $50,000 available in their famous 50K tournament.

That’s not all though, players will also have the chance to earn one million PKR Poker points in a special one-of-a-kind tournament being played on News Years Eve. Just think of the merchandise you could buy and the big tournaments you could enter with that number of PKR points!

And the best news is that new players can get even more for nothing by using our PKR Bonus Codes when signing up.

Good luck – hope it’s a fantastic start to the New Year for you!

Katchalov wastes no time

Eugene Katchalov won this year’s WPT Doyle Brunson classic in record time to pocket almost $2.5 million.

The American, who was chip leader going into the final table, picked up the winners cheque after just 53 hands to beat a record that Brunson himself had set in 2004 by winning the Legends of Poker WPT event.

In fact, it was a day for records as the 664 players who originally entered the tournament generated a prize pool of $9.6million dollars – an amount never previously seen outside of the WPT World Championship and the main event at the World Series of Poker.

It was Katchalov who benefited most from this huge prize pool though. Once the action got underway, he wasted no time in extending his cheap lead and hardly put a foot wrong all afternoon. He faced Ted Kearly in the heads-up with a chip stack almost six times the size of his opponent, and the writing was on the wall when Kearly lost a third of his chips only a couple of hands later.

Along with the winners cheque, Katchalov will also receive a seat in the WSOP main event next year.

The Terminator is back

PKR have re-introduced their Terminator tournaments, which really are a great new way to play poker.

Players get paid for every player that they knock out, while the price on their own head continues to rise: Terminator tournaments are all about taking other players down before they can do the same to you.

Have you got what it takes to survive?

Remember, no pity. No remorse. No fear.

For those of you wanting to try out PKR’s Terminator, be sure to use one of our bonus codes to ensure free cash when you sign up. That way, you’ve got nothing to lose when playing for the first time!

WSOP 2008 to break records

Almost $160m will be up for grabs when the 2008 WSOP kicks off next year at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The highlight of the gruelling 6 month tournament schedule will undoubtedly be “The Main Event” or to give it its full name, The $10,000 buy-in World Championship of No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em.

It won’t just be No Limit poker on show though. Seven-Card Stud, Limit Hold’Em, Omaha Hi-Low Split Eight or Better and Pot-Limit Omaha will all make an appearance as will a new Mixed Event. The Mixed Event will feature eight variations of poker: Limit and No-Limit Hold’Em; Omaha Hi-Low and Pot-Limit Omaha; Seven Card Stud; Razz; Seven Card Hi-Low Split; and 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball and will also require players to stump up a $10,000 buy in.

Winners of all 55 events will be given a unique WSOP gold bracelet made exclusively by the luxury Swiss watchmaker CORUM.

Free PKR points for new players

For this weekend only, PKR are offering all new players free PKR points when they sign up.

New members of PKR will receive 1,500 points when they deposit $25 and an impressive 3,000 points when they deposit their first $50 or more.

What’s even better news is that visitors of this site can get even more for nothing by using one of our PKR bonus codes. That way you end up with free cash and a load of bonus points aswell!

Christmas at PKR

What better time to play poker than over Christmas? And to get into the festive spirit, PKR have re-decorated their rooms with stunning 3D Christmas trees and other decorations. They’ve also added new costumes and clothes for you to wear over the festive period so you can really dress up your avatar!

And look out for a special Christmas bounty tournament tonight at 20.00 GMT. Six bounty players will have $100 on their head waiting for you to take them down.

Tony G does it for the kids

Outspoken Australian Tony G won the inaugral Moscow Millions tournament and then donated his $205,000 first prize to a local orphanage.

The tournament had initially been in doubt after it lost its sponosor Full Tilt earlier on in the year, but things ran incredibly smoothly:

“The structure was better than the World Series of Poker main event,” said Tony G. “We had two dealers at the final table, so that the next hand was shuffled and ready to go, and we had tons of hands at the final table.”

The Moscow Millions attracted 53 players including Rusian Alex Kravchenko who had won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker this year. He finally finished in third place collecting $77,000 for his troubles.