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PokerStars Rare Reload Bonus Up To $120

PokerStars is known for keeping a close grip on their deposit bonuses, so when one comes around players must pounce on it.  To celebrate the 2009 WSOP Main Event satellite tournaments, beginning at 2pm EST on April 21st and running through 11:50pm EST April 30th, players who use deposit code 09series will be eligible for a 20% deposit match worth up to $120.

Don’t forget that PokerStars 2009 WSOP Satellites start playing on April 20th for as little as $2.20 or 40 FPP.  Step qualifiers also start at $7.50 for Step 1.  All of the Main Event qualifiers receive a $12,000 prize package that includes:

• Entry to the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event
• Hotel Accodmodations
• $1,000 Spending Cash

Live it up in Las Vegas playing for team PokerStars at this years WSOP Main Event.  Maybe you’ll be the next poker world champion.

Early Stages Tournament Strategy

The early stages of a poker tournament are the most important for setting yourself up for a deep run. During the early stages you need to survive and start accumulating chips, or you’ll leave yourself in rough shape one the blinds and antes start increasing. This article is going to discuss the early stages of multi table tournaments, and recommend the correct playing strategy for various situations in the early goings of the tournament.

Survival is Key

The most important thing to remember is that you must survive the early stages to have any chance at a deep run. What this means is that you need to pick your spots carefully to both accumulate chips as well as minimize your risk of elimination. We’ll go over a few examples to show what we mean here:

Imagine you’re in a $20+$2 tournament at the Aced Poker room. You’re dealt pocket Tens in late position, and raise it up after the table folds to you. A player in the big blind makes a huge re-raise, and you’re basically forced to choose between folding and going all in. Even though there’s a good chance you’re ahead in the hand, there’s only a small chance that you’re dominating the other player. During the early stages you should avoid all coinflip scenarios because you can easily find yourself on the rail even if you played the hand properly.

My personal theory is that if you’re going to get all your chips in the middle, you should believe that you have at least a 75% chance of winning the hand. Since the blinds are so low and antes aren’t even in effect, there’s no reason to take a risk in the early stages, even if you believe you’re a 60% favorite to win the hand. You’ll find better spots elsewhere in the tournament.

Chipping Up

You certainly remember that I also mentioned chip accumulation as being an important part of the early stages. Even though you shouldn’t be taking huge risks, you still should be attempting to accumulate chips slowly and consistently. My favorite way to do this is to wait for solid preflop hands, raise it up, and then make continuation bets on the flop. You’ll be able to pick up a bunch of small pots uncontested, and even if the pot gets big you still have a solid hand that may have hit the flop.

Rebuy Strategy

One time that this strategy isn’t correct for the early stages is when you’re playing a rebuy tournament. During the first hour of a rebuy tournament you need to play very aggressively so you can keep up with the field. In a rebuy tournament, I recommend waiting for solid hands and getting all in preflop. Since the majority of pots will be all in before the turn, just wait for a good hand, get your chips in, and hope for the best. If you win the pot you’ll have a nice stack and can slow down, and if you lose the pot you can always rebuy and try again.

PokerStars WSOP Satellites Coming Soon

Beginning April 20th, 2009 PokerStars will begin running its world famous World Series of Poker satellite tournaments for the 2009 WSOP.  In 2008 PokerStars qualifed 2,000+ players poker players for the main event alone.

Last year, WSOP Main Event champion and PokerStars player Peter Eastgate took home the title of WSOP World Champion and a not so shabby $9,152,416 in prize money.  Not a bad way to spend your summer.

The 2009 prize package includes your $10,000 Main Event buy-in, hotel accommodation at The Palms and money for expenses. This gives you everything you need to live the Las Vegas lifestyle, and prepare in style to play at the most prestigious live poker event of the year.

If you don’t yet have a PokerStars account, then please visit our PokerStars bonus code page to make sure you sign up with our bonus code Pawsub20 to ensure that you receive your maximum bonus and are entered into many exclusive freerolls not available to all PokerStars players.

PokerStars’ Inaugural SCOOP a Smashing Success

The first ever Poker Stars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has finally come to an end, and the general consensus is that both PokerStars and its members – amateur and pro alike – are thrilled with the outcome.

Among the notable winners of this year’s inaugural 2-week event is Terrence Chan (aka “Unassigned”) who won two SCOOP events, both FL Holdem events – the first the $530 buy-in 6-max event (for $5,200) and the second the $5,200 6-max event (for $134,887).

Meanwhile James Obst (aka “Andy McLEOD”) who won the high-stakes Mixed Holdem event for the $184,000 first prize.

The big winner, though, was Jude Ainsworth (aka “J. Thaddeus”) who took down the $10,300 buy-in main event for $963,338.

One of the biggest attractions of Poker Stars SCOOP was its 3 different playing levels to suit each players budget – with a low stakes buy-in, mid-stakes buy-in, and high-stakes buy-in level for each of the 22 events. The winner of the mid-stakes main event was “J.C. Alvarado” and the winner of the low-stakes main event was “JannotLapin”.

Sounds like come next Spring there’s sure to be a SCOOP II.

Poker Stars Spring Championship of Online Poker Starts April 3rd

April 2, marks the beginning of another PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). This year, the tournament will take place tri-fold, that is to say on 3 levels–with a low buy-in, medium buy-in, and high-stakes buy-in for each event in the series.

The lowest buy-in is Event #1, the $5.50 6-max w/rebuys tournament. The highest buy-in is Event #21, the $25,000 Heads-Up Match Play with an $800,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

The two-week SCOOP consists of 66 events in all (that’s 22 events at 3 different levels each), culminating in a spectacular 2-day No Limit Holdem main event on April 12 with a $9 million guaranteed prize pool. Also taking place in this year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker are events in 7 card stud, Pot Limit Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Triple Draw, Limit Razz, and 8-Game Mixed.

The total guaranteed prize pool for the entire series is $30,000,000.

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