Online Casinos Portal CasinoBonusGuy Nominated for 3 Gaming Industry Awards

Recognized once again by their Industry Peers, Online Casino Games Portal CasinoBonusGuy aims to take out 3 Prestigious Titles at the next CAP Awards Event on Thursday 29th January 2009

The Search is on to crown the new CAP Award Winners and CasinoBonusGuy is pleased to announce their Category Nominations for Best Casino Affiliate - Best Bingo Affiliate and Best Overall Affiliate.

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The CAP awards were created to celebrate ongoing success within the online gambling industry and were first held in January 2008 at Chelsea Football Club during CAP Euro: London. They are the only industry recognition program unique in the sense that industry peers, colleagues and clients have the power to crown the winners through their voting.

Due to the resounding success of the 1st 'Cappies' Award Ceremony there is already a lot of anticipation and excitement generated within the Igaming Industry around these Awards and the exact exclusive location for the next glamour clad occasion is still yet to be announced. These awards are about everything good in the igaming affiliate market and the CAP Awards are all about celebrating success where it is deserved for the operators and vendors through to the affiliates themselves.

There are 8 different Award categories, with 25 Awards in total:
· Best Affiliate Program - Casino, Poker, Bingo, Sports Betting, Skill Gaming, Lottery

· Best Affiliate Manager Casino, Poker, Bingo, Sports Betting, Skill Gaming, Lottery

· Best Overall Affiliate Manager

· Best Affiliate - Casino, Poker, Bingo, Sports Betting, Skill Gaming, Lottery

· Best Overall Affiliate

· Best iGaming Affiliate Network

· Best Payment System for Affiliates

· Best iGaming Software Casino, Poker, Bingo

The actual CAP ceremony itself is a no expense spared, who's who of the Gaming affiliate World with the Top names in the business attending and CasinoBonusGuy is honored to be part of this lavish event and a nominated Industry Representative.

Last year, the gala dinner was served on mirrored tables and guests turned out in black tie to enjoy sumptuous food, class-act entertainment, dancing, and of course the crowning of 14 delighted industry professionals. 2009 will no doubt, be even bigger!

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Mansion Poker Joins Ongame Network

Mansion Poker has become part of Ogame Network and there will be more games and larger prizes, and guaranteed tournaments.

One of Masion Poker’s trademarks for their site has been their tournaments, which will continue and be available under a Specials tab on the site.

The move means there will be a larger player base and more games, Texas Hold’em was the only game offered by Masion Poker. Now with this move they will also have Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, and five Card Draw, so palyers who frequent Mansion Poker will gain added benefits with this move to OnGame.

They also plan with this move to have larger prize pools, more member promotions and their members growing. One of their reasons in joining Ongame is due to their proven track record, and their ability to join in business rather than overtake a business. Ongame also has a trusted platform for their superior poker software.

Tom Katz a spokesman for Ongame stated they are pleased with this new partner and are ready to move their online poker network to a new level.

Poker players who were members at Mansion Poker can transfer the funds from their accounts easily to an Ongame poker wallet.

European Championship Of Online Poker Coming Soon

Bookmaker and Gaming Group Victor Chandler has announced a 10-event online poker tournament scheduled to launch in November, the European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP). Boasting a $2.5-million guaranteed prize pool, the online event anticipates the best poker professional from around the globe to compete in the inaugural event.

Sponsored by VCPoker, Victor Chandler's own online poker room, the poker tournament will offer Limit and No Limit Texas Hold'Em events, as well as Pot Limit Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo. Each of these events will offer their own dedicated prize pools.

At the end of the 10-day tournament, the top 50 players will be granted entry to a $50,000 MVP Freeroll competition, the winner of which will become the first poker player to hold the title of 2007 ECOOP Most Valuable Player. With the intention of rewarding the most skilled and determined players, the results of this event can be tracked on the VCPoker MVP Leaderboards, ranking the competitors of the MVP Freeroll, scheduled for December 11.

To take part in the first ever European Championship of Online Poker, visit VCPoker, where you'll find full details. The VCPoker tournament schedule includes all dates, times and qualifying criteria for each of the ECOOP events.

Good Luck!

Poker Den Big Game II

Today is the day that the Big Game II begins at PartyPoker's Poker Den and has a minimum $10,000 buy-in.

This game is pulling in some of the larger names in poker according to a spokesman from Party Poker, adding the regular player’s will see an international explosion for this game.

Some of the players that will be there for the twenty-four hour game are names like Roy Brindley, Neil Changing, Phil Curtis, Roland DeWolf, Dave Gregory, Ian Frazer, Phil Hellmuth, Brian Townsend, and Dave Ulliott.

There is special interest being shown by many players who not only would like to see but also would risk all to compete with the showman Phil Hellmuth, who appeared at the recent WSOP European main event accompanied by twelve women in police apparel. Since Hellmuth has eleven gold bracelets, the twelfth woman was there to represent the twelfth bracelet that he intended to win. This event however did not come to pass, as he did not win the gold bracelet.

It has been projected that with these confirmed players and other players that have shown an interest in this game that this game could last up to a week.

Young Poker Pro's Getting Sponsored

If you take a close look at “live” poker pros, you will find that few of them are without a sponsorship deal with one of the many online poker rooms. Just research any big name poker player and you will find that he or she has some sort of an affiliation with an online poker site.

So, where do the online poker rooms go when they are seeking more talent? They are turning to the younger generation poker players who have made a name for themselves online. These superstars in their own right are generally in their teens to early 20’s.

Although no one has yet made public all of the names or the rooms they have signed with, it has been said that two of the biggest names in the online poker world have made deals with a major online poker room. You will soon be learning more about them when the poker room issues their press release.

All of the young pros that have signed deals recently have 4 things in common with each other:

(1) They are each extremely talented and successful online players

(2) Each are respected and well-liked players

(3) All are young

(4) Each has not only been a success at online poker, but at playing “live” poker as well.

As online poker rooms look to increase their list of “pros” under contract with them, you will be seeing more and more of the top names in online poker get picked up one by one. It is proving that these young, but highly talented, pros attract as much attention as any other big name “live” poker pro…sometimes even more.

Cryptologic Now Offers New Super Heros

With more than 200 games, CryptoLogic has one of the most comprehensive casino gaming suites on the Internet, and they are getting better.

Cryptologic continues to push gaming sites forward with their newest opportunity and success. Cryptologic Limited, based in Dublin, has won the exclusive rights to develop the first internet casino game based on Marvel Super Heroes, specifically the ever popular Spider Man and the premier comic team, the Fantastic Four. These newest two join CryptoLogic's roster of popular Marvel branded slot games, including Ghost Rider, the Hulk, Daredevil, Blade, The Punisher, Thor, X-Men, Silver Surfer, Elektra, and Iron Man.

The agreement was made through WagerLogic Ltd, a subsidiary of CryptoLogic. As this agreement stands, CryptoLogic will remain the only developer of Internet casino games based on Marvel Characters, until 2010. The games based on the additional Marvel Heroes will be released later this year.

In a statement released to the press regarding the new deal, Javaid Aziz, CryptoLogic's President and CEO said “CryptoLogic is proud to be a 'web-mate' of one of the world's premier entertainment brands - and excited to add the most famous of all Marvel Super Heroes to our award-winning suite of Internet casino games. Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four have grown from the comics to a massive worldwide fan base."

A.J. Slivinski, the Managing Director of WagerLogic, followed the previous statement with "Today's sophisticated Internet casino players have told us they want more choice, more excitement and more chances to win - and with Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four, WagerLogic delivers."


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A New Way to Survive the Work Week

A new way to make it through the week, Everest Poker has put into place a unique game promotion, for the month of September. The online poker giant has released 'Survive the Workweek' to their players. Tournaments for this new program take place Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights, with successive prize packages each time.

Monday through Wednesday the tournaments will create an avenue for players to access major live poker events, such as the Master Classics of Poker being held in Amsterdam, or the PokerNews Cup being hosted in Australia. The tournaments held on Thursdays will be the cash opportunity for players, as they will compete for a share of 20 thousands dollar prize pool.

Well known Everest Poker Property Manager, Jonathan May was quoted saying, “We really wanted to do something special for our players to make them feel a bit better about summer ending, and this fits the bill. We've put together a really unique package that offers our players a chance to play at some great tournaments, or walk away with a big cash prize.”

The Canadian Poker Room is rapidly becoming known for their unique tournaments and prize packages, this is yet another example of why.

Everest Poker does not allow US players but look here for sites that do allow US Players.