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Chip Star

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Have you ever been pushed round the table by the chip leader?

Have you ever bullied your way to the final table with an intimidating chipstack?

Well, this May at CarbonPoker you can earn 1 of 5 different starting stacks and bully your way to a huge payday.
Remember, the more you play the bigger your stack and the better your chances of winning!

How Do I Play The $25,000 Freeroll?

At CarbonPoker they figure the parties always more fun if everyone’s invited,
so they’ve done just that.
The party – a $25,000 freeroll that will he held on the last Sunday of the month.
Your ticket to entry – 100 or more VIP points.

To put that in perspective, most players on medium stakes will earn 100 VIP points in a matter of hours at the tables.
For the smaller stakes, you’re looking at two or three days of poker at the very most or even just by playing 3 or so $0.50 sng’s a day!

So basically, if you play during the month, you’re invited to this massive freeroll!

Now, some players will make it in with just over 100 VIP points,
others will blast through the door with thousands of VIP points in their pockets.
In order to reward each of the players fairly, Carbon poker are making use of Carbon’s unique starting stack feature!

Unique Starting Stacks – The 5 Levels

There will be 5 different size starting stacks you can start the tournament with, the size of your stack will depend on the amount of VIP points you have earned during the month.

STARTING CHIP STACKS

Level Starting Stack Required Pts
Level 1 1,500 Earn 100 VIP Points during the month
Level 2 2,500 Earn 500 VIP Points during the month
Level 3 4,000 Earn 1500 VIP Points during the month
Chip Bully 7,000 Earn 3000 VIP Points during the month
Chip Star 10,000 Earn 5,000 VIP Points during the month

The more you play the better your chance of winning big – but there’s one thing to remember with 5 different starting stacks, never underestimate the short stack!

  • What: $25,000 ChipStar Freeroll – with Unique Starting Stacks
  • When: Sunday 31 May @ 13:30 (Server Time)
  • Where: Tournaments >> Scheduled >> Special

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Exciting times

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

There are some exciting times ahead at betED Poker with a number of freeroll changes taking place shortly as part of the new VIP program.
While you will lose a lot of the existing freeroll’s, in turn they are being replaced with a number of new tournaments and VIP freerolls, in particularly a $50,000 Guaranteed that will be running once a week!

BetED feel that this is a much better structure for players as you still get your fix of freerolls through your VIP tier, but you can also enter any guaranteed tournament, including the new $50,000 for FREE using your VIP points!
There will also be a number of $5,000 freeroll’s running through out the week too!

The Changes

  • The $50,000, $10,000, $2,000 & $1,000 freerolls will cease to run as of April 1st@ 00:00 (betEDPoker Time)
  • Exclusive VIP freerolls for each tier
  • VIP points for entry into any tournament
  • New $50,000 guaranteed running every week!

All players with existing entry coupons for the freeroll tournaments will be exchanged for VIP points during the software changeover.

Exchanged Coupon VIP Point Refund Exchange Date
50KFreerool 1,000 pts 1st April
10KFreeroll 500 pts 1st April
2KFreeroll 200 pts 1st April
1KFreeroll 100 pts 1st April

 

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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

RAPPER T.I. SENTENCED TO JAIL

FANS WONDER WHO’LL BE NEXT?

NEW YORK, NY – A Northern Georgia District judge sentenced T.I. to one year and one day in prison on Friday (March 27) for felony weapons charges stemming from his October 2007 arrest on the eve of the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
While the star won’t report to prison before May 19th due to previously scheduled commitments, speculation has already reached a fever pitch regarding the next rap artist to be sentenced to jail.
Fans across the country are looking for answers and oddsmakers at the largest, most successful sports bets site on the web, BetUS.com posted odds to give some answers.

Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on the next rap artist to be sentenced to jail:

Next rapper sentenced to prison:

  • Kanye West  3/1
  • Nas  5/1
  • Jay-Z  10/1
  • Snoop Dogg  5/1
  • Young Jeezy  3/1
  • Flo Rida  3/1
  • Soul Ja Boy  5/1
  • Jamie Foxx  8/1
  • Ludacris  10/1
  • Pharrell  10/1
  • David Banner  4/1
  • Rick Ross  8/1
  • Eminem  10/1
  • Dr. Dre  15/1

Sports and Newsworthy odds can be found at: www.BetUS.com