PokerNews $5K WPT Dublin Brawl
Everyone wants to play the World Poker Tour, it's a shot at Television fame, life changing money, travel to exotic places, and a world of opportunities. PokerWorks is making it easy for you to be in contention for the trip of a lifetime through our special relationship with PokerNews. Get ready to register at PKR and start playing your best in real money games to rack up points. You could be going to Dublin to battle it out for a share of a huge prize pool at the World Poker Tour!
ThePokerNews $5K WPT Dublin Brawl is a special Freeroll tournament and exclusive to PokerWorks players; it takes place on December 21st at 18:00 GMT. This Freeroll not only gives you opportunities to ply your poker skills and challenge others around the world, it also offers huge value as the winner will receive a WPT Dublin package worth a massive $5,000.
The promotion is open to all PokerWorks players. The starting stack of each player in this exclusive freeroll is determined by how much rake was paid from December 7th through December 18th.
The minimum starting chips earned are 1,500 and are awarded for earning 500 PKR Points during the period outlined above. Players will also be awarded an additional 500 starting chips for every 500 PKR Points earned above the minimum. It's exciting to know that you have control over the number of chips you start the tournament with. There is no maximum starting stack, the more you play, the bigger your stack when you play this incredible FREEROLL.
The 'Brawl' is played in a standard No Limit Holdem tournament format and will send the winner to Dublin. It could be you!
Win a trip to Dublin - and play in a World Poker Tour event. Give yourself every opportunity to travel and play the world and win money while you do it. Sign up to PKR through PokerWorks!
Overview
First of all, downloading PKR Poker may take a little longer than other poker rooms but the end result is worth the extra time. From the minute you step into the lobby at PKR Poker you will realize this isn't your ordinary online poker room. Thanks to stunning 3-D environments and awesome graphics, this is as close as you can come when playing online to feeling like you are inside of a real casino. And since the emphasis is on human interaction, PKR Poker excels at making players feel like they are at a real poker table playing against real people.
One of the ways PKR Poker accomplishes that ‘live game feel‘is by giving members the ability to create a totally unique and one-of-a-kind avatar. Unlike all other poker rooms, your online self at PKR Poker can be totally customized; from facial features to clothing and even facial emotions and hand expressions. Once you try PKR Poker, it will be hard for you to play it any other poker room, because this site is truly the next generation in the online poker experience.
For those poker players who also enjoy casino games and sports betting, PKR Poker also offers a full-blown casino.
Games/Limits
The big three in online poker are games of Texas Holdem, Omaha and Omaha Hi/ Lo split, which is what is on tap at PKR Poker. Holdem offered in No-Limit, Pot-Limit and Limit.
Omaha and Omaha Hi/ Lo split are offered in Pot-Limit and Limit stakes. Table stakes for all games start at $0.02/$0.04 and go to $15/$30 and higher.
Rake
PKR Poker adheres to the player friendly ‘no flop, no drop’ policy at all of their tables. That means that if a hand does not reach the flop, no rake is taken for that hand.
The Rake is dependent on how many active players there are at the table. A general guideline is: Games with blinds of $0.05/$0.10 or less, the Rake is $0.01 per $0.10 with a maximum of $2.00. For games with $0.10/$0.25 and $0.25/$0.50 blinds, the rake is $0.01 per $0.20 and a $3 maximum. All other game limits have a standard 5% rake with a maximum of $3 per pot.
Promotions
The first promotional bonus you will receive when you download PKR Poker is a deposit bonus of 100% up to $800 when you sign up here on PokerWorks and use the bonus code: PWORK800. And once you start playing, you will like it so much you will want to tell your friends, and when you do, you will get the refer-a-friend bonus where you will receive $50 for every friend you refer and your friend will also receive $50.
And while you play in PKR Poker's cash games and tournaments, you will be earning PKR Points because you will be an automatic member of their player loyalty program. How it works is simple: for every one dollar you spend in tournament entry fees, you will earn 100 PKR Points. When you play in cash games, points will be calculated based on pot size and how many players are at the table.
Then once you learn all of those easy to rack up PKR Points, you can redeem them in the PKR Poker store for cool merchandise. And if what you have your eye on costs more points than you have, you can choose to buy more points at the rate of: $10 for 3,500 Points; $20 for 8,000 Points; $30 for 12,500 Points and $50 for 25,000 Points.
You can also choose to use your points to buy-in to Points Tournaments and Premium Freerolls to win prize packages to major land-based tournament events or to play for cash prize pools ranging from $50 up to $10,000.
Software/ Features
After you download the software at PKR Poker, you will find yourself in the middle of the most innovative and technologically advanced online 3-D poker room available on the market today.
The amazing features available are almost too numerous to list. First off is your custom avatar/character where you can create your unique one-of-a-kind online persona. No detail here is overlooked because you can choose from; facial expressions, hair color and style, clothing, shoes and even jewelry. And when you decide to sit at the table, you can change ‘your’ facial expression to match your mood of mad, neutral, casual, sad or happy. Even talking to the other players is taken to a whole new level when you're character actually emotes what you type in the chat box. Not to mention the fact that your character can be fully animated to even shuffle and perform tricks with their chips.
Once you have your character perfected, you can choose your table environment from Chinatown, a Cruise ship, an Egyptian casino, Atlantis, Club Metro, a Home game, Monte Carlo, Paradise Island, Vegas, a Vintage bar, or even in front of the TV cameras at the Studio PKR.
Then customize which view you want to take up the table with the ‘camera view’ which is accessible via the ‘Camera’ button on the bottom left of your screen. Here you can choose to look at the table from overview, dynamic side view, first-person view, or Orbit which allows you to move the camera. There is also the directional view option where you can select the camera angle from north, south, east or west.
Another first of its kind feature is the PKR Pal. This is a handy program that is installed along with the PKR software that manages your PKR installation by not only downloading updates in the background, but by making login faster and notifying you of the latest updates on your favorite tournaments.
Traffic
Since opening their doors in June of 2006, PKR Poker has been making a name for themselves as the most unique and realistic poker room on the Internet. And although players from the USA are not allowed to play in the cash games due to the UIGEA, they can still experience the thrill of playing poker in 3-D at the play money tables. As for cash game and tournament traffic, numbers swelled to over 12,000 players at peak hours starting at 6 PM ET.
Support
Support is available at PKR Poker via Live Chat or e-mail 24/7. Also available is one of the most comprehensive FAQ sections to be found where you can get a quick answer to common questions.
Security/Integrity
Security and integrity at PKR Poker is a top priority. Therefore they guarantee a secure playing environment where all personal and financial transactions are secure and never shared with any third party. The PKR Poker security team also regularly performs random identity and security checks to help guarantee the highest level integrity of their system.
Banking
Depositing to your PKR account is easy via: Visa, Visa Electron, Solo, Visa delta, MasterCard, Maestro, Switch, NETeller, Paypoint, Paycash, Click and Buy, Click2Pay, Moneybookers, Paysafecard, Entropay, Ukash, echeques, direct bank draft, and wire transfer. UK and Danish members have the added advantage of choosing instant deposits by using PayPal.
Summary
PKR Poker is simply the next generation in online poker rooms. While others have tried, no one has perfected the 3-D interactive poker room like PKR Poker has. From the lobby to the poker table, playing at PKR Poker is a unique and totally enjoyable experience. For those who feel the fun has gone out of playing poker online, or those players just looking for a different atmosphere - PKR Poker will not disappoint.
Cash game players will find soft poker games, due to their opponents paying more attention to playing with their cool avatars than playing their hand. And for those who are looking to improve their game and be the best they can be, PKR Poker offers one of the best selections of poker tutorials to be found at any poker room. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned pro,
you can fine-tune your game with subjects such as; Moving Up in Limits, The Art of Three Betting and mastering Sit n’ Gos.
The only downside to PKR Poker is that once you try it, it will be very hard to play at any other run-of-the-mill poker room.
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Victor Chandler