Poker players love to try their luck at different tournaments but are often scared of losing their buy-ins as well as stakes. Help is at hand in the form of bubble protection offered by BubbleProtection.com.

BubbleProtection.com has launched a new buy-in protection service which will help online poker players insure their tournament fees/buy-ins and stakes being lost on the bubble. Poker players are offered protection for their tournament fees as well as rakes for a modest premium. Bubble protection uses technology from poker tracking technology firm PokerProLabs.com and helps players safeguard their interest.

Thanks to this new insurance kind of protection, players will now be able to preserve their bankroll and enjoy more tournaments without any distraction of losses or long forms. BubbleProtection.com covers a new bubble, calculated at 10% of the total number of tournament entries. The bubble refers to the single or small number of positions outside the last finishing position. It is the last finishing position in a poker tournament before entering the tournament payout structure ‘in the money’.

Poker players interested in this insurance protection have to register at the site. Players then have to just type their name and select a tournament from the insured daily tournament schedule. The screen will ask whether the player wishes to purchase the protection at a premium price. Players have up to ten minutes after the start of a tournament to purchase Bubble Protection.

Bubble protection technology tracks all their members in the tournament and automatically verifies the finishing position of players. If the player finished outside the new bubble then the policy is terminated. On the other hand, if a player falls within ‘the new bubble’ the player will be credited with their tournament fee and the poker site rake fee. The site will credit accounts within 30 minutes after completion of a tournament.

Bubble Protection is available to all the players where online poker is legal and allowed. However, this service is not available to US-based players presently.

The game of bingo has its roots further back in history than you might think, though its form has changed over the years. First recordings of the game date back to 1530′s Italy where it was played as “Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia”. Amazingly this game is still played every Saturday. The game then swept across Europe in different guises; it arrived in France around the late 1770s, as a game played by the aristocracy, and in the 1880s the Germans played a version of this as a way to help children learn maths, spelling and history.

Bingo as the game we know today can probably be traced to its arrival in North America in 1929, where it became known as beano, and was played as a carnival game, with the dealer selecting numbered discs from a cigar box and players marking their cards with beans.

There are a number of accounts of how bingo came by its name; most agree that a toy salesman called Edwin S Lowe was involved but disagree on the context. Some say he overheard someone calling bingo rather than beano in their excitement, others that he saw the game been advertised as such. Other sources state that Edwin S. Lowe copied the beano game at home after playing it at a party. One of his guests, excited at winning, stuttered, and not being able shout out beano instead shouted b b b bbingo!

The game of bingo really took off after the church approached Lowe to see if they could use the game as a means of raising church funds. As bingo increased its popularity specific bingo halls were built and the role bingo caller was created along with the development of the language of bingo.

Bingo has since evolved further with the development of modern technology. The internet age is upon us and bingo is not missing out. With more websites dedicated to the game springing up every day it is easier than ever to play and we have to wonder, with the advances in technology, where will the evolution of bingo go next?

If you are looking for somewhere to play online bingo we recommend Gala. Gala are prominent in the online gaming sector, wiht a huge user base that spreads across all levels of experience. Gala offer all traditional casino games as well as bingo.

Poker players looking for some guidance and help at online poker training site FloatTheTurn.com are in for some good news as the training site has reportedly reduced their monthly subscription.

The recent backlash at Netflix after they upped their subscription fees has seemed to have benefitted poker players. Poker pro Jonathan Little is said to have cut down the rate for his online poker training site, thanks to what happened at Netflix after they increased their fees. Poker players will now be able to avail the membership at FloatTheTurn.com for just $8 without any sign-up charges.

Earlier, the subscription fee at FloatTheTurn.com was about $19.95 per month plus a $99.95 sign-up charge. Jonathan Little said that he wants to stimulate the poker economy and he believed that most online poker training sites has fees around $20 to $30 per month. He added that when he heard that Netflix lost about 800,000 subscribers after upping their prizes, he knew he had to do the opposite.

He further stated that that it wasn’t a secret that the poker industry has been struggling recently. Participation in large buy-in tournaments has been reducing steadily in recent hears barring the World Series of Poker. He said that when he won the Foxwoods World Poker Tour event in 2008, there were 412 participants which reduced to 189 in 2011. He thinks something has to be done to encourage more people to play or the game will just have a handful of pros playing each other for small prize pools.

Little is hoping that the new lower price will appeal to a larger group of poker players and help them sharpen their poker skills as well build confidence to compete in games. He added that he wouldn’t complain if the new price helps him get 800,000 new subscribers.

The price cut isn’t all; the poker training site is giving away a new free poker training video each month which can be won by subscribers and non-members.

Online casinos know the importance of casino bonuses and offer various types of bonuses to player. Some sites restrict themselves to welcome bonus and reload bonus while others offer special bonuses so that their players get a chance to play game with free funds.

Manhattan Slots, the Real Time Gaming powered casino has come up with a threesome bonus offer. Players will be able to avail three special deposit bonuses this week which offer full match-up. Those interested in this offer have to deposit a minimum of $50 before November 13 to get 3 x 100% Slots, Keno and Scratch Card bonus provided they use the coupon code ‘STAR100’.

The online casino has added that players are required to wager the amount of their deposit and the bonus at least 25 times on their slot, keno and scratchcard games before withdrawing the bonus. This is a special weekend promotions offered so that players get some free cash to play their favourite casino games during their free days.

Apart from this special bonus offer, the casino has some standard offers which include a 65% deposit bonus. Players have to meet a 20 times wagering requirement on slot, keno and scratchcard games to avail this bonus. Those who love to play blackjack, video poker and table games need not worry as the site has an exclusive offer for them.

Players who love blackjack, video poker and table games can avail the 55% deposit bonus which has to be wagered 25 times before withdrawing any amount. The site has clarified that wagers on their blackjack, video poker, roulette, craps and sic-bo games contribute only 60% towards the wagering requirements.

Manhattan Slots offers all new players a 100% welcome bonus up to $747 on their first two deposits. Those who prefer to play table and card games can claim 100% bonus up to $150.

 

Poker is a game where the winner gets the pot and ends up with a big prize. Die-hard poker players love to participate in tournaments where they get a chance to play against pros and win big amounts.

Intertops Poker has offered a ‘Knock Out Challenge’ which runs all through the month of November. There will be two thrilling tournaments available every Monday, Wednesday and Friday this month. Players have to eliminate players for which they will be rewarded with prizes as well points with the final player wearing the crown of ‘Knock-Out Champion’.

Players at the site can participate in the two tournaments available every second weekday, with one being at 6pm EST and the second being at 10pm EST with a buy-in of just $5+0.5. The site reserves $2 from the buy-in as bounty on both the player and their rival’s head. The Knock-Out Challenge Leaderboard winners will end up with a share of the $1,000 prize money at the end of the tournament.

There are two chances to win in every tournament. Players can finish in the money and get their share of the prize pool, or they can earn money whenever they knock out someone. Participants can do both – knock out their opponent, take their money as well as win the tournament.

The poker site has made this offer interesting and profitable by ensuring that players win money in the tournaments they play as well as earn one point for every player they eliminate. There is a monthly ‘Headhunter’ leaderboard where the top 10 players will end up with a share of $1000. Players who knock out more opponents move higher up the board and ranking. It is important to end up in the top 10 places so as to win a cash prize.

Check out this offer and become the ‘Knock out Champion’ at Intertops poker.

The game of poker can be pretty daunting for beginners with so many variants available, each with different rules. New players are but scared to play in tournaments or even at online poker sites as they’re not so sure about their poker skills. Help is at hand for newcomers in the form of beginners races at Titan Poker.

Titan Poker takes care of the interests of all their players and to this end they have offered $3,000 Beginners Races for new players. The site has set aside $3,000 for new players each month with players getting a share of $750 weekly cash prize. New players who opt for this offer have a great chance of winning as the site awards the top 150 new players with cash prizes.

To participate in this offer and win a prize, players have to play poker at Beginners cash tables, accumulate raked hands and move up the board to get their share of the $750. The best part about this offer is it is meant for beginners only. This ensures that players have a level playing field and they get a chance to play against other newbie players and test their game.

The Beginners races run every week Monday to Saturday. Players can find these races in the ‘Special offers’ table titled ‘Beginners Races Tables’. Those who opt for this offer have to play the game and generate as many raked hands as possible to move up the board. The site will give away prizes once the weekly race ends. New players can participate in other weekly races too during the month and try their hands at getting a prize.

This offer is available to players who have registered within the last 3 months. Participating players have to rake at least 300 hands during a race in order to be eligible for a prize. They can check their position at the leaderboard which is updated every 30 minutes.