Top 10 Online Poker Rooms
There seems to be a common discussion amongst live poker players of what site is the biggest online poker room. So each month I will set the record straight and provide details on the top 10 poker rooms on the internet. Thanks to the help of Pokerscout.com
1. Poker Stars – Stars has always been one of the largest sites and it claimed the number one spot when Party Poker left the USA market. In the last 24 hours, Poker Stars had over 23,000 cash game players.
Visit PokerStars.com
2. iPoker Network – This network has been growing rapidly and they don't even allow USA players! A few popular rooms on this network are Chan Poker, Noble Poker and Titan Poker. In the last 24 hours they reached 11,034 cash game players.
Visit ChanPoker.com
3. Full Tilt Poker – With the amount of TV ads, sponsored players and direct advertising they have, its no wonder they are one of the top rooms. They currently rank number three and hit 10,404 cash game players playing simultaneously.
Visit FulltiltPoker.com
4. Party Poker – Party is a very popular online poker room in Canada and run constant tv ads on Sportsnet and TSN. They currently hold a major portion of the only Canadian poker players market. Party does not allow USA players and are continuing to grow. In the last 24 hours they had 9,414 cash game players.
Visit PartyPoker.com
5. OnGame Network – Like the iPoker Network, OnGame does not allow USA Players either. This Network reached 9303 players in the last 24 hours.
6. Everest Poker – There is a lot of praise from around the poker world about Everest Poker and much of it is deserved. They are becoming one of the worlds leading online poker room and will only continue to grow; especially since they are the official sponsor of the 2008 World Series of Poker. In the last 24 hours Everest Poker peaked at 6301 real money cash game players.
Visit EverestPoker.com
7. Boss Media – This is another network that is focused mostly on European poker players and has grown ever since Paradise Poker joined the network. 3350 real money cash game players peaked on Boss Media in the last 24 hours.
Visit ParadisePoker.com
8. Ultimate Bet – UB is promoted heavily by superstar poker player Phil Hellmuth and in the last 24 hours they reached over 2400 real money cash game players.
9. Pacific Poker – What use to be the most fishiest online poker site is now one of the toughest. Pacific Poker lost a good chunk of their player base when they pulled out of the USA market. In the last 24 hours they produced 2027 real money cash game players.
Visit PacificPoker.com
10. Cake Poker – Cake has been the fastest growing online poker room in the last year or so. They have several other big names on their network that are helping the cause. Over the last 24 hours they had a peak of 1937 cash game players. This is a fairly low number for Cake Poker.
Visit CakePoker.com
New Website – SummitPoker.co.uk
I mentioned a few posts back that you could expect a new website to be launched. Well, its finally completed, check it out at Summit Poker. This site a mini-site that solely promotes one of the best online poker rooms, Everest Poker.
Everest Poker is currently the 6th largest website and will hit upwards of 6,000 real money players playing simultaneously. It's also was the first online poker room to focus on international markets which proved to be a huge success. From their launch Everest did not allow USA players and many critics ridiculed the company for doing this and expected them to fail. However, the opposite happened and Everest has exploded as one of the most recognized online poker rooms across the globe. They are also the official sponsor of the 2008 World Series of Poker and with all the marketing Everest will receive; one can expect them to be competing for the largest online poker room spot. If you would like to read more about Everest Poker please visit a Everest Poker Review
SummitPoker.co.uk will mainly target the European countries and the site will soon be expanded into several other languages. The site is loaded with original content and will soon be an authority Everest Poker information site. I'll do another post about this site with some results in 6 months to 12 months.
WSOP Satellites
Each year the $10,000 Main Event is filled with thousands of satellite winners. Poker sites are very busy with months leading up to the World Series of Poker and are running countless WSOP satellites. I think it was something like 2,000 seats were given away through PokerStars last year alone.
There are pros and cons of using major online poker sites (PokerStars and Full Tilt) as your satellite provider. The biggest con is that you will rarely see any added value, which means that it's a true satellite. Ex. the buy-in is $100+$10fee for a total of $110 and you play to win a $13,000 WSOP prize package. Most likely this satellite tournament will be filled up with 130 players, due to the large player base on Full Tilt and PokerStars. With a 130 players entered that is $14,300 in total buy-in and poker site is paying out one $13,000 prize package, which means they are profiting $1,300! The main advantage of entering satellites on major sites is that they are constantly running. You won't have to wait for a certain day to play a satellite since they are nearly available around the clock.
Visit the 2nd largest Poker Site Full Tilt Poker - to win your WSOP seat
Check out the Worlds Largest Poker Site Poker Stars - and become the next Chris Moneymaker!
Medium size sites like Everest Poker, Betfair Poker and LuckyAce Poker offer guarantee WSOP satellites. When sites guarantee "X" amount of seats to be paid out in a satellite, you have a chance to pick up some value (+EV). Ex. Since the player volume is a bit lower, there is a good chance the satellite will not fill up. Say you pay $110 total to enter a $13,00 WSOP prize package satellite, but only 100 players enter, that totals up to $11,000. Which means that the poker site is dishing out $2,000 of their own money because they guaranteed the satellite.
Currently, I've been telling players to play the Everest Poker satellite tournaments. The main reason is because Everest Poker is the official World Series of Poker sponsor and satellite provider. They are technically the only site that has the permission of the WSOP to offer satellites to their events. Also Everest Poker is guaranteeing X amount of seats each tournament they run.
Here is the current Everest Poker Tournament Schedule: Visit EverestPoker.com
Every Friday: $3,500 WSOP Prize Package - 1 package guaranteed
Each winner gets a seat in the $1,500 event of their choice plus $2,000 credited to their Everest Poker account for travel expenses.
The event has satellites running daily that include a $3.30 rebuy and an $11+1 freeze out tournament. Players also have the option to buy-in directly for $100+9.
Every Wednesday: $7,500 WSOP Prize Package – 1 package guaranteed
Each winner gets $5,000 to buy-in to the event of their choice* plus $2,500 credited to their Everest Poker account for travel expenses.
Players can enter daily satellites with a $22+2 freeze out or a $5.50 rebuy tournament. To buy-in directly will cost $200+15.
Every Monday: $13,000 Main Event WSOP Prize Package – 1 package guaranteed
Each winner gets a seat in the World Series of Poker Main Event plus $3,000 credited to their Everest Poker account for travel expenses.
Buy-in directly to this event for $500+30. Available satellites include a $100+9 Freeze out which runs once or twice per night depending on the evening and a $30+3 Rebuy ran daily at 9:00 GMT, 14:45 GMT, and 17:30 GMT.
Sunday, June 8 at 16:30 GMT
WSOP Main Event - 20 SEATS GUARANTEED!
Each winner will receive a $13,000 WSOP Prize Package which includes a seat in the World Series of Poker Main Event plus $3,000 credited to their Everest Poker account for travel expenses.
Players can buy-in directly for $1,000+50. There are also several direct satellites into this event which include: $200+15 satellite ran every Saturday. $11+1 freeze out and a $3.30 rebuy are also ran on Saturdays guaranteeing one seat into the June 8th tournament. There is also a $55+5 rebuy, $100+9 freezeout, and a $300+20 freezeout that are running.
Sunday, May 18 at 16:30 GMT
WSOP Ladies World Championship – 5 Seats Guaranteed!
Each winner will receive a $3,000 WSOP Prize Package which includes a seat in the Ladies World Championship plus $2,000 credited to their Everest Poker account for travel expenses.
This tournament is $55+5 to enter.
Everest Poker is currently 6th largest poker site and was the first multi-language poker site. They are licensed in Canada and a extremely reputable poker site. To visit Everest Poker please click here, EverestPoker.com, for a full review of Everest please click here, Everest Poker
Cake Rakeback Gets a New home
Earlier this week I received an email from Cake Poker saying this:
Hi Aidan,
It has just come to our attention that you are using cake in your URL. This is a violation of our terms and conditions and we would like you to discontinue using it. We are generally very lenient when people use our name in their url’s but we feel that people may think we are offering Rakeback to players and not letting only affiliates offer it.
Can you please confirm that you received this email and what the timeline is for your to change your url.
Thats not exactly the kind of email that I like to wake up to. Although we had no idea that this was against Cake's T&C's. A lot of poker sites will allow affiliates to use their brand name within a domain and many are uber strict about the use of their domain like Everest Poker. Cake falls somewhere in between. So we ended up changing our mini rakeback site that was formally named Cake-Rakeback.com to Rakebackbonus.net.
We were at fault and we took no time switching the domain name. Jim, my business partner, was able find a new domain, create a new hosting account, transfer the site and do all that fun stuff within a few days. Good job Jim! It's not an easy task switching domains. Because you also have to change all your email addresses keep a hosting account and forward the old email addresses to the new ones and many little things like that.
Since Cake Poker is one of our highest monthly earners, we did what they asked in a timely fashion without any questions. Always gotta keep the people that pay you happy 
Now that Cake-Rakeback.com has a new domain, one can expect a new design here shortly.
WSOP Promotions – Duplicate Poker
I will be posting some of the best World Series of Poker promotions that online poker rooms will be running. A normal package includes a Main Event seat, plus travel and accommodation money. Usually, the packages are worth around $12,500. Each year I would guess that half the entrants at the WSOP Main Event won their seat online. PokerStars alone sent nearly 2000 players.
The first promotion that every one should take advantage of is at Duplicate Poker. This is definitely the best WSOP promo a player will find online. I'm not joking or over exaggerating at all here. Duplicate Poker is giving away 6 seats in 6 different tournaments.
To receive an entry into all the events a player must click my special promo link and deposit a minimum of $50. Then earn 100 player points. Players will also receive a 200% deposit bonus as well.
Special Promo Link to Duplicate Poker here
Duplicate Poker is a bit different than your regular Texas Hold'em tournament. All the rules are the same as Texas Hold'em except it's in a skill based tournament format. Which means, is that there are several people sitting in your seat at a different table. Each table is dealt the exact same cards with same flop, turn and rivers.
Even though its a bit different, its still worth six shots at a Main Seat package. My buddy Jackson Anderson (yes he has two last names and looks like Jack Black) won a seat to the PokerNews Cup in Austrailia, from Duplicate Poker. His seat package was worth over $5,000 and he only had to beat out 40 other people.
I expect each one of these tournaments to have very few entrants in comparison to the prize. Which makes this a +EV promotion.
Below are the dates of each tournament:
16 Mar 2008, 13:05 EST (GMT -5) - 1st Place wins a $12,500 WSOP Package
03 Apr 2008, 8:05 EST (GMT -5) - 1st Place wins a $12,500 WSOP Package
13 Apr 2008, 13:05 EST (GMT -5) - 1st Place wins a $12,500 WSOP Package
03 May 2008, 13:05 EST (GMT -5) - 1st Place wins a $12,500 WSOP Package
01 Jun 2008, 13:05 EST (GMT -5) - 1st Place wins a $12,500 WSOP Package
14 Jun 2008, 13:05 EST (GMT -5) - 1st Place wins a $12,500 WSOP Package
To read a full review please visit my Duplicate Poker Review page.
And I said hey, What’s Going on?
If you have tried to visit ajw.ca yesterday or earlier today, you would have noticed it was down. I had some sort of server/wordpress error after my hosting company upgraded their servers. Everything seems fine now.
Right now my biz partner and I are working on a Everest Poker mini site. Everest Poker is already one of the biggest and most known poker rooms in the world, and they will continue to grow. Especially since they are the official sponsor of this years World Series of Poker. Previously Party Poker was the official sponsor. Also, we have been going through poker-prop.net and updating all the reviews with current promo's and information. This is a big duty as some of the not-so-popular poker rooms reviews are outdated.
Other than that, I have been working on getting my paper work and taxes in order. Wow I wish I kept my files more organized. I've heard the best way to go about it, is to print off and record every transaction as soon as it happens and put it in a folder. This way your not worrying about spreadsheets, lost receipts, etc. Just at the end of the year fill in the little areas on the tax sheet and you're good to go.
To get ready for the good weather, Lindsay and I purchased a couple mountain bikes. Hopefully will get a lot of time and do some trail riding around Edmonton. Both bikes were 07 models, so we got a lot taken off sticker price.
WTF Full Tilt
Full Tilt has jumped the shark, and is now screwing over affiliates by not crediting them with players who deposit after 60 days of registering. Here is the direct quote from the latest Full Tilt affiliate newsletter, “As an affiliate, we want to make sure you get the credit you deserve for directing real-money players to Full Tilt Poker. Our Affiliate Agreement defines a real money player as someone who makes their first real money deposit within 60 days of signing up on our site.”
This is absolute ludicrous, a good majority of Full Tilt deposits occur after a 60 day period. I'm not the only one who is disappointed, there are huge threads all over affiliate communities that are packed with livid posters.
Another interesting move is that Full Tilt launched an in house rakeback program. Not sure exactly what the goals of the in house rakeback program will be. But this is about the worst news possible for rakeback affiliates and regular affiliates.
I have a slight feeling that Full Tilt may reverse this new policy, due to the outrage they have caused, although I'm not holding my breath.
I haven't updated the blog lately, because Jim and I have been coasting for a few weeks here. However, we should have a new mini site launched within a week or two. Also there is a new skin on the Cake Poker network, that is offering rakeback. This is a great opportunity to get some great search engine positions for this room by putting up some content before the competition does.
Will provide links when the new mini site is launched 
Lost Season 4 Tomorrow!
Well tomorrow will be the two hour season premier of LOST. I can't say how pumped I'm to watch this. Especially since the new recliners should be here, except I won't be surprised is the Brick screws that up too. Couple of weeks ago I finished up re-watching season three, pow torrents! Season three so far has been my favorite season since I'm mostly interested in the "Others" and their story line.
I expect season 4 to be the most different of all the seasons. It's my guess that several of the Losties will get off the island and their new goal will to get back on the Island. Those idiots, who would really want to leave the island?
The next premiers I'll be pumped up about is Battlestar Galatica Season 4. Which airs April 4th, I believe. This will be the final season of the series and will be a faced paced season. For those of you who haven't watched this show it is well worth your time. Dexter is the next show I can't wait for. Although it won't air several months from now, since season 2 just wrapped up.
There are a couple shows that I'm not so pumped about that I know I will end up watching. Season 7 of 24, I don't really know how much longer this show can last. Season six was absolutely dreadful. The next show is the Shield. This was one of my favorite shows from season 1-2.5 and season 5 was pretty cool when they brought in the lazy eye guy. Although once the money train was over the show lost a bit of substance. Season 6 premiered April 3rd 2007 and was a very boring season. Season 7 will air some time in the spring and this will be the final season of the series. Apparently there are issues and disputes with the final few episodes because of the writers strike.
I'm looking forward to watching The Wire, which is an HBO series. I'll let you know how it is.
The Brick Comes Through
I guess its the power of the press, as the Brick finally decided to honor the warranty they sold me. After several phone calls with the West Edmonton Mall Brick and emailing head office a few times an unlikely source that cost me $5.00 helped me get my money back. I wrote a report on The Squeaky Wheel and I received an email within 24 hours and everything was settled from there.
I'm happy that it was resolved, but I'm utterly annoyed at the amount of hassle I had too go through. What did I get with my credit? Two recliners and a bi-cast leather Futon for when someone stays over. Maybe I'll even post a picture once it gets delivered.
Part 2 – The Rent Scammers
The saga of wasting these scammers time continues. I decided to send them/him who ever fake numbers and information of a Western Union transfer. Here are the emails below:
Me: Here is the Western Union Info:
TCN control number? 7638509851
Senders First name and last name: Lindsay Bellows
Senders Full Address? 10159 - 120Street, Igloo #23, Edmonton, Canada, North Pole
Senders Tel number? 780 151 2585
security question answer: aidan
amount: $900 CNDhanks so much! look forward to the keys and finishing the paper work. Please let me know when you have received the funds.
Reply: Thanks for the response am very happy to hear from you how are you and your work? so i will like you to get back to me with this information you use to make the payment from western union below:
1,MTCN control Number?
2,Senders First Name?
3,Last Name?
4,Senders Full Address?
5,Senders Tel number?
So i have instrut my wife to get the package post to you immedaitly and i will like you to promise me once again that you will take good care of my property like your own
Kindly get back to me with the full information from western union ASAP
Thanks And God Bless You My Tenant
Rev Steven
Ummm k, I'll send the same info again. Which I did, no point in showing the same info here twice. No Idea what they had trouble with.
Reply: Thanks for the response i hope all is well with you and how was your weekend hope is fine? yes there some issued about the money you sent because when i track the money is not found in the western union website so i will like you to get back to me with the reciept you recieve from western union store and attach it to me or i will like you to check the information very well maybe you do some mistake
Awaiting your response as soon as possible
Thanks And God Bless You My Tenant
Rev Steven
Me: Sorry about the issue. I just looked over the details I sent you and spotted the air. The control number had a typo. I hope its a long trip back and forth for you to find a Western Union. This should work now.
MTCN control Number? 7628509851
2,Senders First Name? Lindsay
3,Last Name? Bellows
4,Senders Full Address? 10159 - 120Street, Igloo #23, Edmonton, Canada, North Pole
5,Senders Tel number? 780 151 2585
Reply: Thanks for getting back to me, but i have not confirm the payment yet.i just left the bank now there is no macth find with the information. so i don't really understand what is really going on over. i will like you to come back with the new development. so i can contact my wife to go ahead with the shipment of the keys and other necessary document. so i will like you to scan the receipt of the western union and send it to me as attachment. so i awaityou soonest.
Well I'm glad I have made this retard make a trip to the bank. Hopefully, I can get him to make a few more. I might have to get a little creative here with photoshop and make a fake western union receipt.
Recent Posts
- Why Blog When You Can Graph?
- You should probably just skip this post
- Dynamics of Being Around Attractive Women in College
- The Karma Bitch Slap
- Kitties in Diapers Under Attack
- Man Seeking Spinner
- My Pretentiousness and Madden, Alberta
- Wanted: Aidan Batshyt, Guilty of Osculation
- So you just googled your name eh?
- Shiiiiiiiit, this still exists.