How many times have you hit "fold" when you meant to "call" or even "bet"? It's one of the most upsetting things that can happen in online poker, especially if you would have taken down the pot. But there is something you can do to take control of your online poker game!

There is a new product in the poker world that is changing the way the game is played. Its called the Wireless Poker Controller and it makes it much easier to play poker online. It's like a Playstation controller for the major online poker sites. All you have to do is plug the wireless USB transmitter into your computer and your ready to play! The controller features all the buttons you need and more! Of course it has:

1. A fold button
2. A check/call button
3. A bet button

But it also has some awesome other features:

1. A raise wheel to easily pick your bet
2. A switch tables button
3. Pre-set betting amounts
4. A "laptop style" touch pad
5. Much more!

It even has a "Tilt" switch that you can use to lock your game if you feel yourself tilting! This controller can be used to help players at all level act more quickly, accurately, and comfortably. You could even hook your computer up to your TV and play from your couch! The controller works for all the major poker sites like Poker Stars, Full Tilt, Party Poker, Ultimate Bet, and more!

To see more images, information and technical specifications of the Wireless Poker Controller, please visit: PokerControls.com

Posted by: on Jul 23, 2009

If you've never heard of rakeback before, you have already thrown away $1,000s of dollars. The good news is you can sign up today and begin to get rake rebate checks every month.

When you sign up with a poker room through FearPoker.com Rakeback, you will receive a refund for every $1.00 that you pay in rake. This refund is known as rakeback. No matter what limits you play, whether you are a professional or just play poker for fun, receiving rakeback will greatly increase your win-rate, and allow you to make more money.

Sites like Full Tilt, Ultimate Bet, and Absolute Poker offer rakeback around 30%! That means for every $100 in rake you pay, you get $30 back! There are over 20 site that offer rakeback that can be found here. If you are not getting rakeback, it will be VERY difficult to be a winning player. Sign up for rakeback and get $100s back a month.

Posted by: Ztnark on Jul 23, 2009

Today is Day 7 at the Main Event and there's still an impressive amount of notable poker pros left in the field of 107 that started at 6,494. Right now the blinds are at 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante and the average stack is 1,694,087.

Most impressively, Peter Eastgate, the reigning world champion is still in the action and had a healthy chip stack going into the day with $927,000 in chips. A back-to-back final table, never the less win, with 6,000+ entrants would be incredibly impressive. Another world champion, Joe Hachem, is also still in the field going into the day with $1 million in chips.

The fan favorite, Phil Ivey , is sitting right around average with $1.7 million in chips. He already has two WSOP bracelets this year and is trying to keep his hot streak going to win his first ever Main Event bracelet. There are some other notable pros still standing such as Joe Sebok, Antonio Esfandiari, and Bertrand Grospellier.

It should be fun to see what the next couple of days bring us. Stay Tuned.

Posted by: Ztnark on Jul 13, 2009

The World Series Main Event is underway and the field is smaller again for the third year in a row. This year, there are 1,116 entrants for day 1a. Last year, 1,297 players entered the Main Event on Day 1a. 1,287 played Day 1a two years ago and 2,138 played Day 1a in 2006.

 This steady decline can be attributed to a slow in the poker boom that occurred after Moneymaker took down the bracelet. Its also safe to say that this years registration took a hit because of the economic downswing, but it's still a massive field to navigate.

We did some math to predict this years prize pool and the amount that first place will take down along with the bracelet. We used numbers from past years to determine total entrants and came up with 5,780. We then multiplied this by the entrance fee of $10,000 to come up with a pre-rake prize pool of $57,800,000. Then took out the rake of around 6% to come up with a post-rake pool of around $54,332,000. Finally we multiplied that number by the percentage the past winners have won and got a first place prize of $7,769,476.

 This is just a rough math estimate, but it gives you a good idea of what the prize for first place could be.

 Good luck to all of the entrants!

Posted by: Ztnark on Jul 03, 2009