Learn from the pros at the FullTilt Poker Academy for free!

The Full Tilt Poker Academy that was launched earlier this year in March, is by all accounts turning out to be a very successful program for all that have joined it. The Poker Academy offers a mix of video by using the expertise of over 100 of the game's greatest players of the game.

The poker academy lets you watch the Pros at Team Full Tilt as they present you with poker video lessons, strategies, and challenges which will test what you have learned along the way. If you wish to go even deeper, there are complete courses designed to take your game to a higher level than you are currently playing .

Now you can not only see Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Phil Gordon, and all the other Full Tilt Pro's in action , but you can interact with them through a personalized curriculum taught by the some of the best in the poker industry. The very first video lesson is from Ferguson and it's on what I consider to be one of the most overlooked keys to becoming a winning poker player. That is Bankroll Management .

The wife has joined this Poker Academy the last couple days as well and is throughly enjoying it. She states that she has already learned a lot from the video's and challenges that they have. To gain full access to the Academy, all you need is a Full Tilt Poker account. You can do that for free by downloading the site by clicking the banner .

All you have to do to get your free entry, for a limited time, is to make a deposit. That's right, simply make your deposit between now and this Sunday 14:45 (Client Time) and you will automatically receive your entry coupon.

It has never been so easy to get an entry and turn one of the biggest guaranteed poker tournaments into your very own freeroll.  The Entry Coupon Expires 29 June, 2009. This promotion is for ALL PLAYERS (new and existing), you will just need to have 100 VIP points and you will get the coupon !

The game is easy to find in the schedule, with the info as follows;

What: Sunday's $50,000 Guaranteed

When: Every Sunday @ 15:00 (Client Time)
How: $109 Coupon, Cash Buy-in or VIP Points
Where: Tournaments >> Scheduled >> Special

See you at the poker tables!

Can Ivey win another one this year and make eight ? Only time will tell, but if I were to make a wager on it, my money would say he does.

Event 1 - $500 - Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em - Andrew Cohen

Event 2 - $40,000 - 40th Annual No-Limit Holdem - Vitaly Lunkin

Event 3 - $1,500 - Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better - Thang Luu

Event 4 - $1,000 - No-Limit Hold'em - Steve Sung

Event 5 - $1,500 - Pot-Limit Omaha - Jason Mercier

Event 6 - $10,000 - World Championship Seven Card Stud - Freddie Ellis

Event 7 - $1,500 - No-Limit Hold’em -Travis Johnson

Event 8 - $2,500 - Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball (No-Limit) - Phil Ivey

Details on the 1.2 million dollar badbeat jackpot win can be found by clicking here.

If you don't know about the badbeat jackpot you should . The jackpot is seeded from taking 50 cents of every pot on specially labelled ring tables. As soon as a player has a four sevens or better cracked, the jackpot will be won. And every player that is sitting in at the table receives a part of the money! The player with the losing hand will pick up the biggest percentage, so if you have Quad sevens or better using both hole cards, then you should hope to get beaten !

So make sure you download Carbon Poker and try your luck at the badbeat tables. Good luck !

As most folk that have played the site for long knows, the laws over in Australia do not allow their citizens to play poker or gamble for real money at an online site that is based in their country. I've had online friends in the past that live over there and just love the site, but could not get a real money account set up due to this and have had to settle for their second choice of rooms to play at.

Here lately though, a lot of the staff from Marketing and other divisions at Carbon have been setting up shop here in North America. At Vancouver Canada if I'm not mistaken . The logical explanation for such a move to my way of thinking is so they can get their share of the Australian Market. Surely it's not because they want to see all the snow and ice in the winters up North .....

Anyhow, I'll do my best to find out more and keep readers posted , so make sure to subscribe for any upcoming news at the House of Poker Blues .

Till next time ,y'all take care .