Comically advertised as a “$100k freeroll” to the first 500 Zynga faithful to dish out the $125 entry fee, participants also received continental breakfast, a buffet lunch, poker instruction by Duke, meet and greets with celebrities of the felt (Doyle Brunson, Scotty Nguyen, Mike Sexton, David Williams, Gavin Smith, Vanessa Rousso, to name a few), a VIP party at Moon at the Palms, and a live performance by B.o.B.  (I wasn’t excited about the artist until I typed his name into Wikipedia, at which point I still wasn’t excited.) For people grinding up their fake bankrolls on Facebook, the two-day event must have felt like a poor man’s World Series of Poker, especially to Aaron Alawen, the winner of the $26,000 first place prize.

Zynga was recently estimated to be worth between $7 and $9 billion, according to a report released today in The Wall Street Journal. While their games are “free” to play, the microtransactions of goods and services within them cost you money, which if the company’s worth is any indication, millions of people have too much time and money on their hands. They’ve created a way where a mainstream following can feel like they aren’t nerds for playing a game because it’s a casual experience, or in this instance, can cater to people too afraid and too stupid to deposit actual money online.

I still have a real hard time justifying why people play poker for play money, on a social networking site of all things. Once you break that real money seal, there’s no closing gambling jar; it’s a desire that needs to be refrigerated. Can you believe that there are actually users–over 38 million of them–who pay real money for tens of thousands of fake chips on Facebook? Laughable, sad, and true, an entire world awaits these people that’s just a few clicks and credit card numbers away. Instead, they choose to spend their insubstantial time playing to be the kings of nothing on Facebook, a safe haven for people already committed to squandering their lives away.

Did that get your attention? I’m sure it did.

To play in the $600+ Freeroll, all you need to do is visit the page and become a fan. You can find the password there. Don’t ask me.

Tourney Details:

January 26, 2010

18:00 Server Time

CarbonPoker Facebook Fan Freeroll

Password: SEE THE FACEBOOK FAN PAGE

Sometimes I’m a little too quick for my own good.

Here’s a Facebook thread that came as a result of my reporting of the WSOP Main Event News from last night: LANGUAGE NSFW or Young Kids

I usually keep these announcements exclusive to Facebook, but I decided to share it with our blog readers as well. You’ve gotta be a Facebook Fan to be eligible…. but I’m sure you are already.

Right now, hit up Facebook.com/CarbonPoker and tell me your favorite poker joke in the comment thread. On October 28th, I’ll be awarding 4 $109 Coupons to the jokes that make me laugh the most.

If you like Carbon contests, check our Facebook page regularly. We’ve got weekly promos, contests and events. Fan us!

We all know that you love playing for real money on CarbonPoker – especially when the buy-in comes in at $0 + $0.

This freeroll is exclusive to CarbonPoker Facebook Fans. So be sure to go to the page and click the “become a fan” link. Face it, it’s a Friday — I’m assuming you’re on Facebook anyways.

There are plenty of benefits for being our Fan. We give away $109 Coupons all the time, make announcements and share new things happening at CarbonPoker. You really don’t want to miss out.

****To get into the tourney, you’ll need to check the Facebook Fan Page this weekend for the exclusive password!****

The Tourney Details:

• $600 Carbon Facebook Fan Freeroll
• Sunday, October 4, 2009 @ 12:30pm Server Time.
• No Limit Texas Hold’em
• 2,000 Starting Stack

Just like everybody online (your mom included; she just added me) CarbonPoker has a facebook account.

Complete with a snappy URL, Facebook.com/CarbonPoker is a place fans of CP can get exclusive deals, promos, contests, etc. Meet up with other players, give us feed back. You know how it works.

As I’m writing this, we have 2,975 fans and I want us to hit 3K! As soon as we hit that magic number, I’ll be slinging around $109 coupons like they’re going out of style. On the day that we break 3,000, I’ll award 10 $109 coupons. (Those coupons are good for a spot on any of our famous $50,000 Guaranteed Tourneys).

Don’t wait, just do it.

Other promo: We’re pretty plugged in, so you should follow CarbonPoker on Twitter as well. Again, more deals, more articles and other exclusive deals. Get on it!

Our first Facebook Freeroll (two weeks ago) was a pretty big hit with our Facebook Fans at $250, so we’re cranking the prizepool up to $600+!

How do I get in? I KNEW you were going to ask that. I’m NOT emailing the password, I’m NOT posting it on the blog, and it WON’T be sent by carrier pigeon.

The password for this tourney will be posted on the morning of August 9th on Facebook.com/CarbonPoker . It’s that easy! All CarbonPoker players that click on the “become a fan” link will become eligible.

Tourney Details:

• Name: $600 Carbon Facebook Fan Freeroll
• Where: Tournaments >> Scheduled >> Special
• When: Sunday, August 9th, 2009 @ 12:30 Server Time
• No Limit Hold’em with 3,000 Starting Chips

Check out Carbon Poker on Facebook for weekly contests, updates and exclusive promos. We’ve got over 1,500 fans already – expect that number to grow with each tourney!

Enjoy!

That’s right, all you need to do is become a fan of THIS site on THAT site. Really, you’re just clicking a link to pad our stats and you get a freeroll out of it. It’s easy and I know you guys love Poker Free Rolls.

On the night before the freeroll, all Fans of CarbonPoker will be sent the exclusive password for the event. Yep…I’ve got nothing better to do on a Saturday night than send you guys the password. If you’ve seen our Twitter Freerolls, you know these Social Media-fueled events get a lot of people out. It’ll be a good tourney with a great prizepool.

What are you waiting for? Sign up, let your friends know and hit the tables this Sunday.

Facebook Freeroll Details:

What: $250 Facebook Fan Freeroll
Where: Tournaments >> Scheduled >> Special
Password: To Be Sent to Fans Only
Game: NL Texas Hold’em
When: Sunday, 26th July @ 12:30pm Server Time

GL out there.

To introduce our foray into the world of social networking we are holding a competition similar to the jar of jelly beans. On our newly created facebook page – located here, there is a competition where you can try and guess the amount at which the bad beat goes off. If you win, you get credited with $100 into your player account no strings attached. So go to the facebook page and become a fan, (I know you have it! Dont act like your too cool for social networking sites!!!) and have a crack at the Bad Beat Jackpot competition.