Important Site News! Updates and Potential Downtime
Posted by CarbonPoker on 14th December 2009

carbonpokerpicCarbonPoker is proud to roll out some new features tonight. We’re going to be enhancing your online poker experience with some subtle updates that will go a long way.

Features:

CarbonPoker 4.7 has gone through Beta testing and is ready for web-wide launch. Be on the lookout for easier-to-use rebuy reminders, Sticky Preferred Seating, Pot Bet improvements, synchronized tourney breaks and more.

Rebuys & Buyins
-    Auto Rebuy options
-    Remember regular buyin amounts for cash games
-    Request rebuy while still in a hand
-    Other tweaks

Sticky Preferred Seating
-    We’ll now remember your preferred chair and sit you in it when you register for a cash or single table tournament

Pot Bet Buttons
- ¼, 1/3, and ½ pot bet buttons have been updated to ½, 2/3 and ¾ pot bet

These are pretty exciting features that will be greatly appreciated by our Carbon regulars. I love the idea of synchronized tourney breaks – as you will now be able to play multiple MTTs with synchronized breaks. You can play your way into the bubble in two tourneys, with time for a bathroom break.

Keep your eyes peeled for the new features.

Downtime:

At 02:00 Server Time on Tuesday, there will be some scheduled downtime to push through these recent updates. So schedule something, like some sleep, for the few hours following that redeploy.

Hit the comments to let us know about the new features and what you think.

Enjoy!

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$21,713 Awarded in Turkey Grand Slam Final
Posted by Comb Over-Under on 7th December 2009

Turkey Grand SlamThe top 128 players in the Thanksgiving Leaderboard faced off on Saturday to play for $21,713 in real cash prizes at CarbonPoker.

In a heads-up Grand Slam format, they duked it out for 5 hours, 6minutes and 21 seconds on the No Limit Hold’em tables. This capped of our successful 2009 Thanksgiving promo. It was banner month for SitNGos and players.

Each player came into the tourney with a unique starting stack, based on how they placed in the Leaderboard. As you will see below, whether you started with a big stack or a smaller one the most important part is getting into the event. Second place only started out with 5,731 chips — which was 42nd to begin with.

Congrats to the Top 8 players, who all pulled down $1K+ for their effort. Here is the list:

Top Finishers

yoyojen – $3,691.35 (24,416 Starting Chips)

Pius35 – $2,605. 59 (5,731 Starting Chips)

desertkitty – $1,628.49 (17,729 Starting Chips)

tlopeztlopez – $1,628.49 (3,562 Starting Chips)

buschmaqb – $1,085.66 (7,453 Starting Chips)

Jestersgirl – $1,085.66 (3,899 Starting Chips)

mazokie – $1,085.66 (42,445 Starting Chips)

vader46 – $1,085.66 (10,631 Starting Chips)

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2009 Christmas Promo at CarbonPoker – win $17,500 in cash!
Posted by Comb Over-Under on 3rd December 2009

Christmas is here all month long at CarbonPoker!

The 2009 Xmas promo features tons of prizes, cash, swag, coupons and more.

It runs all December long and to get into the action, all you need to do is click the “Activate Santa” link in your player admin. From there, you’ll be working your way through Santa’s Checklist to win throughout the month. Basically, go through the ‘tasks’ and you will be on easy street. There are a few tough ones, so watch out for clues.

santa check list

As you can see, you can win over $17,500 in cash at CarbonPoker this month!

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Thanksgiving Jackpot Final Total: $28,995
Posted by Comb Over-Under on 1st December 2009

Turkey Grand SlamNovember has come and gone. The turkey was stuffed, leftovers have been pillaged and football was watched.

There’s just one more thing to do before we fully dive into December: play the Turkey Grand Slam.

This Saturday, December 5th, the top 128 players on the Turkey Grand Slam Leaderboard will face off in a unique starting stack heads up tournament. The best part? The jackpot is going to weigh in at a hefty $28,995. Over $28K was built up over the month from a meager seed of $2,500 from CarbonPoker.

As you know, half the funds from the special Turkey SnGs kept building up this massive total. Nicely done, guys.

Congrats to the top 5 finishers in the Leaderboard. They’re definitely favorites to win, but it a tourney like this, anything can happen.

1 LTUFlawless  301,900
2 mazokie  288,336
3 Ebener2012  208,742
4 UShdFold9  157,330
5 scidles23  138,900

Keep your eyes peeled for December’s great promo! More to come from CarbonPoker

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$500 Added Thanksgiving Tourney This Thursday
Posted by Comb Over-Under on 25th November 2009

Here’s a little something to be thankful for:

This Thursday (November 26), CarbonPoker is happy to announce a Special $500 added Freezeout Tourney. We’re increasing the value of a tournament that should be packed with players.

The tournament is open to ALL CarbonPoker players, so be sure to get in there.

Details:

  • Special Thanksgiving Freezeout – $500 Added
  • 19:15 Carbon Server Time.
  • Scheduled/Special
  • Texas Hold’em
  • Buyin:  $5.00 + $0.50 or 550 VIP Points
  • Register: Now!
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Thanksgiving Jackpot hits $25K
Posted by CarbonPoker on 25th November 2009

Turkey SlamYou turkey grinders have really been at it. On November 1st, CarbonPoker seeded the Grand Prize of the Turkey Grand Slam with $2,500. Since then, players in special Turkey SnGs have fattened it up to $25,660+.

That’s a lot of bucks! The top 128 Players in the Thanksgiving Leaderboard will duke it out in a heads up grand slam tourney.

There is still time to get into the top 128, so get in there! Your standing on the Leaderboard will determine your unique starting stack in the $25K+ tourney.

Don’t forget the value added Thanksgiving Tournament that is set to go off tomorrow. Details coming soon!

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New Blogger at CarbonPoker – Welcome to Cousins of Ron Mexico
Posted by Cousins of Ron Mexico on 19th November 2009

cousins of ron mexicoThings are starting to get a lot busier at CarbonPoker lately. Our Bad Beat Jackpot is going off, tourneys are getting bigger each week and more players are coming through the door — we’re expanding. The blog is no different and we’re bringing a new member into the family: Cousins of Ron Mexico. He’s a noted online blogger and player at Carbon.

Hello, my name is Stephen. I’m an avid poker player and over the next 100 years I’m going to be sharing some of my poker-playing experiences with you. I know what you’re thinking – 100 years? That’s a really long time. Well, I’m such a dedicated player (and blogger) that I agreed to contribute to Carbon Poker over the next 100 years.

You may recognize my name from the first two Carbon Poker blogger tournaments. I won the first ever CPBT and finished second in the… second. It took a wick beat to bump me from a second straight victory, but I’m not hear to talk about that. Nobody likes to hear someone else’s bad beat stories, right?

Over the next 100 years, I’ll be talking poker strategy and just generally trying to get a discussion going about the best way to play. I don’t have a fool-proof system and don’t think that anyone does. Just because you play aces perfectly one hand doesn’t mean anything the next time you are fortunate enough to have them.

To me, poker is like tennis, but with a lot less movement. Except in tennis, you know exactly how many games you have to win to win the match. Poker can go on forever. So maybe its more like cricket? I’m not really familiar enough with that sport to know if that works. Maybe its more like baseball. No, wait. Its just like poker.

Its a beautiful game that can be infinitely frustrating and yet provide hours of boredom intertwined with moments of joy. No matter how good you get at poker, you’re always in danger of losing to someone who is just awful. That poker, she’s a cruel mistress. I’ll try to deal with that and in turn, help you guys deal with it. And maybe – just maybe – we’ll teach each other something along the way. Now get back to those virtual tables. There’s poker to be played.

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High Stakes Action Picking up at CarbonPoker
Posted by CarbonPoker on 16th November 2009

carbonpokerpicHeads up action at CarbonPoker is really starting to heat up. Our Death Valley Heads Up table is reaching new heights with players waiting to take on top competition.

Even the rails are heating up with numerous spectators for these hands.

With thousands of dollars swinging from hand to hand, the mid-day excitement is really hitting its peak.

If you want to see the action, or get in on it yourself, login to CarbonPoker and hit the $25/$50 Tables.

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Friday the 13th Thanksgiving Jackpot Update
Posted by Comb Over-Under on 13th November 2009

13k TurkeySince it’s Friday the 13th, I decided to bring you some good luck news.

As you can see (from my expert screen cap + cropping skillzzzz), the Thanksgiving Jackpot is now over $13K! You guys are hitting the Special Turkey SitNGos hard right now.

We are almost halfway through the month, so there is still time to crack your way into the top 128 players on the Leaderboard and become eligible for a unique starting stack in our Thanksgiving Heads up Grand Slam Finale.

Interested? I thought so.

Track the Leaderboard here and look for the Turkey SnGs in the player admin.

Bring yourself some luck this Friday the 13th, and compete for this growing jackpots.

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Thanksgiving Jackpot is now over $10K!
Posted by Comb Over-Under on 9th November 2009

10K TurkeyI’m sure you guys all know about the 2009 Thanksgiving Promo at CarbonPoker. The special Turkey SitNGos are in the admin, the leaderboard is changing daily, and now the jackpot is over $10K and it’s only November 9.

Half of each Turkey SnG goes into the Jackpot for the top 128 players on the leaderboard – so there is still time to crack into a good spot on the leaderboard and be eligible for a piece of the ever-expanding prize pool.

As of this afternoon (pictured) the official count is $10,767.90. We’ll hit $11K soon, and then keep going. We seeded the Jackpot with $2,500, and now it’s all up to you guys.

Keep playing and watch it grow!

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