Last updated 25.07.08.
German/French/Russian versions of Nutspoker.com
German, French & Russian translations of Nutspoker.com are currently in preparation and will be launched in the coming weeks.
Beat The Pro!
Nutspoker's pro player Nadim Shabou will be playing online in various bounty tournaments in August - knock him out to claim your cash prize!
See the Nutshouse promotions page for details.
Nutspoker software available in Russian
A Russian-language version of the Nutspoker software is now available for download.
Double Your Nuts SNG
Watch out for the upcoming Double Your Nuts Sit & Go tournaments, where 50% of all players will double their money!
Welcome To Omaha HiLo! $100 Freeroll
On 06.07.08 at 17:00 GMT we'll be holding a $100 Omaha HiLo freeroll. Entry is free for all registered Nutspoker players.
You're Nuts!
If you are nuts enough to actually win a tournament with the hand 7-2 offsuit, your insanity could win you a $50 bonus - see our Nutshouse promotions page for details.
Maintenance downtime on 17.06.08
A maintenance period has been scheduled for 17.06.08 between 04:00 and 06:00 GMT.
During this time you may be unable to play at Nutspoker and we advise you not to log in until the maintenance has been completed.
We apologise for the inconvenience and will try to complete the necessary work in as short a time as possible.
$2,500,000 Guaranteed Tournament
A monster tournament with one of the biggest prize pools ever seen in online poker is coming up soon - details of the qualifying structure are available on our network promotions page
Welcome To Omaha! $100 Freeroll
On 06.06.08 at 19:00 GMT we'll be holding a $100 Omaha freeroll. Entry is free for all registered Nutspoker players.
Billionth Hand winners at Nutspoker
Congratulations to the players N1nj4, TheNameNone, makemeluck, DrunkCowboy and yenomruteglliw who all recently picked up prizes in the Billionth Hand promotion - and especially to Luke1235 who managed it twice!
New betting slider in poker software
The betting slider for both cash tables and tournaments has been revamped. Tabs have been added to the top of the betting slider to indicate useful pot marks. Pressing a pot-mark tab updates the Raise
To amount, although the player must still approve the raise amount by clicking the Raise To button.
The All-in button has been removed from its original location, and an All-In pot-mark tab has been added to the new betting slider. This means that players will have to confirm the amount before going all-in.
The buttons' appearance is dependent on the hand status. Pre-flop buttons are indicated by increments of minimum bets, while the post-flop buttons are indicated by portions of the current pot (1/2 pot, pot and so forth).
The buttons appear only if they are relevant. If a button indicates an obsolete pot mark (for example lower than the minimum bet), it will not appear and the next relevant pot button will appear instead.
The raise logic was changed from raise by to raise to:
When the player uses the betting slider to raise, the amount determined appears on the Raise To button and players must then confirm the raised amount by clicking the Raise To button to submit the bet.
When a player has bet or raised and was re-raised by another player, the Raise To button includes the former bets/raises made by the player together with the amount on the Raise To button which indicates the total bet made by the player in the betting round. Betting rounds are: Pre-flop bet, post flop bet, post-turn bet and post-river bet.
Example:
Player A, B and C are playing a 1/2 NL game.
Player A posts Small Blinds ($1)
Player B posts Big Blind ($2).
Player C raises to $4
Player A now wants to raise to $7 ($3 more than Player C's raise).
If the player determined the amount $7 using the slider, the Raise To button shows Raise to $7, meaning the total amount Player A has on the table is $7.
ThaUnknown wins Countdown Hand
Congratulations to ThaUnknown who won countdown hand # 957600000 in the Billionth Hand promotion for a bonus of $291.67!
Fresh Nuts Freerolls starting in May
Starting on 04.05.08 a Fresh Nuts freeroll will run each Sunday at 13:00 GMT for new players. See the Nutshouse promotion page for details.
Omaha Freerolls in May
From May 1st - 14th we'll be running daily Nuts Points Omaha freerolls, keep an eye on the promotions page for details.
LooseAbuse wins $12,500 GP tournament
Congratulations to LooseAbuse who won the $12,500 GP tournament on 14.04.08, taking down the first prize of $3,146.85!
Padrinhooo wins $6,250 in High Roller tournament
Congratulations to player padrinhooo who took 3rd place in the $50,000 High Roller tournament on 07.04.08 for a tasty $6,250 payday!
Show Us Your Nuts Boys! : Results
The first Show Us Your Nuts, Boys! tournament took place on April 1st, 2008. Five men and five women made the final table, but the women proved stronger, knocking out three men, while the men weren't able to knock out any women!
In fact, a certain RussConnor was the only man at the table who knocked another player out, with the girls taking care of everyone else... come on, boys, this isn't good enough, I'll expect a better performance next time!
RussConnor (M) knocked out zajkowski (M)
Angelsshare (F) knocked out freizeit (M)
rabbitJGP (F) knocked out ramoniqpink (F)
Angelsshare (F) knocked out RussConnor (M)
znichka (F) knocked out lesamisdekovy (M)
Angelsshare (F) knocked out tikitanuts (F)
znichka (F) knocked out Angelsshare (F)
znichka (F) knocked out rabbitJGP (F)
znichka (F) knocked out Kazantsev (M)
On 04.05.2008 at 14:00 GMT the girls will once again issue the challenge: Show us your nuts, boys!
Scheduled maintenance downtime
A maintenance period has been scheduled for 02.04.08 between 03:00 and 09:00 BST.
During this time you may be unable to play at Nutspoker and we advise you not to log in until the maintenance has been completed.
We apologise for the inconvenience and will try to complete the necessary work in as short a time as possible.
Nutspoker signs pro player
Professional player Nadim Shabou has signed for Nutspoker; we'll be sending him to Las Vegas to play the World Poker Tour. Nadim will write a daily blog about his experiences there, giving insights into the life of a professional poker player, and will also be available to answer your questions about poker and life in general - see our promotions page for details.
Show Us Your Nuts, Boys!
On 01.04.08 we'll be running a tournament with a difference, where it's all about the boys against the girls - with prizes for the players at the final table knocking out a person of the opposite sex! See our Ladies' Lounge page for details.
ILoveYouBaby wins Let The Nuts Loose tournament
Congratulations to ILoveYouBaby on winning the $1000 added Let The Nuts Loose event with a playing style which can't be described as "aggressive" - more like "psychotic"!
Eggstravaganza $200 freerolls
On 21.03.08 we're running two $200 freerolls, entry is open to all our players - see the promo page for details.
Ladies' Lounge winners
After two hard-fought contests the Russian girls came out on top in both of the inaugural Ladies' Lounge tournaments - congratulations to Moskvi4ka and alinjonok!
Ladies' Lounge 2 x $250 freerolls
On March 8th, International Women's Day, we're running two $250 freerolls for the ladies, see the Ladies' Lounge page for details.
Let The Nuts Loose! $1000 added tournament
We're running a $1 tournament with $1000 added to the prize pool on 15.03.08 - see the promo page for details.
Open letter to all poker players
We received an open letter from a player recently which comes from the heart and we liked it so much we decided we ought to publish it here.
Token prizes added to Daily Freerolls
As from 27.02.08 the top five finishers in the Nutspoker Daily Freerolls will also win a $1+$0.20 Sit'n'Go tournament token.
EPT San Remo & Genting Stanley satellites
We have two new super satellite promotions to big live tournaments, the EPT San Remo and the Genting Stanley UK Poker Championship - see our network promotions page for details.
Ladies' Lounge launching in March
As previously promised the Ladies' Lounge section for our women players is nearing completion and will launch on March 8th, International Women's Day.
Depositors' Freerolls starting 16.02.2008
For a limited time Nutspoker will be running weekly Depositors' Freerolls, exclusively available for all Nutspoker players who make a deposit. Entry to these tournaments is via token only. See our Nutshouse promo page for details.
Poker software tips
We've added a section to the Nuts Academy explaining the various functions of the poker software.
Knock me out!
Your poker host Russ Connor will be playing the occasional tournament in future - and if you knock him out he'll pay you a bonus, keep checking the promotions page for details and updates as to which tournaments he'll be playing.
IcantFold27 cleans up in the daily freerolls
Congratulations and a special mention to IcantFold27, who became the first player to win two consecutive daily freerolls on January 14th/15th! If his name tells the truth it should be obvious how to beat him - but nobody could!
Reload Bonus
A new reload bonus is running from January 15th - 31st - take advantage of it to add a few more dollars to your account!
Let The Nuts Loose! : interrupted tournament
Due to a problem on the poker network server the second of the two Let The Nuts Loose freerolls was interrupted; this tournament will be rescheduled for a later date, watch this space for updates.
Nutspoker Academy online
Enrol in the Nuts Academy and sharpen your poker skills. If you can't learn something here try something else like morris dancing or fashion design - poker isn't for you!
New network promotions
There are three new big promotions on the network promotions page:
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$2,000,000 Guaranteed Tournament
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High Rollers Tournament
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Cash Table Leaderboard
Contact addresses
Please note that the contact address support@nutspoker.com is available 24 hours a day; this is the address you should write to with any questions you may have. The address russ@nutspoker.com is NOT available 24 hours per day and is intended only for feedback purposes. I try to answer every email sent to this address, but please be aware that it can take time.
Daily Freerolls increased to $300
The Nutspoker Daily Freerolls are increasing to $300 from 04.01.2008, top thirty paid. In response to your feedback we have reduced the registration period to two hours before the tournament begins, to reduce the number of sit-outs. The registration period for the Nuts Asylum tournaments is now also two hours before the tournaments begin.
Interrupted tournaments
Our apologies for the interrupted Daily Freeroll and Nuts Asylum tournaments on 30.12.07. Unfortunately tournaments across the entire network were affected, but things are back to normal again and affected players have been compensated. The players in the Nutspoker Freeroll have received their bonus dollars according to their positions at the time of the interruption and the Nuts Asylum tournaments will continue next Sunday as usual.
Let The Nuts Loose!
On January 12th & 13th we'll be running TWO $1,000 freerolls for all the inmates of the Nuthouse - see our pjromotions page for details.
Invite your Fellow Nuts!
Invite your friends into the Nuthouse and earn a little cash for doing so - see our Fellow Nuts page for details.
Tournament guarantees pass $10,000,000
The monthly network guaranteed prize pools have been steadily growing and are now in excess of $10,000,000 - so check the tournament schedule and get playing to grab your share of it
Nuts Points Xmas Tournaments
Some particularly juicy Nuts Points tournaments are coming up during the festive season - check the promotions page for details.
Hall Of Fame tournaments starting in December
For the Nuts who make it into our Hall Of Fame each month, we'll be running exclusive invitation-only Hall Of Fame tournaments.
Second Daily Freeroll starting on 03.12.07.
As from December 3rd a second $200 Daily Freeroll will start - every day at 09:00 GMT.
Second Nuts Asylum tournament starting on 02.12.07.
Nuts belong in the asylum! The asylum is getting popular, so we've decided to add a second one - starting in December there will be two tournaments every Sunday, at 10:00 and 16:00 GMT. The new tournament should prove to be at a more friendly time for our Australian & Asian nuts, we hope!
Nutspoker Daily Freerolls increased to $200 per day
Our daily freerolls are growing day by day, so we've decided to increase the prize pool to $200 in each tournament. There is some absolutely shocking play in evidence - we've seen a player, who shall remain forever anonymous, call an all-in bet on the river, with a board showing four hearts and three overcards. The player's hand? 9-3 of diamonds... ok, let's be charitable, maybe this particular player can't differentiate between hearts and diamonds?!?
So, you know what to do - register for the daily freeroll and act like a shark, there are some VERY tasty fish on the menu!
Changes to rebuy tournaments from 27.11.07.
As from November 27th, 2007, there will be some changes to our rebuy tournaments.
From this date onwards a player will be able to rebuy as soon as his/her chip stack is equal to or lower than the starting stack – in other words a player can “double up” via a rebuy right from the beginning of a tournament.
The rebuy button will automatically appear in front of the dealer as long as a player can still rebuy (always assuming the tournament is still at a rebuy stage and the player has not yet reached the maximum number of rebuys permitted).
The calculation for players’ eligibility for a rebuy is made at the beginning of a hand. This means that even if the player then wins the hand during which he has re-bought, he will still receive his rebuy.
All players who are eligible for a rebuy before the start of the add-on break will receive a pop-up message asking if they would like to rebuy (they will still have the option to add-on). Once the add-on break has started, the button will disappear for all players.
Athenrye wins inaugural Nutspoker Daily Freeroll tournament
Congratulations to athenrye on winning the first of our daily freerolls, and then following that up with a win in the Nuts Asylum tournament too – who’s going to take him down?!?
Silver991 wins inaugural Nuts Asylum tournament
Congratulations to Silver991, who won the first Nuts Asylum tournament, beating our own Russ Connor heads-up to finish first out of 73 players!
Nutspoker Daily Freerolls starting 15.11.07.
Nutspoker freerolls are now exclusively available for all registered NutsPoker players and are free to enter - simply download & install the software and set up your account.
Nutspoker freerolls have a prize pool of $100, with the top ten players being paid. They run every evening at 19:00 GMT.
New promotions pages!!
One promotions page just isn't enough for us, so we created two: the exclusive Nutspoker promotions are increasing almost as quickly as Phil Ivey's chipstack!
And don't forget to keep checking the network promotions page, that one's expanding almost as fast as Russ Connor's waistline...
Cash-in Nuts Points function available
You can now cash in the Nuts Points you collect - see the Nuts Points page for details.
Nuts Asylum beginners' tournaments starting 11.11.07.
The Nuts Asylum tournaments are restricted tournaments running every Sunday at 16:00 GMT. Participation is restricted to players who have registered an account within the previous 90 days, therefore entitling only new players to a safe place in one of the Nuts Asylum events. This provides new Nuts with the perfect opportunity to experience a real money tournament environment without the disadvantage of playing against experienced sharks!
The Nuts Asylum events are No Limit Texas Hold’em multi-table tournaments. There is no entry fee, but a prize pool of $50, with the top ten finishers being paid.
Welcome to the News of the Nuts!
In this section we'll keep you up to date with all the happenings in the fast-developing world of NutsPoker - and there are going to be as many of those as there are incidents in a Victorian lunatic asylum on the night of a full moon!
Check back here regularly to find out what our poker-addled minds are up to.
By way of a sneak preview, here are just a few of the upcoming developments you'll see materialising at NutsPoker in the coming months:-
The Nuthouse
Don't take it the wrong way, but if you're reading this you're already an inmate in the Nuthouse!
This will be Nutspoker's equivalent of "care in the community" - a focal point on the web for all the aimlessly wandering poker nuts out there, including:-
- Nuts News : you're reading it...
- Featured Nuts : reports on some of our regular features.
- VIP Nuts : detailed information about our VIP levels program for all our players.
- Nuts Points : everything you need to know about the Nuts Points you automatically collect while playing and what you can do with them.
- Hall Of Fame : where we celebrate the winners at NutsPoker.
- Assorted Nuts : poker oddments & curios found in cardboard boxes in the basement of our office.
The Nuts Poker Academy
Yes, we hated going to school too (it tended to cut badly into our poker schedule), but this will be one school you'll be glad you attended.
If you can't learn something here, there's no hope for you - go and try morris dancing or fashion design instead!
Ladies' Lounge
An area of the NutsPoker world dedicated to our female players - because we all secretly know they're better - right?
Promotions
Keep an eye on the promo pages, you don't want to miss anything here!
Tournaments
Big tournaments, small tournaments, freeroll tournaments, national tournaments, player ranking tournaments, women's tournaments, beginners' tournaments, Nuts Points tournaments - take your pick!
Deutschsprachiger Inhalt
A German-language version of the Nutspoker & Nutshouse websites is in planning.
That's quite enough to be going on with for now - if you have any comments or suggestions about anything you'd particularly like to see at Nutspoker, send an email to : russ@nutspoker.com
Who knows what we might be able to do in between hands of poker!
Stay tuned, fellow nuts!
Russ Connor
Your Nutspoker host
