Pavel Impris - Coach Introducing

"Long time ago" as I was 17 I made acquaintance of Rustem Saparov. After he became a pro-poker-player, he asked me if I would like to learn how to make money with poker. I already got some small experience with cashgame FL, but my knowledge was very poor.
In the end of 2010 Rustem began to coach me and showed me how to play SnG`s. I started with a bankroll of $50 at the first limit of FTP and within a few months my bankroll grew up to $6,000. After "Black Friday" I didn`t play for a short time, but later I made a new start at PokerStars. Now I´m playing $15 SnG`s and made about $7,500 in this time.
As my friend Rustem Saparov introduced me in poker, I now do the same as beginner coach for Poker-Mate.

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Rustem Saparov - Coach Introduction

I started to play Poker in 2006 with Freerolls. That’s why I never did cash in a cent at any Pokerroom. With my first winnings, I started to hit the micro limits and built my bankroll to 7k until 2007. In 2008 I decided to invest all my free time in Poker and grinded from 200NL to 400NL and won over 100k until the end of 2008 . Subsequently I stopped to play Online-Poker and turned to the Affiliate Business . I made about 47k with that.

Since 2010 I am playing Online-Poker again. In order to prepare for Live-Tournaments I practiced with Sit ‘n Goes online (FTP , OnGame, PS) . At Full Tilt Poker I climbed up the regular way: From 3-Dollar-SNG’s to 20-Dollar-SNG’s. Within two months I was as a Regular at the highest SNG-limits at up to 24 tables at the same time. In 2011 I signed a pro-contract with Towergaming. The platform rewarded my former success at their platform. Sponsored by Towergaming I played all the biggest Live-Series in Europa : EPT, WPT, GSOP, GCOP, A-Serie and other's.

Besides playing I always used to coach and I love that. Two of my former students who started without knowing the rules of the game are now semi-pros. One went from 10FL to 200NL and the other one from 1-Dollar SNG’s to 15-Dollar-SNG’s on a regular basis. I am ready to coach SNG’s individually via Skype-Teamviewer at Poker-Mate.

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Industry Rumors

Rumors are rampant of a possible split on the iPoker and Ongame networks that may result in the creation of secondary networks, completely split from the original. iPoker2 and ON2 anyone? We are keeping an eye on the situation and will update you when any official announcements are made.

In other industry news, Bodog.com gets shutdown as Calvin Ayre along with three Bodog website operators are indicted for breaking Maryland state laws. Bodog's current operations under the new label Bovada remains unaffected.

Last week, Federal Prosecutors in Maryland unsealed an indictment against former Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre, the founder of Bodog. The site was once one of the world's largest online gambling companies, but has been inactive for quite some time. The indictment accuses Ayre of operating an illegal gambling business involving sports betting as well as conspiring to commit money laundering. The DoJ and Homeland Security also saw fit to seize the inactive web domain of Bodog.com as part of their sanctions being levied against Ayre and the site.

The flamboyant Ayer became a central figure from within the online gambling industry when he was the focus of a 2006 Forbes.com cover story titled "Catch Me If You Can" where Ayers said "we run a business that can't actually be described as gambling in each country we operate in. But when you add it together, it's Internet gambling." For years after, Ayers was able to dodge US law enforcement agencies despite continuing to operate questionable operations of online sports betting and casino games to US gamblers. Source: RTR

We will keep you updated!

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Merge Gaming's first tournament series "Poker Maximus"

Merge Gaming Network runs huge promotions in march including Merge Gaming's first tournament series: The Poker Maximus. The Poker Maximus guarantees over $1.5 Million in prize pools during March, running from 4th-25th including 70 events.

The Poker Maximus tournament series includes following events:

- $85,000 Guaranteed Poker Maximus High Roller Main Event ($215 Buyin)
- $ 100,000 Guaranteed Poker Maximus Deepstack Main Event ($530 Buyin)
- Minimum $200,000 Guaranteed Main Event, with at least $50,000 Guaranteed to the winner ($109 Buyin)
- Over $25,000 in bonus prizes for those who finish in the top 100 on the leaderboard or play in the tournament of champions
- Players Choice tournament – an event decided by the players

Visit the Poker Maximus website for the full schedule.

If you didnt sign up for a Merge Gaming Skin yet, we highly recommend to give Black Chip Poker a try. New Black Chip Poker players receive a fantastic 150% up to $750 welcome bonus and 10 % instant (on first deposit) with bonus code BCP750. In addition BCP players receive up to 45 % Cashback on top of a monthly $ 10 k Rake Race.

If you sign up with us for Black Chip Poker, you will automatically participate in our monhtly $ 2,000 Affiliate Race. Please click here for more information.

Please visit our website for the full BCP review.

Upcoming and Current Promotions @ BlackChip

$1.5M GTD: The Poker Maximus (NEW): This tournament series starting March 4 involves 70 tournaments over three weeks and will pay out over $1.5Million guaranteed.

$10,000 Rake Race: Once again, $10,000 will be given this month, the leader board will be updated daily here:

Instant 10% bonus for new players up to $30: This offer is available to new players on their initial deposit in addition to the first deposit bonus – No bonus code is necessary, the bonus will be awarded automatically.

45% VIP Top-Up Promotion: On top of the $10K rake race this month BCP will ‘top up’ your rewards based on the below scale

Rake	Reward %
$20 - $499	20%
$500 - $999	25%
$1,000 - $2,499	40%
$2,500++	45%

Note: Unless you have already opted in previously, players must email vip@blackchippoker.com with ‘45% offer’ in the subject to opt in to this promo. If you have already opted in previously to our “Top Up” Offer we will include you automatically.

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Link Exchange

This site is still under construction and we are looking for people interested in a link exchange for our blogroll and/ or main site Poker-Mate.com.

If you own a website or blog with poker related content, we invite you to send us a proposal to service@poker-mate.com.

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Introducing Rustem Saparov

Rustem Saparov, the Puma, was born in Moscow. He and his family moved to Berlin when he was 15 years old. In 2006 he began to play freeroll-tournaments in no-limit-hold'em and built a small bankroll. In september 2007 his father, a well known scientist, died suddenly, the doctor's had diagnosed his lung-cancer too late. Caused by the death of his father, Rustem Saparov and his mother were drawn into financial distress (a huge bill from the lawyer, the missing income from the father, etc.). Therefore the Puma began to play poker on the internet more frequently – and won a huge amount of money at „Towergaming“ within a year. Thanks to these winnings, Saparov was able to help himself and his mother. Saparov never did cash-in even a cent, he only had to transfer his winnings from the bankrupt “Pokerroom” to “Towergaming”.

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