One of the hottest things to happen in the online poker world these days is the new poker game Rush Poker courtesy of Full Tilt Poker.  Rush Poker is a new poker game designed to eliminate downtime.  Once you fold a hold, you move onto a new hand at a completely new table.  Right now it is currently offered in micro and low stakes NLHE, Omaha, and Limit holdem varieties.  Poker Training Sites all over should be rushing to put out their own Rush Poker Strategy videos.  Here are some sites that do:

Deucescracked has just released a rush poker video by mdm13 detailing what to know about rush poker, as well as some ghosting of his rush poker play in action.

Jon "Soccermom5" Ettinger from PokerVT has released a new Rush Poker series.  If you want to signup for PokerVT this month, use pokervt bonus code FEBRUARY to save 20% off your activation.

SixPeppers of Cardrunners has a multi table rush poker $100nl video out

Dr. Giggy of BlueFire Poker has a video titled "Rush Poker Baby"

Expect to see a lot more rushpoker videos to be released in the next while, especially while its still super hot!!!

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — February 1, 2010 — Emerging poker training site
DragTheBar.com (www.dragthebar.com) announced today it has added six new coaches
to its already impressive roster. This month, former Stoxpoker.com instructors Matt
“mbolt1” Bolt, Paul “Giantbuddha” Hoppe, and Stosh “Hatebicycles” McConnell will be
joined by Matt “forcewithme9” Amen, Greg “zerosum79” Jones and Jake “7Delux7”
Wilkins as new teachers at DragTheBar.com.

February began much as January ended, with DragTheBar.com making major news in the
online poker world. Last month saw DragTheBar.com make two game-changing
announcements: First, that legendary player-coach Dusty “leatherass9” Schmidt had
joined the site; and second, that the company had acquired training site PokerSwat.com
and its library of 240 poker videos.

“We definitely have some terrific momentum,” said DragTheBar.com CEO Hunter Bick,
who started the poker training site in May with partners Phil Nagy and Korey Gillis. “The
six guys we’re adding are not just great players; they’re great teachers, too. They know
how to relate to players across the poker spectrum and help them make significant
improvements. Our members are really going to be happy about this news.”
DragTheBar.com now has 17 coaches teaching cash and tournament play in its poker
training lineup.

Bolt is a no-limit player who routinely plays as high as $50-$100, with occasional shots
at the nosebleed games. He’s played the game professionally for two years, and is an
original protégé of Schmidt’s. “Bolt is a very creative player,” Bick said. “He never auto-pilots. He’s constantly
thinking up new plays to confuse opponents and apply pressure. He’ll teach our members
how to think on their feet and evolve their games.” McConnell is a mid-stakes grinder at no-limit, playing as high as $10-$20.
“Stosh is very successful at mid-stakes,” Bick said. “He wins at close to 4BB/100 and
he’s got a lot of experience teaching and making impressive videos. I know our members
are really going to be pleased with what they see.”

Amen is a popular small-stakes no-limit grinder who has dominated there for a long time.
“Matt is very recognizable at his limits,” Bick said. “He’s a very charismatic, funny guy,
and he makes the learning experience enjoyable.” Bick said Bolt, McConnell and Amen complement each other nicely.
“Amen plays a tighter style than most,” he said. “Bolt is more wild and crazy, and Stosh
is sort of an average between the two. The three of them together strengthen our no-limit
lineup immensely. Now we have three pros who crush the stakes from $1-$2 to $50-$100
with three different styles. That’s a ton of variety and experience.”
Hoppe will be DragTheBar.com’s first limit hold’em coach. He is a 2BB/100 winner at
$10-$20 and has well over a year’s worth of experience making videos and coaching
private students. His videos are often a hybrid of live play or analysis and lesson-style
presentations.

“I’ve always been particularly impressed with Hoppe’s videos,” said Bick. “He’s also a
very active forum member and is currently pursuing SuperNova Elite on Pokerstars.com.
His extreme work ethic makes him a tremendous fit at DragTheBar.com.”
On the tournament side, Jones is a sit ‘n’ go specialist with an extensive amount of
private coaching experience. Bick said his training videos will typically be delivered in a
lesson or presentation style. His expertise is in teaching low-limit sit ‘n’ goes.
“Greg is very popular with his students,” Bick said. “Bringing Greg and Jake on indicates
that tournament poker won’t take a back seat to cash games on our site. We’re looking to
have an even distribution of tournament and cash coaches, and this is a step in that
direction.”

Wilkins has been very successful at multi-table tournaments. Last month he won his
second Pocketfives.com Triple Crown and the $500 PLO tournament at the Pokerstars
Caribbean Adventure.

“Jake’s extensive experience and enthusiasm for poker coaching make him an exciting
addition,” Bick said. “A strong tournament game can make some enormous rewards
possible, and it’s very important to us that we have coaches that can make those big six
and seven-figure scores a real possibility for our members.”

DragTheBar.com boasts affordable memberships and rakeback options at a variety of
poker rooms. The site’s poker-training videos and poker software are not digital-rights
managed (no DRM) and are compatible with iPods and other MP3 players. Alongside
poker, the site also offers backgammon, coached by world champion Bill Robertie.

There is no sign-up fee for joining DragTheBar.com, which has one membership level for
all stakes and multiple payment options. The site is presently offering a 7-day free trial to
all prospective members.

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DragTheBar.com Announces Acquisition of Poker Training Site PokerSwat.com

Addition of 240 new videos is latest big announcementfrom emerging poker training site

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — January 18, 2010 —

     Emerging poker training site DragTheBar.com (www.dragthebar.com) announced today it has acquired anothertraining site, PokerSwat.com (www.pokerswat.com), and its library of 240 pokercoaching videos. The move makes DragTheBar.com the first training site to acquire another and integrate its entire poker video library.  The news comes hard on the heels of DragTheBar.com’s announcement last week that ithad added legendary player/coach Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt to its coaching team. 

CEO Hunter Bick, who founded DragTheBar.com in June with partners Phil Nagy and Korey Gillis, said buying PokerSwat.com strengthens his site immeasurably.“We have 11 amazing coaches, and they’re putting up great training videos all the time,”Bick said. “But given that we’re a start-up, we felt our video library was a little light.Now it’s as robust as anything you’ll find out there. We’ve got tremendous momentum now, as our depth has been increased significantly.”Bick said the PokerSwat.com videos will be integrated into his company’s library over the next 60 days. He also said some PokerSwat.com coaches may migrate to DragTheBar.com, though it’s still to be determined who might be making the move.

PokerSwat.com is Ireland-based and was owned by PokerSwat Ltd. The site went live in Nov. 2008 and has approximately 1,000 total members. PokerSwat.com had stopped producing new content over the past several months, but Bick said DragTheBar.com will honor PokerSwat.com’s obligations to its members. Both parties mutually agreed that moving forward DragTheBar would honor any and allmemberships that were currently active from the date of purchase. Both parties main concern was making sure members continue to receive high quality poker training. Bick went on to say the PokerSwat.com acquisition “adds a lot of value” to existing DragTheBar.com members.“In addition to the great coaching content they’ve been receiving, now our members will be able to view an additional 240 poker training videos,” Bick said. “We’ll have No-Limit videos by great coaches like Ozzy87 and Traheho, and even Pot-Limit Omahavideos by the likes of Gavz101 and Roundtower.”

About DragTheBar.com

DragTheBar.com boasts some of the world’s top online poker coaches, all of whom are active in the site’s forums, as well as free membership options with rakeback at a variety of poker rooms.The site’s poker training videos and poker software are not DRM’d and are compatible withiPods and other MP3 players. In addition to poker, the site also offers backgammon videoscoached by world champion Bill Robertie.There is no sign-up fee for joining DragTheBar.com, which has one membership level for allstakes and multiple payment options. The site is presently offering a 7-day free trial to allprospective members. Press contact: Phil Nagy 877-494-8331 phil@dragthebar.com

Great news for the poker training industry as some of the much needed consolidation starts off in 2010.  The combined library should make the new Drag the Bar poker training site amongst the top training sites out there.  Feel free to read ptg's DragtheBar review as well as our PokerSwat review to see what you can learn from.

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Each Seminar will be held prior to the start of the Championship event of the day and will specialize in whatever discipline is being played that day. The seminars will be comprised of a 90 minute tutorial and 30 minute Q&A session. The 2 Months $2 Million cast will also be hosting an intensive, 4 hour session prior to the start of the main event to give you the best shot at securing your Aussie Millions Championship bracelet!

The schedule of Academy Seminars will be as follows:

Participating in the Aussie Millions Academy will be the Deuces Cracked Executive producers and all members of the hit poker show 2 Months 2 Million.  Deucescracked instructors at the Aussie Millions include: Jay "Krantz" Rosenkrantz, Emil "whitelime" Patel, Dani "Ansky" Stern, Brian "Flawless_Victory" Roberts, Aaron "WiltonTilt" Wilt, Dan "DJ Sensei" Morris, Vanessa "fslexcduck" Selbst, Josh "sthief09" Plotkin, Andrew "BelugaWhale" Seidman, Chuck "danzasmack" Danielsson, and Joe Tall.

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