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PARTYCASINO.COM GOLD MEGA JACKPOT IS CURRENTLY THE BIGGEST IN ONLINE GAMING!

Gibraltar – 27^th August 2009 – The http://www.partycasino.com/ Gold Mega Jackpot recently climbed to over a staggering $3,535,000 and is still waiting to be hit! This jackpot is currently the biggest in online gaming!

A PartyCasino.com spokesman said: “The record Gold Mega Jackpot continues to grow and grow – it is currently the industry’s biggest jackpot waiting to be won! PartyCasino.com continues to rapidly expand its number of games. Newly licensed games have been added recently, more details of which will be released in the near future.”

Gold Mega Jackpot games at PartyCasino.com are: The Godfather, Mega Fortune Wheel, Super Joker, Super Mystic, Super Fortune Wheel and Super Star.

http://www.partycasino.com/ now offers over 130 games, including 91 slots, and pays out well over $10 million EVERY DAY to players. The world’s largest online casino continues to expand – in fact the number of games on PartyCasino.com has more than DOUBLED in just seven months and there are a lot more games to come! Recent popular additions include old school classics such as King Kong and Wheel of Fortune while the swinging musical interactive slot Sinatra has proved to be popular.

PARTYPOKER.COM WORLD OPEN V GOES TRIPLE STACK – QUALIFY ONLINE! SEXTON, ‘DURRRR’ AND ‘FULLFLUSH’ AMONGST THOSE CONFIRMED SO FAR

Gibraltar – 26th August 2009 – http://www.partypoker.com/ and Matchroom Sport are pleased to announce the dates and details for the PartyPoker.com World Open V! The event will take place from Sunday 11 October – Thursday 15 October 2009 in London. For the very first time the action will all take place in the prestigious Palm Beach Casino in the heart of Mayfair. The main changes this year are that the starting stacks have been tripled, with the tables now being eight seat in the heats and seven players in the final. The buy-in is $10,000, with a total prize pool of $480,000 – the winner scooping $250,000.

The 48 player field is yet to be fully confirmed with more details released in the near future but already lined-up is Mike Sexton, who was recently endorsed by Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu and most recently, Johnny Chan, for this year’s Poker Hall of Fame. Also in attendance will be PartyPoker.com’s newly sponsored grassroots players Remy Biechel from France, Felipe ‘Mojave’ Ramos from Brazil, the UK’s Ian Frazer and Germany’s Bodo Sbrzesny. The emphasis for the grassroots team is on VIPs, player loyalty and historic links to PartyPoker.com.

They will join a top field including Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, who is set to revive his rivalry with Luke ‘Fullflush’ Schwartz. In addition, James Akenhead from the WSOP Main Event November Nine® takes to the felt as well as the Asian Poker Tour’s ‘Poker Pack’ players JC Tran and Steve Sung. Other names confirmed at this stage include Jennifer Tilly, Phil Laak, Scott Fischman, Neil Channing, European Open V winner Roberto Romanello, defending World Open champion Marty Smyth, Andy Black, Neil Channing and Liam Flood.

This year there is the chance to qualify online for the prestigious tournament, coverage of which is shown on television in countries all over the world. Without full details being confirmed until now, the packages have already been incredibly popular and sought after on PartyPoker.com! The packages are worth $13,000 and include the buy-in, seven night’s accommodation and $1,000 spending money. The main $650+$50 satellite takes place every Sunday at 14.15 ET where a package will be awarded for every 20 players. Daily qualifiers start from as little as $3 while there is a satellite into Sunday’s main only satellite every day at 14.25 ET (except Sunday’s which is at 12.55 ET and is Speed).

For more details see: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/world_open2009.html

Eddie Hearn, Director of Matchroom Sport said: “Poker players have been crying out for a deeper stack TV tournament and now they’ve got their wish. With such a strong structure we will be hand-picking a dream line-up for the PartyPoker.com World Open V. We are also delighted to announce that it will be held at the Palm Beach Casino in the heart of Mayfair. With the change in structure and this amazing venue, the players are in for a real treat – now it’s over to them to show the world just what they can do.”

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “The online qualifiers for packages have already been extremely popular and that’s without firm details being confirmed! The opportunity for guaranteed television exposure and the fantastic field is without doubt very appealing.”

Belfast’s Marty Smyth scooped $250,000 after winning the PartyPoker.com World Open IV in May 2008. The final table featured a strong line-up that included Neil Channing, Marc “Mr Cool” Goodwin, Andy “The Spider” Ward, Dixie Dean and Ryan Fronda. The PartyPoker.com World Open III was won by 45-year-old former Sidcup betting shop owner Anthony Hardy, who triumphed over a final table that also featured Ian Cox, Ram Vaswani, David Rudling, Ian Frazer and eventual runner-up Ian Woodley. The winner in 2006 was Pippa Flanders, while in 2005 Lee Nelson won the inaugural event.

Commentary will be provided by Jesse May and the action will be first broadcast on Five in the UK later this year and then distributed internationally.

PARTYPOKER.COM WORLD OPEN IV – LONDON 25^th APRIL – 2^ND MAY 2008-05-02

1^st – $250,000 – MARTY SMYTH

2^nd – $100,000 – NEIL CHANNING

3^rd – $60,000 – MARC GOODWIN

4^th –  $30,000 – ANDY WARD

5^th – $25,000 – DIXIE DEAN

6^th -  $20,000 – RYAN FRONDA

PARTYPOKER.COM WORLD OPEN IV FINAL TABLE CHIP STACKS

444,000 MARTY SMYTH

388,000 NEIL CHANNING

192,000 ANDY WARD

180,000 MARC GOODWIN

120,000 DIXIE DEAN

76,000 RYAN FRONDA

NO LIMITS WHEN YOU RAID THE CASH MACHINE! PARTYPOKER.COM’S SPECIAL ATM OPENS IN SEPTEMBER!

Gibraltar – 24 August 2009 — The countdown is on to the www.PartyPoker.com fantastic new September promotion – there are no limits when you raid the Cash Machine!

The ‘Cash Machine’ runs from 0000 ET on September 1st until 23.59 on the 28th September. The premise is simple – the Cash Machine will convert PartyPoints into hard cash!

To get the amazing unlimited cash reward, a player has to earn 10 or more PartyPoints on at least 10 days during the promotion. At the end of the promotion, PartyPoker.com will look at the PartyPoints collected by every player on their 10 highest-earning days, then match the number of points you accumulated on the lowest of those days with a cash reward of $1 for every point earned.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “The Cash Machine opens next week. What is great about this exciting promotion is that every new day of the promotion gives players the chance to top their current lowest total and increase the cash prize.”

How the Cash Machine Works

If a player earns the following points on their10 highest-earning days:

Days one to three: 100 points per day

Days four to seven: 175 points per day

Days eight to ten: 150 points per day

The lowest daily points total in this period is 100, which means PartyPoker.com put in a $100 cash reward directly into a player’s Party Account.

There are up to 28 qualifying days and the cash machine bonus is only limited by the number of points earned: if a player’s lowest day’s points total is 1,000 points, PartyPoker.com gives you $1,000.

The minimum payout from this very special ATM is $10. If a player gets more than one point on 10 qualifying days but not up to 10 points to qualify for the minimum cash reward – they will be entered into the $25,000 Cash Machine freeroll, which takes place at 12:00 ET on Saturday, 3rd October. To partake in the freeroll freeroll players still have to accumulate at least one point on 10 qualifying days during the promotion.

For more information and terms and conditions see: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/cash_machine.html

VIVE LA FRANCE! PKR QUALIFIER TURNS US$5 INTO OVER $HK3,000,000! ADRIEN ALLAIN WINS 2009 ASIAN POKER TOUR MACAU MAIN EVENT

Macau – 23rd August 2009 – 23-year-old Adrien Allain from Rennes, France, is the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival Main Event Champion! He scooped HK$3,035,000 – a fantastic return on his investment of US$5 through an online satellite on PKR!

Allain, who recently turned professional said: “I’m overwhelmed, this is so wonderful. I qualified for this tournament through a $5 lottery tournament on PKR and end up beating all these top players. Vive La France!”

Allain, known by many as ‘zlatan35’ online, now aims to use the winnings as a bankroll to push forward his poker career. He impressively dominated the final table that included the likes of Poker Pack star JC Tran, Casey Kastle and David Steicke. No mean feat when this is your first major event and your biggest previous win is online and US$8,000! The runner-up was Inwook Choi from Korea. Choi got his money in with the best hand after pushing with AQ but Allain spiked a 3 on the flop and his A3 was enough to take the title. That said – Allain had been like a train since the first card was dealt and had Choi dominated 2,182,000/1,078,000 at the heads-up stage.

As Asian Poker Tour CEO Chris Parker expressed his congratulations, Adrien’s delighted group of supporters waved French flags in celebration as the Asian Poker Tour closing ceremony at the Starworld Hotel and Casino drew to its customary colourful conclusion. The crowd of supporters grew throughout the afternoon after the now legendary Asian Poker Tour Macau Party in the Presidential Suite the night before.

There were five small stacks on the final table and after shuffle up and deal was called by the world’s leading tournament director Matt Savage, the action was fast and furious. First out was Casey Kastle, who departed after the third hand on his third consecutive Asian Poker Tour final table appearance! He was followed very shortly by Winifred Yu, who came to the Starworld Hotel and Casino as a member of the crew for Chinese poker language film ‘Poker King’ and left with a HK$26,112 final table payout.

Christer Hallberg was next to exit, followed by Michael Woo. By this point Allain was making all the play and could do no wrong and had built himself a significant chip lead. In the background, dangermen JC Tran and David Steicke were lurking but the young Frenchman’s stack was continuing to tower. Next to go and out in fifth was Chris Chau, followed by Steicke – whose fourth place finish caps a memorable Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival for him which saw him also take down the Poker Pack High Rollers event.

What followed was a long session of small ball poker with Allain continuing to dominate, Inwook Choi holding up well and poker superstar JC Tran seriously short stacked but fighting back. In the end Inwook Choi’s queen high straight saw off Tran’s challenge, much to the disappointment of the large group of Poker Pack supporters on the rail. It has been a fantastic 12 day festival for The Poker Pack. Tran won The Poker Pack headhunter event and Korea, featuring Steve Sung, David Chino’ Rheem and Brandon Wong, won the inaugural JBET Battle of the Nations event. Quinn Do took down ‘The Poker King Movie’ Celebrity Charity event, while David ‘Chino’ Rheem won the HKGC  No Limit Hold ‘em R+A side event.

JC said “It has been a great 12 day festival for The Poker Pack – it is disappointing not to take down the Main Event but congratulations to Alain, he played good poker and is a deserving champion. To take down such a major tournament for just $5 is quite something – there’s no doubt he has great potential.”

Full details on all the hands can be found at: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2009-apt-macau/

Day 1B marked the start of filming of ‘Poker King,’ the first Chinese language poker film. Many, including the legendary Johnny Chan, predict the movie could have the ‘Rounders’ effect on the growth of poker in Asia. Five of the crew entered the Main Event with Hong Kong’s Winfred Yu making the final table! It would be fair to say that Poker King nearly had its own Poker King!

There was an encouragingly large regional contingent taking part in the event, with over 50% of the Day1A field from Asia. There were also plenty of well known names at the StarWorld Hotel and Casino including ‘The Poker Pack,’ John Juanda, Johnny Chan, Liz Lieu, James Akenhead of the WSOP Main Event November Nine, the in-form Stewart Scott, David Chiu, Ian Frazer, Praz Bansi, JP Kelly, Young Phan, Amnon Filippi, Casey Kastle, Steve Yea, David Steicke, Cecilia Nordenstam, Liv Boeree, Mel Judah, Karl Mahrenholz and Kim Wooka. Chan, Frazer, Scott and Wooka were amongst those that cashed. Last year’s champion Yevgeniy Timoshenko was also in attendance and failed to cash in the Main Event.

Tournament Director Matt Savage confirmed that there were a total of 326 runners, 133 on Day 1A and 193 on Day 1B. The total prize pool was HK$10,919,040 with first place HK$3,035,000. The buy-in for the Main Event was set at HK$34,400.  Last year’s event attracted 257 runners.

The Asian Poker Tour Macau hosted over 20 events with 15 official side events. Amongst the online networks which sent players were The Ongame Network, the iPoker Network and PartyPoker.com. In addition, online rooms BWin, PKR, Dafa Poker, JBET Poker, Betfriends, 888.com, Titan Poker, RedKings, 32Red, ChiliPoker, Winamax, BetSafe, PafPoker, The Asia Poker, JPL and PokerLoco are in on the action which guaranteed the significant online qualifier contingent. Sponsors of the side events and collaterals include the Hong Kong Game Club, DafaPoker, Dafa888, The Poker King Movie, JBet, PartyPoker.com, BWin, Zipang Casino, 777babycasino and PKR.

Full details can be found at http://www.asianpt.com/ and pictures can be downloaded from the site.

Videos capturing the action and atmosphere at the festival can be found at: http://www.asianpt.com/videos

2009 ASIAN POKER TOUR MACAU FESTIVAL – MAIN EVENT – FINAL TABLE PRIZE MONEY

1^st Adrien Allain (FR) HK$3,035,000

2^nd Inwook Choi HK$1,660,000

3^rd JC Tran (USA) HK$117,470

4^th David Steicke (Hong Kong)HK$91,378

5^th Chris Chau (Hong Kong)HK$65,279

6^th Michael Woo (Hong Kong)HK$52,223

7^th Christer Hallberg (Sweden) HK$39,167

8^th Winifred Yu (Hong Kong) HK$26,112

9^th Casey Kastle (Slovenia) HK$16,966

2009 ASIAN POKER TOUR MACAU FESTIVAL – MAIN EVENT – FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS

Seat 1: Casey Kastle (130,000) Slovenia
Seat 2: Winfred Yu (61,000) Hong Kong
Seat 3: David Steicke (876,000) Hong Kong
Seat 4: J.C. Tran (444,000) USA
Seat 5: Adrien Allain (482,000) France
Seat 6: Michael Woo (64,000) Hong Kong
Seat 7: Inwook Choi (934,000) Korea
Seat 8: Chris Chau (143,000) Hong Kong
Seat 9: Christer Hallberg (132,000) Sweden

2009 ASIAN POKER TOUR MACAU FESTIVAL MAIN EVENT FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS

1^st Adrien Allain (FR) HK$3,035,000

2^nd Inwook Choi HK$1,660,000

3^rd JC Tran (USA) HK$910,510

4^th David Steicke (Hong Kong)HK$708,300

5^th Chris Chau (Hong Kong)HK$506,000

6^th Michael Woo (Hong Kong)HK$404,800

7^th Christer Hallberg (Sweden) HK$303,600

8^th Winfred Yu (Hong Kong) HK$202,400

9^th Casey Kastle (Slovenia) HK$131,500

Name of eighth place finisher is Winfred Yu not Winifred as previously stated.

FINAL TABLE SET AT 2009 ASIAN POKER TOUR MACAU FESTIVAL MAIN EVENT JC TRAN, CASEY KASTLE AND DAVID STEICKE ALL CONTENDERS

Macau – 23rd August 2009 – The final table is set for the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival http://www.asianpt.com/ and is underway!

Live reporting can be found at: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2009-apt-macau/

Seat 1: Casey Kastle (130,000) Slovenia
Seat 2: Winfred Yu (61,000) Hong Kong
Seat 3: David Steicke (876,000) Hong Kong
Seat 4: J.C. Tran (444,000) USA
Seat 5: Adrien Allain (482,000) France
Seat 6: Michael Woo (64,000) Hong Kong
Seat 7: Inwook Choi (934,000) Korea
Seat 8: Chris Chau (143,000) Hong Kong
Seat 9: Christer Hallberg (132,000) Sweden

Tournament Director Matt Savage confirmed that there were a total of 326 runners, 133 on Day 1A and 193 on Day 1B. The total prize pool is HK$10,919,040 with first place due to scoop HK$3,035,000. The buy-in for the Main Event was set at HK$34,400.  Last year’s event attracted 257 runners.

‘The Poker Pack,’ the Asian Poker Tour’s ambassadors, have been in awesome form throughout the whole festival and leading light JC Tran heads on to the final table as favourite, despite being fourth in chips. JC is in form after recently taking down ‘The Poker Pack’ headhunter side event #10. Sixteen players failed to take the bounty of the star player as he crushed all opposition in front of him to scoop HK$76,000 plus HK$10,500 in bounties.

Casey Kastle has made Asian Poker Tour history by becoming the first player to notch up three consecutive final tables. He started day two 84^th out of 88 but managed to nurse his short stack to the final table.

Hong Kong’s David Steicke also makes the final table and his all action play has been a major feature of the past few days. Steicke, winner of the High Rollers event at the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival, and at the last Aussie Millions, is a big contender and is second in chips. The chip leader is Korea’s Inwook Choi, who motored to his dominating position in the latter stages of day two.

Day 1B marked the start of filming of ‘Poker King,’ the first Chinese language poker film. Many predict the movie could have the ‘Rounders’ effect on the growth of poker in Asia. Five of the crew entered the Main Event and Hong Kong’s Winfred Yu makes the final table!

As well as a large regional contingent there were plenty of well know names at the StarWorld Hotel and Casino including ‘The Poker Pack,’John Juanda, Liz Lieu, James Akenhead of the WSOP Main Event November Nine, the in-form Stewart Scott, David Chiu, Ian Frazer, Praz Bansi, JP Kelly, Young Phan, Amnon Filippi, Casey Kastle, Steve Yea, David Steicke, Cecilia Nordenstam, Liv Boeree, Mel Judah and Kim Wooka.

2009 ASIAN POKER TOUR MACAU CONFIRMS GROWTH LARGE RISE IN MAIN EVENT ENTRANTS FROM THE REGION

Macau – 21st August 2009 – With Day 1B now underway at the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival, http://www.asianpt.com/ Tournament Director Matt Savage has confirmed that there are a total of 326 runners, 133 on Day 1A and 193 on Day 1B. The total prize pool is HK$10,919,040 with first place due to scoop HK$3,035,000. The buy-in for the Main Event is set at HK$34,400.  Last year’s event attracted 257 runners.

Chris Parker, CEO of the Asian Poker Tour said: “One year ago we projected that we would get 300 runners for the Main Event so we are delighted with the turnout, especially in the current economic climate. It vindicates our decision to transform The Asian Poker Tour Macau into a 12 day festival. What is hugely encouraging is the growth of Asian players in the field, which bodes very well for the future. For example, on Day1A just over 50% of the field was from Asia. We have also significantly increased the online qualifier contingent in comparison to 2008.”

As well as the large regional contingent there are plenty of well know names at the StarWorld Hotel and Casino. Leading the field are The Asian Poker Tour’s Ambassadors ‘The Poker Pack’ comprising of JC Tran, Nam Le, Quinn Do, David ‘Chino’ Rheem, Steve Sung and Kwang Soo Lee. Also in attendance are John Juanda, Liz Lieu, James Akenhead of the WSOP® Main Event November Nine, the in-form Stewart Scott, David Chiu, Ian Frazer, Praz Bansi, JP Kelly, Young Phan, Amnon Filippi, Casey Kastle, Steve Yea, David Steicke, Cecilia Nordenstam, Liv Boeree, Mel Judah and Kim Wooka.

Live reporting can be found at: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2009-apt-macau/

Day 1B also marked the start of filming of ‘Poker King,’ the first Chinese language poker film. As players entered to take their seats for Day1B the cameras were rolling for the movie which has an all star cast. Many predict the movie could have the ‘Rounders’ effect on the growth of poker in Asia.

‘The Poker Pack’ is on an amazing run at the Starworld Hotel and Casino in the side events. Team Korea, featuring Steve Sung, David Chino’Rheem and Brandon Wong, won the inaugural JBET Battle of the Nations event (side event #9). Quinn Do took down ‘The Poker King Movie’ Celebrity Charity event, while David ‘Chino’ Rheem won the HKGC  No Limit Hold ‘em R+A side event #4. Most recently, JC Tran took down ‘The Poker Pack’ headhunter side event #10. Sixteen players failed to take the bounty of the star player as he crushed all opposition in front of him to scoop HK$76,000 plus HK$10,500 in bounties. In addition, last night there was a special invitational event sponsored by DafaPoker.com, which hosted 34 invited guests and players with the winner taking home $HK12,600.

The Asian Poker Tour Macau hosts over 20 events with 15 official side events. Amongst the online networks which sent players were The Ongame Network, the iPoker Network and PartyPoker.com. In addition, online rooms BWin, PKR, DafaPoker.com, JBET Poker, Betfriends, 888.com, Titan Poker, RedKings, 32Red, ChiliPoker, Winamax, BetSafe, PafPoker and PokerLoco are in on the action which guaranteed the significant online qualifier contingent. Sponsors of the side events and collaterals include the Hong Kong Game Club, DafaPoker, Dafa888, The Poker King Movie, JBet, PartyPoker.com, BWin, Zipang Casino, 777babycasino and PKR.

Full details can be found at http://www.asianpt.com/

Videos capturing the action and atmosphere at the festival can be found at: http://www.asianpt.com/videos

KOREA TRIUMPH IN INAUGURAL JBET BATTLE OF THE NATIONS EVENT IN MACAU! 2009 ASIAN POKER TOUR MACAU MAIN EVENT UNDERWAY TODAY

Macau – 20^th August 2009 – It was glory for Korea in the inaugural JBET Battle of the Nations event at the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival.  Dominant throughout the event, all three members of Team Korea advanced to the final table en route to their comprehensive victory.

The team of Brandon Wong and Poker Pack pros David ‘Chino’ Rheem and Steve Sung garnered 106 points to win the overall team championship before the final table even began. The Vietnamese team, which was composed of brothers Nam Le, Tommy Le, and Allan Le, was second with 89 points. For the team win, the Koreans picked up the HK $406,060 team championship prize.

David ‘Chino’ Rheem said: “We’re all delighted that the Korean team picked up first place and that our win was so comprehensive. Halfway through I really thought it was going to be our day. It is always fantastic to win any poker tournament but it gives you something extra when national pride is at stake too!”

The top two individual awards, though, went to members of the Vietnamese contingent. Allan Le won the top player award for a prize of HK $95,700 while his brother and Poker Pack member Nam Le picked up HK $52,200 for second. Third place went to David ‘Chino’ Rheem, who went home with HK $26,100.

The JBET Battle of the Nations event was the ninth side event at the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau. Amongst the teams that took part included 888Poker Team Australia, sponsored by 888.com and captained and managed by James Potter – the line-up included 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event winner Stewart Scott. Team USA and Vietnam teams featured Poker Pack stars JC Tran, Quinn Do and Nam Le. Hong Kong was represented by the likes of 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau High Rollers winner David Steicke and the legendary Johnny Chan. Vivek Rajkumar led the line for India, David Chiu was a key member of Team  China, while Theo Tran was a flag bearer for Canada. One surprise package was the team from Belarus, featuring PartyPoker.com online qualifiers, while Japan also brought a strong side.

The JBET Battle of the Nations was a unique team no limit hold’em tournament. Teams were composed of three members from the same country. Teams faced each other, with all tables six-handed. There were13 teams of three, featuring 39 players. Every place was worth one point (eg. finish 39th you win one point). The top three players left and the winning team scooped the prize pool. The buy-in for the event was HK$48,000. 70% of the prize pool went to the winning team with the other 30% went to the top three players. Overseeing the action was the world’s leading Tournament Director Matt Savage.

The Asian Poker Tour Macau hosts over 20 events with 15 official side events. Amongst the online networks sending players are The Ongame Network, the iPoker Network and PartyPoker.com. In addition, online rooms BWin, PKR, Dafa Poker, JBET Poker, Betfriends, 888.com, Titan Poker, RedKings, 32Red, ChiliPoker, Winamax, BetSafe, PafPoker and PokerLoco are in on the action guaranteeing a significant online qualifier contingent. Sponsors of the side events and collaterals include the Hong Kong Game Club, DafaPoker, Dafa888, The Poker King Movie, JBet, PartyPoker.com, BWin, Zipang Casino, 777babycasino and PKR.The buy-in for the Main Event is set at HK$34,400.

Full details can be found at http://www.asianpt.com/

Videos capturing the action and atmosphere at the festival can be found at: http://www.asianpt.com/videos

The event has already been successful for the Asian Poker Tour Ambassadors, ‘The Poker Pack’ with David Chino Rheem and Quinn Do both taking down side events.

POKER DEN RAKE RACE WINNER JOINS THE PARTYPOKER.COM RANKS PALLADIUM ELITE MEMBER BODO SBRZESNY JOINS GRASSROOTS TEAM

Gibraltar – 11^th August 2009 — http://www.partypoker.com/ is pleased to announce the latest signing to its grassroots team that rewards VIPs, customer loyalty and historic links to the leading online poker room. 29-year-old Palladium Elite http://www.palladiumlounge.com/ player Bodo Sbrzesny from Bruchsal, Germany, joins France’s Remy Biechel, Brazil’s Felipe Ramos, the UK’s Ian Frazer and the legendary Mike Sexton in the ranks.

Bodo is a former semi-professional tennis player and professional video gamer who made his mark on the live circuit in September last year with an appearance in the PartyPoker.com Poker Den: The Big Game III. Bodo won a rake race online to sit down with $20,000 against some of the world’s best live players in the lively 36-hour televised cash game. Far from being intimidated, Bodo more than doubled his buy-in when he left the game and memorably bluffed Roland De Wolfe and Barny Boatman with seven deuce off-suit and then showed his cards. At the time Jesse May exclaimed excitedly in the commentary box that ‘a new star is born.’

Predominantly an online player and coach, and well known in the big games on PartyPoker.com, Bodo transferred the skills he learned travelling the world playing the tactical first person ‘Counter Strike’ video game. Many will remember Bodo from his ‘Miamivice79’ and ‘LoveToWin79’ screen names on PartyPoker.com but now he will be playing under ‘Bodo_Feels_It’.

“I am really happy to have got a deal, said Bodo. “I have always been loyal to Party and I’m thrilled I get to play in big live events around the world with it. The chance to feature in many of Party’s big televised events was also very attractive to me. I really have little experience playing live – I’ve stuck to playing online and started by playing limit online four years ago.

The tactics learned as a Counter Strike video gaming professional helped form the foundation for my poker skills. I learned how to focus my game and improve my skills. The mouse and keyboard handling skills are particularly good for multi-tabling,” he added.

PartyPoker.com is now sponsoring players as it seeks to create a grassroots team. The emphasis is on VIPs, player loyalty and historic links to PartyPoker.com. More members of the team will be announced in the near future and more details on the team concept will follow as the team is shaped.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “After Bodo won the online cash game rake race last year and caused such a stir in The Poker Den he was an obvious choice to bring on board. The sponsored player and grassroots team initiative will continue to grow with all VIPs reviewed for suitability. We have seen growth in VIPs coming back to Party since our launch of the new software and continued huge strides in the VIP programme and launch of the new PartyPoints Store.”

POKER KING CAN EASILY BE BIGGER THAN ROUNDERS JOHNNY CHAN SPEAKS OUT ON FIRST CHINESE LANGUAGE POKER FILM AND ITS IMPACT

Manila, Philippines – 7th August 2009 — The countdown is on the Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival, which runs from the 12–23, 2009 at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau. AsianLogic, owners of the Asian Poker Tour, recently announced a historic first for poker in Asia: the hotly anticipated Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival will be featured in a ground-breaking Chinese language poker movie! The movie is provisionally titled ‘Poker King’ and will be directed by famous Chinese language director Chan Hing-Kai and Janet Chun and, produced by Amy Chin and Chan Hing-Kai. One professional player hoping for a role is the star of 1998 Hollywood hit, ‘Rounders,’ the legendary ten time WSOP bracelet winner Johnny Chan.

Chan said: “Poker King has the potential to be much, much bigger than Rounders ever was. Say there are over one billion Chinese speaking people in the world and compare this to the US and their 300 million people you can see that this could be huge. Rounders gave poker a new lease of life in the western world – this could kick start a new poker boom in Asia.”

“I had a fantastic time filming Rounders back in the 90s – a big part of my involvement was behind the scenes where I helped teach Matt Damon, Edward Norton and John Malkovich how to play poker. I also played myself in the film and to this day it gives me recognition in the mainstream outside of poker circles. The film had a huge impact on poker and gave it a new lease of life. In fact, I was recently talking to Chris Moneymaker who is credited by many as being a catalyst for the poker boom in the west and he said without the influence of Rounders he wouldn’t have even have tried to qualify for the WSOP Main Event that he won! People got turned on by it and I can see this happening with Poker King in the Chinese language world.”

“I don’t see myself as an actor, I play myself – it is good for the mainstream to see real poker players. I am looking forward to going to the Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival – it is great to meet new faces and catch up with old friends at an event in a city where the game is on the up.”

‘Poker King’ tells the story of two bitter poker rivals competing for world championship glory. The cast will be all-star, A list Chinese actors and pop stars with a cinema release across the region set for later this year.  Actors with the coveted starring roles include Louis Koo, Sean Lau Ching –Wan, Stephy Tang, Cherrie In and Josie Ho. There have been several famous gaming films in the region, most notably the 1989 Chinese language classic ‘God of Gambler’s’ starring Chow-Yun-Fat which spawned dozens of spin-offs – but ‘Poker King’ is set to be the first release that focuses on poker.

The Asian Poker Tour Macau is a hotbed for the world’s top poker professionals and negotiations are ongoing about giving the Tour’s sponsored ambassadors ‘The Poker Pack’ significant roles in the film. The Pack includes recent World Series of Poker bracelet winners JC Tran and Steve Sung, as well as Quinn Do, Nam Le, David ‘Chino’ Rheem and Kwang Soo Lee. Together, they are amongst the most feared players on the world circuit.

The Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival will run from August 12–23, 2009 at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau.  Last year, the event attracted some of the most famous names in the game. Poker legend Doyle Brunson was one of those that attended and said:  “I thought Las Vegas was the gambling capital of the world but I was wrong, it feels like coming home.” The Main Event was won by 20-year-old US hotshot Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who scooped US$500,000 after emerging triumphant from the star-studded field that featured players from over 40 countries. Timoshenko has gone on to become one of the hottest talents in the game after taking down the WPT Championship earlier this year.

The Asian Poker Tour Macau hosts over 20 events with 15 official side events – the first four taking place between the 12^th – 16^th August featuring guaranteed prize pools. Day 1A of the Main Event kicks off on the 20^th August. Amongst the online networks sending players are The Ongame Network, the iPoker Network and PartyPoker.com. In addition, online rooms BWin, PKR, Dafa Poker, JBET Poker, Betfriends, 888.com, Titan Poker, RedKings, 32Red, ChiliPoker, Winamax, BetSafe, PafPoker and PokerLoco are in on the action guaranteeing a significant online qualifier contingent. Sponsors of the side events and collaterals include the Hong Kong Game Club, DafaPoker, Dafa888, The Poker King Movie, JBet, PartyPoker.com, BWin, Zipang Casino, 777babycasino and PKR.

The last Asian Poker Tour event was held in the Philippines in January 2009 and was won by Manila rounder Neil Arce, who scooped US$185,000 for first prize after overcoming a field of 262 players from over 40 countries. The runner-up was the Republic of Korea’s Steve Yea, who repeated his second place in the Asian Poker Tour Macau 2008. Full details can be found at http://www.asianpt.com/

THE ASIAN POKER TOUR OPEN LETTER TO MICHAEL PHELPS IS THE NEWLY REJUVENATED HUMAN DOLPHIN REALLY A FISH?

Manila, Philippines – 5^th August 2009 – The countdown is on to the The Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival which will run from August 12–23, 2009 at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau. Last year’s six day event has doubled in size and will be transformed into a record breaking 12 day extravaganza and the event will form the backdrop to a potentially groundbreaking Chinese language poker film provisionally titled ‘Poker King’. We are pleading with human dolphin Michael Phelps to show us some love and have written him an open letter:

Dear Michael,

They say a week is a long time in politics and I’m sure you’ll agree that a year is a long time when you are a world beating Olympics legend. It looks now looks like that you are back to your best and congratulations on the new world record. Last year, we noticed that you had told your local paper that you were a poker buff and since then you have played in small tournaments at Caesars Palace in Vegas and been around and about on the circuit. In fact, lots of poker players claim you’re their friend but whether that is them using their famous bluffing skills is a different matter!

Last year you were in Beijing for the Olympics and we encouraged you to head down to the Asian Poker Tour Macau event at the Starworld. We heard positive noises but there was no sign of the human dolphin when they called ‘shuffle up and deal.’ We would like to extend this invite once again to you to come, all expenses paid, and take part in this showpiece poker event. The Main Event is in Macau between the 20 – 23^rd August but the 12 day festival of poker starts on August 12th so let us know!

Forget the controversy about suit changes in your sport, concentrate on these suits: spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts!  Forget your rivalry with Milorand Cavic, how about a heads-up game with the legendary Johnny Chan or modern day poker icon JC Tran? We know you couldn’t make the meeting with the Pope but how about a meeting of poker minds in Macau?

Some media reports even suggest that you may have got in with the wrong crowd in the last 12 months – we promise to keep you out of trouble. We’ll give you access to pools of sharks, fish and those that you swim in! If you don’t want to bring your goggles, fair enough, bring a pair of sunglasses and your poker face! While you are at it, you could ask a certain poker playing President by the name of Barack Hussein Obama II if he fancies joining you!

The question remains is the newly rejuvenated human dolphin really a fish? We hope to find out!

Best Wishes

The Asian Poker Tour

The Asian Poker Tour Macau hosts over 20 events with 15 official side events – the first four taking place between the 12^th – 16^th August featuring guaranteed prize pools. Day 1A of the Main Event kicks off on the 20^th August. Amongst the online networks sending players are The Ongame Network, the iPoker Network and PartyPoker.com. In addition, online rooms BWin, PKR, Dafa Poker, JBET Poker, Betfriends, 888.com, Titan Poker, RedKings, 32Red, ChiliPoker, Winamax, BetSafe, PafPoker and PokerLoco are in on the action guaranteeing a significant online qualifier contingent. Sponsors of the side events and collaterals include the Hong Kong Game Club, DafaPoker, Dafa888, The Poker King Movie, JBet, PartyPoker.com, BWin, Zipang Casino, 777babycasino and PKR.

This weekend sees the last chance to win online packages on 888.com, JBet and ChiliPoker (Monday), with the last satellites taking place on the Ongame Network and BWin on Thursday 6 August.

The 2008 Asian Poker Tour Macau Main Event was won by then 20-year-old US hotshot Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who scooped US$500,000 after emerging triumphant from the star-studded field that featured players from over 40 countries. The buy-in for the 2009 Main Event is set at HK$34,400. As well as the action on the felt, the play off the felt promises to be extremely lively too with The Asian Poker Tour looking to top the legendary and award winning party held in Macau last year. Amongst those already committed to take part include Johnny Chan and ‘The Poker Pack,’ the Asian Poker Tour’s formidable team of ambassadors comprising of JC Tran, Nam Le, Steve Sung, Quinn Do, David ‘Chino’ Rheem and Kwang Soo Lee. All will feature in the ‘Poker King’ movie.

The last Asian Poker Tour event was held in the Philippines in January 2009 and was won by Manila rounder Neil Arce, who scooped US$185,000 for first prize after overcoming a field of 262 players from over 40 countries. The runner-up was the Republic of Korea’s Steve Yea, who repeated his second place in the Asian Poker Tour Macau 2008. Full details can be found at http://www.asianpt.com/

ABOUT ASIANLOGIC (ALOG) OWNERS OF THE ASIAN POKER TOUR

AsianLogic is a leading online and land-based gaming company focusing on the Asia-Pacific markets. AsianLogic owns and operates eight online casino brands and two online poker rooms as well as land-based sportsbook operations through its MegaSportsWorld brand. It is a specialist in Asia-specific games such as Mahjong, Cho-Da-Di, Do-Di-Zhu and 13 Card Poker. The Company owns and operates the Asian Poker Tour. The Company also maintains a corporate advisory team specialising in the gaming sector which is an active investor in gaming-related businesses as well as providing consultancy and analytical services. AsianLogic enjoys strong commercial relationships with leading gaming providers including Playtech, ID Games and LVS. Founded as ESL in 2002, AsianLogic employs over 300 employees, the majority of whom are based in the Philippines.

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