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$1.88 MILLION CASINO JACKPOT SUPERSTAR SPARKS MASERATI GRAN TURISMO PAYOUT I LIVE ON A HORSE FARM – CAN YOU TAKE ME FOR A SPIN IN YOUR NEW CAR?

Gibraltar – 27^th May 2010 —  Arkry222 made online casino history when he hit a huge US$1.88million jackpot on http://www.partycasino.com/, the world’s largest online casino, on the 7^th May. 48-year-old Arkry222, who lives on a horse farm, won US$1,888,198.59 from just a US$2 spin on Gold Mega Jackpot game SuperStar. This in itself is remarkable but what was more staggering is that the jackpot triggered a big win on the ‘Grand Win Auto’ promotion as one customer became entitled to pick up a Maserati Gran Turismo thanks to Arkry222 scooping the jackpot!

The Maserati Gran Turismo was on offer through the ‘Grand Win Auto’ leaderboard promotion that was due to run from 6^th-19^th May. The concept was simple – if the Gold Mega Jackpot or Big One hit between those dates the player at the top of the leaderboard got the sports car or financial equivalent. The promotion had been running a little over 24 HOURS when the Gold Mega Jackpot was scooped by Arkry222 on the 7^th May!

“It didn’t hit me until the next day that by winning the jackpot someone else had won a Maserati. All I can say is enjoy your drive mate and get in touch – fancy taking me for a spin?” said Arkry222. “Winning this jackpot has been so surreal – I really needed convincing that it was true – I thought there simply had to be a catch somewhere.”

“It was a Friday night and I wasn’t far off going to bed and I was sat at the computer. I actually had the volume down on the computer as I had the television on. I was playing SuperStar and all of a sudden these squares came up – I hit complete and the screen lit up in loads of colour. Then the number appeared on the screen – I had never seen so many numbers in my life – it was an international phone number!” Arkry222’s partner of 13 years was half asleep and called out in disbelief: “that’s play money.”

Soon the realization hit home that this was very real and that he had just won over US$1.88million. “I was numb – I was on a different planet. It was then I realized that I had missed a call from the VIP team at PartyCasino.com and it started to sink in a little bit more. I hadn’t been feeling well all week, now I was just in this strange kind of happy limbo. I went back into my account and there it was – over US$1.8 million dollars – unbelievable – I would count myself as an infrequent player.”

“I think I am going to have to spend the money on the standards: a holiday, a new car and new house! It will also allow me to be become more flexible with my working hours – I am going to go freelance! I will also have time to play a few more games on PartyCasino.com and love the concepts of Melon Madness and The Circus.”

A PartyCasino.com spokesman said: “We’d like to congratulate Arkry222 on winning the Gold Mega Jackpot – he is a super guy and very deserving. We would like to congratulate the winner who enjoyed the spin off from this win too. We thought the Grand Win Auto promotion would last longer than one day but that’s casino!”

http://www.partycasino.com/ now offers over 150 games, including 100 slots, and easily pays out over US$10 million EVERY DAY to players. PartyCasino.com is the home of the largest progressive seeded jackpot in the online gaming industry in the form of ‘The Big One’ and has introduced classic slot Melon Madness. The Big One is structured as a five tiered pool. The highest tier – Colossal Cash – seeds at US$1.5 million, the biggest online jackpot seed in the industry. Melon Madness is designed to be a classic 30 line video slot.  Play is fast and the free spin feature is played in-reel.  The Big One currently stands at over US$3 million and is waiting to be won!

‘The Circus,’ also recently came to PartyCasino.com and is a five reel, 20 line slot that includes 16 features and four characters and it is heavily influenced by the golden years of ‘The Circus’ between the 1850’s and the 1950’s. Added to this unique look and feel is the special role-playing element. A customer can choose to be one of four characters and the aim is to learn the story of all the characters. Through play, a customer increases the ‘abilities’ of their character, which in turn influences their real win multiplier – all four characters’ abilities are carried over session to session and the character in play can be changed after any spin.

**The trademark ‘Maserati’ is a registered trademark of Maserati S.p.A. This promotion is not affiliated with or sponsored or endorsed by Maserati S.p.A. PartyGaming is not licensed by or otherwise affiliated with Maserati S.p.A or any member of its group. No license, affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement by Maserati S.p.A is claimed, or should be inferred. **

20 YEARS, TWO MAJOR TOURNAMENTS, ONE BIG WIN! ALI TETKINTAMGAC WINS WPT® BARCELONA, PRESENTED BY PARTYPOKER.COM

Barcelona —  24^th May 2010 — 41-year-old German businessman Ali Tekintamgac is the champion of the World Poker Tour® Spanish Championship Main Event at Gran Casino, Barcelona, presented by PartyPoker.com. Ali scooped €315,000 – the prestigious WPT title, a Tiffany bracelet and a $25,500 entry into the 2011 WPT World Championship. This successful €3,200 + €300 buy-in European stop on the World Poker Tour featured a record 326 players and a total prize pool of €1,043,200, paying 36 places.

Tekintamgac, who is married with one child and lives in Augsburg, Germany, is a newcomer to the live tournament circuit with the WPT Barcelona being only the second major event he has played. In the first big event he ever took part in, the recent EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, he finished 125^th for €15,000. Ali now has his name in the WPT record books alongside previous Spanish Championship winners Markus Lehmann of Austria, Denmark’s Casper Hansen, and last year’s winner, American Mark Randal Flowers.

“I couldn’t feel any better now,” said Ali, who is a German of Turkish descent. “I have been playing poker for 20 years but it was only recently that I thought I would go for it on the big stage and take part in major tournaments. The key turning point for me here came on day two – there was a huge pot and I held A2. An ace came down on the flop – my opponent raised me but I just had a feeling he didn’t have the Ace and I was ahead even with the small kicker. This was what managed to push me forward and allow me to eventually head for the final table as the chip leader.”

Ali had a sizeable chiplead at the final table and exploited this position well. Quite early on, the fireworks on the final table were set off by 18-year-old Manuel Blaschke from Vienna, who dazzled observers and is certainly one to watch for the future. The young Austrian eventually finished fourth. The runner-up in the tournament was 40-year-old Madrid film director Roberto Santiago. Roberto had come along for the PartyPoker.com Celebrity Invitational Event in aid of Fundación Pare Manel the night before the Main Event and had been an aggressive force in the Main Event after being the overall chip leader after the day one flights. Roberto is currently working on a poker screenplay project.

“This was a fantastic experience for me,” he said. “This has been a brilliant tournament  as I now have the information and, even more importantly, the finance to push ahead with my poker film project.”

Roberto is best known in Spain for his 2005 football film ‘The Longest Penalty in the World.” Could this major cash on the World Poker Tour kick-start a Spanish ‘Rounders’ phenomenon? “The game is growing in Spain and we have seen that movies can help dramatically increase poker’s popularity so I certainly hope that by cashing big in this tournament I can finance a potential boom,” he added.

Details on all the hands at the final table, player profiles and video can be found at: http://www.partypoker.com/blog/featured/wpt-barcelona-spanish-championship-final-table-live-updates.html

There was a lot of sweating on the rail on Saturday night when Finland’s Atte Koskivirta, the last remaining PartyPoker.com online qualifier, bust out ahead of the final table in 14^th for €10,000. If Atte had made the final table and won he would have triggered the $1 MILLION extra bonus payout from PartyPoker.com! $500,000 would have gone to him directly, with the other $500,000 shared between 23 online qualifiers.

Amongst those who fell at earlier levels in the tournament were Sorel Mizzi, Leo Margets, Antoine Saout, Irish Open champion James Mitchell, Manuel Cuberos, Juan Manuel Pastor, Frank Blumlein, Per Linde, Cayetano Garcia, May Maceiras, Dragan Galic, WPT Bucharest winner Guillaume Dacourt, Aussie Millions winner Tyron Krost, Casey Kastle, Sam Trickett, Javier Martinez, Jordi Martinez, Enrique Custodio, Quinn Sivage, Christophe Benzimira, Megbah Guerfi, Eric Haick, WPT Paris highroller finalist Roger Hairabedian and Mihai Manole.

WPT SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP – 17^th – 23^rd MAY 2010 – FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS

1^st TEKINTAMGAC , ALI – 315.000€ + Seat into 2010 WPT World Championship in Las Vegas + Tiffany bracelet

2^nd GARCIA SANTIAGO, ROBERTO - 160.000€

3^rd IREMARK , MATS ERIK - 81.000€

4^th BLASCHKE , MANUEL – 71.000€

5^th HANSEN , MADS SMITH – 61.000€

6^th CLEMENCON , TRISTAN QUENTIN – 51.000€

7^th MATTSSON , PER EMIL – 41.000€

8^th GOMILA ROMERO, BARTOLOME – 31.000€

9^th CUBEROS LOPEZ COZAR, MANUEL – 21.400€

WPT SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP – 17^th – 23^rd MAY 2010 – FINAL TABLE CHIPCOUNTS

TEKINTAMGAC , ALI – Germany – 1,522,000

BLASCHKE , MANUEL – Austria – 849,000

GARCIA SANTIAGO, ROBERTO – Spain – 573,000

GOMILA ROMERO, BARTOLOME – Spain – 530,000

CUBEROS LOPEZ COZAR, MANUEL – Spain – 366,000

IREMARK , MATS ERIK – Sweden – 352,000

MATTSSON , PER EMIL – Sweden – 288,000

HANSEN , MADS SMITH – Denmark – 287,000

CLEMENCON , TRISTAN QUENTIN – France – 139,000

About Casino Barcelona

One of Spain’s most prestigious casinos, Casino Barcelona is a recognized European leader in high level poker events and sets the bar in the Spanish gaming sector.  Located steps from the Mediterranean Sea in one of the finest spots in the city—Port Olímpic—beneath the luxury of the five-star Hotel Arts/Ritz Carlton, Casino Barcelona features a large offering of slot machines and a variety of table games, including poker, French and American Roulette, Black Jack, Punto-Banco and Mini Punto-Banco.  Casino Barcelona is a property of Grup Peralada, one of the largest casino operators in Spain.

About World Poker Tour

World Poker Tour (WPT) is one of the most recognized names in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online and mobile.  Leading innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, WPT ignited the global poker boom with the creation of a unique television show based on a series of high stakes poker tournaments.  WPT is now broadcast globally in 150 countries and is currently filming its all-new eighth season for broadcast on Fox Sports Net’s national sports network in the United States. WPT also offers a unique online subscription and sweepstakes-based poker club, ClubWPT.com, which operates in 38 states across the U.S. WPT also participates in strategic brand license, partnership and sponsorship opportunities. WPT is a subsidiary of PartyGaming Plc.  For more information, see www.worldpokertour.com.

EXCITING WSOP® FOR LIFE PROMOTION UNDERWAY WHAT DOES WSOP® FOR LIFE MEAN TO MIKE SEXTON?

Gibraltar – 24th May 2010 – The exciting WSOP® for Life promotion at http://www.partypoker.com/ is underway!

This great promotion offers every poker player’s dream prize as they don’t have to worry about qualifying for the WSOP® Main Event anymore – they receive a Main Event package for life!* As an extra bonus for 2010, PartyPoker.com even pays the travel, accommodation and spending money for this year’s Las Vegas extravaganza! **

Through the main promotion, one WSOP® for Life package will be available through an exciting leader board challenge, open exclusively to Bronze, Silver and Gold level players. The aim for a customer is to boost their position by earning points through regular poker play from 24th May to 20th June. The more points a player earns, the higher they will climb. The player that ranks first when the challenge finishes will be given a WSOP® for Life package. There are also three WSOP® 2010 packages on offer as well as $50,000 in cash prizes. There is also a WSOP® for Life prize tournament on 20th June, open to all. First place is a WSOP® for Life package but there are also three WSOP® 2010 packages and $50,000 in prizes to be won. Entry can be gained by freeroll, direct buy-in and through STT Jackpot. Full information on all routes and terms and conditions can be found at: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/wsop_for_life.html.

PartyPoker.com has also recently added a fabulous VIP leaderboard promotion for Palladium Lounge members – more info on which can be found at: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/wsop_for_life_vip.html

Over the coming weeks prominent Team PartyPoker.com members will blog on what WSOP® for Life means to them. There is only one man who can really kick this off and that is the most recent inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame, ‘The Ambassador of Poker,’ Mike Sexton.

Mike talks about his first WSOP trip way back in 1984 and how his debut nearly brought a bracelet at: http://www.partypoker.com/blog/mike-sexton/mike-sexton-my-wsop-heart-break.html

FINAL TABLE UNDERWAY AT WPT BARCELONA, PRESENTED BY PARTYPOKER.COM

LIVE UPDATES AT http://www.partypoker.com/blog/wpt-spanish-championship/wpt-barcelona-spanish-championship-final-table-live-updates.html

Gibraltar – 23^rd May 2010 – The rail is packed and the final table of the Main Event is underway at the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship at Gran Casino Barcelona, presented by PartyPoker.com.

Catch up with live updates, profiles, prizepools and videos at: http://www.partypoker.com/blog/wpt-spanish-championship/wpt-barcelona-spanish-championship-final-table-live-updates.html

When the tournament reaches heads-up hand details will also be posted on http://twitter.com/PartyPoker

Last night, Atte Koskivirta, the last remaining PartyPoker.com online qualifier bust out in 14^th for €10,000. If Atte had made the final table and won he would have triggered the $1 MILLION extra bonus payout! $500,000 would have gone to him directly with the other $500,000 shared between 23 online qualifiers!

WPT SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP – 17^th – 23^rd MAY 2010 – FINAL TABLE – First prize is €315.000 + WPT Championship seat 2011 + Tiffany bracelet

TEKINTAMGAC , ALI – Germany – 1,522,000

BLASCHKE , MANUEL – Austria – 849,000

GARCIA SANTIAGO, ROBERTO – Spain – 573,000

GOMILA ROMERO, BARTOLOME – Spain – 530,000

CUBEROS LOPEZ COZAR, MANUEL – Spain – 366,000

IREMARK , MATS ERIK – Sweden – 352,000

MATTSSON , PER EMIL – Sweden – 288,000

HANSEN , MADS SMITH – Denmark – 287,000

CLEMENCON , TRISTAN QUENTIN – France – 139,000

FRESH FROM WPT GRAND PRIX DE PARIS FINAL TABLE SWEDEN’S PER LINDE IS CHIP LEADER AT WPT BARCELONA ONE PARTYPOKER.COM QUALIFIER SITS IN FIFTH WHO COULD WIN AN EXTRA $1 MILLION!

Gibraltar – 22^nd May 2010 — Day two has just finished at the WPT Spanish Championship at the Gran Casino in Barcelona, presented by PartyPoker.com. 44 players go to day three with recent WPT Grand Prix de Paris Final final table participant Per Linde the chip leader. Per is on a hot run after finishing third at the Aviation Club for €234,780. Per gave his five tips on how to last long in a poker tournament at the last break and you can see the video and regular reports from the tournament at: http://www.partypoker.com/blog/wpt-spanish-championship/wpt-barcelona-2010-spanish-championship-live-updates.html

Well known Madrid based Spanish movie producer and director Roberto Garcia Santiago sits in fourth after being chip leader at the start of today. Sitting in fifth place is Atte Koskivirta, who is the only PartyPoker.com online qualifier left who is entitled to the $1 million bonus if he wins! If Atte wins, PartyPoker.com pays an extra $500,000 to him on top of the €315,000 first prize and 23 qualifying online PartyPoker.com qualifiers get to share the other $500,000!

Atte said: “I am aware of the position I am sitting in – I have 23 other people cheering me on and I will do my best for them!”

Also in the mix are Steven Van Zadelhoff and Roger Hairabedian, both of whom cashed in events at the recent WPT in Paris.

NAME                                                                COUNTRY                   CHIPS

LINDE , PER ALBIN                                         SWEDEN                      324,600

STRUPKA , EDGARS                                     LATVIA                          309,200

DA SILVA PEREIRA , PAULO JORGE         PORTUGAL                291,900

GARCIA SANTIAGO, ROBERTO                ESPAÑA                        160,700

KOSKIVIRTA , ATTE                                      FINLANDIA                   157,100

VAN ZADELHOFF , STEVEN                        HOLANDA                    147,200

BLASCHKE , MANUEL                                   AUSTRIA                      146,800

TEKINTAMGAC , ALI                                      ALEMANIA                    143,600

GOMILA ROMERO, BARTOLOME            ESPAÑA                        142,900

CHUCHUK , GJORGJI                                   REP. MACEDONIA     142,500

FRIBERG , ERIK MARKUS                           SUECIA                         139,000

DELLA TOMMASINA , MARCO                   ITALIA                           135,100

PEDERSEN , DAN BITSCH                          DINAMARCA                129,400

MATTSSON , PER EMIL                               SUECIA                         124,700

MARELE , REMUS ADRIAN                          RUMANIA                     115,900

LHEURE , TRISTAN                                       FRANCIA                      115,700

IREMARK , MATS ERIK                                 SUECIA                         114,500

CALIA , NICOLO                                              ITALIA                           113,300

GUERFI , MESBAH                                         FRANCIA                      110,900

MONTALBANO JR , HERBERT PAUL       USA                               110,500

HAIRABEDIAN , ROGER PATRICK             FRANCIA                      109,300

BENADIBA , STEPHANE                                FRANCIA                      105,500

MAZZIA , DANIELE                                          ITALIA                           99,200

CUBEROS LOPEZ COZAR, MANUEL       ESPAÑA                        96,700

ROTH , MICHAEL PAUL                                AUSTRALIA                 91,400

KRUZE , PETERIS                                          LATVIA                          91,300

HENRIKSSON , CARL DAVID                       SUIZA                            90,800

DELLA PENNA, PAOLO                                 ITALIA                           89,900

HAIK , ERIC HAIM                                            FRANCIA                      85,800

PEREZ BURREL, RUBEN                             ESPAÑA                        82,600

HANSEN , MADS SMITH                               DINAMARCA                82,300

VOGELING , HENDRIK                                  ALEMANIA                    81,000

DE MEL , PRIYAN ADRIAN N                        GRAN BRETAÑA        77,200

MARGETS PEREZ, LEONOR                     ESPAÑA                        64,900

BRUNET , FREDERIC PAUL PIERRE        FRANCIA                      63,400

CERON SORIA, SERGIO DAVID                 ESPAÑA                        61,500

CLEMENCON , TRISTAN QUENTIN         FRANCIA                      60,200

LINNA , JYRI PETTERI MIKAEL                   FINLANDIA                   55,200

CUCCHI , ANGE FRANCOIS                        FRANCIA                      46,700

LE HEUX , PEPJIN                                          HOLANDA                    41,700

KASTLE , CASEY                                             REP. SLOVENIA         40,300

GUEORGUIEV , ATANAS                              BULGARIA                   39,900

BENNANI SMIRES, KARIM                           FRANCIA                      34,200

VOROBJOVS , VIKTORS                              LATVIA                          31,100

CORDERO MORENO, JOSE LUIS            ESPAÑA                        18,700

WPT Spanish Championship, presented by PartyPoker.com – Gran Casino Barcelona – 17^th – 23^rd May 2010 – Payouts

1.             315.000€ + WPT Championship 2011 seat + Tiffany bracelet

2.             160.000€

3.             81.000€

4.             71.000€

5.             61.000€

6.             51.000€

7.             41.000€

8.             31.000€

9.             21.400€

10.          12.000€

11.          12.000e

12.          12.000€

13.          10.000€

14.          10.000€

15.          10.000€

16.          8.000€

17.          8.000€

18.          8.000€

19.          6.300€

20.          6.300€

21.          6.300€

22.          6.300€

23.          6.300€

24.          6.300€

25.          6.300€

26.          6.300€

27.          6.300€

28.          4.900€

29.          6.300€

30.          6.300€

31.          6.300€

32.          6.300€

33.          6.300€

34.          6.300€

35.          6.300€

36.          6.300€

RECORD 326 RUNNERS FOR WPT BARCELONA, PRESENTED BY PARTYPOKER.COM

Bumper Day 1B Field Pushes Total Prize Pool To Over €1,000,000

Barcelona – 20^th May 2010 – With play well into Day 1B of the http://www.worldpokertour.com/ Spanish Championship, presented by PartyPoker.com, Tournament Director Thomas Kremser has confirmed there are a record 326 players and a total prize pool of over €1 million euros (€1,043,200) paying 36 places for the €3,200 + €300 buy-in event.  First prize is €315,000 + a $25,500 entry into the 2011 WPT World Championship. Day 1B saw a total of 192 players join the tournament after a field of 134 players took to the felt on Day 1A.

The Day 1B field includes Spanish champ May Maceiras, European Player of the Year Dragan Galic, WPT Bucharest winner Guillaume Darcourt, Aussie Millions winner Tyron Krost, Sam Trickett, Bengt Sonnert, Casey Kastle, Javier Martinez, Tomeu Gomila, Jordi Martinez, Enrique Custodio, Quinn Sivage, Christophe Benzimra, Eric Haick and WPT Paris highroller finalist Roger Hairabedian. Amongst those at the tables on Day 1A were Mihai Manole, Sorel Mizzi, Leo Margets, Antoine Saout, Irish Open champion James Mitchell, Manuel Cuberos, Juan Manuel Pastor, Frank Blumlein, Per Linde and Cayetano Garcia.

When the smoke clears at the May 23rd final table, the winner will join the ranks of Markus Lehmann of Austria, Denmark’s Casper Hansen, and reigning WPT Spanish champion, American Mark Randal Flowers.  The new champion will take home a WPT title and a $25,500 entry into the 2011 WPT World Championship.

The youngest ever driver to take part in F1, Spanish hero Jaime Alguersauri, was on the rail today watching the action. To see a full interview with Jaime on poker, F1, his lifestyle and the girls in the paddock – plus regular reports from the action at Casino Barcelona see: http://www.partypoker.com/blog

Sylvie Belanger of Casino Barcelona said: “We are delighted with the field this year which has broken all of our WPT records. The most encouraging thing is that every year we see a significant increase in the number of Spanish players taking part which is very encouraging for the future of the game in this country.”

Adam Pliska, WPT President said: “Casino Barcelona has been an incredible partner – from player and partner servicing to tournament staff, their dedication to every detail is second to none. They put on a great tournament and deserve the turnout they have got. With great numbers for the €10,000 buy-in WPT Grand Prix de Paris at the Aviation Club and now a great field at Casino Barcelona the future is bright for the World Poker Tour stops in Europe.”

WPT Spanish Championship – Casino Barcelona – 17^th – 23^rd May 2010 – Payouts

1.             315.000€ + WPT Championship 2011 seat + Tiffany bracelet

2.             160.000€

3.             81.000€

4.             71.000€

5.             61.000€

6.             51.000€

7.             41.000€

8.             31.000€

9.             21.400€

10.          12.000€

11.          12.000e

12.          12.000€

13.          10.000€

14.          10.000€

15.          10.000€

16.          8.000€

17.          8.000€

18.          8.000€

19.          6.300€

20.          6.300€

21.          6.300€

22.          6.300€

23.          6.300€

24.          6.300€

25.          6.300€

26.          6.300€

27.          6.300€

28.          4.900€

29.          6.300€

30.          6.300€

31.          6.300€

32.          6.300€

33.          6.300€

34.          6.300€

35.          6.300€

36.          6.300€

** Danish pro Theo Jorgensen has scooped his first WPT title by winning  the World Poker Tour® Grand Prix de Paris Main Event at Aviation Club de France, presented by www.partypoker.fr, which ran from May 8^th -16th. Jorgensen picked up €633,902, a $25,000 seat to the WPT World Championship, and the coveted title of WPT Champion, while every final table participant took home at least €70,000.**

WSOP® FOR LIFE STARTS MONDAY! VIP ELEMENT ADDED!

Gibraltar – 21st May 2010 — http://www.partypoker.com/ is excited to introduce a new VIP element to its eagerly awaited forthcoming WSOP® for Life promotion which gets underway on Monday!

This unbelievable package is every poker player’s dream prize as they don’t have to worry about qualifying for the Main Event anymore – they receive a Main Event package for life!* As an extra bonus for 2010, PartyPoker.com even pays the travel, accommodation and spending money for this year’s Las Vegas extravaganza! **

Starting Monday 24^th May, PartyPoker.com has two of these unique packages to give away via a revolutionary new style of leader board challenge for Palladium Lounge members.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “We are holding four weekly VIP points races. Each week players will be able to win their share of our big-money prize pools as well as gain valuable points towards the WSOP® for Life leader board. Finally, every player in the top 500 of the WSOP® for Life Leader Board will receive entry into an exclusive freeroll at 14:00 ET on 23rd June in which a second WSOP® for Life package will be up for grabs.

Here’s how it works:

WSOP® for Life – Weekly VIP points races
Rank	Week 1 prizes	Week 2 prizes	Week 3 prizes	Week 4 prizes	Points for WSOP® for Life leader board
	May 24-30	May 31 – June 6	June 7-13	June 14-20
1	$1,200	$1,200	$1,200	$1,200	1,000
2	$900	$900	$900	$900	975
3	$800	$800	$800	$800	950
4	$700	$700	$700	$700	925
5	$600	$600	$600	$600	900
6	$500	$500	$500	$500	875
7	$450	$450	$450	$450	850
8	$400	$400	$400	$400	825
9	$350	$350	$350	$350	800
10	$300	$300	$300	$300	775
11 – 20	$250	$250	$250	$250	725
21 – 40	$200	$200	$200	$200	625
41 – 60	$150	$150	$150	$150	525
61 – 100	$100	$100	$100	$100	425
101 – 150	$50	$50	$50	$50	325
151 – 200	$25	$25	$25	$25	225
201 – 250	-	-	-	-	150
251 – 300	-	-	-	-	100
301 – 400	-	-	-	-	75
401 – 500	-	-	-	-	50

Top the WSOP® for Life leader board when the final weekly points race ends on 20th June and PartyPoker.com will reward with a WSOP® for Life* package. There’s also a whole host of other exciting prizes for those that miss out on the first place.

Prize table – WSOP® for Life VIP Leader Board
Rank	Prize
1	WSOP® for Life Package
2	WSOP® $7,000 Package
3 – 5	WSOP® $5,000 Package
6 – 10	WSOP® $3,500 Package
11 – 20	$2,200
21 – 40	$1,200
41 – 60	$600
Top 500	Everyone invited to WSOP® for Life freeroll

For more information see: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/wsop_for_life_vip.html

In addition, through the main promotion, one WSOP® for Life package will be available through an exciting leader board challenge, open exclusively to Bronze, Silver and Gold level players. The aim for a customer is to boost their position by earning points through regular poker play from 24th May to 20th June. The more points a player earns, the higher they will climb. The player that ranks first when the challenge finishes will be given a WSOP® for Life package. There are also three WSOP® 2010 packages on offer as well as $50,000 in cash prizes. There is also a WSOP® for Life prize tournament on 20th June open to all. First place is a WSOP® for Life package but there are also three WSOP® 2010 packages and $50,000 in prizes to be won. Entry can be gained by freeroll, direct buy-in and through STT Jackpot. Full information on all routes and terms and conditions can be found at: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/wsop_for_life.html

From Monday, members of Team PartyPoker.com will be discussing what getting entry into the WSOP® for Life means to them.

24 PLAYERS IN LINE FOR EXTRA $1 MILLION AT WPT BARCELONA – F1 ACE ALGUERSUARI ATTENDS TOMORROW PARTYPOKER. COM CELEBRITY EVENT IS SELL OUT

Gibraltar – 19^th May 2010 – Tournament Director Thomas Kremser has called a start to Day 1A of the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship Main Event, presented by http://www.partypoker.com/, at Casino Barcelona and 134 players have paid the €3,200 + €300 buy-in and taken their seats. Amongst those at the tables are Mihai Manole, Sorel Mizzi, Leo Margets, Antoine Saout, Irish Open champion James Mitchell, Manuel Cuberos, Juan Manuel Pastor, Frank Blumlein, Per Linde and Cayetano Garcia. Regular reports and videos can be found at: http://www.partypoker.com/blog/wpt-spanish-championship/wpt-spanish-championship-live-updates-barcelona-2010.html

PartyPoker.com has sent over 40 online qualifiers and 24 of the players who take part in both day’s 1A and 1B are entitled to an amazing EXTRA $1 MILLION PAYOUT if they win the event! $500,000 goes to the winner, while $500,000 goes to the rest of the qualifying online qualifiers in the field no matter where they finísh! For more details on this amazing added value for qualifying for WPT events at PartyPoker.com see: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/wpt_2010.html

The celebrities were lambs to the slaughter at the very special PartyPoker.com Celebrity Event at Casino Barcelona, in aid of Fundación Pare Manel, last night. The €400 + €40 ($600) buy-in event was a sell out with all 150 seats taken but no celebrities cashed or picked up packages for the WPT Barcelona Main Event. It was glory for the local players as they took five out of the seven seats into the Main Event. Celebrities and poker personalities taking part such as Enric Massip, Albert Costa, Leo Margets, ‘Epi’, Sergi Bruguero and Manuel Fuentes are interviewed on the PartyPoker Spanish blog: http://espanol.partypoker.com/blog/poker/bienvenidos-al-celebrity-poker-presentado-por-partypoker-com/

** PartyPoker.com ambassador Jaime Alguersuari will be making a personal appearance at the WPT Barcelona on Thursday 20^th May between 4pm – 9pm. The F1 ace has his own bounty tournaments on PartyPoker.com and the next one takes place at 22:05 CET on the 2nd June 2010, with $1,000 added plus a $200 bounty. PartyPoker.com has introduced a Valencia Grand Prix promotion for Spanish customers only. There are two promotions: one for new real money players and one for new customers. Both offer the chance to win packages to go to the Valenica Grand Prix and meet Jaime! **

Results – PartyPoker.com Celebrity Event, Casino Barcelona – Wednesday 18^th May 2010 – 400€ + €40

1. MANUEL CUBEROS LOPEZ – 2.400€ + WPT SEAT – (SPAIN)
2. JOSEP MARIA ALEU VAQUIER – 2.400€ + WPT SEAT – (SPAIN)
3. CARLOS EGEA HERNÁNDEZ – 2.400€ + WPT SEAT – (SPAIN)
4. RONALD ZAPANTIS – 2.400€ + WPT SEAT – (AUSTRIA)
5. MIGUEL FERNANDEZ MENENDEZ – 2.400€ + WPT SEAT – (SPAIN)
6. JAIME FRANCISCO GARCIA-GERMAN – 2.400€ + WPT SEAT – (SPAIN)
7. MICHAEL EERHART – 2.400€ + WPT SEAT – (HOLANDA)
8. CASEY KASTLE – 2.260€ – (SLOV)
9. JORDI ORTEU ASENJO – 2.260€ – (SPAIN)
10. MARC GONZALEZ VALLS – 2.260€ – (SPAIN)
11. CRETU CORNELIU – 1.420€ – (ROMA)
12. ALEJANDRO MEDINA NESTAL – 1.420€ (SPAIN)
13. JOAN FONT ESPINA – 1420€ (SPAIN)
14. MIKEL LOPEZ DE TORRE QUEREJAZU – 1420€ (SPAIN)
15. ANTONIO GOMEZ DELFA – 1010€ (SPAIN)
16. LUIS MARIA RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ – 1010€ (SPAIN)
17. MARC ESTEVE GUTIERREZ – 1010€ (SPAIN)
18. LUCIA MARTINEZ IBÁÑEZ  – 1010€ (SPAIN)
19. ALEIZ RIUS REYES – 750€ (SPAIN)
20. PABLO FERNÁNDEZ BALDOR AÑIBARRO – 750€ (SPAIN)
21. JORGE GARCIA – 750€ (SPAIN)
22. LUIS PANTIN – 750€ (SPAIN)
23. FABRICE MAURICE JOSEPH BACHELLEZ – 750€ (FRANCE)
24. VICENTE JOSE MUÑOZ NAVARRO – 750€ (SPAIN)
25. ALBERT GARCIA BENET – 750€ (SPAIN)
26. JOHANSON MIKAEL HANS OTTO – 750€ (SWE)
27. JUAN JOSE MARTINEZ MORAGUES – 750€ (SPAIN)
28. MAX VILADOMS PASTO – 750€ (SPAIN)

More information can be found at: http://espanol.partypoker.com/news/items/valencia_grand_prix_Copy.html

LIVE REPORTING PARTYPOKER.COM CELEBRITY INVITATIONAL AT CASINO BARCELONA TONIGHT PARTYPOKER.COM QUALIFIERS HEAD TO BARCELONA IN SEARCH OF EXTRA $1 MILLION!

Gibraltar – 18^th May 2010 – Tonight there is a very special charity PartyPoker.com Celebrity Invitational at Casino Barcelona, in aid of Fundación Pare Manel, at 19.00 CET. The tournament has a €400 + €40 ($600) buy-in and has already attracted a prestigious field of celebrities and top poker professionals. Live reporting from 1900 CET will be found at: http://www.partypoker.com/blog/wpt-spanish-championship/wpt-spanish-championship-live-updates-barcelona-2010.html and http://espanol.partypoker.com/blog.

Barcelona football favourite Gerard Pique is expected take to the felt alongside basketball star Juan Carlos Navarro – joining top poker professionals such as Leo Margetts, Sorel Mizzi and Juan Manuel Pastor. The €440 ($600) PartyPoker.com Celebrity Invitational at the Casino Barcelona also serves as an excellent land based satellite for the prestigious WPT Barcelona Main Event! Places 1^st – 7^th are GUARANTEED a seat in the Main Event so it also serves as an excellent cost effective way to gain entry into the tournament and help charity at the same time! Fundación Pare Manel promotes community and social development.

Organizers expect Iván de La Peña (football), Epi (basketball), Sergi Barjuan (football), Sete Gibernau (motor racing), Luis Moya (rally), Roberto Dueñas (basketball), Albert Costa (tennis), Pep Cruz (actor), Mercé Llorens (actress),Carles Flaviá (comedian), Jordi Arrese (tennis), Jordi Cruyff (football), Sergi Bruguera (tennis), Dani Moreno (radio), Manel Fuentes (television), Roger Grimau (basketball) to take part in the tournament.

The €3,200 + €300  WPT Spanish Championship Main Event at Casino Barcelona, presented by PartyPoker.com, kicks-off at 1500 CET on Wednesday 19th May with Day 1A (1B Thursday 20th May at 15.00 CET) and there will be live blogging and videos from Tatjana Pasalic on the http://www.partypoker.com/blog.  PartyPoker.com expects to send over 40 online qualifiers, including Team PartyPoker.com members Tyron Krost and Dragan Galic. Those who qualified for the WPT Barcelona through the global package are entitled to an amazing EXTRA $1 MILLION PAYOUT if they win the event! See: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/wpt_2010.html for more information.

** PartyPoker.com ambassador Jaime Alguersuari will be making a personal appearance at the WPT Barcelona on Thursday 20^th May between 4pm – 9pm. The F1 ace has his own bounty tournaments on PartyPoker.com and the next one takes place at 22:05 CET on the 2nd June 2010, with $1,000 added plus a $200 bounty. PartyPoker.com has introduced a Valencia Grand Prix promotion for Spanish customers only. There are two promotions: one for new real money players and one for new customers. Both offer the chance to win packages to go to the Valenica Grand Prix and meet Jaime! **

More information can be found at: http://espanol.partypoker.com/news/items/valencia_grand_prix_Copy.html

What happened when Team PartyPoker.com’s Tony G met Miss USA? See: http://www.partypoker.com/blog/tony-g/tony-g-at-the-miss-usa-event-at-the-golden-nugget-in-las-vegas.html for more information!

THEO JORGENSEN WINS WORLD POKER TOUR GRAND PRIX DE PARIS, PRESENTED BY PARTYPOKER.FR

Glory for Amourette on the race track, glory for Deeb in the ACFpoker High Rollers

(PARIS) May 17, 2010 – Danish pro Theo Jorgensen has scooped his first WPT title by winning  the World Poker Tour® Grand Prix de Paris Main Event at Aviation Club de France, presented by www.partypoker.fr, which ran from May 8^th -16th. Jorgensen picked up €633,902, a $25,000 seat to the WPT World Championship, and the coveted title of WPT Champion, while every final table participant took home at least €70,000.

Jorgensen, who is the fourth Dane to win a WPT title, said as he embraced his father, ‘Wow, I’m on top of the world – it means so much to win a WPT title’.  The 2008 WSOPE bracelet winner came to the final table as the chip leader and exploited that position. The turning point was when Jorgensen’s kings doubled through eventual runner-up Antione Amourette’s pocket sevens and by the time it got heads-up Jorgensen was 11-1 chip leader. Celebrations, which went on well into the early morning in Paris, were already being planned. Amourette was philosophical in defeat, and, making reference to the le PMU et le Cheval Français cart race the night before, said, “I won the race but I didn’t win enough races today. I’m still delighted though,” he added.

The finale of the €10,000 main event was filmed for worldwide television broadcast and started with a healthy total of 247 runners and total prize pool of €2,347,797 – a total of 27 players made the money.  Theo Jorgensen had previously cashed twice before on the World Poker Tour for a total of $33,000. Both cashes were way back in season three, with a best finish of 22^nd at the 2005 World Poker Open. For the other seven final table participants, which included French star Arnaud Mattern, it was their first cashes on the WPT.  Amongst others who made the money included French actor and poker player Patrick Bruel, Antony Lellouche and Russia’s Alexander Kravchenko. Bruel had a large supporting contingent on the rail and they were visibly deflated when he departed.

Those who hit the rail in this WPT 2010-2011 season kick-off event before the money included WPT Champions Bertrand ‘Elky’ Grospellier, Guillaume Darcourt, Tommy Vedes, Freddy Deeb, Thomas Bichon, and Surinder Sunar (who took down this event in 2004), as well as other top names such as John Juanda, Men ‘The Master’ Nguyen, Aussie Millions champion Tyron Krost, Isabelle Mercier, Ludovic Lacay, David Steicke, Casey Kastle, Roberto Romanello and Remy Biechel.

In a first in World Poker Tour history, there was a very special event on Friday evening for the participants of the final table of the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris Main Event, presented by PartyPoker.fr. Le PMU et le Cheval Français and ACF generously invited the players for a very special night of trotting at the superb state of the art Vincennes horse racing track. The main race, the  ‘Finale du WPT Grand Prix de Paris’, took place at 8:48pm CET. At 10.30pm, however, the  real fun started – all eight final table players took part in their very own televised horse and cart race! The winner on the night was Antoine Amourette, who dramatically passed Bruno Fitoussi on the line. Watch the video at : http://fr.partypoker.com/blog/wpt-paris/video-exclusive-les-8-finalistes-du-wpt-grand-prix-de-paris-au-sulky/

The second televised event, the ACFpoker €20,000 No Limit Hold ‘em High Roller Freeze Out tournament, saw glory for two time WPT champion Freddy Deeb after an intriguing heads-up battle with man of the moment Sorel Mizzi. The superb lively final table also featured the likes of Bruno Fitoussi, Andrew Feldman, Antony Lelouche and Roger Hairabedian. Deeb picked up €290,000, with Mizzi walking away with €120,000. Mizzi seemed to be in control throughout the final table but when his AK was out-flopped by Deeb’s AQ during an epic heads-up the balance of power changed. “I cannot believe I came back,” said Freddy , “he kept making me call but I changed my game and got a bit of a break.”

Bruno Fitoussi of ACFpoker said: “Congratulations to Freddy. Sorel Mizzi has been on an unprecedented run tearing up the online and offline felt  - he’s the man to beat in world poker at the moment and if I had to pick someone to do it Freddy Deeb would be very high up on that list.”

Coverage of the WPT Grand Prix de Paris Main Event, presented by PartyPoker.fr, and the ACFpoker High Roller will be presented by Justine Fraioli.

More information on all the action, payouts and videos from WPT Live Updates hostess Jacque Williams can be found at http://www.worldpokertour.com/Live_Updates/Live.aspx and http://www.partypoker.com/blog

WPT Grand Prix de Paris Main Event – presented by PartyPoker.fr – final table

Seat 1: Mickael Guenni — 538,000
Seat 2: Theo Jorgensen — 2,693,000
Seat 3: Antoine Amourette — 489,000
Seat 4: Per Linde — 584,000
Seat 5: Jimmy Ostensson — 436,000
Seat 6: Nourredine Aïtaleb — 810,000
Seat 7: Fabrice Touil — 1,183,000
Seat 8: Arnaud Mattern — 678,000

WPT Grand Prix de Paris Main Event – presented by PartyPoker.fr – payouts

1 Theo Jorgensen  €633,902

2 Antoine Amourette €328,690

3 Per Linde €234,780

4 Mickael Guenni €187,825

5 Fabrice Touil €140,870

6 Nourredine Aïtaleb €93,910

7 Arnaud Mattern €82,175

8 Jimmy Ostensson €70,435

9 Ilan Boujenah €58,695

10 Quinn Sivage €46,955

11 Steven van Zadelhoff €46,955

12 Patrick Bruel €46,955

13 Alexander Kravchenko €46,955

14 Andrew Teng €35,215

15 Christophe Benzimra €35,215

16 Bruno Lopes €35,215

17 Reynald Zrnjevic €35,215

18 Michel Bouskila €35,215

19 Michael Kwiek €23,480

20 Eric Haik €23,480

21 Paul Bennazar €23,480

22 Gabriel Nassif €23,480

23 Antony Lellouche €11,740

24 Arnaud Esquevin €11,740

25 Thomas Nielsen €11,740

26 Guillaume de la Gorce €11,740

27 Olivier Chaignard €11,740

ACFpoker High Rollers – Final Table

Seat 1: Gianni Giaroni – 71,000
Seat 2: Freddy Deeb – 337,700
Seat 3: Antony Lellouche – 113,600
Seat 4: Hichem Ben Halima – 86,600
Seat 5: Sorel Mizzi – 452,500
Seat 6: Andrew Feldman – 36,500
Seat 7: Bruno Fitoussi – 36,800
Seat 8: Roger Hairabedian – 112,100

ACFpoker High Rollers – payouts

1 Freddy Deeb €290,000

2 Sorel Mizzi €120,000

3 Roger Hairabedian €40,000

4 Gianroni Gianni €25,262

For more information and the complete WPT tour schedule, visit www.worldpokertour.com.

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