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48 HOUR PARTYPOKER.COM BIG GAME V IS GOING TO GO ON FROM DUSK TILL DAWN… NINE PACKAGES FOR TELEVISED EVENT AVAILABLE THROUGH OPT-IN LEADERBOARD RACES

März 15, 2011

Gibraltar – 15th March 2011 — http://www.partypoker.com and Matchroom Sport are pleased to announce that the ‘PartyPoker.com Big Game V,’ in association with PokerNews.com, will take place at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, UK, from April 15th-17th. PartyPoker.com is offering nine $15,000 packages to the televised event, which include the $13,000 buy-in and $2,000 spending money. As before, the cash game runs for 48 hours continuously!

To win a buy-in for The Big Game V, customers have to opt-in and compete in one of three points races that run from the 21st March – 3rd April. Players who finish first or second win one of the $15,000 packages. In addition, there are also $20,000 of leaderboard prizes and freeroll prizes worth $10,000 to be won. To win a place, there will be three points races to participate in at Low, Medium and High Stakes. Six packages (two in each race) will be awarded to the top racers and the next highest finishers can win cash and a seat in a Big Game freeroll where the rest of the packages are up for grabs. For those that do not come close to the top prizes, over 500 seats to these Big Game freerolls are on offer. More information can be found at: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/the_big_game.html

Early names pencilled in to play include: Tony G, David ‘Viffer’ Peat, Annette Obrestad, Neil Channing, Jennifer Tilly, Roberto Romanello, Robert Williamson III, James Bord and Toby Lewis.

One other player confirmed is the in-form Sam Trickett. “I’m really looking forward to playing in my home town of Nottingham – Dusk Till Dawn is a fitting venue for a prestigious event like the 48 hour cash game,” said Trickett. “The line up is even sicker than last year, so I’ll have to be on my A-game!” Jesse May interviews Trickett about his great run in the latest episode of the Poker Show at: http://www.partypoker.com/blog/jesse-may/sam-trickett-rounders.html

As associate sponsor, PokerNews.com will be funding the special PokerNews.com pots that Tournament Director Mad Marty Wilson introduces to the action to spice up the pots.

“Another year has passed in the poker world and we are ready for another Big Game,” said Matchroom Sport’s managing director Eddie Hearn. “As fans and viewers become more demanding we will be delivering another fun packed series of musical entrances, player evictions, PokerNews pots and most importantly a line up to make your mouth water. Players’ play with their own money and the action is raw and very real. Accept no imitations… now in its fifth season, there is only one PartyPoker.com Big Game.”

Simon Trumper, live poker room director of Dusk Till Dawn, said: “Dusk Till Dawn is Europe’s premier poker venue with 45 all dealer dealt tables and 24 plasma screens. Having won two awards for Cardroom of the Year in the last 12 months we are delighted that PartyPoker.com has chosen our venue for the Big Game this year and look forward to welcoming the world’s best poker players to Nottingham.”

The PartyPoker.com Big Game IV in London last April was dominated by David “Viffer” Peat, who became the biggest winner in the five editions of the tournament, scooping £147k as he sat through the entire 48 hours.

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VIENNA CALLING! LAST WEEK OF QUALIFIERS ON PARTYPOKER.COM FOR AUSTRIAN EXTRAVAGANZA FINAL WPT BRATISLAVA ONLINE SATELLITE ON 20TH MARCH

März 10, 2011

Gibraltar – 8th March 2011 — Online qualifiers on http://www.partypoker.com for the back-to-back WPT Vienna and WPT Bratislava events at the end of this month have proved to be very popular, with the last online passage into the WPT Vienna Main Event taking place this Sunday 13th March and the final WPT Bratislava Main Event qualifier on Sunday 20th March.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “Last week’s main WPT Vienna online satellite attracted 108 runners and gave away five packages, while the qualifier for WPT Bratislava brought in 90 players and gave away four packages. With the clock ticking towards the end of the qualifiers we’re expecting bumper fields delivering plenty of packages for these back-to-back events.”

The televised WPT Vienna, presented by PartyPoker.com, is a brand new stop on the World Poker Tour. The event takes place at the famous city’s fabulous Montesino Casino and promises to be one of the highlights of the 2011 tour. The €3,200+ €300 Main Event will run from 25th – 29th March 2011, with a €15,000 High Rollers running 28th – 30th March 2011. The WPT team of Mike Sexton, Jesse May and Kara Scott will be overseeing the action.  PartyPoker.com is offering online qualifiers worth $7,000 which include the main event buy-in, $1,400 spending money, five nights’ hotel accommodation and hospitality. Daily qualifiers continue this week and, as ever, there is daily freeroll options. The final $350 + $25 weekly online satellite takes place this Sunday at 15.20 ET.

Online qualifiers for WPT Bratislava, presented by PartyPoker.com, run until Sunday 20th March. Bratislava in Slovakia is one of the most action-packed European stops on the ever-expanding WPT tour. The €2,500 + €220 Main Event at the Golden Vegas Casino runs from March 30th – April 3rd. PartyPoker.com is offering the chance to win $6,000 packages ($3,700 buy-in, $1,000 spending money), which includes four night’s accommodation and hospitality. There are daily freerolls with each main $300 + $20 online satellite taking place every Sunday at 13.45ET, with one $6,000 package up for grabs for every 20 players.

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

As the tournaments are back-to-back, the organizers of the WPT Bratislava are putting on a coach shuttle from the WPT Vienna. Bratislava is around 45 minutes from Vienna.

Players wanting to buy-in direct for WPT Vienna or WPT Bratislava can easily at the WPT’s new registration site: https://www.wptregistrations.com/default.aspx. This new site provides the option to buy-in as well as accommodation packages.

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THERE’S NOWHERE CHEAPER TO PLAY DOUBLE OR NOTHING SIT AND GO’S! FEE SLASHED BY 50% ON ALL CASH MTT’S WITH BUY-IN OF $6 AND BELOW

März 10, 2011

2nd March 2011 – http://www.partypoker.com/ has made a number of changes to its tournament schedule, amongst them being reducing the fees on $6 Double or Nothing Sit & Go’s by 50%! Now, there’s nowhere cheaper or better than PartyPoker.com to play Double or Nothing Sit & Go’s. Amongst other changes to the tournament schedule, PartyPoker.com has also slashed the fees on cash multi-table tournaments with buy-ins of $6 and below by 50%!

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “Now, there’s nowhere cheaper or better than PartyPoker.com to play Double or Nothing Sit & Go’s! In addition, we’ve added almost $500,000 in weekly tournament guarantees including a new and improved $40,000 Super Weekday tournament. We have also just reduced the fees on $6 Double or Nothing Sit & Go’s by 50%. Don’t forget we still have some of our old favourites such as the gigantic $250,000 Guaranteed Sunday and of course our massive $100,000 High Roller.”

For the new tournament schedule see: http://www.partypoker.com/tournaments/schedule.htm

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