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DATES SET FOR PARTYPOKER.COM WOMEN’S WORLD OPEN IV KARA SCOTT AND ANNETTE OBRESTAD JOIN LINE-UP

9^th March 2010 – http://www.partypoker.com/ and Matchroom Sport are pleased to confirm that the PartyPoker.com Women’s World Open IV will take place in London on the 23^rd – 24^th March 2010.

The 24 player $3,000 buy-in tournament features a total prize pool of $72,000 and a six-seat final table. The top two players from each of the three deep-stacked eight handed heats carry their chips through to the final table. Starting stacks for the heats are 200,000, with blinds starting at 1,000/2,000.

Amongst those already confirmed to take part include Team PartyPoker.com’s Kara Scott and the one and only Annette Obrestad. Joining them are Women’s World Open III winner Aisling Collins and last year’s runner-up, Kim Wooka from Japan. Other confirmations include Laurence Grondin, Shelley Rubenstein, Stefanie Bergener, Maria Demetriou, Christine Klecz, Pippa Flanders and season two winner Soraya Homam.

Aisling Collins, a Sky Poker producer, showed brilliant spirit and superb skill to take down the Women’s World Open III title. Her aggressive play meant she had one star fan in the form of poker prodigy Annette Obrestad, who was in the commentary box. Aisling finished second place in her heat and only won her way through to the final through the last gasp runner’s up play-off.  Aisling was involved in a tense heads-up battle with Japan’s Wooka and there were a number of swings either way before Collins came out on top. It always seemed as though Aisling was going to emerge triumphant, however. When heads-up play started Collins held a 450,000/250,000 advantage but Wooka soon clawed her way back. The decisive hand came when the blinds were 10,000/20,000. Aisling raised to 70,000 with Jd 5d and was called by Kim with Qh 10d. The flop came down Jc Kd 9d and Kim checked. Collins raised another 70,000 and Wooka went all-in. Collins called and the 6d on the turn gave her the flush and victory!

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “Last year Aisling proved that Britain’s got talent but the same can be said about Japan in the form of Kim Wooka. Both will be strong contenders for the title this year. We’ve made the stacks deeper and the competition is just as fierce. It is great to have Kara in the line-up, she made her major breakthrough in the poker world by reaching the final table of the inaugural event and then she went on to cash big at the WSOP Main Event and Irish Open.”

Eddie Hearn, Director of Matchroom Sport said: “The PartyPoker.com Women’s World Open has proved extremely popular with players, viewers and broadcasters over the last three seasons. As the game continues to grow, we have made a number of changes to our formats that enables the viewers to watch a deeper-stacked game with more skill, where players can really showcase their ability and flair. We are delighted to welcome back Aisling Collins who will be defending her title but it won’t be easy as the likes of Annette Obrestad, Kara Scott, Laurence Grondin, Kim Wooka and Maria Demetriou will be looking to take it down.”

Commentary will be provided by Jesse May, with presenting duties shared between the glamorous pairing of Kara Scott and Tatjana Pasilic. Coverage of the event will first be broadcast on Five in the UK later this year and then distributed internationally.

Kara Scott recently took part in the NBC Heads-Up in the States. See: http://blog.partypoker.com/kara-scott/nbc-heads-up-it-didnt-last-quite-as-long-as-i-would-have-liked-it-to.html for more information. Report on Sunday’s Monthly Million http://blog.partypoker.com/monthly-million/redcard21-and-cyberkanguru-make-the-monthlymillion-deal.html

WSOP QUALIFIERS UNDERWAY AT PARTYPOKER.COM MORE OPTIONS THAN EVER! QUALIFY FOR FREE!

Gibraltar – 3^rd March 2010 — http://www.partypoker.com is giving its customers the chance to play at the World Series of Poker® in Las Vegas for free. That’s right: win a $14,000 WSOP® package to the most famous poker event on the planet for absolutely nothing!

PartyPoker.com has just introduced a comprehensive range of qualifiers for the showpiece in Las Vegas, starting with irresistible daily freerolls. The qualifiers are online now and run until 13th June. The main $700+$50 satellites take place every Friday at 18.00ET and Sunday at 15.35ET, where one in 20 players will win a $14,000 WSOP package.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “A comprehensive schedule of qualifiers for packages are now online. PartyPoker.com is offering more seriously cost effective ways to qualify for the WSOP than ever before. It doesn’t get much better than winning a package for absolutely nothing!”

All winners will be rewarded with a prize package worth $14,000. Each package includes:

• $10,000 WSOP® main event buy-in
• $2,000 spending money
• Hotel accommodation and hospitality

All package winners will also be invited to join our exclusive WSOP® poker seminar when they get to Vegas. If they attend, they’ll receive expert advice, tuition and tips from Team Party, which includes successful players like Mike Sexton, Tony G, Kara Scott, Ian Frazer and other top pros.

TEAM PARTY’S DRAGAN GALIC IS GERMAN POKER PLAYER OF THE YEAR!

Gibraltar, 26^th February 2010 – www.PartyPoker.com is very proud to announce that the newest member of Team Party, Dragan Galic, has been elected German Poker Player of the Year 2009. The official awards ceremony took place last night at the CAPT Bregenz 2010 Players Party.

Only 24 hours ago, Dragan signed a sponsorship deal with PartyPoker.com and he is already starting to breath fire in his new colours. Royal Flush and Pokerfirma.de conducted the voting for German Poker Player of the Year and almost 30 percent of all votes cast were in favour of the 35-year-old Croatian/German European number one. Sandra Naujoks took second place, while George Danzer finished third.

All three winners were given a trophy, as well as an exclusive engraved Card Guard from PT Card Guards in bronze, silver and gold.

Dragan commented: “This title is a great honour for me, especially because it comes from the poker community itself. Thanks to everybody that voted for me. Last year was simply brilliant for me. The last couple of days have been amazing too with my new deal being finalized. The title motivates me even more and I am looking forward to the rest of 2010 as a member of Team Party.”

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “We congratulate Dragan on taking the title, we are very proud to have the German Player of the Year in the Team Party ranks. There could not have been any better start to our partnership.”

Team Party also includes Mike Sexton, Tony G, Kara Scott, Ian Frazer, Felipe ‘Mojave’ Ramos and Bodo Sbrzesny.

Final result – German Player of the Year 2009:

Dragan Galic:     29,82%

Sandra Naujoks: 24,43%

George Danzer:  12,09%

MAXIMUS PARTYPOINTUS IS BACK! THE GLADIATOR RETURNS FOR MARCH

Gibraltar – 26th February 2010 – http://www.partypoker.com/ is pleased to announce details of its next wide ranging promotion as ‘The Gladiator’ returns! For one month the online poker room becomes a coliseum! A player can earn up to $7,500 in cash and there is WSOP Main Event packages up for grabs!

From the 3rd March – 1st April, players who hit the daily minimum target of 10 PartyPoints for just five days claim the much-deserved reward of an entry into a $10,000 freeroll. The more days a player earns points on, the bigger the prize will be – there’s up to $7,500 cash to be won. PartyPoker.com has also added a massive incentive for the most dedicated players. Earn 2,000 points every day for the full 30 days and a player secures a $12,500 WSOP Main Event package, which includes the buy-in, hotel, hospitality and spending money. During the last run of ‘The Gladiator,’ players secured an astounding 96 Aussie Millions player packages!

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “The Gladiator is back and the rewards are greater than ever before. This promotion is about spreading play over a period of time for maximus rewards! It is simple and offers great value and we encourage players to challenge themselves and take a closer look.”

The Gladiator replaces the previously announced Online Cash Game Championships which is now slated to run at a later date.

For more information see table below and http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/gladiator.html

LEGENDARY SIGNING FOR PARTYPOKER.IT! FRANCESCO TOTTI TAKES UP POKER!

Roma – 25^th February 2010 — http://www.partypoker.it/ is excited to announce the biggest signing in its history. Football legend Francesco Totti has signed an amazing landmark deal to become an ambassador to represent the trusted site and play exclusively online at its virtual poker tables.

Totti, known as ‘Er Pupone,’ and Italy’s most famous ‘Number 10’ is arguably, the biggest sports star ever to sign a contract with an online gaming company. Totti is by no means a retired superstar sportsman, making it one of the first deals of its type in the industry. http://www.partypoker.it/ is owned by PartyGaming, the world’s leading listed online gaming company.

Totti said: “I have faced many challenges in my career and I always apply myself with skill, intelligence, loyalty and passion. You need all these abilities for poker and it is also a game that excites me and is a lot of fun. Thanks to PartyPoker.it, I am able to combine my passion for sport and the challenge of poker. The qualities you need to become a good poker player are very close to those of a sport.”

A PartyPoker.it spokesman said: “We expect Totti to become the most capped player and number one goalscorer in our history. He is one of the greatest football players of his generation – the question is now will he be one of the greatest poker players of his generation too? What Totti strives for he normally succeeds in achieving! He is a huge signing.”

“Totti is famous for his cucchiaio goalscoring technique, which inspired the title of his 2006 autobiography, Tutto Totti: Mo je faccio er cucchiaio (Romanesco for “I’ll Chip Him”). Now Totti’s aim is to show his ‘chips’ to our Italian customers! Play with the legend online exclusively at PartyPoker.it!”

Totti will feature in television and print advertisements in the Italian market from the 25^th February. To celebrate the signing of the Roma captain, PartyPoker.it is offering AMAZING introductory bonuses including a special Totti ‘10’ welcome bonus and Totti freerolls for new customers from the 25^th February. See: http://en.partypoker.it/news/items/totti10eurobonus.html for more information. Please note these promotions are open to Italian customers only.

About Francesco Totti

Francesco Totti (born September 27, 1976 in Rome) is an Italian football player, who currently plays for A.S. Roma in Serie A and for the Italian national team -the current world champions after winning the 2006 FIFA World Cup.  Francesco Totti’s position is that of a striker or an attacking midfielder, though he’s best known for playing as the “trequartista”, a compromise between the two positions where the player acts as a link between midfield and attack.Totti is widely recognised as the symbol of Roma, having never left the team despite the possibility of playing in stronger and richer clubs, and being the number one goalscorer in the club’s history. He is a talismanic figure in world football.

ENTER THE DRAGAN! TOP EUROPEAN SIGNS FOR TEAM PARTY! WHATEVER YOU DO DON’T PUT FIRE INTO HIM!

Gibraltar – 24^th February 2010 – http://www.partypoker.com/ is delighted to announce that they have agreed a sponsorship deal with top European professional Dragan Galic.

Dragan is currently rated as the number one player in Europe by pokerineurope.com and was recently invited to play in the Team Party heat as a special guest at the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV at the M Resort in Las Vegas. Though he didn’t make it through the play-off stages, PartyPoker.com were suitably impressed to sign him to their ranks. He joins Mike Sexton, Tony G, Kara Scott, Ian Frazer, Felipe ‘Mojave’ Ramos, Bodo Sbrzesny and Remy Biechel in Team Party.

Galic is a 35-year-old Croatian/German from Schneverdingen, near Hamburg and has over $900,000 in live tournament winnings and a great online record. He recently won the Casino Austria Poker Tour finishing with the highest overall ranking and finished fifth in the EPT San Remo Main Event, making history when he maintained the chip lead from day one through to day four. He is a big contender for the European Player of the Year title and a member of PartyPoker.com’s VIP club http://www.palladiumlounge.com/. He was a service engineer for BMW before hanging up his overalls to become a professional poker player in 2006.

Dragan said: “After spending time with the other members of Team Party in Vegas I am delighted to join. PartyPoker.com was the very first site I played on so in many ways it feels like coming home. I find games suitable for me on there and am excited by the opportunities this sponsorship deal will offer.”

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “It is great to sign Dragan – he has great qualities as an ambassador and an amazing game to go with it. We are excited about our partnership.”

Dragan keeps his own information up to date at: http://www.thepokerstorm.com/ and a detailed biography can be found at: http://www.thepokerstorm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:biography-dragan-galic&catid=25:allles-ueber-mich&Itemid=65

Dragan will be playing online under the name ‘DraganGalic’ – try and slay him today!

Mike Sexton invaded popular US culture this week as he was quoted in James Hibberd’s The Live Feed column in The Hollywood Reporter. In a piece about top chat show host Conan O’Brien’s fight with NBC, Hibberd stated:

The prospect of O’Brien going to the top-rated Fox is like what “World Poker Tour” commentator Mike Sexton says during a tournament whenever a card player loses chips to a talented pro: “You don’t want to put fire into that dragon.”

PartyPoker.com ambassador Mike Sexton welcomed Dragan to Team Party by saying: “Dragan is a fantastic all round player. I have sat on the table with him – you don’t want to put fire into that dragan!”

Tony G said: “Dragan is a great guy and I welcome him on board – the guy’s a winner. One things for sure, he don’t need a trike!”

THE COMEBACK KING! BENYAMINE IS BACK! FRENCHMAN IS CROWNED PARTYPOKER.COM PREMIER LEAGUE IV CHAMPION! 100 EURO ITALIAN ONLINE QUALIFIER FINISHES THIRD AND SCOOPS $158,000

Las Vegas – 19^th February 2010 — 37-year-old professional David Benyamine has taken down the http://www.partypoker.com/ Premier League IV title at the M Resort in Las Vegas. Benyamine, a French poker legend and a resident of Las Vegas, overcame a final table that also included Daniel Negreanu, Phil Laak, Roland De Wolfe, Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz and http://www.partypoker.it/ online qualifier Giovanni Safina, a 44-year-old lawyer from Palermo, Italy, who qualified through an online satellite for just 100 euros. The total prize pool was $1.5 million, with $300,000 added by PartyPoker.com.

Benyamine has not played a tournament so far this year until the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV and has been extremely quiet on the circuit in general for the last 12 months. Regarded as a legendary online cash player, Benyamine has spent a lot of time out of the spotlight but is now back in business after taking out Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz heads-up.

“It feels really good winning a title, I’m not used to it,” said Benyamine. “The whole time I never thought about winning, I just wanted to do what I thought was right. I know people always say that when they win but it’s true. I haven’t really been around for a while and I hope this gives me momentum going forward! I really enjoyed the format and competition – I’m sure it will make great  TV.”

“Position in these final tables can help and I didn’t do anything special today, I just got hands at the right time and played my own game. Luke (Schwartz) is a very impulsive player but I just stuck to my own game heads-up and it was enough.” The contrast in styles was something Phil Hellmuth heavily picked up on, as he joined Jesse May in the commentary box for the final.

The runner-up was the controversial Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz, whose table talk and banter featured heavily all week. “I’m really, really disappointed,” said Luke, “I think I played the best this week and deserved to come first but that’s the way it goes.”

One man who basked in huge glory was online qualifier Safina. “This was a mind blowing experience, truly amazing. I am happy with my result. It is just so fantastic that one online qualifier like me who invested so little money on an online site can get to such a big stage as this playing with the best players in the world for a whole week in the PartyPoker Premier League.” Safina’s English language skills are limited, which was probably handy with the trash talkers around him. At one point he donned headphones to block the noise out.

A PartyPoker spokesman said: “Congratulations to David – it has been a fantastic week and was such a spectacle at a fantastic location in the form of the M Resort. The story of Giovanni Safina is inspiring, what a dream ticket for 100 euros! Yes, you get an online qualifier who wins millions in a big tournament quite frequently but this was different. You had an online qualifier who was thrown in the lions den in a league over seven intense days with players at the top of their game and those who were masters of table intimidation. He did himself proud – he never once shirked and deserves all the acclaim he has already got back in his homeland.”

Eddie Hearn, Director of Matchroom Sport ,  said: “Bringing the PartyPoker.com Premier League to Las Vegas has taken the world’s best distributed poker show to a whole new level – this is simply must see  TV, it has been amazing. Everybody has also enjoyed the fantastic facilities and service of the M Resort. I would like to personally thank Richar Fitoussi and all the team there for being such wonderful hosts.”

First out on the final table was final table chip leader Phil Laak, the yellow jersey wearer who dominated the group stages. His pocket tens ran into Benyamine’s AK and an ace on the turn meant it was bike time for ‘The Unabomber. Phil, who took down the PartyPoker.com World Open V, was disappointed but pragmatic but still cashes significantly after a fantastic run in the league stages. Next to go was Roland De Wolfe, who beat Team Party’s Ian Frazer in the heads-up this morning, and then Daniel Negreanu, who had taken out JC Tran in the heads-up. Daniel was his usual chirpy self at the table, at one point saying to Schwartz he hoped they would get heads-up so he could put a bad beat on him. “I can’t wait to hear you rant and rave about how washed up and bad I am,” joked Negreanu, who exited to the rail in fourth.

Out in third was Safina, who had plenty of support on the rail. A  David amongst Goliaths, his fate was sealed by Schwartz.  Safina moved all in with As 7c – Luke Schwartz snap-called and flipped over Kc 3c and immediately looked disturbed. “I thought I had king-jack!

The flop came 5s Qd 6d and Safina’s hand was still in the lead. The Js hit on the turn, and now if Schwartz had held the king-jack he would be in the lead. It wouldn’t matter though, as the 3d came on the river giving Schwartz the winning hand nonetheless. He screamed with excitement, and immediately walked over and graciously shook Safina’s hand. The Italian drew huge applause from the crowd.

Heads-up Schwartz had the lead 1,320,000 to Benyamine’s 580,000. Here’s how our friends at PokerNews described the finale:

“After going from chip leader just five minutes ago to now being on the brink of elimination, Luke Schwartz raised it up to 80,000 with Qd 2s and would get called by David Benyamine who held a dominating Qs 8d. The flop would be cruel to Schwartz putting him in an awkward spot coming down 5s 3c Qs. Benyamine coyly checked, allowing Schwartz to bet 70,000. Benyamine then raised it up to 210,000 and after a few seconds Schwartz moved all in for 480,000 more. This move sent Benyamine deep into the tank, as he pondered whether or not to make the call. The longer it took, the more confident Schwartz got thinking for sure he had the best hand. “He would have called by now if he had me beat,” said Schwartz. Phil Hellmuth commented that the confidence Schwartz was showing, thinking he was ahead could possibly prompt a fold from Benyamine. Finally, Benyamine slid the chips into the center and Schwartz proudly announced he had a queen, only to see it was no good. “Why’d you slow roll,” Schwartz said to Benyamine. “That’s an easy call.”Schwartz then pleaded the dealer to peel some sort of card that would help his chances for a chop, even offering up $2,000 for a winning three. The turn card was the 7h eliminating any chance at a chop, and now Schwartz would need a three, and only a three to take down the pot. It wasn’t meant to be as the 6h hit the felt.”

Full hand analysis and videos can be found at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/partypoker-premier-league-iv/premier-league-iv/day7/

http://blog.partypoker.com/ gives a great perspective on the colour of the week including bikes, trikes, star wars and kermit.

PartyPoker.com Premier League IV will be broadcast for the first time in the UK in September and then distributed worldwide. The event was organized by Matchroom Sport and presented by Team Party’s Kara Scott.

PARTYPOKER.COM PREMIER LEAGUE IV – M RESORT, LAS VEGAS – FINAL TABLE CHIPCOUNTS – 18^th FEBRUARY 2010

1. Phil Laak – 480,000
2. David Benyamine – 380,000
3. Giovanni Safina – 290,000
4. Luke Schwartz – 290,000
5. Daniel Negreanu – 260,000
6. Roland De Wolfe – 220,000

Total Prizepool $1.5 million ($300,000 added by PartyPoker.com)

Total payouts including league stages

David Benyamine $476,000

Luke Schwartz $258,000

Giovanni Safina $158,000

Phil Laak $146,000

Daniel Negreanu $132,000

Roland De Wolfe $114,000

Ian Frazer $52,000

JC Tran $40,000

Phil Hellmuth $38,000

Yevgeniy Timoshenko $32,000

Vanessa Rousso $32,000

Tony G $22,000

Final League Standings
x-1. Phil Laak 48 points
x-2. David Benyamine – 38 points
x-T-3. Giovanni Safina – 29 points
x-T-3. Luke Schwartz 29 points
5. Daniel Negreanu 26 points
6. Ian Frazer 26 points
7. Roland De Wolfe 22 points
8. JC Tran 20 points
9. Phil Hellmuth – 19 points
10. Yevgeniy Timoshenko 16 points
11. Vanessa Rousso 16 points
12. Tony G – 11 points

PARTYPOKER.COM PREMIER LEAGUE IV FINAL TABLE UNDERWAY!

Las Vegas – 18^th February 2010 – The final table is set at http://www.partypoker.com/ Premier League IV. In this morning’s heads-up matches Daniel Negreanu saw off JC Tran, while Roland De Wolfe secured a final table berth after winning a titanic tussle with Team Party’s Ian Frazer.

Pokernews are live reporting now at: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/partypoker-premier-league-iv/premier-league-iv/

For each point a player earned during the preliminary matches, they get 10,000 in chips. The chipcounts at the start of play were as follows:

1. Phil Laak – 480,000
2. David Benyamine – 380,000
3. Giovanni Safina – 290,000
4. Luke Schwartz – 290,000
5. Daniel Negreanu – 260,000
6. Roland De Wolfe – 220,000

Joining the star names on the final table is Italian lawyer Giovanni Safina, who qualified for the Premier League for just 100 euros through an online satellite at http://www.partypoker.it/.

Blinds start at 1000/2000 – we’ve got a lot of play ahead! Joining Jesse May in the commentary box is Phil Hellmuth, who has taken to singing Pink Floyd rather than Jay-Z.

Final table payouts

1. $400,000
2. $200,000
3. $100,000
4. $80,000
5. $70,000
6. $50,000

For the colour see: http://blog.partypoker.com/

Not caught up with the $100k buy-in toy store? See: http://blog.partypoker.com/general/partypoker-com-premier-league-iv-day-6-madness-darth-vader-the-schwartz-monkey-and-kermit-the-frog.html

LEAGUE STAGE OVER AT PARTYPOKER.COM PREMIER LEAGUE IV ITALIAN ONLINE QUALIFIER GOES STRAIGHT TO FINAL TABLE! NEGREANU TRIUMPHS AT EXPENSE OF HELLMUTH!

Las Vegas – 17^th February 2010 – The league stages at the http://www.partypoker.com/ Premier League IV at the M Resort in Las Vegas are now over. Four players go directly to the final table, while four others take part in heads-up matches tomorrow morning to secure the final two spots in the six seat finale. http://www.partypoker.it/ online qualifier Giovanni Safina, a 44-year-old civil lawyer from Palermo, Italy, has secured one of the guaranteed seats at the final table making Italian poker history and is guaranteed to walk away with at least $108,000 of the $1.5 million prize pool after investing just 100 euros in an online satellite.

“I am going to do this for Italy and for myself,” said Safina, who is an amateur poker player. “It was emotional to play with the world’s top pros at the start but now I am confident.”

Safina was subject to verbal volleys and trash talk from Luke ‘Full Flush’ Schwartz in his final heat but brushed him off as “a little boy.” During today’s group photoshoot (attached) Safina donned a pair of headphones to drown out the trash talk and egos around him.

“I hope Luke behaves himself tomorrow – whatever I don’t care – this is just such an amazing experience.”

Heat six was won spectacularly with immense tactical nous by Daniel Negreanu, who goes through to the heads-up matches tomorrow morning at the expense of Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth – who nearly pulled off an epic comeback to make the final stages of the elite event. Only first place would have done for Phil. All the players gathered as an electric atmosphere built. JC Tran, in particular, was railing, needing Hellmuth not to win! Eventually it ended up being bike time for Hellmuth, Timoshenko, Rousso and Tony G and their Premier League dreams are over.

If Hellmuth riding a bike and trike races in previous heats wasn’t entertaining enough, the final heat was greeted with the presence of a monkey, Roland De Vader and Tony G as Kermit the Frog. Luke Schwartz was replaced by a stuffed monkey for many of the early levels. For the colour see: http://blog.partypoker.com/general/partypoker-com-premier-league-iv-day-6-madness-darth-vader-the-schwartz-monkey-and-kermit-the-frog.html

Phil Laak, wearing the yellow jersey as the Tour De Force of the Premier League, busted with a bagel after winning all his previous heats which absolutely blew the lid off the atmosphere and heightened tension. De Wolfe even gave Hellmuth a happy retirement card as the table talk went through the roof.

Negreanu said: “Man that was such a rocky road! It was so weird because Luke was never there and then he was and picks up aces when I have an Ace – just a crazy crazy day. I thought third was going to be enough bar a few scenarios but those scenarios turned up, Roland did real good and I had to make sure I got heads-up.”

Hellmuth said: “I can’t be too disappointed really – I feel good with the way I’ve played. I love playing under the heat of pressure and I feel I’m on the path to achieving great things this year but it just didn’t happen to me here.”

Schwartz said: “It was a bit of a sweat for me today and I feel I should have got through yesterday but it’s all good. (On not sitting at the table and the monkey replacing him) It was the logical move – I knew what I had to do and how to achieve it and I did.”

Full details on all the dramatic hands today can be found at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/partypoker-premier-league-iv/premier-league-iv/ and live reporting of the marathon final day starts at 11.30am PST tomorrow.

Final League Standings

x-1. Phil Laak – 48 points
x-2. David Benyamine – 38 points
x-T-3. Giovanni Safina – 29 points
x-T-3. Luke Schwartz – 29 points
5. Daniel Negreanu – 26 points
6. Ian Frazer – 26 points
7. Roland De Wolfe – 22 points
8. JC Tran – 20 points
9. Phil Hellmuth – 19 points
10. Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 16 points
11. Vanessa Rousso – 16 points
12. Tony G – 11 points

x – clinched final table berth

Phil Laak, David Benyamine, Giovanni Safina and Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz go straight to the final table. In the best of three heads-up matches tomorrow Daniel Negreanu takes on last year’s winner JC Tran and Team Party’s Ian Frazer faces Roland De Wolfe.

The event is organized by Matchroom Sport and is presented by Team Party’s Kara Scott.

GAMEBOOKERS.COM TO SPONSOR WPT BUCHAREST MAKE POKER HISTORY WHEN WPT HITS ROMANIA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!

Gibraltar – 17^th February 2010 – The world’s biggest poker tour is coming to Romania for the first time ever!  WPT Bucharest, sponsored by www.gamebookers.com/, takes place at the Regent Casino in Bucharest between the 27^th March – 2^nd April 2010. The buy-in for this fantastic new event is US$4,750.

A Gamebookers.com spokesman said: “ You can be part of this momentous occasion: take a shot at winning a $7,500 WPT Bucharest package and take your seat in the action with Gamebookers Poker.”

“If you’re a fan of the Gamebookers sportsbook and fancy your chances at the poker tables, we’ve got a great offer for you. Earn five GBPoints in any week of the promotional period and you’ll be entered into a weekly freeroll where you can win a seat in the satellite taking place the Sunday after.”

Gamebookers.com customers can win a WPT Bucharest seat for free by joining daily freerolls or buy-in to daily qualifiers for as little as $2. Qualifiers run until the 14^th March, with one package guaranteed in a weekly satellite taking place every Sunday, exclusively at Gamebookers Poker.

Each $7,500 prize package includes:

• WPT main event buy-in worth $4,750
• Seven nights’ accommodation in a top hotel
• Exclusive VIP treatment
• $500 spending money

The freerolls will take place at 11:50 ET every Saturday. Only points earned by betting between 15^th February and 14^th March will count towards this promotion.

For more information see: http://www.poker.gamebookers.com/news/items/wpt_bucharest.html

Want to qualify for the Gamebookers.com WPT Bucharest at PartyPoker.com? PartyPoker.com is offering $1 million in guaranteed WPT packages between February and May. See: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/wpt_2010.html for the details. **

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