This is your chance to play in the largest online poker tournament in history, and be part of a Guinness World Record. We’re aiming to beat our previous World Record of 65,000 players, set in July 2009. And with a buy-in of just $1, it’s easy for everyone to take part.
Here’s what you need to know about the Guinness World Record attempt tournament:
Sunday, December 27 at 14:45 ET
$300,000 guaranteed prize pool
$1 buy-in
More players than our previous World Record of 65,000, set July 19, 2009
Registration is now open!
Satellites available in a range of buy ins
To find the tournament, go to the PokerStars Lobby and select ‘Tourney’ and ‘All’ or ‘Special’. You can also use the Tourney Filter in the Lobby to search for the tournament name. To use the filter, open the PokerStars Lobby and enter the word ’record’. The Filter will then search all tournaments and provide you with the relevant results.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
QUALIFIERS ONLINE FOR PARTYPOKER.COM PREMIER LEAGUE IV - JC TRAN CONFIRMED - WIN A $100K TEAM PARTY CONTRACT!
Gibraltar - 17th December 2009 PartyPoker.com has introduced online qualifiers for February’s PartyPoker.com Premier League IV, which is to be held in Las Vegas for the very first time! The latest news also sees the confirmation that JC Tran will be back to defend his title!
There are a number of different ways to qualify for Premier League IV from as little as $2. This year PartyPoker.com are running qualifiers to find a total of 16 players who will all fly out to Las Vegas to play in a Premier League Poker play-off to see which one of the 16 will be lucky enough to join 11 professional players in Premier League Poker IV. The lucky online qualifiers will play a short series of play-off sit & go’s in Las Vegas and the eventual winner will win a $100,000 buy-in to take part in the main Premier League event! Both the play-off and the main event will be filmed for TV and shown across the world.
A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: "One amazing element of this promotion that provides a truly fantastic opportunity is that one of the 16 qualifiers will be chosen by PartyPoker to receive a $100,000 Team Party contract to be a sponsored player. This decision will be made by PartyPoker within two weeks after the event takes place. We will only get a flavour of who we want to sponsor once we have had a chance to meet and interact with the 16 players that make it out to Las Vegas."
More information on the details and structure can be found at PartyPoker.com
JC Tran won PartyPoker.com Premier League III after taking down the most formidable final table in the event’s history! Tran, widely regarded as one of the finest and consistent tournament professionals on the circuit scooped the $300,000 first prize in the elite tournament that saw 12 of the world’s finest players battle it out for a $1.25 million prize pool! Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, Juha Helppi, Tony G, Roland de Wolfe and Peter Eastgate all made the final table.
JC said: "I am very much looking forward to defending my Premier League title. It was a fantastic experience last year and is an amazing format. I am certainly not going to be giving up my crown without a fight".
Three of the 16 players who make it to Las Vegas will come from the exclusive Palladium Lounge points race, which offers a share of prizes worth more than $155,000, as well as competition for $9,000 PartyPoker.com Premier League play-off event packages. A Palladium Lounge member is guaranteed a share of more than $155,000 if they are one of the top 250 PartyPoint earners between 7th December 2009 - 3rd January 2010. First place is guaranteed a $9,000 Premier League play off package.
Throughout the month you can check on the leaderboard here: PartyPoker.com
To make it even more exciting, PartyPoker.com will be inviting everybody who finishes in the top 600 to play in the Premier League play off freeroll on the 10th January, where there are two more $9,000 packages and even more cash prizes up for grabs. For more information see: PartyPoker.com
This year’s Premier League will carry a total prize pool of over $1.5 million. Premier League II was won by Andy Black and the inaugural event was taken down by Juha Helppi. The PartyPoker.com Premier League is organized by Matchroom Sport.
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There are a number of different ways to qualify for Premier League IV from as little as $2. This year PartyPoker.com are running qualifiers to find a total of 16 players who will all fly out to Las Vegas to play in a Premier League Poker play-off to see which one of the 16 will be lucky enough to join 11 professional players in Premier League Poker IV. The lucky online qualifiers will play a short series of play-off sit & go’s in Las Vegas and the eventual winner will win a $100,000 buy-in to take part in the main Premier League event! Both the play-off and the main event will be filmed for TV and shown across the world.
A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: "One amazing element of this promotion that provides a truly fantastic opportunity is that one of the 16 qualifiers will be chosen by PartyPoker to receive a $100,000 Team Party contract to be a sponsored player. This decision will be made by PartyPoker within two weeks after the event takes place. We will only get a flavour of who we want to sponsor once we have had a chance to meet and interact with the 16 players that make it out to Las Vegas."
More information on the details and structure can be found at PartyPoker.com
JC Tran won PartyPoker.com Premier League III after taking down the most formidable final table in the event’s history! Tran, widely regarded as one of the finest and consistent tournament professionals on the circuit scooped the $300,000 first prize in the elite tournament that saw 12 of the world’s finest players battle it out for a $1.25 million prize pool! Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, Juha Helppi, Tony G, Roland de Wolfe and Peter Eastgate all made the final table.
JC said: "I am very much looking forward to defending my Premier League title. It was a fantastic experience last year and is an amazing format. I am certainly not going to be giving up my crown without a fight".
Three of the 16 players who make it to Las Vegas will come from the exclusive Palladium Lounge points race, which offers a share of prizes worth more than $155,000, as well as competition for $9,000 PartyPoker.com Premier League play-off event packages. A Palladium Lounge member is guaranteed a share of more than $155,000 if they are one of the top 250 PartyPoint earners between 7th December 2009 - 3rd January 2010. First place is guaranteed a $9,000 Premier League play off package.
Throughout the month you can check on the leaderboard here: PartyPoker.com
To make it even more exciting, PartyPoker.com will be inviting everybody who finishes in the top 600 to play in the Premier League play off freeroll on the 10th January, where there are two more $9,000 packages and even more cash prizes up for grabs. For more information see: PartyPoker.com
This year’s Premier League will carry a total prize pool of over $1.5 million. Premier League II was won by Andy Black and the inaugural event was taken down by Juha Helppi. The PartyPoker.com Premier League is organized by Matchroom Sport.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
PartyPoker Offering 25 Aussie Milllions Prize Packages, by Jessica Welman - 12th December 2009
Ever since the popular online poker room PartyPoker signed 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event winner Stewart Scott as one of its sponsored pros, it has gone out of its way to promote both online and brick and mortar poker in Australia.
This weekend, PartyPoker is offering players a chance to win one of 25 seats in the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event for just $600. On Sunday, December 13th, the site will host two separate online satellites, one for citizens of Australia and New Zealand and one that is open to the rest of the PartyPoker customer base. Both will feature a $600 + $40 buy-in, although many players will have won their way into the tournaments for much less since the site has been running micro-satellites.
The Aussie-only tournament will give away five tournament packages, each valued at $12,000. The package includes buy-in to the AUD $10,000 Aussie Millions Main Event, hotel accommodations at the Crown Promenade in Melbourne, and $500 to be put towards travel expenses. The tournament will begin at 2:45am ET.
The open field tournament will get underway a little later in the day at 2:30pm ET. It will reward seats to the top 20 finishers and offer a slightly more lucrative version of the Aussie Millions prize package. In addition to the buy-in and the hotel accommodations, the package will also include $3,500 to cover travel expenses. Should a non-Aussie take part in the early tournament, PartyPoker will not offer any additional money to cover travel expenses. Conversely, if a player from Australia or New Zealand wins one of the $15,000 packages, they will still receive the full $3,500 to cover travel.
Stewart Scott commented on the satellite tournaments in an official statement from PartyPoker: “I’ve been playing at PartyPoker.com for five years. These great packages are an amazing opportunity for other players to play in this huge tournament. Claiming the Aussie Millions title has been the highlight of my career and I’d love to see another PartyPoker.com player take the title.”
PartyPoker gave away 96 seats to the Aussie Millions in November as part of the site’s Gladiator promotion. The players who earned at least 1,000 PartyPoints each day in November won their way into the event and the site doled out even more seats as part of a series of online tournaments featuring Scott.
Scott is the reigning Aussie Millions Champion and the first local player to win the tournament since it took on its new moniker and became one of the premiere events on the international tournament circuit. In January, Scott defeated a field of 681 players to take down the AUD $2 million first place prize. Peter Rho of Las Vegas finished in second place and earned AUD $1 million. Other past winners of the Aussie Millions include Alexander Kostritsyn of Russia and Team Full Tilt member Gus Hansen. Last year’s event also played home to one of the biggest live cash games in history with a minimum buy-in of AUD $1 million.
The previous Aussie Millions event boasted a guaranteed first place prize of AUD $2 million. The Crown Casino is expecting an even larger turnout than 2009 and the tournament’s official website is predicting more than 800 runners in the upcoming Main Event. There will also be a host of side events, including an AUD $100,000 buy-in High Rollers Event, a Heads-Up Event, and several Pot Limit Omaha events. In total, the Crown will offer 20 different tournaments from January 14th to 31st, including the Main Event, which will run from January 24th to 30th. (Credit: Poker News Daily)
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This weekend, PartyPoker is offering players a chance to win one of 25 seats in the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event for just $600. On Sunday, December 13th, the site will host two separate online satellites, one for citizens of Australia and New Zealand and one that is open to the rest of the PartyPoker customer base. Both will feature a $600 + $40 buy-in, although many players will have won their way into the tournaments for much less since the site has been running micro-satellites.
The Aussie-only tournament will give away five tournament packages, each valued at $12,000. The package includes buy-in to the AUD $10,000 Aussie Millions Main Event, hotel accommodations at the Crown Promenade in Melbourne, and $500 to be put towards travel expenses. The tournament will begin at 2:45am ET.
The open field tournament will get underway a little later in the day at 2:30pm ET. It will reward seats to the top 20 finishers and offer a slightly more lucrative version of the Aussie Millions prize package. In addition to the buy-in and the hotel accommodations, the package will also include $3,500 to cover travel expenses. Should a non-Aussie take part in the early tournament, PartyPoker will not offer any additional money to cover travel expenses. Conversely, if a player from Australia or New Zealand wins one of the $15,000 packages, they will still receive the full $3,500 to cover travel.
Stewart Scott commented on the satellite tournaments in an official statement from PartyPoker: “I’ve been playing at PartyPoker.com for five years. These great packages are an amazing opportunity for other players to play in this huge tournament. Claiming the Aussie Millions title has been the highlight of my career and I’d love to see another PartyPoker.com player take the title.”
PartyPoker gave away 96 seats to the Aussie Millions in November as part of the site’s Gladiator promotion. The players who earned at least 1,000 PartyPoints each day in November won their way into the event and the site doled out even more seats as part of a series of online tournaments featuring Scott.
Scott is the reigning Aussie Millions Champion and the first local player to win the tournament since it took on its new moniker and became one of the premiere events on the international tournament circuit. In January, Scott defeated a field of 681 players to take down the AUD $2 million first place prize. Peter Rho of Las Vegas finished in second place and earned AUD $1 million. Other past winners of the Aussie Millions include Alexander Kostritsyn of Russia and Team Full Tilt member Gus Hansen. Last year’s event also played home to one of the biggest live cash games in history with a minimum buy-in of AUD $1 million.
The previous Aussie Millions event boasted a guaranteed first place prize of AUD $2 million. The Crown Casino is expecting an even larger turnout than 2009 and the tournament’s official website is predicting more than 800 runners in the upcoming Main Event. There will also be a host of side events, including an AUD $100,000 buy-in High Rollers Event, a Heads-Up Event, and several Pot Limit Omaha events. In total, the Crown will offer 20 different tournaments from January 14th to 31st, including the Main Event, which will run from January 24th to 30th. (Credit: Poker News Daily)
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Friday, December 11, 2009
25 LUXURY AUSSIE MILLIONS PACKAGES GUARANTEED AT PARTYPOKER THIS WEEKEND
25 LUXURY AUSSIE MILLIONS PACKAGES GUARANTEED AT PARTYPOKER.COM THIS WEEKEND!
Gibraltar – 10th December 2009 – This weekend marks the last chance to qualify online at PartyPoker.com for the 2010 Aussie Millions in Melbourne. Seen as one of poker’s majors, the Main Event is a highlight of the world live circuit and the leading online poker room is going completely Aussie crazy this Sunday!
PartyPoker.com is offering the chance to win one of 25 luxury Aussie Millions main event packages. These fantastic dream trips will be up for grabs in two amazing $600+40 satellites on Sunday 13th December. One will be timed to suit Australia and New Zealand-based players at 02.45ET with FIVE packages guaranteed worth $12,000, while the other is scheduled at 14.30ET to give players from the rest of the world the chance to win one of 20 guaranteed packages worth $15,000.
PartyPoker.com Australia Ambassador Stewart Scott is the defending champion and there is a chance to emulate his success in Melbourne next year. Stewart said: “I’ve been playing at PartyPoker.com for five years. These great packages are an amazing opportunity for other players to play in this huge tournament. Claiming the Aussie Millions title has been the highlight of my career and I’d love to see another PartyPoker.com player take the title.”
Scott, 37, from Queensland, Australia, made history in January 2009 by becoming the first Australian in the modern era to take down the Aussie Millions Main Event, scooping US$1,865,724. Scott is a loyal member of PartyPoker.com’s VIP club the Palladium Lounge. He made his debut representing the leading online poker room at the PokerNews Cup in Melbourne earlier this month.
Scott is married with one daughter and started life as a gourmet chef in Adelaide, with a period running a small IT business as he honed his skills online. He made his first impact on the live circuit in 2006 by winning a satellite series at SkyCity Casino in Adelaide that awarded him a $30,000 package for the WSOP Main Event. Stewart is a popular figure on the Australian poker circuit and is well known for his relaxed attitude but killer instinct at the table.
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Gibraltar – 10th December 2009 – This weekend marks the last chance to qualify online at PartyPoker.com for the 2010 Aussie Millions in Melbourne. Seen as one of poker’s majors, the Main Event is a highlight of the world live circuit and the leading online poker room is going completely Aussie crazy this Sunday!
PartyPoker.com is offering the chance to win one of 25 luxury Aussie Millions main event packages. These fantastic dream trips will be up for grabs in two amazing $600+40 satellites on Sunday 13th December. One will be timed to suit Australia and New Zealand-based players at 02.45ET with FIVE packages guaranteed worth $12,000, while the other is scheduled at 14.30ET to give players from the rest of the world the chance to win one of 20 guaranteed packages worth $15,000.
PartyPoker.com Australia Ambassador Stewart Scott is the defending champion and there is a chance to emulate his success in Melbourne next year. Stewart said: “I’ve been playing at PartyPoker.com for five years. These great packages are an amazing opportunity for other players to play in this huge tournament. Claiming the Aussie Millions title has been the highlight of my career and I’d love to see another PartyPoker.com player take the title.”
Scott, 37, from Queensland, Australia, made history in January 2009 by becoming the first Australian in the modern era to take down the Aussie Millions Main Event, scooping US$1,865,724. Scott is a loyal member of PartyPoker.com’s VIP club the Palladium Lounge. He made his debut representing the leading online poker room at the PokerNews Cup in Melbourne earlier this month.
Scott is married with one daughter and started life as a gourmet chef in Adelaide, with a period running a small IT business as he honed his skills online. He made his first impact on the live circuit in 2006 by winning a satellite series at SkyCity Casino in Adelaide that awarded him a $30,000 package for the WSOP Main Event. Stewart is a popular figure on the Australian poker circuit and is well known for his relaxed attitude but killer instinct at the table.
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
UFC® lands in Australia - Tickets for sale for UFC® 110 - Sunday, February 21 in Sydney, Australia
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Virgin Games make EGR Awards shortlist
Virgin Games has been shortlisted for the prestigious EGR Awards.
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PartyGaming makes EGR Awards shortlist
PartyGaming and a number of its brands have been shortlisted for the prestigious EGR Awards.
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Hulkamania Let The Battle Begin at Acer Arena, Sydney, Australia tonight - 28th November 2009
Hulkamania Let The Battle Begin featuring Hulk Hogan VS Ric Flair tonight at Acer Arena, Sydney, Australia.
This is almost certainly the last time Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair will wrestle in Australia.
The Hogan VS Flair feud is one of the most memorable in pro wrestling history, and both men are regarded as true living legends. Hogan and Flair have shaped the pro wrestling industry for over 3 decades.
Both long time and new professional wrestling fans can expect to see an exciting and impressive line up of matches. The wrestling card offers the best in both new and more established pro wrestling talent and also showcases world class production.
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This is almost certainly the last time Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair will wrestle in Australia.
The Hogan VS Flair feud is one of the most memorable in pro wrestling history, and both men are regarded as true living legends. Hogan and Flair have shaped the pro wrestling industry for over 3 decades.
Both long time and new professional wrestling fans can expect to see an exciting and impressive line up of matches. The wrestling card offers the best in both new and more established pro wrestling talent and also showcases world class production.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Hulkamania Tour - Australia - 21st November 2009
Hulkamania Let The Battle Begin wrestling event starts at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, tonight
Eric Bischoff has secured a TV deal in Australia to broadcast the Saturday, November 28 show from Sydney on the One HD channel this December, reports Pro Wrestling Torch
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Eric Bischoff has secured a TV deal in Australia to broadcast the Saturday, November 28 show from Sydney on the One HD channel this December, reports Pro Wrestling Torch
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Survivor Series Food Drive & Autograph Signing THIS Sunday - 20th November 2009
Donate To The WWE Survivor Series Food Drive
World Wrestling Entertainment, Verizon Center and the Capitol Food Bank are providing the opportunity for you, your family and friends to donate non-perishable food items for distribution to those less fortunate in the Washington, D.C. area during the Thanksgiving holiday
Bring your non-perishable food item(s) to Survivor Series on Sunday, November 22nd, drop them off at the Verizon Center lobby as you enter and get a free WWE bookmark while supplies last.
For those who come early, WWE Superstar Kofi Kingston and WWE Diva Eve will be at the Verizon Center between 12 noon and 2PM to sign autographs for those fans who make food donations.*
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One autograph per person. Talent subject to change. (Credit: WWE)
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World Wrestling Entertainment, Verizon Center and the Capitol Food Bank are providing the opportunity for you, your family and friends to donate non-perishable food items for distribution to those less fortunate in the Washington, D.C. area during the Thanksgiving holiday
Bring your non-perishable food item(s) to Survivor Series on Sunday, November 22nd, drop them off at the Verizon Center lobby as you enter and get a free WWE bookmark while supplies last.
For those who come early, WWE Superstar Kofi Kingston and WWE Diva Eve will be at the Verizon Center between 12 noon and 2PM to sign autographs for those fans who make food donations.*
Go to wwe.com for more information.
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One autograph per person. Talent subject to change. (Credit: WWE)
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
PartyPoker Ambassador Mike Sexton Inducted Into The Poker Hall Of Fame
PartyPoker.com Ambassador Mike Sexton Inducted Into The Poker Hall Of Fame
Congratulations To The 1,100 Players Who Cashed In Celebratory Freeroll
Gibraltar – 9th November 2009 – PartyPoker.com ambassador Mike Sexton was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame on Saturday night. In what was an emotional night, legends of the game lined up to endorse Mike and welcome him into the game’s most prestigious club.
As Mike entered the Hall of Fame, the news also broke that PartyGaming had acquired the World Poker Tour, another special moment for the ‘Ambassador of Poker.’
“For PartyGaming and the World Poker Tour to come together is like a dream come true for me,” said Mike.
Here is just a selection of the endorsements from the stage at the induction ceremony:
Jack Binion: “Mike Sexton made poker how it is today through PartyPoker.com and the World Poker Tour.”
Doyle Brunson: “Mike Sexton is the greatest ambassador poker has ever had.”
WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack: “When I think of Mike Sexton, one word comes to mind…class.”
Tom McEvoy: “I can’t think of a more worthy candidate than Mike Sexton.”
TJ Cloutier: “Mike Sexton was a shoo-in in my eyes and we’re delighted to welcome him into the Hall of Fame.”
PartyPoker.com hosted a celebratory freeroll on Saturday night in honour of Mike’s induction. 8000 runners took part in the freeroll that was at capacity after only one hour of being open in the lobby. Congratulations to alex7777381 who walked away in first place with $1,151.15. A total of 1,100 players made the money.
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Gibraltar – 9th November 2009 – PartyPoker.com ambassador Mike Sexton was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame on Saturday night. In what was an emotional night, legends of the game lined up to endorse Mike and welcome him into the game’s most prestigious club.
As Mike entered the Hall of Fame, the news also broke that PartyGaming had acquired the World Poker Tour, another special moment for the ‘Ambassador of Poker.’
“For PartyGaming and the World Poker Tour to come together is like a dream come true for me,” said Mike.
Here is just a selection of the endorsements from the stage at the induction ceremony:
Jack Binion: “Mike Sexton made poker how it is today through PartyPoker.com and the World Poker Tour.”
Doyle Brunson: “Mike Sexton is the greatest ambassador poker has ever had.”
WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack: “When I think of Mike Sexton, one word comes to mind…class.”
Tom McEvoy: “I can’t think of a more worthy candidate than Mike Sexton.”
TJ Cloutier: “Mike Sexton was a shoo-in in my eyes and we’re delighted to welcome him into the Hall of Fame.”
PartyPoker.com hosted a celebratory freeroll on Saturday night in honour of Mike’s induction. 8000 runners took part in the freeroll that was at capacity after only one hour of being open in the lobby. Congratulations to alex7777381 who walked away in first place with $1,151.15. A total of 1,100 players made the money.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
ClubWPT.com Members Get a Shot to Play in Poker’s Most Exclusive Celebrity Tournament - 20th October 2009
Starting Tomorrow, Players Can Compete Every Week to Win One of Twelve Seats in the 8th Annual World Poker Tour® Invitational
LOS ANGELES -- Kicking off an 11-week tournament series tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET, www.ClubWPT.com is giving members the chance to win entry into the most exclusive tournament on the poker circuit — the 8th Annual WPT Invitational. Twelve winners will head to Los Angeles with $1,000 (USD) spending cash, two VIP party passes and a seat to play among the biggest names in Hollywood and poker in the televised World Poker Tour® (WPT) tournament.
Held annually at the Commerce Casino, the WPT Invitational is a red carpet, invitation-only event that brings together celebrities and poker pros to play for charity, a $200,000* prize pool, and a shot at a WPT title. Past attendees include pros Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and 2009 Invitational champion Freddy Deeb, as well as Vince Vaughn, Paris Hilton, Ben Affleck, Jason Alexander, Mena Suvari, James Woods, and Don Cheadle, to name a few.
The 2010 WPT Invitational is currently scheduled for February 20 – 21*, with the final six players returning March 3 to battle it out on the WPT set in front of television cameras. The tournament will be filmed for broadcast on Fox Sports Net (FSN) in 2010.
The ClubWPT.com Invitational Seat tournament schedule is as follows*. All tournaments begin at 9 p.m. ET. Visit www.ClubWPT.com for more information:
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Sunday, Nov. 1
Wednesday, Nov. 11
Sunday, Nov. 15
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Wednesday, Dec. 2
Sunday, Dec. 6
Wednesday, Dec. 16
Sunday, Dec. 20
Wednesday, Dec. 30
Sunday, Jan. 3
ClubWPT.com — the World Poker Tour’s online subscription poker room — gives poker players a legal, risk-free way to play online poker to win big cash and prizes, including $10,000 WPT main event seats, WPT Boot Camp seats, and more. For $19.95 monthly subscription, members can play in thousands of poker and blackjack tournaments for their share of $100,000 in cash and prizes each month plus exclusive benefits like $3,000 in Las Vegas VIP discounts and access to watch full WPT Season VII episodes online. For more information, visit www.ClubWPT.com.
No purchase is necessary for the www.ClubWPT.com sweepstakes and the service is void in states where prohibited. Must be 18 years or older to play.
*Dates, times and prize pool subject to change.
ABOUT WPTE
WPT Enterprises, Inc. is one of the most recognized names in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online and mobile. WPTE has led innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, when it ignited the global poker boom with the creation of the World Poker Tour television show based on a series of high stakes poker tournaments. WPT is now broadcast globally and is currently filming its all-new eighth season for broadcast on Fox Sports Net’s national sports network in the United States. WPTE also offers a unique online subscription and sweepstakes-based poker club, ClubWPT.com, which operates in 38 states across the U.S. WPTE also participates in strategic brand license, partnership and sponsorship opportunities. For more information, see www.worldpokertour.com. (WPTEG)
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LOS ANGELES -- Kicking off an 11-week tournament series tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET, www.ClubWPT.com is giving members the chance to win entry into the most exclusive tournament on the poker circuit — the 8th Annual WPT Invitational. Twelve winners will head to Los Angeles with $1,000 (USD) spending cash, two VIP party passes and a seat to play among the biggest names in Hollywood and poker in the televised World Poker Tour® (WPT) tournament.
Held annually at the Commerce Casino, the WPT Invitational is a red carpet, invitation-only event that brings together celebrities and poker pros to play for charity, a $200,000* prize pool, and a shot at a WPT title. Past attendees include pros Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and 2009 Invitational champion Freddy Deeb, as well as Vince Vaughn, Paris Hilton, Ben Affleck, Jason Alexander, Mena Suvari, James Woods, and Don Cheadle, to name a few.
The 2010 WPT Invitational is currently scheduled for February 20 – 21*, with the final six players returning March 3 to battle it out on the WPT set in front of television cameras. The tournament will be filmed for broadcast on Fox Sports Net (FSN) in 2010.
The ClubWPT.com Invitational Seat tournament schedule is as follows*. All tournaments begin at 9 p.m. ET. Visit www.ClubWPT.com for more information:
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Sunday, Nov. 1
Wednesday, Nov. 11
Sunday, Nov. 15
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Wednesday, Dec. 2
Sunday, Dec. 6
Wednesday, Dec. 16
Sunday, Dec. 20
Wednesday, Dec. 30
Sunday, Jan. 3
ClubWPT.com — the World Poker Tour’s online subscription poker room — gives poker players a legal, risk-free way to play online poker to win big cash and prizes, including $10,000 WPT main event seats, WPT Boot Camp seats, and more. For $19.95 monthly subscription, members can play in thousands of poker and blackjack tournaments for their share of $100,000 in cash and prizes each month plus exclusive benefits like $3,000 in Las Vegas VIP discounts and access to watch full WPT Season VII episodes online. For more information, visit www.ClubWPT.com.
No purchase is necessary for the www.ClubWPT.com sweepstakes and the service is void in states where prohibited. Must be 18 years or older to play.
*Dates, times and prize pool subject to change.
ABOUT WPTE
WPT Enterprises, Inc. is one of the most recognized names in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online and mobile. WPTE has led innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, when it ignited the global poker boom with the creation of the World Poker Tour television show based on a series of high stakes poker tournaments. WPT is now broadcast globally and is currently filming its all-new eighth season for broadcast on Fox Sports Net’s national sports network in the United States. WPTE also offers a unique online subscription and sweepstakes-based poker club, ClubWPT.com, which operates in 38 states across the U.S. WPTE also participates in strategic brand license, partnership and sponsorship opportunities. For more information, see www.worldpokertour.com. (WPTEG)
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Variety - The Childrens Charity Garden Party Event
Join us in the garden for the 2009 Brisbane BMW and Westside BMW
Variety Garden party
Join us in the beautiful garden at Old Government House for an afternoon of fine wines, extraordinary food and cool entertainment to raise funds for Variety – the children’s charity.
Date: Saturday 14th November 2009
Time: 2pm – 6pm
Entertainment: MC Bill McDonald - Channel 10 & Music by the new pop-princess Sally Singleton and dance band Savvy, and Food from renowned restaurants Jellyfish and Cha Cha Char, accompanied by great wines, sparkling and designer beer
Venue: Old Government House Gardens Point Campus QUT (river end of George St)
Dress: Garden Party Fashion
Tickets: $130 (GST Inclusive)
RSVP: Phone 3367 6999 or email events@varietyqld.org.au
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Variety Garden party
Join us in the beautiful garden at Old Government House for an afternoon of fine wines, extraordinary food and cool entertainment to raise funds for Variety – the children’s charity.
Date: Saturday 14th November 2009
Time: 2pm – 6pm
Entertainment: MC Bill McDonald - Channel 10 & Music by the new pop-princess Sally Singleton and dance band Savvy, and Food from renowned restaurants Jellyfish and Cha Cha Char, accompanied by great wines, sparkling and designer beer
Venue: Old Government House Gardens Point Campus QUT (river end of George St)
Dress: Garden Party Fashion
Tickets: $130 (GST Inclusive)
RSVP: Phone 3367 6999 or email events@varietyqld.org.au
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Hulkamania - Let the Battle Begin Hulk Hogan @ Rod Laver Arena
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For the first time ever, Wrestling Legend Hulk Hogan will tour Australia. His new event HULKAMANIA - Let the Battle Begin, will be playing arenas in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, November 2009.
For over two decades the name Hulk Hogan has been synonymous with sports entertainment and professional wrestling. Having set live attendance records all over the world including a live gate of more that 96,000 fans at the Pontiac Silverdome, Hulk Hogan has set his sites on Australia as his next frontier.
“I have been blessed with the opportunity to perform in front of fans around the world,” said Hogan. “I have always wanted to perform in Australia as I have heard Aussies are some of the greatest wrestling fans ever. I am grateful for this opportunity, and hope that this is just the beginning of a great thing!”
“In 2002 there were rumours of Hulk Hogan coming to Australia which sent wrestling fans into meltdown,” said promoter Michael Condon. “This time it’s real and confirmed and the Hulk is bringing some of the greats of wrestling with him.”
HULKAMANIA will also i some of the top stars that compete all over the world, and will include state of the art production. The arenas will be plastered with large screens to show the audience what is happening back stage in between wrestling matches. The night will also contain audience participation, a huge pyro techniques display and more.
From his early beginnings as a young wrestler training under the Tutoledge of the famed Hiro Matsuda who intentionally broke Hulk Hogan’s leg on his first day of training just to test his desire. Hulk Hogan’s larger that life persona and matching arms have turned the industry into the phenomenon it is today.
“We are thrilled to be working with Condon Sports and Entertainment group and KnokX Pro Entertainment” said Eric Bischoff of Bischoff Hervey Entertainment Television who is helping to bring Hulk Hogan to Australia for this tour.
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For the first time ever, Wrestling Legend Hulk Hogan will tour Australia. His new event HULKAMANIA - Let the Battle Begin, will be playing arenas in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, November 2009.
For over two decades the name Hulk Hogan has been synonymous with sports entertainment and professional wrestling. Having set live attendance records all over the world including a live gate of more that 96,000 fans at the Pontiac Silverdome, Hulk Hogan has set his sites on Australia as his next frontier.
“I have been blessed with the opportunity to perform in front of fans around the world,” said Hogan. “I have always wanted to perform in Australia as I have heard Aussies are some of the greatest wrestling fans ever. I am grateful for this opportunity, and hope that this is just the beginning of a great thing!”
“In 2002 there were rumours of Hulk Hogan coming to Australia which sent wrestling fans into meltdown,” said promoter Michael Condon. “This time it’s real and confirmed and the Hulk is bringing some of the greats of wrestling with him.”
HULKAMANIA will also i some of the top stars that compete all over the world, and will include state of the art production. The arenas will be plastered with large screens to show the audience what is happening back stage in between wrestling matches. The night will also contain audience participation, a huge pyro techniques display and more.
From his early beginnings as a young wrestler training under the Tutoledge of the famed Hiro Matsuda who intentionally broke Hulk Hogan’s leg on his first day of training just to test his desire. Hulk Hogan’s larger that life persona and matching arms have turned the industry into the phenomenon it is today.
“We are thrilled to be working with Condon Sports and Entertainment group and KnokX Pro Entertainment” said Eric Bischoff of Bischoff Hervey Entertainment Television who is helping to bring Hulk Hogan to Australia for this tour.
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
UFC 100 is only the beginning for MMA, by Kevin Iole - Yahoo! - 9th July 2009
LAS VEGAS – Dana White, the cocky kid from New England who never had much money and who survived until he was nearly 30 on little more than his guile and cunning, phoned his buddy, Lorenzo Fertitta, the well-to-do son of a powerful Las Vegas casino baron, and breathlessly told him he heard the Ultimate Fighting Championship might be for sale.
In 2000, that might have been like telling him there was a ’75 Eldorado he could get for $2,500 down at the salvage yard.
Had Fertitta hung up, as he probably should have, there wouldn’t be a UFC 100 on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, a card which is expected to sell upwards of 1.5 million on pay-per-view and for which a pair of front-row tickets is going for as much as $45,000 on StubHub.
There would be no UFC Fan Expo on Friday and Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center that will essentially serve as a celebration of mixed martial arts.
If Fertitta had laughed in White’s ear, hung up the telephone and gone back to the business of slot machines and blackjack tables, mixed martial arts as we know it today would not exist. White’s telephone call on that fateful day not only would make him rich and famous beyond all measure, it essentially saved the sport.
Fertitta and his older brother, Frank, agreed to partner with White to create a company called Zuffa and buy the struggling promotion, but what they got for their money wasn’t much.
There was no mainstream media coverage, no stars, no free television, no pay-per-view outlets, no merchandising, no sponsorships and, it seemed, no interest in what they had to sell.
The first pay-per-view under Zuffa’s steward came in about 85 percent less than expected. Fertitta was hoping for 150,000 sales and wound up with 25,000.
It’s not exactly the kind of investment the casino executives had in mind.
But a combination of the Fertittas’ wealth, business acumen and connections, White’s vision, instincts and relentlessness and just plain good luck helped to forge one of the great business turnaround stories of the decade.
This is a company that cost $2 million to buy in 2001 that was estimated by Forbes to be worth $1 billion in early 2008.
Things went their way before they even realized it, in some cases. In September 2000, the New Jersey Athletic Control Board approved what became known as the unified rules, the basic set of rules that cover the sport to this day. UFC 28 was the first card fought under those rules, when the company was still owned by Bob Meyrowitz and his Semaphore Entertainment Group.
White, who had been managing boxers and MMA fighters before buying the UFC, understood the UFC had no chance to survive long-term without regulation because it was too brutal for regulators’ tastes and without regulation, there would be no television.
Zuffa actively pursued regulation upon taking control of the company, though it didn’t hurt that Lorenzo Fertitta had built a reputation as one of boxing’s finest regulators during a distinguished stint on the Nevada Athletic Commission.
“Without regulation, people wouldn’t see it as a sport,” White said.
And so they actively sought regulation wherever they turned. Not long after New Jersey adopted the unified rules and sanctioned the sport, Nevada followed suit.
It was a huge day for the sport because two of the most active boxing states had given their OK and in the process lent legitimacy to MMA.
“Getting Nevada was [expletive] huge for us, because when we got Nevada, we got pay-per-view back at the same time,” White said.
Pay-per-view had long been critical in boxing and, to a much lesser extent, MMA, because the revenue streams that existed in other sports, such as the NFL, NBA and MLB, either didn’t exist at all or produced piddling revenues in the combat sports.
Getting the OK from New Jersey and Nevada essentially re-opened the pay-per-view door for the UFC and created a steady stream of income. Without it, none of the Fertittas’ business wizardry or White’s vision and determination would have meant a thing.
Pay-per-view was only one element, though. And while the revenue it generated was a lifeline, it was clear that some sort of free television would be a requirement.
That’s why, already down more than $30 million since buying the UFC, Zuffa management opted to spend another $8 million in 2004 to create a reality series on Spike TV.
The Ultimate Fighter was an instant hit when it went on the air in 2005. By the sixth episode, it had pulled a 2.1 household rating and was demonstrating the strength among 18-to-34-year-old males that would eventually make it so attractive to advertisers.
White, though, is convinced the UFC would have gone under had Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar not put on one of the great slugfests in the sport’s history in the live televised finale of that first season.
There wouldn’t be a UFC 100 without the jaw-dropping fight between Griffin and Bonnar, won by Griffin via unanimous decision, in the tiny UNLV practice gymnasium on April 9, 2005.
There wouldn’t have been Elite XC shows on CBS or Strikeforce shows on Showtime if the Griffin-Bonnar fight had never been held.
And there wouldn’t have been shows in Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Germany, as there have been since that fight, had it been anything less than the MMA equivalent of boxing’s classic Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns bout.
“We wouldn’t be talking today were it not for that fight,” White said. “At one point during that fight, we got up to 10 million viewers, whether through channel surfing or people calling each other and asking, ‘Are you watching this fight?’ Once that fight happened, things started to turn the other way.”
The UFC suddenly had leverage and the things that White wanted to do from the minute he gained control of the company suddenly seemed within reach.
Pay-per-view sales for a single fight reached 1 million for the first time in the last bout of 2006, when Chuck Liddell knocked out Tito Ortiz at UFC 61 and sales skyrocketed to 1.05 million.
In 2007, pay-per-view revenues for the year surpassed both boxing and professional wrestling. In 2008, blue chip sponsors such as Bud Light and Harley Davidson lent their support.
And in 2009, the UFC not only added blue-chip sponsors such as Burger King, but it released a spectacularly successful video game that sold three times the expected number.
The UFC is not the only MMA promotion in the world, nor is it the only successful MMA promotion. Strikeforce, which has a deal with Showtime, regularly turns a profit.
And while the sport’s hard core fans decry a media – including Yahoo! Sports – that they view as far too UFC-centric, it’s hard to argue with numbers.
Affliction Entertainment, the promotion that some see as the UFC’s primary competition, has only put on two cards in the last year. The UFC has had at least three shows – UFCs 91, 92 and 94 – that sold around 1 million each in PPV sales in that time frame.
There are a lot of excellent basketball players in the CBA, including some who are probably better than a few of those in the NBA, but it’s the NBA that commands the fan and media attention.
White didn’t invent the sport and he didn’t write or have anything to do with the creation of its rules, but MMA in its current form and with its present popularity wouldn’t exist today without him. The future, though, will largely by shaped by Lorenzo Fertitta, who in 2008 quit a job as an executive at Station Casinos that a year earlier had paid him $113.8 million in salary. In the last 13 months, Fertitta has been working full-time for the UFC, concentrating largely on expanding the company’s global reach.
White has long said that the UFC will someday exceed soccer in worldwide popularity among sports fans. And while that’s a stretch, it’s no stretch to say that for all the success the UFC has had, it’s only 10 percent or so of the way toward where it will be in 10 or 15 years.
“This fight on Saturday is going to be available in something like 100 million homes,” White said. “Since Lorenzo’s been with us, look at the progress we have made. He’s gotten us a TV deal in China. We’re going to France. We’re going everywhere. Lorenzo is opening doors and the stuff he’s doing is setting the stage.
“I’m telling you, the best thing that ever happened to this company was the day Lorenzo quit his job and came to work here. We’ve come a long way, but we’re not even close to being where we’re going to be.” (Credit: Yahoo!)
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In 2000, that might have been like telling him there was a ’75 Eldorado he could get for $2,500 down at the salvage yard.
Had Fertitta hung up, as he probably should have, there wouldn’t be a UFC 100 on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, a card which is expected to sell upwards of 1.5 million on pay-per-view and for which a pair of front-row tickets is going for as much as $45,000 on StubHub.
There would be no UFC Fan Expo on Friday and Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center that will essentially serve as a celebration of mixed martial arts.
If Fertitta had laughed in White’s ear, hung up the telephone and gone back to the business of slot machines and blackjack tables, mixed martial arts as we know it today would not exist. White’s telephone call on that fateful day not only would make him rich and famous beyond all measure, it essentially saved the sport.
Fertitta and his older brother, Frank, agreed to partner with White to create a company called Zuffa and buy the struggling promotion, but what they got for their money wasn’t much.
There was no mainstream media coverage, no stars, no free television, no pay-per-view outlets, no merchandising, no sponsorships and, it seemed, no interest in what they had to sell.
The first pay-per-view under Zuffa’s steward came in about 85 percent less than expected. Fertitta was hoping for 150,000 sales and wound up with 25,000.
It’s not exactly the kind of investment the casino executives had in mind.
But a combination of the Fertittas’ wealth, business acumen and connections, White’s vision, instincts and relentlessness and just plain good luck helped to forge one of the great business turnaround stories of the decade.
This is a company that cost $2 million to buy in 2001 that was estimated by Forbes to be worth $1 billion in early 2008.
Things went their way before they even realized it, in some cases. In September 2000, the New Jersey Athletic Control Board approved what became known as the unified rules, the basic set of rules that cover the sport to this day. UFC 28 was the first card fought under those rules, when the company was still owned by Bob Meyrowitz and his Semaphore Entertainment Group.
White, who had been managing boxers and MMA fighters before buying the UFC, understood the UFC had no chance to survive long-term without regulation because it was too brutal for regulators’ tastes and without regulation, there would be no television.
Zuffa actively pursued regulation upon taking control of the company, though it didn’t hurt that Lorenzo Fertitta had built a reputation as one of boxing’s finest regulators during a distinguished stint on the Nevada Athletic Commission.
“Without regulation, people wouldn’t see it as a sport,” White said.
And so they actively sought regulation wherever they turned. Not long after New Jersey adopted the unified rules and sanctioned the sport, Nevada followed suit.
It was a huge day for the sport because two of the most active boxing states had given their OK and in the process lent legitimacy to MMA.
“Getting Nevada was [expletive] huge for us, because when we got Nevada, we got pay-per-view back at the same time,” White said.
Pay-per-view had long been critical in boxing and, to a much lesser extent, MMA, because the revenue streams that existed in other sports, such as the NFL, NBA and MLB, either didn’t exist at all or produced piddling revenues in the combat sports.
Getting the OK from New Jersey and Nevada essentially re-opened the pay-per-view door for the UFC and created a steady stream of income. Without it, none of the Fertittas’ business wizardry or White’s vision and determination would have meant a thing.
Pay-per-view was only one element, though. And while the revenue it generated was a lifeline, it was clear that some sort of free television would be a requirement.
That’s why, already down more than $30 million since buying the UFC, Zuffa management opted to spend another $8 million in 2004 to create a reality series on Spike TV.
The Ultimate Fighter was an instant hit when it went on the air in 2005. By the sixth episode, it had pulled a 2.1 household rating and was demonstrating the strength among 18-to-34-year-old males that would eventually make it so attractive to advertisers.
White, though, is convinced the UFC would have gone under had Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar not put on one of the great slugfests in the sport’s history in the live televised finale of that first season.
There wouldn’t be a UFC 100 without the jaw-dropping fight between Griffin and Bonnar, won by Griffin via unanimous decision, in the tiny UNLV practice gymnasium on April 9, 2005.
There wouldn’t have been Elite XC shows on CBS or Strikeforce shows on Showtime if the Griffin-Bonnar fight had never been held.
And there wouldn’t have been shows in Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Germany, as there have been since that fight, had it been anything less than the MMA equivalent of boxing’s classic Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns bout.
“We wouldn’t be talking today were it not for that fight,” White said. “At one point during that fight, we got up to 10 million viewers, whether through channel surfing or people calling each other and asking, ‘Are you watching this fight?’ Once that fight happened, things started to turn the other way.”
The UFC suddenly had leverage and the things that White wanted to do from the minute he gained control of the company suddenly seemed within reach.
Pay-per-view sales for a single fight reached 1 million for the first time in the last bout of 2006, when Chuck Liddell knocked out Tito Ortiz at UFC 61 and sales skyrocketed to 1.05 million.
In 2007, pay-per-view revenues for the year surpassed both boxing and professional wrestling. In 2008, blue chip sponsors such as Bud Light and Harley Davidson lent their support.
And in 2009, the UFC not only added blue-chip sponsors such as Burger King, but it released a spectacularly successful video game that sold three times the expected number.
The UFC is not the only MMA promotion in the world, nor is it the only successful MMA promotion. Strikeforce, which has a deal with Showtime, regularly turns a profit.
And while the sport’s hard core fans decry a media – including Yahoo! Sports – that they view as far too UFC-centric, it’s hard to argue with numbers.
Affliction Entertainment, the promotion that some see as the UFC’s primary competition, has only put on two cards in the last year. The UFC has had at least three shows – UFCs 91, 92 and 94 – that sold around 1 million each in PPV sales in that time frame.
There are a lot of excellent basketball players in the CBA, including some who are probably better than a few of those in the NBA, but it’s the NBA that commands the fan and media attention.
White didn’t invent the sport and he didn’t write or have anything to do with the creation of its rules, but MMA in its current form and with its present popularity wouldn’t exist today without him. The future, though, will largely by shaped by Lorenzo Fertitta, who in 2008 quit a job as an executive at Station Casinos that a year earlier had paid him $113.8 million in salary. In the last 13 months, Fertitta has been working full-time for the UFC, concentrating largely on expanding the company’s global reach.
White has long said that the UFC will someday exceed soccer in worldwide popularity among sports fans. And while that’s a stretch, it’s no stretch to say that for all the success the UFC has had, it’s only 10 percent or so of the way toward where it will be in 10 or 15 years.
“This fight on Saturday is going to be available in something like 100 million homes,” White said. “Since Lorenzo’s been with us, look at the progress we have made. He’s gotten us a TV deal in China. We’re going to France. We’re going everywhere. Lorenzo is opening doors and the stuff he’s doing is setting the stage.
“I’m telling you, the best thing that ever happened to this company was the day Lorenzo quit his job and came to work here. We’ve come a long way, but we’re not even close to being where we’re going to be.” (Credit: Yahoo!)
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
PKR to Broadcast 24 WSOP Final Tables, by Dan Cypra - Poker News Daily - 25th May 2009
Independent online poker room PKR has announced that it will air the final tables of 24 World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments as the “exclusive sole live broadcaster.” The news comes on the heels of an announcement that ESPN360.com and BluffMagazine.com will also stream 24 events.
PKR has set up a free website dedicated to WSOP coverage from the Rio in Las Vegas. Of the 24 events that will make up PKR’s live coverage, the site is looking forward to the $50,000 buy-in HORSE Championship. Last year, it was infamously won by Expekt Poker pro Scotty Nguyen, who was allegedly inebriated during the festivities and visibly hostile to both his tablemates and Rio staff. Nevertheless, Nguyen became the third winner of the prestigious event, which awards the Chip Reese Trophy to the winner. The late Reese took down the inaugural 2006 version, besting Full Tilt Poker pro Andy Bloch heads-up. In 2007, the $50,000 buy-in HORSE Championship was won by Freddy Deeb, who defeated Bruno Fitoussi to earn $2.3 million.
PKR will also carry several final tables of the $10,000 buy-in events. The World Championship of Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em is Event #29 and was won last year by Kenny Tran, who outlasted Alec Torelli in the final match. World Poker Tour (WPT) Founder Lyle Berman took fifth in that contest, with a bevy of world-class pros finishing near the top. The World Championship of Pot Limit Omaha will also air on PKR. In 2008, Boyle Poker pro Marty Smyth captured his first bracelet in it and defeated Peter Jetten. Coming in third place was Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, who earned over $330,000 for his efforts.
PKR Marketing Director Simon Prodger commented in a press release distributed by the online poker site, “The World Series of Poker is without doubt the biggest event of the poker calendar and it fills me with delight that PKR has managed to scoop exclusive rights to be the official broadcaster for these 24 bracelet events.” PKR has also become the official non-U.S. sponsor of the WSOP’s official website. A large PKR ad now dons the top of the site. The gray menu bar, which in the United States is sponsored by Bluff Magazine, is sponsored by PKR outside of the North American nation. The WSOP Countdown is also presented by PKR and the site has information at the bottom of the page about its WSOP satellites and along with a host of ads.
Among those events that will be shown on PKR are:
Event #4: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Stimulus Special
Event #17: $1,000 Ladies Championship
Event #18: $10,000 World Championship Omaha High-Low Split Eight or Better
Event #29: $10,000 World Championship Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Event #33: $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold’em
Event #35: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Event #40: $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha
Event #41: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Event #45: $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold’em
Event #49: $50,000 World Championship HORSE event
PKR was one of the first online poker sites to popularize the concept of 3D poker. On the last Sunday of every month, the room offers the $100,000 Guaranteed PKR Masters, a $250 buy-in tournament that pays out at least $25,000 to its winner. $27 direct buy-in satellites are available, as are a multitude of options starting as low as $0.52 or 900 PKR Points. PKR regularly offers a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool tournament on other Sundays that comes with a price tag of $88. Every day except Wednesday, the site offers an $18 buy-in $10,000 guaranteed tournament along with a Daily $17K.
According to PokerScout.com, which keeps tabs on online poker room traffic, PKR is the 14th largest network or site worldwide with a seven day running average of 790 cash game players. It does not accept U.S. customers. (Credit: Poker News Daily)
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PKR has set up a free website dedicated to WSOP coverage from the Rio in Las Vegas. Of the 24 events that will make up PKR’s live coverage, the site is looking forward to the $50,000 buy-in HORSE Championship. Last year, it was infamously won by Expekt Poker pro Scotty Nguyen, who was allegedly inebriated during the festivities and visibly hostile to both his tablemates and Rio staff. Nevertheless, Nguyen became the third winner of the prestigious event, which awards the Chip Reese Trophy to the winner. The late Reese took down the inaugural 2006 version, besting Full Tilt Poker pro Andy Bloch heads-up. In 2007, the $50,000 buy-in HORSE Championship was won by Freddy Deeb, who defeated Bruno Fitoussi to earn $2.3 million.
PKR will also carry several final tables of the $10,000 buy-in events. The World Championship of Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em is Event #29 and was won last year by Kenny Tran, who outlasted Alec Torelli in the final match. World Poker Tour (WPT) Founder Lyle Berman took fifth in that contest, with a bevy of world-class pros finishing near the top. The World Championship of Pot Limit Omaha will also air on PKR. In 2008, Boyle Poker pro Marty Smyth captured his first bracelet in it and defeated Peter Jetten. Coming in third place was Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, who earned over $330,000 for his efforts.
PKR Marketing Director Simon Prodger commented in a press release distributed by the online poker site, “The World Series of Poker is without doubt the biggest event of the poker calendar and it fills me with delight that PKR has managed to scoop exclusive rights to be the official broadcaster for these 24 bracelet events.” PKR has also become the official non-U.S. sponsor of the WSOP’s official website. A large PKR ad now dons the top of the site. The gray menu bar, which in the United States is sponsored by Bluff Magazine, is sponsored by PKR outside of the North American nation. The WSOP Countdown is also presented by PKR and the site has information at the bottom of the page about its WSOP satellites and along with a host of ads.
Among those events that will be shown on PKR are:
Event #4: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Stimulus Special
Event #17: $1,000 Ladies Championship
Event #18: $10,000 World Championship Omaha High-Low Split Eight or Better
Event #29: $10,000 World Championship Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Event #33: $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold’em
Event #35: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Event #40: $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha
Event #41: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Event #45: $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold’em
Event #49: $50,000 World Championship HORSE event
PKR was one of the first online poker sites to popularize the concept of 3D poker. On the last Sunday of every month, the room offers the $100,000 Guaranteed PKR Masters, a $250 buy-in tournament that pays out at least $25,000 to its winner. $27 direct buy-in satellites are available, as are a multitude of options starting as low as $0.52 or 900 PKR Points. PKR regularly offers a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool tournament on other Sundays that comes with a price tag of $88. Every day except Wednesday, the site offers an $18 buy-in $10,000 guaranteed tournament along with a Daily $17K.
According to PokerScout.com, which keeps tabs on online poker room traffic, PKR is the 14th largest network or site worldwide with a seven day running average of 790 cash game players. It does not accept U.S. customers. (Credit: Poker News Daily)
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Lights out? Let's party, everybody, by Jennie Curtin - The Sydney Morning Herald - 28th March 2009
As Sydney's ferries sound their horns at 8.30 tonight, they will trigger the start of many activities for Earth Hour.
At the Table Bar on the lower ground floor of the old GPO in Martin Place, the desperate and dateless will begin speed dating by candlelight.
At Sydney Observatory, amateur astronomers will look into a rare Sydney darkness.
And at Circular Quay, treasure hunters will begin to make sense of environmental clues.
Cockatoo Island is fully booked for 280 people to camp by candlelight. And at Taronga Zoo, the Environment Institute of Australia will host a green-tie ball.
A beach party at Avalon will begin an hour earlier, at 7.30pm, with fire-twirling and live music pumped through solar-powered amps. It will follow an eco-living expo, from 3pm to 6pm, at the Avalon Surf Life Saving Club.
At Bondi Beach, Kid Mac, an Earth Hour spokesman, will perform in a concert that also marks National Youth Week.
Mosmanites - notorious for having one of the largest carbon footprints in the world - can take food and candles to the Rotunda at Balmoral Beach and picnic to the tunes of a string quartet.
At Manly there will be music and scuba diving, a sausage sizzle and free candles.
Many local councils have arranged events. Among them, Willoughby will host a free evening of drumming, fire twirling and music at Naremburn Park, on the corner of Park Road and Station Street, from 5pm to 9.30pm. There will be recycling workshops, renewable energy information and sustainable living demonstrations. Jane Caro from The Gruen Transfer will be MC.
At Carss Bush Park, in the Kogarah Council area, people can watch an Aboriginal Dreaming story told through dance, didjeridoos and clapsticks. (Credit: The Sydney Morning Herald)
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At the Table Bar on the lower ground floor of the old GPO in Martin Place, the desperate and dateless will begin speed dating by candlelight.
At Sydney Observatory, amateur astronomers will look into a rare Sydney darkness.
And at Circular Quay, treasure hunters will begin to make sense of environmental clues.
Cockatoo Island is fully booked for 280 people to camp by candlelight. And at Taronga Zoo, the Environment Institute of Australia will host a green-tie ball.
A beach party at Avalon will begin an hour earlier, at 7.30pm, with fire-twirling and live music pumped through solar-powered amps. It will follow an eco-living expo, from 3pm to 6pm, at the Avalon Surf Life Saving Club.
At Bondi Beach, Kid Mac, an Earth Hour spokesman, will perform in a concert that also marks National Youth Week.
Mosmanites - notorious for having one of the largest carbon footprints in the world - can take food and candles to the Rotunda at Balmoral Beach and picnic to the tunes of a string quartet.
At Manly there will be music and scuba diving, a sausage sizzle and free candles.
Many local councils have arranged events. Among them, Willoughby will host a free evening of drumming, fire twirling and music at Naremburn Park, on the corner of Park Road and Station Street, from 5pm to 9.30pm. There will be recycling workshops, renewable energy information and sustainable living demonstrations. Jane Caro from The Gruen Transfer will be MC.
At Carss Bush Park, in the Kogarah Council area, people can watch an Aboriginal Dreaming story told through dance, didjeridoos and clapsticks. (Credit: The Sydney Morning Herald)
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Hitwise Australia Online Performance Awards Winners 2008
First time recipients of the awards include Webjet, Fox Sports and Toyota.
Melbourne- 24 March, 2009 -Hitwise, the leader in online competitive intelligence today announced the most popular websites from more than 100 industries in Australia during 2008.
The annual Hitwise Australia Online Performance Awards recognise outstanding online business achievement and acknowledge the most successful Australian websites as categorised in Hitwise’s key industries, defined by the market share of user visits to a website received during 2008.
As Hitwise reports on the anonymous online usage of approximately 3 million Australian Internet users – the largest online sample of its kind and more than 140,000 local websites throughout the course of the year – this unique awards program recognises excellence in online performance through public popularity.
“This is truly a ‘people’s choice’ award, as ultimately, organisations receiving a Hitwise Online Performance Award have been determined by Australian consumers,” says Michael Walmsley, General Manager of Hitwise Asia Pacific. He adds, "Website visits provide an excellent measure of a website’s success and popularity".
Hitwise congratulates the 2008 winners, which include major online and offline brands such as AMP, Wotif.com, ninemsn, and Medibank . First time recipients of the award include Webjet, Fox Sports , JB Hi-Fi Australia , and Toyota.
For more information on the awards and a complete list of the 2008 winners visit www.hitwise.com.au/awards or email Rheika Tompkins at press.au@hitwise.com.
About Hitwise:
Hitwise is the leading online competitive intelligence service. Only Hitwise provides its 1,500 clients around the world with daily insights on how their customers interact with a broad range of competitive websites, and how their competitors use different tactics to attract online customers.
Since 1997, Hitwise has pioneered a unique, network-based approach to Internet measurement. Through relationships with ISPs around the world, Hitwise’s patented methodology anonymously captures the online usage, search and conversion behavior of 25 million Internet users. This unprecedented volume of Internet usage data is seamlessly integrated into an easy to use, web-based service, designed to help marketers better plan, implement and report on a range of online marketing programs.
Hitwise, a subsidiary of Experian (FTS:EXPN) www.experiangroup.com operates in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. More information about Hitwise is available at www.hitwise.com.
For up to date analysis of online trends, please visit the Hitwise Intelligence-Analyst Weblogs at http://weblogs.hitwise.com and the Hitwise Data Center at www.hitwise.com.au/datacenter.
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Melbourne- 24 March, 2009 -Hitwise, the leader in online competitive intelligence today announced the most popular websites from more than 100 industries in Australia during 2008.
The annual Hitwise Australia Online Performance Awards recognise outstanding online business achievement and acknowledge the most successful Australian websites as categorised in Hitwise’s key industries, defined by the market share of user visits to a website received during 2008.
As Hitwise reports on the anonymous online usage of approximately 3 million Australian Internet users – the largest online sample of its kind and more than 140,000 local websites throughout the course of the year – this unique awards program recognises excellence in online performance through public popularity.
“This is truly a ‘people’s choice’ award, as ultimately, organisations receiving a Hitwise Online Performance Award have been determined by Australian consumers,” says Michael Walmsley, General Manager of Hitwise Asia Pacific. He adds, "Website visits provide an excellent measure of a website’s success and popularity".
Hitwise congratulates the 2008 winners, which include major online and offline brands such as AMP, Wotif.com, ninemsn, and Medibank . First time recipients of the award include Webjet, Fox Sports , JB Hi-Fi Australia , and Toyota.
For more information on the awards and a complete list of the 2008 winners visit www.hitwise.com.au/awards or email Rheika Tompkins at press.au@hitwise.com.
About Hitwise:
Hitwise is the leading online competitive intelligence service. Only Hitwise provides its 1,500 clients around the world with daily insights on how their customers interact with a broad range of competitive websites, and how their competitors use different tactics to attract online customers.
Since 1997, Hitwise has pioneered a unique, network-based approach to Internet measurement. Through relationships with ISPs around the world, Hitwise’s patented methodology anonymously captures the online usage, search and conversion behavior of 25 million Internet users. This unprecedented volume of Internet usage data is seamlessly integrated into an easy to use, web-based service, designed to help marketers better plan, implement and report on a range of online marketing programs.
Hitwise, a subsidiary of Experian (FTS:EXPN) www.experiangroup.com operates in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. More information about Hitwise is available at www.hitwise.com.
For up to date analysis of online trends, please visit the Hitwise Intelligence-Analyst Weblogs at http://weblogs.hitwise.com and the Hitwise Data Center at www.hitwise.com.au/datacenter.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
PartyPartners Announced as Platinum Sponsor for CAP Euro Amsterdam
IRVINE, CA – February 18, 2009 – CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com (“CAP”), the world’s largest and longest-running affiliate marketing directory for the online gaming industry, has announced that PartyPartners will be Platinum Sponsor for its upcoming CAP Euro Amsterdam event.
PartyPartners provides affiliate marketing services for AffClub.com and PartyGaming, which is billed as the “world’s leading listed online gaming company”.
“The organizers of CAP events do a fantastic job in bringing together operators and affiliates under one roof and create a great environment where productive and profitable business alliances can be both strengthened and fostered,” said a representative from PartyPartners. “This is why we are delighted to announce that www.PartyPartners.com and www.AffClub.com are Platinum Sponsors of the CAP Euro event in Amsterdam from 30 April to 3 May 2009. We very much look forward to meeting our existing and prospective affiliates in fabulous Amsterdam in the spring.”
“Coming off of the incredible success of CAP Euro London, which at almost 1,700 attendees was by far the largest affiliate marketing event ever, we’re very pleased to see PartyPartners once again step up as Platinum Sponsor,” commented Lou Fabiano, President and Founder of CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com.
So far, excitement and expected attendance for the latest CAP Euro conference has outpaced any of the company’s previous conferences. Organizers are expecting more than 2,000 attendees; in addition, the event is being planned in coordination with Affiliates4u’s upcoming Amsterdam Expo, and will immediately follow that conference with the goal of maximizing convenience for affiliates choosing to attend both events.
In addition to PartyPartners’ Platinum Sponsorship, more than 50 other exhibitors are also already lined up for CAP Euro Amsterdam, including Fortune Affiliates, TwoLinx, Affiliate SpeedPay, Commission Warehouse, 888.com, Slotland, Hollywood Affiliates, CentreBet, C-Planet, Oranje Casino, Betfair, , Intertops, Rome Casino, Chilli Poker, Kharma Partners, Unibet, Scratch2Cash, Tower Affiliates, Heaven Affiliates, DevilFish Poker, Lucky 18 Casino, Bet365, Partnerlogic, Ladbrokes, BetUS, ChipLeader, Intercash, PKR, SlotoCash, BetUK, Cake Poker, Boyle Sports, Expekt, Communicator Corp, , Ned Affiliates, Expekt, SportingBet, WhiteLabelRakeBack.com, William Hill Online, Playshare, Smart Live Affiliates, Wager Share, Prime Partners, EGO, , Full Tilt Poker, Red Returns, Vegas Affiliates, Rummy Affiliates, and many others.
For additional information on CAP Euro Amsterdam, please visit the CAP events website at http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/events.
About CAP Euro
One of Internet gaming's most celebrated events, CAP Euro is a semi-annual trade show extravaganza organized by CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com (CAP) to bring the iGaming affiliate marketing community together in one event. Held in London, Amsterdam, and Budapest (with the possibility of expanding to other European locations), CAP Euro events are not only the industry's premier opportunity to network and trade tips with the biggest names in the business, but also serve as the venue for the annual CAP Awards ceremony, held each January. For more information on CAP Euro, please visit http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/events.
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CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com (or CAP, as it's commonly known) is the largest and longest-running online gaming affiliate resource, featuring an active community forum, chat rooms, affiliate marketing tools, industry news/articles, scam alerts, and a rigorous and distinguished certification process for online casino affiliate programs. The CAP Certification Process is held in the highest regard among industry experts, and is designed to protect the integrity of affiliates and the online gaming industry as a whole. For more information, please visit http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com.
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PartyPartners provides affiliate marketing services for AffClub.com and PartyGaming, which is billed as the “world’s leading listed online gaming company”.
“The organizers of CAP events do a fantastic job in bringing together operators and affiliates under one roof and create a great environment where productive and profitable business alliances can be both strengthened and fostered,” said a representative from PartyPartners. “This is why we are delighted to announce that www.PartyPartners.com and www.AffClub.com are Platinum Sponsors of the CAP Euro event in Amsterdam from 30 April to 3 May 2009. We very much look forward to meeting our existing and prospective affiliates in fabulous Amsterdam in the spring.”
“Coming off of the incredible success of CAP Euro London, which at almost 1,700 attendees was by far the largest affiliate marketing event ever, we’re very pleased to see PartyPartners once again step up as Platinum Sponsor,” commented Lou Fabiano, President and Founder of CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com.
So far, excitement and expected attendance for the latest CAP Euro conference has outpaced any of the company’s previous conferences. Organizers are expecting more than 2,000 attendees; in addition, the event is being planned in coordination with Affiliates4u’s upcoming Amsterdam Expo, and will immediately follow that conference with the goal of maximizing convenience for affiliates choosing to attend both events.
In addition to PartyPartners’ Platinum Sponsorship, more than 50 other exhibitors are also already lined up for CAP Euro Amsterdam, including Fortune Affiliates, TwoLinx, Affiliate SpeedPay, Commission Warehouse, 888.com, Slotland, Hollywood Affiliates, CentreBet, C-Planet, Oranje Casino, Betfair, , Intertops, Rome Casino, Chilli Poker, Kharma Partners, Unibet, Scratch2Cash, Tower Affiliates, Heaven Affiliates, DevilFish Poker, Lucky 18 Casino, Bet365, Partnerlogic, Ladbrokes, BetUS, ChipLeader, Intercash, PKR, SlotoCash, BetUK, Cake Poker, Boyle Sports, Expekt, Communicator Corp, , Ned Affiliates, Expekt, SportingBet, WhiteLabelRakeBack.com, William Hill Online, Playshare, Smart Live Affiliates, Wager Share, Prime Partners, EGO, , Full Tilt Poker, Red Returns, Vegas Affiliates, Rummy Affiliates, and many others.
For additional information on CAP Euro Amsterdam, please visit the CAP events website at http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/events.
About CAP Euro
One of Internet gaming's most celebrated events, CAP Euro is a semi-annual trade show extravaganza organized by CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com (CAP) to bring the iGaming affiliate marketing community together in one event. Held in London, Amsterdam, and Budapest (with the possibility of expanding to other European locations), CAP Euro events are not only the industry's premier opportunity to network and trade tips with the biggest names in the business, but also serve as the venue for the annual CAP Awards ceremony, held each January. For more information on CAP Euro, please visit http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/events.
About CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com
CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com (or CAP, as it's commonly known) is the largest and longest-running online gaming affiliate resource, featuring an active community forum, chat rooms, affiliate marketing tools, industry news/articles, scam alerts, and a rigorous and distinguished certification process for online casino affiliate programs. The CAP Certification Process is held in the highest regard among industry experts, and is designed to protect the integrity of affiliates and the online gaming industry as a whole. For more information, please visit http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
CAP Euro London "Biggest Affiliate Event Ever"
Industry-leading iGaming Affiliate Directory CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com Announces Success in Latest Affiliate Conference, Reported to be the Biggest Yet
February 3, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com ("CAP"), the world’s largest and longest-running affiliate marketing directory for the online gaming industry, has announced that this year’s CAP Euro London, which just wrapped up in London on Sunday, was a huge success, and the company's largest ever event.
"With more than 1,600 people in attendance -- almost double last year’s turnout -- this year's CAP Euro London was our biggest and most successful event yet," commented Alex Pratt, an organizer of the event. “Even more importantly, these numbers make this not only the biggest affiliate conference ever to be held in Europe, but also the biggest iGaming affiliate event of all time, period!
"And so far the feedback has been excellent," continued Mr. Pratt. "We've been receiving rave reviews about everything from the speakers and discussion panels, to the venue and parties."
Taking place over the weekend of January 30 to February 1 at the award-winning Novotel London hotel, CAP Euro London is CAP’s flagship conference, and has come to be known as the iGaming affiliate marketing world’s signature event.
In addition to offering CAP’s renowned brand of business networking, online marketing speaker sessions, and after-hours socializing, CAP Euro London kicked off with the hotly anticipated 2009 CAP Awards — the second annual awards celebration celebrating the most successful and innovative members of the worldwide iGaming affiliate industry, as voted upon by the community.
"We couldn’t be prouder to report our most successful affiliate conference yet -- especially in light of a number of international threats to our industry, as represented by UIGEA and similar legislation around the globe," stated Lou Fabiano, the founder and president of CAP. “This was a very positive, even historic moment for our industry, bringing the affiliate community together in larger-than-ever numbers.
"Given that fact, it's a shame that some websites, in an attempt to ramp up their site visits via spreading salacious rumors, have chosen to take the low road, falsely depicting CAP Euro in a negative light instead of reporting on the truly groundbreaking and historic nature of this event.
“But we want to remind all CAP community members that, because of the success we all continue to share, we’ll inevitably continue to be a target for lesser, envious parties. Let’s not let that take away from all our success, and let’s not allow it to dampen the spirit of celebration we’ve all worked so hard to achieve.”
Up next on the schedule of CAP events is the popular CAP Spring Break, held this year in sunny Cancun, Mexico. And following that is the all-new CAP Euro Amsterdam conference, scheduled for April 30 through May 3 in Amsterdam.
The upcoming Amsterdam event is predicted to raise the CAP Euro stakes even higher. The conference is being planned in partnership with Affiliates4u’s upcoming Amsterdam Expo, and organizers expect more than 2,000 people to be in attendance.
More than 50 exhibitors are already lined up for CAP Euro Amsterdam, including PartyPartners, Betway, TwoLinx, Affiliate SpeedPay, Commission Warehouse, 888.com, Slotland, Hollywood Affiliates, CentreBet, C-Planet, Mamma Mia, Betfair, Referback, Intertops, Rome Casino, Chilli Poker, Kharma Partners, Unibet, Scratch2Cash, Tower Affiliates, PokerHeaven, DevilFish Poker, Lucky 18 Casino, Bet365, Partnerlogic, Ladbrokes, BetUS, ChipLeader, SlotoCash, Europa Point Services, Cake Poker, Boyle Sports, Communicator Corp, PokerStars, Ned Affiliates, Expekt, SportingBet, William Hill Online, Playshare, Smart Live Affiliates, Wager Share, Prime Partners, EGO, Villento, Full Tilt Poker, Red Returns, Vegas Affiliates, and many others.
Please visit the CAP events website at http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/events for further details on CAP Euro London, CAP Euro Amsterdam, and CAP Spring Break. (Credit: CAP)
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February 3, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com ("CAP"), the world’s largest and longest-running affiliate marketing directory for the online gaming industry, has announced that this year’s CAP Euro London, which just wrapped up in London on Sunday, was a huge success, and the company's largest ever event.
"With more than 1,600 people in attendance -- almost double last year’s turnout -- this year's CAP Euro London was our biggest and most successful event yet," commented Alex Pratt, an organizer of the event. “Even more importantly, these numbers make this not only the biggest affiliate conference ever to be held in Europe, but also the biggest iGaming affiliate event of all time, period!
"And so far the feedback has been excellent," continued Mr. Pratt. "We've been receiving rave reviews about everything from the speakers and discussion panels, to the venue and parties."
Taking place over the weekend of January 30 to February 1 at the award-winning Novotel London hotel, CAP Euro London is CAP’s flagship conference, and has come to be known as the iGaming affiliate marketing world’s signature event.
In addition to offering CAP’s renowned brand of business networking, online marketing speaker sessions, and after-hours socializing, CAP Euro London kicked off with the hotly anticipated 2009 CAP Awards — the second annual awards celebration celebrating the most successful and innovative members of the worldwide iGaming affiliate industry, as voted upon by the community.
"We couldn’t be prouder to report our most successful affiliate conference yet -- especially in light of a number of international threats to our industry, as represented by UIGEA and similar legislation around the globe," stated Lou Fabiano, the founder and president of CAP. “This was a very positive, even historic moment for our industry, bringing the affiliate community together in larger-than-ever numbers.
"Given that fact, it's a shame that some websites, in an attempt to ramp up their site visits via spreading salacious rumors, have chosen to take the low road, falsely depicting CAP Euro in a negative light instead of reporting on the truly groundbreaking and historic nature of this event.
“But we want to remind all CAP community members that, because of the success we all continue to share, we’ll inevitably continue to be a target for lesser, envious parties. Let’s not let that take away from all our success, and let’s not allow it to dampen the spirit of celebration we’ve all worked so hard to achieve.”
Up next on the schedule of CAP events is the popular CAP Spring Break, held this year in sunny Cancun, Mexico. And following that is the all-new CAP Euro Amsterdam conference, scheduled for April 30 through May 3 in Amsterdam.
The upcoming Amsterdam event is predicted to raise the CAP Euro stakes even higher. The conference is being planned in partnership with Affiliates4u’s upcoming Amsterdam Expo, and organizers expect more than 2,000 people to be in attendance.
More than 50 exhibitors are already lined up for CAP Euro Amsterdam, including PartyPartners, Betway, TwoLinx, Affiliate SpeedPay, Commission Warehouse, 888.com, Slotland, Hollywood Affiliates, CentreBet, C-Planet, Mamma Mia, Betfair, Referback, Intertops, Rome Casino, Chilli Poker, Kharma Partners, Unibet, Scratch2Cash, Tower Affiliates, PokerHeaven, DevilFish Poker, Lucky 18 Casino, Bet365, Partnerlogic, Ladbrokes, BetUS, ChipLeader, SlotoCash, Europa Point Services, Cake Poker, Boyle Sports, Communicator Corp, PokerStars, Ned Affiliates, Expekt, SportingBet, William Hill Online, Playshare, Smart Live Affiliates, Wager Share, Prime Partners, EGO, Villento, Full Tilt Poker, Red Returns, Vegas Affiliates, and many others.
Please visit the CAP events website at http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/events for further details on CAP Euro London, CAP Euro Amsterdam, and CAP Spring Break. (Credit: CAP)
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CAP London 2009 - 2nd February 2009
The annual CAP London is one of the highlights of the gaming affiliate industry year, as thousands come together to network, do business and most importantly, party!
The event took place in the Novotel Hotel in Hammersmith and hosted the Bingo Port Players Choice awards, CAP awards, exhibitions and several industry conferences.
All the biggest gaming operators and affiliate programs were present including Ladbrokes, Party Gaming, 888, Rewards Affiliates and many more.
The CAP awards ceremony took place on the Thursday evening paying tribute to some of the best gaming affiliate programmes the industry has to offer.
Here’s a list of the some of the award winners:
Best Poker Affiliate Programme: PKR
Best Casino Affiliate Programme: Rewards Affiliates
Best Sports Betting Programme: Ladbrokes
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The event took place in the Novotel Hotel in Hammersmith and hosted the Bingo Port Players Choice awards, CAP awards, exhibitions and several industry conferences.
All the biggest gaming operators and affiliate programs were present including Ladbrokes, Party Gaming, 888, Rewards Affiliates and many more.
The CAP awards ceremony took place on the Thursday evening paying tribute to some of the best gaming affiliate programmes the industry has to offer.
Here’s a list of the some of the award winners:
Best Poker Affiliate Programme: PKR
Best Casino Affiliate Programme: Rewards Affiliates
Best Sports Betting Programme: Ladbrokes
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
CAP Euro bingo affiliates
CAP Euro Bingo companies and speakers
Exhibitors to appear at CAP Euro include:
Party Bingo
Virgin Bingo
Ladbrokes Bingo
Income Access Bingo Partners
Maria Bingo
Bingos.com
William Hill Bingo
Representatives at the conference include:
Crown Bingo
Love Bingo
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Exhibitors to appear at CAP Euro include:
Party Bingo
Virgin Bingo
Ladbrokes Bingo
Income Access Bingo Partners
Maria Bingo
Bingos.com
William Hill Bingo
Representatives at the conference include:
Crown Bingo
Love Bingo
Bingo Suerte
Event Bingo
Paddy Power Bingo
Scot Bingo
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Fire&Ice 2009 takes iGaming Back to Babylon
Camden’s Gilgamesh Lounge to Provide Award-Winning Atmosphere for Biggest Annual iGaming Party
9 January 2009 (London, UK) – This year’s Fire&Ice party will take iGaming executives, operators, affiliates and suppliers to the decadence of ancient Babylon. The annual extravaganza produced by iGaming PR & Events specialists Lyceum Media and sponsored this year by Asian Logic, CryptoLogic, Lyceum Media, The Cake Poker Network and Bluff Europe will be held at the stylish Gilgamesh in London’s Camden Town on January 28th, between the IGE and CAP Euro iGaming conferences.
In fashionable and trendy Camden market, Gilgamesh is a testament to cool, contemporary style, perfectly fused with the exotic imagery and mystique of the Babylonian era. Its dramatic interiors has been featured in magazines for their unique hand carved furniture, their lapis lazuli inlaid 50metre bar, retractable ceiling and ornate walls of beaten bronze panels that tell the epic story of Gilgamesh.
According to their owners: “Gilgamesh was the son of a mortal King and a goddess; the king of Uruk (known in the Bible as Erech), the greatest king on Earth and the strongest super human to ever exist.”
“We had quite a challenge selecting a venue for 2009 as we needed something exclusive yet extravagant enough to create an unforgettable Fire & Ice for veterans and to amaze its newcomers,” says event producer Jodie Thind. “Gilgamesh is the perfect place to party, network and most importantly to have a fantastic evening.”
“With our 2009 sponsors on board – AsianLogic, CryptoLogic, Lyceum Media, Cake Poker Network and Bluff Europe - we promise another unforgettable night!” continues Jodie.
Guests can pick up their free invitation at IGE on January 27th & 28th from Lyceum reps or at the iGaming Business or CryptoLogic booths. Alternatively they can sign up to receive the Fire & Ice invitation at http://www.lyceummedia.com/fireandice
Fire&Ice Gilgamesh 2009
January 28th
9pm-3am
Gilgamesh
The Stables Market, Camden Town, Chalk Farm Road NW1 8AH
About Fire & Ice (http://www.lyceummedia.com/fireandice)
Lyceum Fire & Ice is the largest and most decadent social event on the iGaming entertainment calendar. It brings online gambling executives, operators, affiliates, media and suppliers together to a unique informal environment, which epitomizes an industry that is on the cutting edge of digital entertainment. Now in its eighth year, Fire&Ice is produced by London iGaming PR and events specialists Lyceum Media (www.LyceumMedia.com).
About AsianLogic (ALOG) (http://www.asianlogic.com)
AsianLogic (AIM: ALOG) is a leading online and land-based gaming company focused on the Asia-Pacific markets. Listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, it operates several online casino and online poker brands and is engaged in the development, operations and marketing of peer-to-peer gaming, Asian-themed games, and sports betting. The Company also owns the Asian Poker Tour, a premier live poker tournament.
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. It enjoys strong commercial relationships with leading gaming providers including Playtech and LVS.
About CryptoLogic (http://www.cryptologic.com)
Known for integrity and innovation, CryptoLogic Limited is a world-leading, blue-chip public developer and supplier of Internet gaming software. WagerLogic Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CryptoLogic, is responsible for the licensing of CryptoLogic software and services to licensees that offer their games around the world to non-U.S. based players.
About The Cake Poker Network (http://www.cakepokernetwork.net)
The Cake Poker Network caters to a select group of partners; ones that uphold its company values and that require a more tailored service rather than a standard “out of the box” solution. Whether you are looking to add poker to your existing site or upgrade your current poker offering, the Cake Poker Network will position you to succeed by providing a wide range of customizable services and solutions to fit your requirements. Your success is ensured by their Flexibility, Liquidity and Integrity. Their philosophy towards you is simple: Offer world class solutions to world class partners.
About Lyceum Media (http://www.lyceummedia.com)
Lyceum Media is a full service public relations firm working exclusively in iGaming and brings its clients the benefit of an unparalleled understanding of the sector, its key players and its goings on. Lyceum Media’s end to end PR and Events solutions is suitable for any company looking to exploit their unique assets and maximize their potential in the iGaming sector.
About Bluff Europe (http://www.bluffeurope.com)
Bluff Europe is Europe’s most widely read poker publication, the largest in the UK, aimed squarely at the poker enthusiast. The magazine is distributed through European card rooms and poker clubs as well as on newsstands in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia. Regular contributors include Phil Laak, Paul Jackson, Hollywood Star turned poker pro Jennifer Tilly and a host of other poker professionals from the UK, Europe and the USA.
Bluff Europe magazine is the first magazine to be available by subscription through SMS. Poker enthusiasts in the UK can subscribe by texting POKER to 60155. www.bluffeurope.com
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9 January 2009 (London, UK) – This year’s Fire&Ice party will take iGaming executives, operators, affiliates and suppliers to the decadence of ancient Babylon. The annual extravaganza produced by iGaming PR & Events specialists Lyceum Media and sponsored this year by Asian Logic, CryptoLogic, Lyceum Media, The Cake Poker Network and Bluff Europe will be held at the stylish Gilgamesh in London’s Camden Town on January 28th, between the IGE and CAP Euro iGaming conferences.
In fashionable and trendy Camden market, Gilgamesh is a testament to cool, contemporary style, perfectly fused with the exotic imagery and mystique of the Babylonian era. Its dramatic interiors has been featured in magazines for their unique hand carved furniture, their lapis lazuli inlaid 50metre bar, retractable ceiling and ornate walls of beaten bronze panels that tell the epic story of Gilgamesh.
According to their owners: “Gilgamesh was the son of a mortal King and a goddess; the king of Uruk (known in the Bible as Erech), the greatest king on Earth and the strongest super human to ever exist.”
“We had quite a challenge selecting a venue for 2009 as we needed something exclusive yet extravagant enough to create an unforgettable Fire & Ice for veterans and to amaze its newcomers,” says event producer Jodie Thind. “Gilgamesh is the perfect place to party, network and most importantly to have a fantastic evening.”
“With our 2009 sponsors on board – AsianLogic, CryptoLogic, Lyceum Media, Cake Poker Network and Bluff Europe - we promise another unforgettable night!” continues Jodie.
Guests can pick up their free invitation at IGE on January 27th & 28th from Lyceum reps or at the iGaming Business or CryptoLogic booths. Alternatively they can sign up to receive the Fire & Ice invitation at http://www.lyceummedia.com/fireandice
Fire&Ice Gilgamesh 2009
January 28th
9pm-3am
Gilgamesh
The Stables Market, Camden Town, Chalk Farm Road NW1 8AH
About Fire & Ice (http://www.lyceummedia.com/fireandice)
Lyceum Fire & Ice is the largest and most decadent social event on the iGaming entertainment calendar. It brings online gambling executives, operators, affiliates, media and suppliers together to a unique informal environment, which epitomizes an industry that is on the cutting edge of digital entertainment. Now in its eighth year, Fire&Ice is produced by London iGaming PR and events specialists Lyceum Media (www.LyceumMedia.com).
About AsianLogic (ALOG) (http://www.asianlogic.com)
AsianLogic (AIM: ALOG) is a leading online and land-based gaming company focused on the Asia-Pacific markets. Listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, it operates several online casino and online poker brands and is engaged in the development, operations and marketing of peer-to-peer gaming, Asian-themed games, and sports betting. The Company also owns the Asian Poker Tour, a premier live poker tournament.
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. It enjoys strong commercial relationships with leading gaming providers including Playtech and LVS.
About CryptoLogic (http://www.cryptologic.com)
Known for integrity and innovation, CryptoLogic Limited is a world-leading, blue-chip public developer and supplier of Internet gaming software. WagerLogic Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CryptoLogic, is responsible for the licensing of CryptoLogic software and services to licensees that offer their games around the world to non-U.S. based players.
About The Cake Poker Network (http://www.cakepokernetwork.net)
The Cake Poker Network caters to a select group of partners; ones that uphold its company values and that require a more tailored service rather than a standard “out of the box” solution. Whether you are looking to add poker to your existing site or upgrade your current poker offering, the Cake Poker Network will position you to succeed by providing a wide range of customizable services and solutions to fit your requirements. Your success is ensured by their Flexibility, Liquidity and Integrity. Their philosophy towards you is simple: Offer world class solutions to world class partners.
About Lyceum Media (http://www.lyceummedia.com)
Lyceum Media is a full service public relations firm working exclusively in iGaming and brings its clients the benefit of an unparalleled understanding of the sector, its key players and its goings on. Lyceum Media’s end to end PR and Events solutions is suitable for any company looking to exploit their unique assets and maximize their potential in the iGaming sector.
About Bluff Europe (http://www.bluffeurope.com)
Bluff Europe is Europe’s most widely read poker publication, the largest in the UK, aimed squarely at the poker enthusiast. The magazine is distributed through European card rooms and poker clubs as well as on newsstands in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia. Regular contributors include Phil Laak, Paul Jackson, Hollywood Star turned poker pro Jennifer Tilly and a host of other poker professionals from the UK, Europe and the USA.
Bluff Europe magazine is the first magazine to be available by subscription through SMS. Poker enthusiasts in the UK can subscribe by texting POKER to 60155. www.bluffeurope.com
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