SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11,
2002--
First-Place Winner to be Crowned on Saturday, March 16 Aboard
a Mexican Riviera Cruise
PartyPoker.com, the world's fastest growing online poker room,
today announced that the final rounds of the PartyPoker.com Million(TM)(PPM)
tournament are underway. 100 Finalists who qualified at PartyPoker.com
have joined a select group of the world's finest poker players
to play in the live Hold `em poker tournament in an attempt to
win the guaranteed first prize of $1,000,000 --- the largest ever
in online poker history.
The players have embarked upon a Mexican Riviera cruise aboard
a luxury cruise ship to play for the estimated $1,400,000 total
prize pool. The PartyPoker.com million is the first-ever tournament
with a $1,000,000 prize to pit recreational poker players who
qualified on the Internet against some of the greatest world champions
of poker, including the reigning world champion, Carlos Mortensen
and the 2000 world champion Chris Ferguson. World-renowned poker
champion and founder of the Poker Tournament of Champions, Mike
Sexton, is hosting the weeklong tournament.
``We are extremely excited to be hosting the greatest tournament
event ever held in the history of online Poker,'' said Vikrant
Bhargava, CEO. ``We have a wide range of recreational poker players
competing with some of the greatest professional poker players
in world for a guaranteed first-prize of $1,000,000. This will
clearly establish PartyPoker.com as the leader in the new, and
rapidly growing world of live, online poker.''
Today, PartyPoker.com also announced the launch for a new and
improved version of the Company's Web site. ``The new PartyPoker.com
site incorporates a cleaner, stronger presence which reflects
the evolving image of PartyPoker.com as the premier destination
for live, multi-player poker,'' said Christopher Todd, Interactive
marketing consultant and former Jupiter Media Metrix online advertising
analyst. ``This is the first step toward firmly establishing PartyPoker.com
as the world's leading brand for online poker.''
About PartyPoker.com
Launched in August 2001, PartyPoker.com is the world's premiere
destination for online, multi-player poker and is fully licensed
and regulated by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, Quebec, Canada.
As the fastest growing poker room on the Web, PartyPoker.com offers
a variety of poker games including Texas Hold `Em, Omaha Hi/Low,
and Seven Card Stud, all powered by a unique and completely random
shuffling algorithm, ensuring PartyPoker.com's integrity in hosting
fair and honest poker games. Please visit http://www.partypoker.com
for more information.
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