SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 2002--
PartyPoker.com today announced that the company's marquee poker
event - the PartyPoker.com Million
II tournament with an estimated total prize pool of
$1.5 million - has been selected
as a charter event for the newly formed World
Poker Tour (WPT). PartyPoker.com is the first Web-based
card room to join the WPT
ranks which includes such traditional land-based poker brands
as Bellagio, The Bicycle Casino, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Lucky
Chances Casino, Horseshoe Casino and Hotel, Reno Hilton, and others.
"We are extremely pleased to have the PartyPoker.com
Million II join us as one of our events," said Steve
Lipscomb, CEO of the World Poker Tour. "The PartyPoker.com
Million II is a unique event that combines the rapidly growing
technology of the Internet with the excitement and drama of a
live major championship poker tournament."
As a charter member of the WPT, PartyPoker.com will receive substantial
television, print, Web, and on-location promotion for the PartyPoker.com
Million II, of which the finals will be held in March
2003 aboard a luxury cruise ship sailing the Caribbean. In addition
to the first place prize, the winner of the PartyPoker.com
Million II will qualify to participate against the
winners from all other WPT
events in the "Battle of Champions" to be held
at the end of the tour.
"We are thrilled that the PartyPoker.com Million II has
been invited to join the ranks of the World Poker Tour with so
many of the world's premier poker championships," said
Mike Sexton, Poker ambassador, PartyPoker.com Host, and creator
of the PartyPoker.com Million II. "Our tournament will
provide recreational poker players throughout the world the opportunity
to qualify for an actual WPT event without ever leaving the comfort
of their own home." Sexton has also been selected to
team with actor Vince Van Patten as the official commentators
for the WPT.
Qualifying play for the PartyPoker.com
Million II has already started with the first of three
semi-final rounds scheduled for August 2002. The buy-in for the
tournament is $25 and players
may register online at http://www.partypoker.com/news/partypoker_million/index.html.
Players may accrue bonus chips during regular play at PartyPoker.com
to improve their odds of winning in the semi-final rounds. All
semi-final winners will receive a free luxury cruise (for themselves
and a guest) in conjunction with the PartyPoker.com
Million II Finals scheduled for March 2003. For more
information on PartyPoker.com and their tournaments, please visit
http://www.partypoker.com/.
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. Ranked by Internet audience measurement firm Jupiter
Media Metrix as the fastest growing poker room on the Web in Q1
2002, 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. |
