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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jackie Lapin/Media Relations
Consulting (818) 707-1473 jackielapin@cs.com
High Stakes On The High Seas: Poker Site Charters Ship for Mega
Event
PARTYPOKER.COM MILLION III -- WORLD'S LARGEST NO LIMIT TEXAS
HOLD 'EM POKER TOURNAMENT -- CRUISES ALONG WITH RECORD $3.5 MILLION
IN PRIZE MONEY
Not since pirates floated on the Spanish Main has so much money
been up for grabs on the high seas.
Capitalizing on America's new-found passion for poker, PartyPoker.com
will set sail March 13 for a weeklong cruise on Holland America's
luxurious ms Ryndam, culminating in the March 14 -18 PartyPoker.com
Million III, the world's largest No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em poker
tournament. More than 500 players are expected to compete for
a record-smashing $3.5 million prize pool and a spot in the World
Poker Tour Championship, airing on the Travel Channel. First prize
will exceed $1 million. PartyPoker.com is the world's largest
online multi-player poker room offering players a safe, secure
and friendly environment to play poker.
Anyone can win their way into The PartyPoker.com Million III
by going to PartyPoker.com and competing in preliminary tournaments
that cost as little as $1 to enter. For information on qualifying,
go to PartyPoker.com. Winners who qualify in those preliminary
satellite tournaments will receive a $9,000 package--the $1,800
cruise for two, plus their $7,200 "buy-in" for the event.
Nearly 300 have already qualified through PartyPoker.com satellites,
super satellite and semi-final tournaments, but more than 200
seats are still in contention.
"After two incredible tournaments in the last couple of
years, The PartyPoker.com Million III will be an even more monumental
leap forward," said Mike Sexton, PartyPoker.com executive
host and spokesman. "Tripling the prize money makes this
the richest event in poker and certainly one of the most competitive.
Someone's going home with a million-dollar payday and lots of
folks will win a portion of that huge pot."
The PartyPoker.com Million III is the third installment of the
fabulously successful tournament. Last year the event drew 130
players and offered $1,013,000 in prize money. One of the players
who made the final table, Tim Lark qualified online at PartyPoker.com
by winning a $1 satellite tournament and parlaying his winnings
into a spot on the cruise. He was outlasted by Howard Lederer,
of Las Vegas, a World Champion and two-time winner of 2003 World
Poker Tour tournaments. The year before, Kathy Liebert of South
Gate, CA, became the first woman ever to win $1 million in a single
poker tournament.
This year, players will enjoy a fun cruise alternating relaxation
and tension-- featuring blazing sun and big bets! The ms Ryndam,
which will call in Lareto and La Paz, is among the most elegant
ships on the seas. As for those big bets, players will begin the
tournament on the first day with $7,000 in chips and play till
they lose or until they make the Final Table on the fifth day.
That final table of six players will be filmed for airing on the
hugely popular World Poker Tour television series. Players closing
in on the PartyPoker.com Million III championship will be sweating
out bets and bluffs that risk hundreds of thousands per hand.
After a tough day at the poker table, a Mai-Tai on the Ryndam
veranda may be just the thing!
Launched in August 2001, PartyPoker.com is the world's largest
online multi-player poker room offering players a safe, secure
and friendly environment to play poker. With more than one million
satisfied users, PartyPoker.com is the market leader in the popular
and fast growing online poker games market. PartyPoker.com is
fully licensed and regulated by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission,
Quebec, Canada. The site typically hosts more than 35,000 simultaneous
players playing an assortment of live classic poker games including
Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha Hi/Low, and Seven Card Stud and single and
multi table tournaments. Poker has become the nation's hottest
cultural trend and phenomenon. Everyone from PhDs to construction
workers, from grandmothers to Miss America contestants have caught
the fever, spurred by the World Poker Tour television show and
best-selling books like James McManus' "Positively Fifth
Street." PartyPoker.com is where many new enthusiasts begin
their poker lessons, playing for FREE, and then progressing to
tournaments like The PartyPoker.com Million III.
For more information on cruising the Sea of Cortez with The PartyPoker.com
Million III, go to www.PartyPoker.com.
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