Poker Launch - Announcements

The Party's Over For Poker Players in the United States

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:20:38 -0400

I just received the following from PartyGaming: On September 30, 2006 the United States Congress passed The Safe Port Act. That measure also contained certain provisions known as the ‘Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006’. On October 2, 2006 PartyGaming made an announcement regarding the impact, the Act would have on business when, as expected, it is signed into Law.

PartyGaming will no longer accept wagers from US Customers once the Act becomes Law.

Customers resident in the United States or accessing us from US will no longer be able to access our real money gaming services. Customers will still be able to use the play money and any non-gambling services we may offer. They will also be able to cash out their present balance if they wish to.

There will be no impact on non-US customers.

US Customers will also no longer be eligible for sign up bonus incentives. Players who have already received bonuses will be able to cash out a part of the bonus amount in proportion to the wagering restrictions that have been met.

PartyPoker.com adds real money Mac client!

Sun, 1 Oct 2006 11:30:00 -0400

Party poker . com has now added a real money Mac client. This is a huge boost to all Mac users.

Mac users had previously only been able to play free-money games. Now the Party Poker . com downloadable Mac OS X native client is available in its first real money version, featuring single table games, with tournament capability soon to follow.

The software is free and easy to download, and takes only a few minutes to install; which will be popular among Mac users. Existing PartyAccount users can just log in after downloading the Mac version, new users can open a PartyAccount in only a couple of minutes.

We look forward to welcoming the Mac community to The World’s Largest Poker Room.

2005 WSOP champion Joe Hachem Joins PokerStars

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:26:59 -0500

There is a reason PokerStars is known as the place where poker players become world champions. In 2003, Chris "Money800" Moneymaker parlayed a $39 satellite tournament into $2.5 million when he won the World Series of Poker and turned the poker world on its ear. In 2004, Greg "Fossilman" Raymer did it again, turning a $160 double-shootout into $5 million in what was then a record-breaking WSOP field.

Now, it has happened again. The 2005 WSOP champion Joe Hachem defeated the biggest-ever WSOP field and won $7.5 million. While Hachem didn't win his entry through PokerStars, he is a familiar face at PokerStars' tables. He has been playing at the world's largest tournament poker website for more than three years, amassing more than 109,000 Frequent Player Points. There's little doubt where this champion was born.

The $1 Million Freeroll!

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:24:26 -0500

The $1,000,000 main event will take place on August 27th at 2pm Eastern (7pm GMT/London time). Players must win their seat into the main event through any one of the Heats running July 1st through August 26th.

The 10 players at the final table will be taken on an all-expenses paid luxury vacation to an exotic Paradise location to finish the remaining portion of the tournament face-to-face in front of the TV cameras. The winner will walk away one million dollars richer!!

Players must win their way into the final event. Each Player gets one free entry into one of the daily freerolls, and can enter as many as they like simply by playing raked hands. So, Paradise gives you a reason to come to Paradise!

You can play in the World Series of Poker (WSOP)!

Sun, 5 Jun 2005 13:48:06 -0400

Just because you've never played for real money with PokerStars before doesn't mean you don't have a great chance of playing at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). In fact, your best chance to play in the
WSOP is going on now at PokerStars.

Just by making a small deposit today, you can compete against other former Play Money players for 1 of 25 $11,000 WSOP prize packages. Each prize package holds your ticket to Las Vegas, where you will play for the estimated $66 million WSOP main event prize pool.

What you can win:

$10,000 WSOP buy-in
$1,000 in cash
9 nights luxury Las Vegas hotel accommodations

How to enter:

Make a deposit (new $25 minimum)
Earn 10 Frequent Player Points

The second annual World Cup of Poker is coming from PokerStars.

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:59:22 -0500

The battle for poker supremacy is getting underway. Join me for the second annual World Cup of Poker. PokerStars players from all over the world will team up and face off in a round-robin tournament to determine which country is king for 2005.

Free travel, PokerStars gear, $125,000 in prize money and ultimate bragging rights are all on the line during this year's World Cup of Poker. Best of all, it's absolutely free to enter. You only need 50 Frequent Player Points (FPP) to get in the game. World Cup of Poker finalists will win an all-expense paid trip to London where the final match will be taped for television broadcast and a champion will be crowned.

United States qualifying rounds kick off Monday, February 21. One heads-up No Limit Texas Hold'em tournament will be held for each state (plus Washington DC). The top two finishers from each tournament will team-up with the top two TLB players from their state to form a 4 man team. Your state's team will then compete in a round-robin tournament to determine which states will represent the USA in the World Cup of Poker.

Progressive Bad Beat Jackpots

Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:23:21 -0500

Partypoker.com has the online poker’s ONLY progressive jackpot. For every raked hand played on our Progressive Bad Beat Jackpot tables a jackpot contribution of 50 cents will be collected from the pot. That way, every time a hand is raked on one of our many jackpot tables the jackpot increases. With more than 100 tables, the jackpot typically increases by $1000 every hour!!

Every time the jackpot is hit, 70% of the jackpot amount will be distributed and 20% will be used as seed amount for the next jackpot. 10% will be retained by Party Poker as administrative fee. Of the distributed amount, 50% will go to the loser of the hand (the Bad Beat), 25% to the winner and 25% will be split between the other seated players who actively participated in the hand (any player sitting out will not receive a portion of the jackpot).

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$50,000 Freeroll Tournament

Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:03:31 -0500

On December 26th 2004 and January 16th 2005, Party Poker.com will be holding special $50,000 Freeroll Tournaments. These are no ordinary tournaments - you will be playing against the TOP Party Poker players.

In order to qualify you will have to be amongst the top raked hand players during the two weeks before the tournament. The higher your rank, the better are your chances of getting a seat. In addition, the top 3500 players get extra starting chips. So if you beat the rest, you get a chance of beating the best!

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