Bodog.com Poker Wants You To Qualify for the 2010 World Series of Poker

Bodog.com Poker Wants You To Qualify for the 2010 World Series of Poker

Four lucky players have already earned their 2010 WSOP* seats & 10 more will be up for grabs on May 2 at 4:35pm ET

Apr. 30, 2010 

KAHNAWAKE, QC // Bodog.com Poker wants to send you to the 2010 World Series of Poker* in Las Vegas, NV. Four lucky players have already earned their selves a $12,000 prize package, including a $10,000 buy-in to the 2010 WSOP* Main Event. The next opportunity for players to win their way into the World Series Main Event is a big one. On Sunday, May 2 at 4:35pm ET, Bodog.com Poker will be running a $470+$30 buy-in satellite where another 10 Guaranteed Main Event seats will be up for grabs.

"I've proudly worn the red and black of Bodog.com Poker since signing on with them in 2005, and I can say from years of firsthand experience that there is no better way to experience the WSOP* than as a member of Team Bodog," says Bodog.com Poker Pro Evelyn Ng. "Most rooms will get you to Vegas and buy you into the Main Event, but that's about it. With Bodog you'll get your travel, accommodations and World Series Main Event buy-in covered, as well as some spending cash, loads of Bodog swag, a dedicated Team Bodog player handler to ensure you're always well taken care of, and an invitation to the exclusive annual Bodog.com Poker Players & Pros Social – which has proven to be a uniquely amazing and memorable experience each and every year."

On April 25, Bodog.com Poker held its first Main Event Satellite of the year where four players – Andrew "Longhorn_99" S., Tay "Huestertay" N., Matt "farmslicer7" F. and Nandit "Riyan" M. - earned $12,000 World Series Main Event prize packages. Those four players got especially lucky as the first Main Event Satellite had a more than $10,000 overlay. On Sunday, May 2 at 4:35pm ET Bodog.com Poker will run its second Main Event Satellite, where an even bigger overlay is expected, giving players huge value for their buy-in buck as the satellite will put another 10 Guaranteed World Series Main Event seats up for grabs.

At Bodog.com, Poker players also have the ability to choose how they get into any of this year's 10 Main Event Satellites. Players can buy directly in to a satellite for $470+$30, can earn a seat in the satellite by winning a $50+$5 Main Event Semi-Final, or can start with any number of $1+$0 Cheap Seat tournaments and work their way up to the Main Event satellite.

To learn more about how you could earn a seat in the 2010 World Series of Poker* Main Event through Bodog.com Poker

Kentucky Derby Field Set: Lookin' At Lucky Draws the Rail & Opens as 3-1 Favorite

Kentucky Derby Field Set: Lookin' At Lucky Draws the Rail & Opens as 3-1 Favorite

Experience the most exciting two minutes in sports with Bodog.com

Apr. 30, 2010 

KAHNAWAKE, QC // While you can watch the 136th annual running of the Kentucky Derby this Saturday on NBC Sports, there is only one place worth betting the fastest two minutes in sports, Bodog.com. The Derby field is wide open this year with eight horses at 12/1 or less, led by favorite Lookin' At Lucky. Lookin' At Lucky's trainer, Bob Baffert, is in search of his fourth Kentucky Derby victory, while perennial leading Trainer Todd Pletcher, with four entries in this year's Derby, is in search of his first win.

"This year's Kentucky Derby field is one of the most competitive I've seen," says Bodog.com Sportsbook Manager Richard Gardner. "The Derby draws over 100,000 fans and 40 million TV viewers and is one of the country's most celebrated sporting events. As the first leg in horse racing's coveted Triple Crown, it's also one of the biggest betting days of the year."

As a pioneer in the sports betting business since 1994, Bodog.com leads the way by providing a plethora of wagering options for their players, including win/place/show, exacta, trifecta and head-to-head horse, jockey and trainer props, as well as cross-sport props. Bodog's oddsmakers are the most creative in the business, and they'll be harnessing that creativity as they continue to post a slew of Kentucky Derby props leading up to this weekend's big race.

Here are just a few examples of the Kentucky Derby odds being offered by Bodog.com:

How many lengths will the Kentucky Derby winner win by?

Will any horse win the Triple Crown?

Who will finish last in the Kentucky Derby?

Will a horse trained by Todd Pletcher win the Kentucky Derby?

Make your run for the roses with Bodog.com and you could find yourself in the winner's circle. For all your Kentucky Derby betting odds and needs.

Bodog.com Poker Pro David Williams Wins WPT World Championship

Bodog.com Poker Pro David Williams Wins WPT World Championship

Apr. 27, 2010 

KAHNAWAKE, QC // After coming in fourth-place in two World Poker Tour (WPT) tournaments and second in another, Bodog.com Poker Pro David Williams can cross yet another poker milestone off his bucket list - winning a WPT event. Best of all, of all the WPT events to win, William's took down the most prestigious, the WPT World Championship, held at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas this past week.

From the start of the tournament Williams' was feeling good about his chances, so much so that in a post-victory interview with WPT.com, he said of his friends and family: "I told everybody to come down... I said I'm going to win today and I want everyone to be here with me and to experience it." Sure enough, win he did, and he did so while his mother lead a huge cheering section of his closest friends and family, including fellow Bodog.com Poker Pro Evelyn Ng. 

William's is no stranger to the Poker spotlight, having played in the biggest poker tournaments around the globe and some of the most popular Poker TV shows in the industry, but Williams' truly cemented his status as one of Poker's elite at the 2006 WSOP* where he won his first bracelet. Make this year your year. Qualify for the World Series of Poker* through Bodog.com and you could be on the fast track to Poker superstardom.

Singapore's second casino resort opens in Marina Bay

Singapore's second casino resort opens in Marina Bay

Foreign  2010-04-27 

SINGAPORE, April 27 (Bernama) -– Marina Bay Sands (MBS), the US$5.5 billion Singapore's second integrated casino resort opened today to the public, with its owner, the US gaming giant Las Vegas Sands Corp, saying it expected to recoup the investment within five years.

Las Vegas Sands Corp chairman and chief executive officer, Sheldon G Adelson, said MBS is expected to generate about US$1 billion a year from its various facilities at the resort including hotels, convention centres, and entertainment and shopping outlets, apart from the casino.

The resort located by the Marina Bay and facing the city-state's financial district was jointly opened by Adelson and the resort senior officials at exactly 3.18 p.m, a Feng Shui approved time.

Speaking at a media conference earlier, Adelson said MBS hoped to attract about 70,000 to 80,000 visitors a day to its casino and other facilities when fully operational.

The resort received its licence to operate the casino from the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore only yesterday.

MBS is the world's second most expensive casino after MGM Mirage's City Centre in Las Vegas.

The resort to be opened in phases today opened about 960 out of 2,560 hotel rooms, a portion of its shopping mall, some restaurants, the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, the 10,000-seat event plaza and the casino.

The rest of the hotel rooms and suites, the Sands SkyPark--which sits 60-storey off the ground and is perched atop the resort's three hotel towers, and additional shops would be available after the grand opening on June 23.

On its rival, the Malaysian Genting's casino resort Resort World on Sentosa (RWS) island which opened ahead of MBS last month, Adelson said the two resorts should be working together as they catered to a different market segment.

He said he did not believe that "the success of RWS depends on the failure of MBS, and the success of MBS depends on the failure of RWS," adding that the two would either go up or down together in the nature of gaming industry.

Adelson also said MBS primary markets, particularly for its casino were countries around the Asian region especially Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China.

Sands Raises Earnings Forecast for Singapore Casino

Sands Raises Earnings Forecast for Singapore Casino 

April 27, 2010

BUSINESSWEEK

By Liza Lin

April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson raised his earnings forecast for the company’s Singapore casino resort and said the $5.5 billion invested will be recouped over five years.

Adelson, who previously said the Singapore project would add more than $1 billion in annual earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, didn’t provide a new figure. The return period compares with four years for the Macau project, which cost about half as much to build, Adelson said during today’s opening of the Marina Bay Sands casino in Singapore.

The Marina Bay Sands will be a “grand slam home run,” said the billionaire. “Asian people just love to gamble.”

Singapore aims to lure 17 million visitors and triple annual tourism revenue to S$30 billion ($22 billion) by 2015, helped by two casino resorts, Marina Bay Sands and Genting Bhd.’s Resorts World Sentosa. Today, Marina Bay Sands opened 963 of its 2,560 hotel rooms, the casino, the meeting and convention facilities, parts of its shopping mall and some restaurants.

A grand opening party will be held June 23 when the second phase is unveiled, including a sky park, additional shops and more restaurants.

Asia will contribute 85 percent of revenue once the Singapore casino “ramps up,” said Adelson, who is also the company’s chief executive officer. Macau contributed 72.5 percent of last year’s sales of $4.56 billion, with the balance coming from Las Vegas.

Black Lotus

Las Vegas Sands is competing for gamblers against Resorts World Sentosa, a $4.7 billion development on Singapore’s Sentosa Island that opened its casino Feb. 14, after accepting guests at its hotels and restaurants in January.

The Sentosa development is operated by Genting Singapore Plc, which is controlled by Malaysia’s Genting. The Sentosa project also includes a Universal Studios theme park.

The Marina Bay Sands casino, which makes up about 3 percent of the 15,000 square-meter (161,000 square-foot) resort, has about 600 table games and more than 1,500 slot machines.

The casino’s table games include baccarat, with a minimum bet of S$50 and maximum bet of S$50,000. Luring gamblers is a black Lotus sports car sitting atop a platform in the middle of a circle of slot machines.

Las Vegas Sands rose $1.08, or 4.3 percent, to $26.20 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading yesterday. Shares of the Las Vegas-based company have surged 75 percent this year, after more than doubling in 2009. Genting Singapore rose 1.2 percent to 87 Singapore cents today. The stock has lost 33 percent this year after tripling last year.

Room for Growth

Asia has room for five to 10 cities like Las Vegas, Adelson said. The most likely countries to approve casinos in the region are Japan and Taiwan, he said.

Las Vegas Sands expects the Singapore resort to generate as much revenue as its operations in Macau, Chief Operating Officer Michael Leven said in an interview in New York on Feb. 24.

Marina Bay Sands, built beside the city-state’s financial district, had been scheduled to open at the end of last year. The resort includes three 55-floor hotel towers of rooms and suites topped with the sky park, a structure shaped like a ship.

Singapore announced in April 2005 it was overturning a ban on casinos that had been in place since independence in 1965. Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa are the only two casino developments awarded licenses so far.

Adelson also said the gaming industry in Las Vegas is past the bottom, with hotel occupancy rates and the conference business rebounding. He said the company’s Las Vegas hotels are running at 96 percent to 98 percent occupancy this month, and that the average occupancy percentage rate will be back in the 90s this year.

--Editors: Lars Klemming, Frank Longid.

Shaun Deeb First to Cash at EPT Monte Carlo

Shaun Deeb First to Cash at EPT Monte Carlo

Press Release Source: Bodog Poker Network On Monday April 26, 2010

LONDON, April 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vegas-based New Yorker and tournament specialist, Shaun Deeb, is the first player to cash in the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo even though Day1B hasn't even finished! How so? He knocked out Bodog Poker Network CEO, Patrik Selin, who had put a 1,000 EUR bounty on his own head.

The hand details: The cut off player started the action with a pre-flop raised. Patrik (in Small Blind) called and Shaun (BB) re-raised. The cut off player called. Patrik (SB) re-re raised and Shaun (BB) then re-re-re raised! The cut off folded and Patrik flat called. The flop came down with K-J-J where Shaun cleverly made only a small bet which Patrik called.

The turn comes out 10 giving Patrik the straight and the inevitable all-in but not good enough to beat Shaun's Full House. Shaun Deeb doubles up to 80,000 (average 34K) and is also one thousand euro richer.

Bodog Poker Network's CEO said: "It was always a going to be a tough day sat next to Shaun and to be honest if anybody on the table was going to kick me out I wanted it to be him. I probably should have gone all-in pre-flop to try and force the fold but I won't be the first to say it this week; 'that's poker'. I wish Shaun and everybody left all the best and I will be back for more at the WPT Grand Final in Paris."

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Full Tilt Poker Launches Steps Tournaments

Full Tilt Poker Launches Steps Tournaments

DUBLIN, April 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Full Tilt Poker is pleased to announce the launch of Steps Tournaments, offering players the chance to win entry to larger buy-in tournaments - and claim shares of bigger prize pools - by working their way up the steps of a progressive series of tournaments.

Starting with buy-ins as low as $3.30, Steps Tournaments play like regular tournaments, except that players compete for Tournament Tickets to the next Step in the tournament series. Even if players don't advance to the next step, Steps Tournaments also award seats at the same level or a lower level. Players can also buy in directly at any step they choose or purchase Tournament Tickets.

Tournament Tickets are another option for players to buy in to their favorite tournaments, featuring a wide range of denominations and tournament options. Each Tournament Ticket is worth a specific buy-in amount and can be used to buy in to any tournament for the face value of that Tournament Ticket.

Players can win Tournament Tickets through Steps Tournaments, a variety of Satellite Tournaments and promotions, including Full Tilt Poker's Steps to the Main Event tournaments, offering players the chance to win a $12K WSOP* Main Event prize package for as little as $3.30.

To learn more about Steps to the Main Event go to http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/steps-to-the-main-event .

For information about Steps Tournaments, Tournament Tickets and other New Releases go to http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/newClientFeatures.php

About Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker(TM) is the host of a worldwide virtual poker cardroom service. It is not in the business of betting or wagering and does not participate in the games as a player. It merely provides a service to those who wish to test their skills against others for fun, prizes or money. It is duly regulated and licensed by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. With innovative graphics, superior customer service and a safe, secure interface, the software is geared to enhance and personalize the online poker experience. Although virtual poker is legal where the games are hosted and played, it may not be legal where individual players are located. Players at all skill levels may download the software at www.fulltiltpoker.com but it is their responsibility to determine if participating in the games is permitted under the laws of the jurisdiction where they are located.

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PowerPoker.com Honors Loyalty Rewards of Exiting CakeNetwork Skins

PowerPoker.com Honors Loyalty Rewards of Exiting CakeNetwork Skins

PowerPoker.com would like to announce from April 15th they will honor all existing "Loyalty Rewards" for former players of exiting CakeNetwork rooms which include Sportsbook.com, PlayersOnly.com, LockPoker.com & PokerHost.com

MALTA, April 14, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- PowerPoker.com would like to announce from April 15th they will honor all existing "Loyalty Rewards" for former players of exiting CakeNetwork rooms which include Sportsbook.com, PlayersOnly.com, LockPoker.com and PokerHost.com.

For all players who love to play on the CakeNetwork and wish to find a new home on the network, PowerPoker.com will be matching their current "Loyalty Rewards" which includes Gold Chips*, Gold Cards & Gold Stacks.

All former players of the exiting CakeNetwork skins who join PowerPoker in April will also receive:

- 110% Signup Bonus up to $600 (use coupon CAKEPOWER)

- Entry into an exclusive bounty $1000 freeroll against Ziigmund on 25.04.2010

This is an exciting offer for all eligible players to have a new home at PowerPoker.com!

*PowerPoker reserves the right to switch the honored Gold Chips to become pending if we determine you do not intend to play any real money games within the first 30 days of joining our room.

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http://www.powerpoker.com accepts players worldwide including the US plus as our operations are based in Malta we provide tax-free incentives for players in certain EU countries.

Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies (Pro Poker Player)

You can find Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies playing on PowerPoker. Although he is a high stake player going for the biggest games possible, he will occasionally play at low and medium stake tables to give regular players a chance to play against a real professional.

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PowerVegas.com which is powered by CTXM software provides gaming entertainment consisting of over 50 casino games which include Blackjack, Roulette, Video Pokers and Slots.

PowerVegas.com is currently only offered as a side game within our Poker client (from Feb 18th 2010) and is due to launch as a stand-alone version in May 2010.

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With more than forty partners and counting, the Cake Network is dedicated to providing a diverse set of features to suit any site with numerous, high-quality Gaming Options as well as industry-leading Player and Partner Benefits.

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Bodog Poker Network CEO to Offer Personal EUR1,000 Bounty at EPT Grand Final, Monaco

Bodog Poker Network CEO to Offer Personal EUR1,000 Bounty at EPT Grand Final, Monaco

Press Release Source: Bodog Poker Network On Monday April 12, 2010

LONDON, April 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- In a new first for an EPT event Patrik Selin, the only CEO of a major poker company to play regularly in the world's biggest poker tournaments, will be offering a personal EUR1,000 cash to whoever knocks him out of the EPT Grand Final in Monaco (April 25th-30th).

London-based Swede, Selin, has an impressive poker CV both on a business level and as a player, including the EUR 500,000,000 sale of the OnGame poker network to BWin in 2006 whilst OnGame's CEO. At the felts he won the Ritz Club Live Tournament in 2006 and was 2nd to Peter Gould in the 2007 UK Open Main Event.

Bodog Poker Network's CEO Patrik Selin commented: "I think it's a shame more senior management of poker rooms do not play at these events as it is the best way to find out what players want. Everybody at a live event is passionate about the game and happy to talk about their likes and dislikes which is invaluable to anybody running a poker room.

"Now I have raised the stakes and will be putting EUR1,000 straight into to the hand of the person who knocks me out which should make the banter even more fun in Monaco."

    For further information please contact:

    Ed Pownall

    BodogBrand.com's Press Office (London)

    +44-7825-064776

Everyone cashes at the WSOP with Everest Poker

Everyone cashes at the WSOP with Everest Poker

$1 Million is up for grabs.

Everest Poker, official sponsor of the World Series of Poker 2010, once again makes the biggest poker show on Earth even sweeter for its qualifiers with the “$1 Million Match” promotion. When you qualify for the WSOP with Everest Poker, you don’t need to make it into the money to fly home as a winner! Everest Poker will match the combined winnings of all its qualified players at the WSOP up to a one million dollars. This money will then be shared equally among all Everest qualifiers, no matter how they finished. Quite simply, all Everest Poker qualifiers are automatically eligible for their share of $1 Million.

Last year, Antoine Saout, a 25-year old French player from Brittany, France, qualified online with Everest Poker for the WSOP Main Event. He played the tournament of his life, making the November Nine and finishing 3rd, cashing approximately $3.5 Million.

It was not just great for Antoine, but also for the 51 other players who also qualified online at Everest. The full $1 Million Match was met and everyone shared a piece of it — $19,607 per player! As a result, all Everest Poker qualifiers played the WSOP Main Event for free while also taking home additional cash. The $1 Million Match extended more than financial benefits. Throughout the tournament, Everest Poker players supported each other as a true team at the world’s biggest live poker event . Smart players have more than one reason to qualify with Everest Poker for the 2010 WSOP. This year Everest Poker will extend the $1 Million Match to also include all Everest qualifiers of WSOP Side Event #54 and their winnings. In addition, all players will receive Everest Poker’s exclusive WSOP prize package, including round-trip airfare to Las Vegas and the full Everest VIP treatment —exclusive parties, unlimited access to Everest Poker’s luxury players’ lounge, and assistance from our team of experienced PR professionals to maximize the player’s visibility among the international poker media.

Qualification for the 2010 World Series of Poker® has begun at Everest Poker. Direct Entries for both the Main Event and Side Event #54 run twice a week through June 16. Players may satellite in for as little as $2 when they climb the Everest Poker Steps Sit & Gos or play in daily Step Jumper tournaments.

For further informations please contact: Marco Trucco, Everest Poker Press Office +39 3319183737

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InterCasino handing out big cash bonuses

InterCasino handing out big cash bonuses

31 Mar 2010

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Intercasino is handing out some big cash bonuses on its all-new site this spring, as part of its £200 No Deposit Required Welcome Bonus promotion, which is open to all new players registering during April and May.

Beginning Monday 29th March and running until 30th May 2010, the offer will mean that new players registering will have their account credited with a £1 free no-deposit bonus within 24 hours. What's more, each of these players will also be entered into a no-deposit prize draw in which one lucky winner will get the chance to seize a whopping £200! This generous prize will be credited to the winners' account within 72 hours.

New players can take advantage of this fantastic offer, whilst enjoying playing on almost all of their favourite casino games including slots, Lottery Games, VIP Slots, Table Games, Roulette, Video Poker and Blackjack.

Alongside this offer, the amazing Space Race promotion is still continuing to wow players - existing and new - with its incredible once-in-a-lifetime prize of a trip to suborbital space as well as a whole host of extraordinary prizes and experiences.

UB.com celebrating Duke's big win

UB.com celebrating Duke's big win

29 Mar 2010

MIAMI, Florida -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- To celebrate Annie Duke's historic win at the 2010 National Heads Up Poker Championship ("NHUPC"), UB.com launches a monthly $1000+50 buy-in Heads Up tournament this Sunday, March 28th at 13:00 ET, to be hosted by Team UB's Duke. With a guaranteed prize pool of $128,000 on the table and a bounty on Duke's head, now's the time for poker players to take a swing at the champ, and walk away with a share of thousands of dollars in prize money while banking some serious bragging rights.

"I am thrilled that UB is introducing this new, monthly Heads Up event. The higher buy-in events on UB have been so successful and the market for them continues to grow," said UB's Card Room Consultant Annie Duke. "Adding this exciting heads up format to the high limit mix is a great sign that UB continues to tweak the tournament schedule to give players what they want."

Duke, the first woman ever to win the NHUPC, will host the monthly Heads Up event, scheduled on the last Sunday of every month at 13:00 ET at UB.com. Players can face-off against the newly crowned queen of the cards each month in the $128K GTD Heads Up Match in two ways: they can pony up the $1000+50 to buy in directly, participate in one of the many daily satellites with a buy-in of $100+9 starting at 16:10 ET, or try their luck in one of the cheaper qualifiers from as little as $8+.80, which kick off at 10:30 ET every day.

Take a shot at dethroning the 2010 National Heads Up Poker Champion in this Sunday's inaugural $128K GTD Heads Up Match, and the lucky player who manages to 'K.O.' Duke wins a $500+30 seat at the following Sunday's $200K Guaranteed tournament at the leading online poker site.

During April and May, to coincide with the April 18th debut of the NBC NHUPC broadcast schedule, UB will also be giving away 4 seats to each of the April 25th and May 30th $128K GTD Heads Up Matches. Two of these special satellite seats per month will be awarded via two freeroll events, with the other pair up for grabs in two $1 buy-in events. If a player qualifies for the Heads Up Match by any one of these four events, and then goes on to send Duke to the rails, they will win the usual Duke bounty of the $200K GTD tournament entry, plus pocket $1500 in tournament dollars.

Duke bested a 64-player field that was riddled with the biggest names in poker to earn her remarkable National Heads Up victory. With this year's NHUPC title and the half-million dollar prize money added to her career highlights, the UB Pro has reasserted herself as Poker's most visible woman in the game.

Online poker players looking for a piece of the Annie Duke Heads Up action should check the "Events" Tab in the UB.com tournament lobby, with qualifiers listed in the "Satellites" Tab.

Party Poker introduces Online Cash Game Championships

Party Poker introduces Online Cash Game Championships

29 Mar 2010

GIBRALTAR -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Party Poker is delighted to give notice that in April they will be hosting the inaugural Online Cash Game Championships (OCGC). This will be the world's first online cash game championships and shuffle up and deal is called on the 5th April.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: " We are very excited about this online poker first! Anyone can claim the crown: you don't have to be a regular at the high-stakes tables. It's a long, hard road to victory with $250,000 waiting to be won, the tables are sure to be packed this April. But, when the dust has settled, only the most skilful cash players will take the plaudits."

The competition is divided into seven levels. At each level, players will need to play 400 hands in a day with the most profitable players advancing towards the final table which takes place on 7th May. As the participants progress through the levels, cash prizes will be added and both the stakes and the quality of the opposition will increase. The first stage of this epic challenge runs from 5th to 9th April on PartyPoker.com's $0.50/$1 no-limit hold'em cash tables.

Please note that customers have to opt in to take part in the Online Cash Game Championships. Players have to opt in before the end of level one (5-9th April).