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LadbrokesPoker.com joins Microgaming Poker Network

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

(PRESS RELEASE) – Ladbrokes Poker is to set to join the Microgaming Poker Network, one of the world’s leading poker networks, to ensure more action for its players in tournaments and certain cash games.

Ladbrokespoker.com already licenses Microgaming’s poker software, so Ladbrokes’ customers will notice little change to the site when it begins operating within the Microgaming Poker Network from early 2009.

Commenting on the move John O’Reilly, Managing Director, Ladbrokes Remote Betting and Gaming said:

“Joining the Microgaming network will give our players more action on a wider variety of games, particularly at higher staking levels. Microgaming is a leading network and will offer Ladbrokespoker players faster access to the games they want. We will continue to operate outside of the network on tables where we already offer players the level of action they demand.”

Ladbrokes does not accept US players and this position is unaffected by our move to join the Microgaming network. Ladbrokespoker.com will continue to provide its customers with high levels of customer service and a unique experience through world-leading poker events, tournaments and promotions such as the Ladbrokes Poker Million, World Series of Poker packages, the Ladbrokespoker.com European Ladies Championship, Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker, Ladbrokes Poker Cruise and Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival.

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32Red Poker Olympics

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

32Red Poker – the UK’s favourite poker room – is celebrating the Beijing Olympic Games with 17 days of top poker.

Players will be able to take part in some of the Olympics’ most popular events in a series of amazing poker tournaments that will keep your referred players on their toes. With a full range of poker games, from Texas Hold’em to Omaha and stud poker, the 32Red Poker Olympics will keep you entertained in August.

Events start today (8th August) and they last until the 23rd August, and each and every day is loaded with free poker and big prize pools worth a total of $20,000! Check out the events below.

Decathlon: Players compete in 10 guaranteed tournaments worth up to $500 each and, in true Olympic spirit, 32Red Poker are making all of them absolutely free! That’s right, 32Red Poker will refund your buyin costs! But wait, the fun doesn’t end there. All decathlon players join a leaderboard where at the end of the event the top 3 earn $500 for gold, $250 for silver and $100 for bronze medals respectively.

Athletics: Players get a chance to bag some extra cash in tournaments that see potential poker athletes trying their hand at Omaha, 7 Card Stud, as well as Texas Hold’em. 32Red Poker are adding $200 to each game (10 games for each poker variant), which will be sure to drive Olympians on. The top players in each of the poker variants collect points in leaderboards. The winners of which will be 32Red Poker’s Olympic Champion in their respective poker fields and receive $500 (gold medal). 2nd place bags $300 (for silver) and 3rd $200 (for bronze).

Boxing: Cash game specialists can enter bouts throughout the 32Red Poker Olympics, competing for cash and glory at their chosen ‘weight’ (determined by the size of the blinds). The heavyweight boxing champ grabs the gold and an amazing $2,000, silver $1000 and bronze $500, but with big Middle and Lightweight prizes too, there really is something for everyone.

Marathon: 32Red Poker players can mix things up in the marathon. Login into the slot games in the poker client and, quite simply, those who play more get more – up to $1,000! Silver and bronze prizes are more than a healthy $500 and $100 respectively.

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Titan Poker offers digital prizes

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

(PRESS RELEASE) –Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, has improved its generous range of prizes for its new players. All first-time depositors are automatically awarded with free entry into one of Titan Poker’s New Depositors Freeroll tournaments – which are staged five nights a week. Winning players were previously able to choose from one of five fantastic digital prizes, including an iPod Touch, 8.0 Megapixel Digital Camera and a Mini Home Theatre System.

Now the popular poker room has broadened the spectrum and players can reach for an even bigger prize – at no financial cost to themselves. Winners of the New Depositors Freerolls are still able to choose from one of the above-mentioned digital prizes or they can opt to continue playing for a PlayStation 3; a Sony Vaio Laptop; or $2,000 in cash.

Players do not need to take any risks or financial gambles in order to win one of these larger prizes. Each gift will be worth a certain number of Titan Poker Points, which can be earned simply by playing in ring games and online poker tournaments. Players need to earn the required number of Points of their desired prize within the first month of winning the New Depositors Freeroll. For example, players will need to earn 3,000 Points within the first 30 days for a Play Station 3, 20,000 Points for a laptop, etc.

This promotion is in addition to Titan Poker’s generous Sign-up Bonus, where new players redeem bonuses by earning Titan Poker Points. Titan Poker also stages additional freerolls for its new players three times a month, which award thousands of dollars in guaranteed prizes.

Titan Poker regularly awards new and veteran players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments, such as the Aussie Millions and various European Poker Tour events. Seventeen Titan Poker players are currently competing at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and a delegation of players will also be sent to the Asian Poker Tour in Macau this August.

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Titan Poker celebrates Sunday Specials

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

(PRESS RELEASE) – Titan Poker players were celebrating on Sunday as the popular poker room awarded $250,000 in cash in an exciting weekly tournament. Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, stages a $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament every Sunday evening. Players from across the globe join the tables at the internationally renowned poker room to compete for their share of the prize money.

On Sunday June 15, Carsten Wolf from Germany finished in first place to take home the top prize of $52,500. Closely behind him, French player Jean Louis Fromenton played throughout the night to claim second place and $27,500 in cash.

Jean said: “I started playing at 20:00 and finished at around 4:00 in the morning – and it was worth every minute of gameplay. I am so happy that I won this fantastic prize! I don’t have a special strategy when it comes to poker, I am very easy going and I just really enjoy playing!”

Players can buy-in directly to the $250,000 Guaranteed for $200 + $15 or they can win their seat at ongoing satellite tournaments. The $250,000 Guaranteed is just one of the many guaranteed prize tournaments regularly staged at Titan Poker. In the past few months alone, Titan Poker has doubled the amount of its monthly guaranteed prizes from $8 million to $16 million.

The popular poker room also hosts huge guaranteed prize tournaments, and is set to stage its biggest ever tournament in September with an unprecedented $2.5 million Guaranteed Prize Pool. It also frequently awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments, such as the Aussie Millions and the European Poker Tour. Titan Poker will send a delegation of players to participate in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas next month and to the Asian Poker Tour in Macau this August.

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Titan Poker players compete in Manila tournament

Friday, May 30th, 2008

MANILA, Philippines – (PRESS RELEASE) – Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, has sent a delegation of eight talented poker players to the Asian Poker Tour (APT) – Manila. Beginning on May 26th until June 2nd, players will test their poker skills with at least 400 poker players, amateurs and top professionals, from around the world.

By winning an APT Manila Super Satellite tournament at Titan Poker, each of the eight players was subsequently rewarded with a $6,000 prize package to the Asian Poker Tour. In addition to receiving a $2,500 buy-in to the Main Event, $2,600 is also included for flights and spending, along with a seven night accommodation at the Dusit Hotel in Manila, worth $840.

Participants in the Manila tournament will compete for an unprecedented One Million Dollar prize pool, the largest ever offered in Asia.

Winner Frank De Vries, from The Netherlands is very excited for his upcoming trip. He says he is “looking forward to playing in the poker thrilla of Manila.”

The popularity of poker in Asia is growing rapidly and APT tournament officials expect a lot of excitement with Manila being the first stop of the 2008 Asian Poker Tour. The tour continues in South Korea, Macau, and Singapore.

Titan Poker regularly rewards its players with huge cash prizes. At the end of this month, the poker room will give away $3,600,000 in its second European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP II). It also frequently awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments. Titan Poker will be sending players to the World Series of Poker 2008 in Las Vegas. Earlier this month, it sponsored the Eurocity Poker Tour Madrid Open – an elite poker tournament open to just 200 players.

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