Three years ago the Premier league IV began in England; this year they are proud to announce that they’re heading to Las Vegas! What’s more Party Poker is giving players the chance to qualify for just $2.

Only 16 players will reach the final for the ultimate prize of a $100,000 buy in at the official premier league IV giving the lucky winner the chance to play against 11 poker professionals!

One extremely lucky player will be signed up with a $100,000 contract to represent team party! A spokesman from PartyPoker.com explained, “One amazing element of this promotion that provides a truly fantastic opportunity is that one of the 16 qualifiers will be chosen to receive a $100,000 Team Party contract to be a sponsored player. The decision will be made by PartyPoker within two weeks after the event takes place.”

J.C. Tran, winner of premier league III will also be returning this year, “I am very much looking forward to defending my Premier League title. It was a fantastic experience last year and is an amazing format. I am certainly not giving up my crown without a fight!”

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Paddy power poker has launched its improved C*A*S*H VIP programme giving players the ability to claim multiple cash bonuses each month from the lowest to the highest VIP levels.

Paddy has introduced a more flexible VIP system which allows you to exchange paddy points for the cash bonus or tournament token of your choice.

The bonuses on offer from paddy are now bigger than ever, high volume players can earn up to $100,000 in bonuses if they have enough paddy points! The great thing is that players are under no pressure to claim one bonus before another; this gives you freedom to wait until you’ve earned enough points until you can claim your preferred bonus.

“Our players demanded a more flexible system and we are more than happy to deliver” said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. “Players can claim cash bonuses whenever they want and can snag multiple bonuses per month. It’s a great time to be part of the CAS*H Army!”

Paddy is making it even easier for you by automatically enrolling you into the scheme at Private level as soon as you open a real money account. You can then move up the ranks to Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel and General levels according to how many paddy points you have earned throughout the previous month.

So go on and take advantage of Paddy’s great VIP offering!

Blue square poker is giving their poker fans a pre Christmas gift this year and is letting players have the chance to win some fantastic prizes with their free rolls! The blue sq poker gadget giveaway if giving away some brilliant prizes for absolutely nothing with their free to enter tournament.

Check out the list of prizes available, you could win: a 42” plasma TV, a brand new Xbox 360 with the brilliant call of duty modern warfare 2 game, Nintendo DSi and a Sony cyber shot digital camera. That’s without mentioning cash!

How do you win all of these fab gadgets? It’s simple! Just download blue square poker’s software and register an account. Once you’ve done this click onto the tournaments section and then onto the free rolls tab where you’ll find the gadget giveaway where you can register to play in this free tournament.

So check out blue square poker and your Christmas gift gadgets could be sorted!

Party Gaming has announced that they have signed a deal with WPT Enterprises Inc. The sale total $12.3million plus a minimum aggregate payment of $3million during the next three years due to an ongoing revenue share contract.

The sale includes the rights to the World Poker Tour brand and the rights to land based events in the USA and Europe and the intellectual rights to the World Poker Tour.

Also, the sale includes a library of more than 150 hours of poker programmes which is broadcast across the world in 150 countries.

Additionally, the sale includes the rights to the clubWPT subscription poker offering which caters for 16,500 subscribers in 37 US States.

Jim Ryan, PartyGaming Chief Executive Officer, said of the deal, “This deal brings together two of the biggest brands in online and offline poker – Party Poker and World Poker Tour – that we will market internationally to build our poker business. Our plans also include using the ClubWPT subscription platform to leverage our 12 million-strong US player database via a Party-branded website and the launch of a European WPT-branded poker and casino site. We are excited about the opportunities that WPT, a proven marketing channel for the Group, will create for PartyGaming, particularly if the US regulates and licenses online gaming.”

Steve Lipscomb, the founder of WPTE, further said that, “PartyGaming has been an important partner for a number of years and we are confident that they will be an excellent manager of our brands in the future. Combining two of the pioneers and leaders in the poker and online gaming markets will create a strong vehicle for the WPT brand to continue its global expansion.”

A Mansion Poker player only known as Rum 231 last week won $200,000 whilst playing online poker earning him a huge cash prize after a 12 hour tournament.

RUM231 is a regular online poker player and came across the opportunity of a lifetime and grabbed it! When asked about the tournament he said, “I am so excited to have been part of the tournament. I played for 12 hours and finally came out on top on Monday morning. I felt like I had the final table under control since I understood how the other players were playing. At the same time I was fortunate enough to win some key hands where it was just a 50/50 chance. The final hand I was dealt was a pocket queens. There were two fives on the flop and a queen. Luckily for me my opponent had a five so we were both all in. That’s when I won the pot and the tournament. What a great feeling”!

The skills needed to play online poker are certainly different to the live game. For example when playing online you can play many tables at one time, making quick decisions an integral part of winning any game. To be a good online player you do not need to employ a ‘poker face’ as the game really is pure chance. However expert players claim that they can learn to read their opponents by their response time.

Timothy Green, a witness of the game said that the game in which RUM231 won was witty and aggressively played. “You could see how he continued to learn each table and each player, slowly taking control and grabbing the opportunity to win when it came around”.

The Million Dollar hand is back! Party Poker’s ever popular game is running from today until 30th October and gives players the chance to win a whopping $1 million!

Players at Party Poker’s real money tables will be given a playing card each day and for every 15 party points you earn you’ll receive a prize when you have a five card hand. If the hand has a pair or better you’ll get a cash prize guaranteed with a flush paying out one million dollars!

There is no limit to the amount of royal flushes you can have and with your first card being free you’re well on your way to earning a million!

The free card is sitting and waiting in your account already and what’s more the points aren’t taken away after the promotion has finished!

Prize Structure:

Royal flush $1,000,000
Straight flush $10,000
Four of a kind $1,000
Full house $150
Flush $100
Straight $50
Three of a kind $20
Two pair $10
One pair $3

Players can only expose two hands a day and 52 throughout the promotional period.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “The Million Dollar Hand is underway and already thousands of cards have been revealed. The question remains – will the big one hit this time around? We’ve seen straight flushes and scared the insurers but nobody has hit the royal…yet! The Million Dollar Hand also provides great extra value for members of the Palladium Lounge through the VIP Race.”

It has been announced that PKR has finally developed a version of their market leading game for Mac users. This means that apple fans across the globe can now enjoy the unique experience PKR has to offer its players.

Mac users who run the leopard or snow leopard operating systems will be able to play online poker with PKR. This has been enabled by Transgaming’s Cider portability engine and is completely free.

PKR on Mac and Windows have all of the same features, including great casino mini games which can be played at any time during your stay at PKR.

“We are delighted to bring our award-winning software to Apple Mac users – who account for more than ten percent of the home computer market. With our community always at the forefront of our minds, we’ve moved in response to popular demand from some of our fan base who were, until now, unable to play PKR on their systems.” Said PKR.com’s CEO, Malcolm Graham.

Minimum system requirements for MAC users:

* Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor
* Operating System: Mac OS X
* RAM: 1024MB
* Hard Drive: Approximately1.5GB
* Graphics Card: Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics chip, ATI X1600, NVIDIA 7300 GT (Intel GMA950 not supported)
* Internet Connection: Broadband

Over 15,000 attended the two day event with over 300 people queuing to get inside at the start!

Michael Casselli, the editor and chief of Bluff magazine Europe not to mention the organizer of the entire event spoke of the event and how it has changed from past events and what he expects from the future.

He said that 2009 was the event’s best year so far and that Leicester square was an obvious choice for the location of the event, proclaiming the spot as, ‘centre of the universe!’ He continued that Leicester square was the perfect location to attract city boys that like a flutter as a leisure activity after work, in addition to an accessible location for other people too.

When speaking of past events he said that this year there are six more booths, attendances have overwhelmingly risen, they have given out 3,000 Bluff Europe magazines and most importantly raised over £17,000 for the Jamie Gold foundation.

Casselli hopes to get more online casinos involved next year which shouldn’t be a problem as this event is definitely the place to be and be seen in the poker world!

The company will take over for the price of $9.07million, the professional poker tour and the world poker tour brand. Under the new ownership, television, distribution, sponsoring and licensing will continue.

Gamynia is hoping to leverage those brands by partnering with Hardway investments Ltd and entering the online gambling market. Hardway are already experienced in this area as they own Euro Partners, an affiliate site for Playtech licensees.

The interim CEO of WPT Enterprises, Thomas J. Flahie, said of the deal, “There’s not a whole lot of information because it’s a newly established, privately held investment group – very, very large – so I’m not sure if they plan on making any further comment. We don’t plan on putting much more information in the proxy than what’s already been disclosed”

However, WPTE’s share price dropped dramatically following the news. This leaves WPTE hovering slightly above the Nasdaq $1 Price minimum after seeing a drop of 27%.

The sale is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter. After the sale’s completion the WPTE CEO, Steve Lipscomb, who has a 5% share in the gross proceeds of any sale of the business will secure himself a $450,000 payout.

The family orientated girl next moved off to Las Vegas to build a new life in the gambling capital of the world. Although life didn’t come as easy for the Californian sweetheart as unless she became involved in poker she would struggle to continue her success.

Jennifer was first taught the basics from high stake player Mori Eskandi, but was fully staffed so referred her to chief editor of pokernews.com John Caldwell. She was hired to handle the WSOP finances in 2007.

After getting a taste for life in the poker industry Jennifer has now launched an online poker community gaining 2,500 members, 40% of them being females and aims to bring together poker players from all over the world, to make friends and even spark a little romance!

The community has a variety of great features including over 400 games, blogs, profiles and photo galleries for poker fans to enjoy.

Jennifer, rather cheekily, has requested for more men to join the site as they can teach the women a thing or two about poker!