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Here is the sum up of the key benefits:

All ambiguity now removed:
• Single merit point earning band
• Fewer and better VIP levels
• Transparent and simple-to-understand rewards

Much better rewards:
• Cash and token rewards based on total Merit Points only
• Up to $150,000 cash reward!
• Superb VIP rewards when players are upgraded
• Luxury holidays to win and special VIP Account Manager service

Seamless:
• Players keep their old points – converted into the same value in the new system
• No need to do anything except play! They’ve made sure old points have provided players a head start in the new system
• Easier VIP levels – now Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum – something everybody can relate to

As you will see there are 3 stages indicated:
1. Play Your Game – explains how merit points are earned, where they can be viewed and at what rate they are paid. N.B. Merit points are earned at the same rate for all VIP levels.

2. Earn Merit Points – Explains that higher VIP’s get better rewards for their merit points (rather than earning them faster as before), also shows what benefits each VIP level (Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum) can earn each month and how many MP’s they needed to have earned the previous month to attain each level. The page also includes a brief description of their ‘Diamond Club’, for the very special chosen few.

3. Get Your Rewards – At present customers can convert MP’s into either tourney tokens or cash (plans are in place to offer prizes, land based buy ins, etc). As you will see this is dependent on VIP level and the more they convert the better rate they get (encouraging them to hold on to their MP’s for longer). To claim their prize they click on the ‘Claim Now’ icon, they then complete a form and submit it for processing by our VIP team. Each account can only claim one prize per month.

The bet365 VIP program is truly unique in that it rewards activity and loyalty without punishing players for taking a break in their game for some well-deserved rest. Players can choose their own reward from our REWARDS TABLE (go to VIP Scheme and then Get your rewards section). The more points they cash in, the higher value they have per point and the better reward they get. Points are valid for 12 months from accumulation date so they can play at their own pace and choose their reward when they like.

For all straight rakeback % addicts, bet365 want to precise the following:
1. Bet365 don’t give back as much as many other rooms but the do smart, targeted marketing and as such are much more efficient than many others. They do not offer rakeback or reload bonuses that act as rakeback.

2. Players come to them when they want strong promotions (example: million dollar mission from February 2009 etc) in an environment where they find great customer service and variety of offers

3. They have introduced the new VIP system just because reloads were acting as month-to-month stimulants that kept players for short time periods. This VIP program rewards loyalty and commitment which is what they’re after.

PokerHeaven is celebrating its 4th birthday in April with four great giveaways carrying a total prize pool of over €85,000!

Starting on April 6th, the first 1000 players who rake €500 will receive a €50 cash bonus in the €50,000 Cash Giveaway. The free bonuses will be credited directly into the player’s account which means there will be no need to claim, all you will need to do is hurry up and start playing as the prize pool might run out quickly!

Get pocket aces cracked three times in the same period and players will receive a €100 bonus or, win a pot with four of a kind to receive a Magic Hand bonus of 100 times the Big Blind, to a maximum of €250 in PokerHeaven’s Magic Hand promotion.

The €10,000 Gadget Giveaway is back by popular demand with 100 more prizes for 100 new winners. The final will play out on 6th May at 18.30 GMT and PokerHeaven will be running 13 daily freerolls throughout April where all players can qualify completely for free.

The fourth and final promotion revolves around Poker Heaven giving away a wide variety of electrical goods, based on how much rake players can generate throughout April. The 4th birthday gifts range from iPod Shuffles all the way up to a Sony Vaio laptops, and to claim this gift all players have to do is login to The Player Zone and click the “Activate Offer” button to choose from the number of presents on offer.

For each promotion, PokerHeaven will provide daily updates on the PokerHeaven website and cash bonuses are payable to all players regardless of the current bonuses, and until the total prize pool has been paid out. PokerHeaven will also give more power to its players with its newest software upgrade giving the ability to resize and rearrange tables, making it easier to keep track of the action when multi-tabling.

Gibraltar (PRWEB) — Online poker room bet365 are offering poker players a feast of offers to ensure the most exciting poker action at the tables during April.

There is over $500,000 up for grabs in 3 Cash Races in April. Every cash game in which you play will earn rake points, and the top 500 finishers on the leaderboard in each fortnight-long Race will share the huge prize pools. There’s $200,000 up for grabs in the first Race from April 1st-14th, and $240,000 in the second Race which runs from April 17th-30th.

The third race has $60,000 in WSOP and ECOOP Main Events packages waiting for the top 10 players on the leaderboard, plus those finishing in 11th-40th will win a seat at a special freeroll with one WSOP and 5 ECOOP Main Events packages to be won, and those finishing in 41st-200th position will be entered into a freeroll with 25 tokens to the $100,000 WSOP Freeroll given out..

Exclusive to Poker at bet365 is a fantastic $100,000 WSOP Freeroll, with a prize pool of 10 direct WSOP packages, including 5 Main Event packages worth $13,000 each, and up to 40 WSOP Super Satellite tokens. 1 in 5 players will win a prize in this great tournament. Players can secure their seat by one of several routes on offer in April, including:

* A top 50 finish on bet365′s unique Tournament Leaderboard in April and May;
* A top 3 finish on the Tournament Leaderboard in either April or May;
* Finish on the bubble of a WSOP Super Satellite at Poker at bet365;
* Buy in to every weekly $250,000 Guaranteed Tournament in April and May;
* Finish on the bubble in the Final stage of bet365′s Last Man Standing tournament series;
* Finish in the top 5 or knock out WSOP bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard in the WSOP Beat the Pro bounty tournaments.

Qualification for the 2009 WSOP and ECOOP IV events also heats up in April.

ECOOP IV runs from 25th May to 7th June, offering 14 different events with over $4.5million in guaranteed prizes up for grabs. Satellites to every ECOOP event are running now at bet365, where players can buy in for as little as $1. Or players can build up their loyalty points bankroll now to take advantage of our ECOOP sales coming later this month – where tokens for ECOOP IV events will be available at an exclusive discount for players buying in with bet365 Merit Points!

As well as the $100,000 WSOP Freeroll, bet365 is once again running the unique WSOP Last Man Standing tournament series, where unlimited WSOP Main Event packages are up for grabs for the Last Man Standing at the Final level in this exciting heads-up Sit & Go Ladders tournament. Players can enter for under $6, or just 500 MP loyalty points, and can buy in at any stage in the series.

Fans of the series should also watch out for special discounted periods, where Level 0 Last Man Standing Sit & Go’s will have a buy-in of just 365 Merit Points!

Satellites for WSOP events are also ongoing throughout April, with buy-ins of under $5 on offer.

In addition to all this thrilling action, new players at bet365 can also take advantage of a 100% sign up bonus when they hit the tables, with up to $500 free.

For more details on all these promotions, and to find out about bet365′s other exciting offers, check out Poker at bet365.

London, England (PRWEB) — Serious poker players from around the world are showing an increasing interest in the upcoming European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP IV). The 14-day online poker event is being sponsored by Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, and guarantees a combined $4,550,000 in cash prizes for its leading events, including Texas Hold’em, Omaha and 7 Card Stud Poker.

ECOOP IV online poker tournaments will be staged nightly starting on May 25th. The tournament series will conclude with a $1,500,000 Main Event on Sunday, June 7th. A total of 4.55 Million Dollars will be awarded to winning players over the course of the series. Qualifying satellite tournaments are now taking place daily at Titan Poker.

In addition to the huge cash prizes that Titan Poker players stand to win, winners of each nightly event will also receive a special ECOOP IV bracelet.

Buy-ins to the qualifier satellite tournaments start at just $2 + $0.20. Titan Poker players could potentially win a share of $4,550,000 for an investment of less than three dollars.

Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments, such as the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the Irish Open and European Poker Tour events at San Remo and Monte Carlo. Titan Poker is also sponsoring the EuroPoker Tour (ECPT) Salzburg this April.

Dublin, Ireland (PRWEB) — Paddy Power Poker today announces that ‘Action Dan’ Harrington returns to Ireland to take part in the Irish Open 2009. The 1995 WSOP* Main Event champion last played in the Irish Open in 2007 and is the 3rd former world champion (alongside Jamie Gold and Noel Furlong) to register for this year’s tournament.

Dan Harrington is one of the world’s most successful tournament players, holding two WSOP bracelets and one of only five players who have won both a WSOP Main Event and a World Poker Tour title. He made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in consecutive years (2003 and 2004), a feat widely heralded as one of the most impressive in poker history. His live tournament winnings exceed $6,500,000.

He has co-authored some of the poker world’s most celebrated strategy books and is a successful businessman away from the tables.

Note to editors: Full details of the Irish Open 2009 and online qualifier details can be found at: http://www.irishpokeropen.com/. Poker betting markets can be found at paddypower.com. Please click on poker on the left hand side of the page.

*World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah’s License Company, LLC (“Harrah’s”). Harrah’s does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with, paddypowerpoker.com or its products, services, promotions or tournaments.

Dublin, Ireland (PRWEB) — It’s just over two weeks until the third season of its popular Betfred.com Ladies Poker Tour pulls into the Alea Casino, Leeds and online qualification is well underway.

This year sees eight stops taking in the UK and Spain between April and November with Betfred adding £1,500 to each £110 buy in event and the winner of each stop qualify for the grand final on November 21.

Online satellite qualification is underway from as little as $2 at Betfred Poker with a weekly $16.50 final every Thursday.

Lynne Beaumont has won the grand final in the last two seasons and has represented Betfred at poker events around the globe on a £20,000 sponsorship package which will again be the top prize for the winner.

The full line up of events for the tour is:

* April 18 — Leeds, Alea Casino
* May 9 — Scarborough, The Opera House
* June 6 — Sheffield, Napoleons Owlerton
* July 4 — Swansea, Aspers
* August 8 — Stockport, Casino36
* September 5 — Birmingham, The Broadway
* October 3 — Calahonda, Spain, Caesars Lounge
* November 7 — London, The Western Club

Spokesman for Betfred Poker, Jon Wilde, said, “Online qualification is well underway and has been a roaring success so we fully expect the Leeds event to attract so of the best female players in the country.”

More details can be found at Betfred Poker and players can sign up at Betfred Poker web site to qualify or buy in directly to the tournament on the day.

With the Million Dollar Hand reaching its climax on Friday 27th March, online poker room Party Poker is pleased to announce details of its next wide ranging promotion: The Gladiator. Only the bravest players will be rewarded in the fight to earn PartyPoints when the arena opens between the 1st – 25th April. Players have to opt in to the promotion.

Players have to hit a daily minimum target of 10 points for at least 10 days and will win a prize of at least $5 at the end of the promotion. The more days a player earns the minimum number of points on, the bigger the prize will be. You don’t even have to earn points on consecutive days to be in with a shot at our colossal prizes: we’ll just count up the number of days you’ve made the targets on during the promotion. For example, if you earn 10 points every day for 10 days, take five days off and then earn 10 points on 10 more days of the promotion, we’ll award you the prize for earning 10 points on 20 days. Players will be able to track their progress when they go into their Party Account. Points are not removed from player accounts following the promotion – they all count towards Palladium Lounge targets.

A Party Poker spokesman said: “This promotion isn’t all about maximus PartyPoints, it is about spreading play over a period of time. It is simple and offers great value and we encourage players to challenge themselves and take a closer look. There’s no lions den involved.”

PartyPoker.com’s Million Dollar Hand finishes on Friday. Players at PartyPoker.com’s real money tables will get a playing card for every 15 PartyPoints they earn between the 11th and 27th March 2009 and will receive a prize when they’ve built a five-card hand. There’s a guaranteed cash prize if the hand features a pair or better – a royal flush pays $1 million! On the 24th March PartyPoker.com had paid out 54,866 pairs, 6,207 two pair, 2,796 three of a kind, 483 straights, 323 flushes, 193 full houses, 33 four of a kind and 2 straight flushes.

Party Poker ‘The Million Dollar Hand’ 11th-27th March 2009 – Prize Structure

Royal flush $1,000,000

Straight flush $5,000

Four of a kind $1,000

Full house $250

Flush $100

Straight $50

Three of a kind $25

Two pair $10

One pair $5

The highly anticipated Everest Poker Summit Points Store is now open for business. Today, popular personal electronics, computer accessories, video games, books and branded Everest Poker gear are all just a simple mouse click away.

Players can obtain their favorite products by redeeming Summit Points, which they earn for playing poker tournaments, sit and go’s and ring games at Everest Poker.

Everest Poker has partnered with Initial Rewards, the largest dedicated supplier of promotional merchandise and loyalty reward programs for the online gaming industry, to ensure players receive the best merchandise in a timely manner.

Everest Poker and Initial Rewards have successfully integrated the Summit Points Store into the Everest Poker software. Once players log into their accounts, they will have easy access to the store, where they can browse, research items, and purchase a variety of popular electronics, poker gear and accessories using their Summit Points.

Better still, since Everest Poker is a truly international poker room, the store is available in all 15 languages supported by Everest Poker, and a player’s shipping and handling costs are calculated for them based on their home country. The calculated cost is then included in the Summit Points price of every item. Unnecessary and confusing shipping cost calculations are eliminated with this approach, meaning players get their gear faster and easier than anywhere else.

“As one of the world’s leading online poker rooms, Everest is committed to providing the best possible player experience for our entire community. The Summit Points Store is one more way of rewarding our players,” said Ken Berman, Brand Manager for Everest Poker. “We have partnered with Initial Rewards because we want to offer our players the largest selection of high-quality products from an established and trusted source.”

Those that are not yet playing at Everest can still take a look at every available item in the store by visiting the Summit Points Store online catalogue. The online catalog provides visitors with detailed product descriptions and pictures, as well as instructions on how to download and log into the Everest Poker software, so they can begin playing poker and accumulating Summit Points of their own.

ABOUT EVEREST POKER:
Everest Poker is one of the world’s leading online poker rooms. Owned by Everest Gaming, a veteran of the online gaming market for over 12 years, the poker room is renowned for its passion and dedication to its players. With a strong understanding of international poker markets, Everest Poker is devoted to providing players with their best poker experience, and to supporting poker communities across the globe.

Everest Poker is the sponsor of the world’s biggest and most prestigious poker event the World Series of Poker (WSOP) which saw a record breaking 58,720 people participate in 2008 and a prize pool reaching $180,676,248, making the Everest Poker sponsored WSOP the richest event in sporting history.

Everest Poker is the sponsor of the Spanish Poker Tour (SPT), the European Cup (EPEC), the International Poker Cup (IP Cup) and Avalanche.

Everest Poker launched the first ever interactive poker competition Live the Dream in 2008 offering players from across the globe a once in the lifetime opportunity to play in some of the world’s most prestigious poker events.

Everest Poker is also home to some of the world’s finest players who play online at Everest Poker and attend live international poker events.

Just in time for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four weekend, Bodog Poker will be holding its own semifinal and giving online poker players a rare opportunity to play in a different kind of Final Four tournament, with four seats to the 2009 WSOP up for grabs.

Bodog Poker is guaranteeing four seats to the 2009 WSOP in Las Vegas!
Here are the details: The “Bodog Flight Club – Main Event – 4 Seats” semifinal will be held on Sunday, April 5th, at 4:35pm ET, and will guarantee four $12,000 WSOP Main Event packages, one to each of the last four players remaining in the event. The $250 + $20 buy-in No Limit Holdem tournament starts players with 3,000 in chips and will have 15 minute blind levels.

Here’s what you’d win: Winners of a Bodog Flight Club $12,000 WSOP prize package will instantly become a member of Team Bodog, receiving $2,000 for travel and accommodation, the $10,000 buy-in to the Main Event, a Bodog Poker swag bag and the chance to make a little extra cash based on performance and exposure. On top of all that great stuff, you’ll also get articles about your progress throughout the 2009 WSOP Main Event, so that friends and family can follow your amazing experience.

Never played at Bodog Poker? Not really a huge college basketball fan?
Chicks dig poker players, too: If you’re new to Bodog Poker, you’ve got time now to open a free Bodog Poker account and cash in on some of the best sign-up bonuses in the business. And unlike college basketball, online poker is easy to learn and it doesn’t take years of practice (or buckets of sweat) to master. Plus, basketball and poker both require strong hands and a solid strategy. Chicks dig that kind of stuff. (They don’t really care if your NCAA Tournament bracket took a severe beating in the second round.)

More reasons to play at Bodog: Bodog’s poker software looks slick and it’s totally customizable so you’ll be playing poker with less wasted time and effort.

Here’s how to qualify: Go to the Bodog Flight Club website and check out the qualifying schedule now.