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Select Euro Partners casinos are offering a special treat in honor of Oktoberfest 2010 – free beer for a year!

Europa Casino, Casino Tropez and Titan Casino are each offering players the opportunity to win a special grand prize, which amounts to the cash equivalent of free beer for a year.

While millions of visitors from around the world flock to Munich, Germany to partake in the world’s largest fair, online casino players can enjoy a taste of the Bavarian beer themed festivities without leaving the comfort of their own homes.

No Oktoberfest tickets needed to participate in this casino promotion. Registered players simply need to accumulate the most comp points between September 23rd and October 6th in order to win the grand prize. The individual with the highest number of comp points accumulated during this time (per respective casino) will be awarded the prize.

Comp points are automatically earned by players making real money wagers as they play. The more one wagers, the more comp points earned.

“Winning free beer for a year is like winning a free Oktoberfest ticket, year-round” commented Euro Partners Marketing VP Marc Kenigsberg. “It’s basically a prize that keeps on giving, taking the fun and camaraderie of Oktoberfest and extending it throughout the entire year. Not only do the winning players get a wonderful prize, they also get to be part of Europe’s largest festival.”

The Euro Partners Oktoberfest promotions are running at Casino Tropez, Titan Casino and Europa Casino from September 23-October 6 inclusive, in conjunction with the casinos’ regularly scheduled weekday and weekend promotions and bonus offers.

Registered players are encouraged to visit the participating casinos’ websites or check their inboxes for more details. Non-registered players are encouraged to download the participating casinos’ software, free of charge, in order to compete in the Oktoberfest promotions.

Next-gen online poker room PKR.com has released details of its 2009 Oktoberfest poker festival which will see ten tournaments played over as many days starting October 15.

A range of events have been scheduled to ensure variety and that every kind of player is catered for. Favourite formats such as Deep stack, Double Chance and the Terminator Bounty return to the roster while this year also sees the introduction of new events including Omaha Hi/Lo and re-buy tournaments plus the exclusive ‘Ante Special’ tournament.

The festival culminates in a variable freeroll where players get more chips added to their starting stack for every Oktoberfest tournament they take part in, meaning the more they play, the bigger their starting stack will be.
Cardroom Manager Neil Wright said, “This year’s Oktoberfest is even more accessible than ever with extremely affordable buy-ins. We’ve decided to run the festival alongside our new Primetime tournaments which have proved to be hugely popular, so now players can get the great value of Oktoberfest events and also have a shot at another top tournament – all in the same night.”

Satellites for each Oktoberfest tournament can be found on the day of the event in the PKR.com lobby.

PKR OKTOBERFEST 2009 SCHEDULE

DAY / EVENT / TIME (GMT) / BUY-IN

Thursday 15 October/ $12,500 GTD Six-seater /18:15 / $20

Friday 16 October /$15,000 GTD Deep and Steep /18:15 /$30
Saturday 17 October/ $10,000 GTD Rebuy /18:00 /$8
Sunday 18 October /$20,000 GTD Deep Stack /18:00 /$30
Monday 19 October /$11,000 GTD Double Chance /18:15 /$20
Tuesday 20 October /$4,000 GTD Omaha Hi/Lo /18:15 /$6
Wednesday 21 October /$12,500 GTD Terminator Bounty /18:15 /$25
Thursday 22 October /$5,000 GTD Omaha /18:15 /$20
Friday 23 October /$10,000 GTD Ante Special /18:15 /$20
Saturday 24 October /$15,000 GTD Deep Stack /18:00 /$30
Sunday 01 November /$5,000 GTD Variable freeroll /18:00 /$0

*All tournaments are regular No Limit hold‘em unless otherwise specified

Oktoberfest is one of the most famous events in Germany and the world’s largest fair; it is celebrated in cities across the world. This month Euro Partners casino brands, Vegas Red, Europa Casino, Titan Casino and Casino Tropez are all joining in on the festivities and will be hosting an Elite Challenge from September 22nd until October 5th for the grand prize of free beer for a year.
First prize is worth up to €3,000 in cash, the equivalent of a year’s worth of beer. This highly anticipated competition is running following the overwhelming response to last year’s Oktoberfest free beer promotion at Vegas Red, which was the first online casino to offer the toast-worthy event.

The Oktoberfest promotion is a live tournament, meaning there are leaderboards which are updated automatically every 30 minutes, allowing players to monitor and track their position and progress in the tournament. To enter and win players must have a Real Money account in Vegas Red, Casino Tropez, Titan Casino or Europa Casino. All members who deposit during the promotion period are entered into the competition. The player with the most wagers will be ranked as the winner. In addition to this knockout of a first prize, eleven players in each casino will win runner-up prizes of between €500 and €25 in free bonuses.

Euro Partners Marketing VP Marc Kenigsberg had this to say about the promotion, ” Our casinos always look to host fun and exciting promotions that will keep players happy. Following the resounding success we had last year with the Oktoberfest promotion at Vegas Red, we decided to host this promotion again and have it run in an additional three casinos.”