Online Gambling News and Promotions

In a significant move for the industry, PartyPoker.com is delighted to announce that the one and only Tony G has become the latest player to become part of Team Party. He joins Mike Sexton, Kara Scott, Ian Frazer, Bodo Sbrzesny, Remy Biechel, Stewart Scott and Felipe ‘Mojave’ Ramos on our roster of top poker pros.

Tony makes his debut in the Party colours at the 2010 Aussie Millions. The man known as ‘The Mouth from Down Under’ has also announced he’ll take part in the eagerly awaited PartyPoker.com Premier League IV in Las Vegas in February.

Party Gaming have also acquired TonyGPoker.com, which is a well known online poker room with an extensive selection of games, tournaments, freerolls and promotions. Tony will continue to run the Sunday Bike Ride, a popular bounty promotion, at NoblePoker.com, which is owned by PartyGaming. The assets associated with www.tonygpoker.com will migrate to www.noblepoker.com.

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

Asian Poker Tour (APT) ambassador JC Tran made a fantastic start on his debut in the PartyPoker Premier League, winning the first heat to pick up a maximum 10 points and $20,000. Tran, who is also representing Team PKR in the elite tournament, overcame WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate heads-up to take the heat down. Eastgate was making his first appearance since his Main Event win.

The heads-up between Tran and the $9 million world champion Eastgate was grueling but after a number of swings it was Tran who triumphed. Eastgate started the heads-up with the advantage, holding $395,000 to Tran’s $205,000, but there was to be no repeat of Eastgate’s clinical heads-up destruction of Ivan Demidov at the WSOP Main Event final table as Tran brought the world champion down to earth with a bang. The final hand saw Eastgate push all-in with Q3 off-suit with JC instantly calling with AK off-suit. The board failed to bring anything for either player.

Tran was cheered on by his fellow Asian Poker Tour ambassadors Quinn Do and Nam Le at the event in London as he bested the first six seater heat that also included David ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott, Annette Obrestad, Roland de Wolfe and Premier League II winner Andy Black. Tran, Quinn Do and Nam Le are the core of the APT’s ‘Poker Pack,’ a new elite team that will represent the APT on the world circuit.

Tran said, “It has been a fantastic start but there is a long way to go. It is so good to get the first win under the belt. I love the format of the Premier League and am excited about what is going to come.”

Tom Hall, CEO of Asian Logic, owners of the Asian Poker Tour, said, “We’re all delighted for JC. There was a lot of hype about Peter Eastgate’s first appearance after his big $9 million WSOP win and JC did the Asian Poker Tour and the Poker Pack proud with a fantastic performance.”

PartyPoker.com Premier League III is a $75,000 buy-in event with a total prize pool of $1.25 million. The tournament features 12 of the world’s best players playing in a unique league format. All 12 players will play six times in the preliminary stages. The leading four players will then progress to the final table with the next four battling it out in heads-up matches for the final two seats. The five star line-up includes Phil Hellmuth, Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, Nenad Medic, Devilfish, Tony G, Vicky Coren, Annette Obrestad, Roland de Wolfe, Andy Black, Juha Helppi, Peter Eastgate as well as JC Tran. You can follow the action live and monitor the hands at www.matchroompoker.com

PartyPoker.com Premier League III – Heat 1 – Monday 24th November
10 points – JC Tran
6 points – Peter Eastgate
4 points – Annette Obrestad
3 points – Andy Black
2 points – Roland de Wolfe
0 points – Devilfish