PKR Poker News

Online poker room sets its sights on Asia’s capital of gaming

London, June 19, 2008 – PKR.com is sending even more players to one of the richest poker events in the world - the Asian Poker Tour. Qualifiers are running on the next gen site right now for the second leg of the APT in Macau. Hosted in the exclusive StarWorld Hotel and Casino, the event guarantees the biggest prize pool in Asian poker history - a massive $1,500,000!

Macau - dubbed the ‘Monte Carlo of the Orient’ - is the gambling capital of Asia. Now the APT is bringing the biggest ever poker festival to the region along with over 400 of the most seasoned pros in the game. The event promises to deliver another fantastic opportunity for PKR.com players to compete with the best in one of the world’s most lavish locations. The APT Macau kicks off Tuesday August 26th and rolls until Sunday August 31st.

PKR.com is offering at least eight packages to this prestigious event. Each is worth a total of $7,700 and includes the buy-in for the main event - with $1,500,000 guaranteed in prizes, as well as luxury accommodation and $2,400 spending money. Players get their hands on one of these fantastic packages by winning the APT Macau Weekly Final - running every Friday at 20:00 GMT on PKR.com until Friday 8th August.

There are numerous ways to qualify for the APT Macau Weekly Final. Players can buy in direct for $150 or win their way in through a huge range of satellite qualifiers rolling daily and starting at just $4.25. Lottery tourneys and ‘Last chance’ speed qualifiers will also be on offer. Players with PKR Points to spend can also qualify for free in special Premium Freerolls.

Card Room Manager Neil Wright added, “The APT is a great series of events set in the most exotic and luxurious locations in Asia. There are huge sums of prize money on offer and the Macau leg looks set to continue the prestige of the tour.”

Beginning at 12pm EST on June 22nd, 2008, Holdem Poker Chat will be running a 8 hour Mini Poker Marathon!

This will consist of both freerolls and money-added buyins. Tournaments will occur every hour, on the hour.

We will begin on the #1 online poker site, PokerStars, beginning with a $100 freeroll and ending with a $10 buyin on Cake Poker, with $100 added to the prize pool. Along the way, we will stop at FullTilt, and Reefer Poker! All and all, it will be a wonderful journey, with $800 added to the prize pools!

The Top 20 in each freeroll and the Top 30 in each buyin will receive points.

The leaderboard will consist of $250 up for grabs over the top 5 places.

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London, February 29, 2008 – PKR.com, the world’s most advanced poker room, has solidified its place in the online gaming hierarchy by jumping both Betfair and Ladbrokes to become the 17th biggest poker website.

Pokerscout.com, the respected industry source for online traffic rankings, has been tracking PKR.com’s climb since their inclusion in December, 2007. With a highly successful marketing campaign, including both terrestrial and digital television channels, PKR.com’s real money player base has expanded to a level that has seen off its well known competition.

Marketing Director Simon Prodger said, “PKR.com has experienced incredible growth since our launch in August, 2006.  In just 18 months, we’ve become a very competitive site, with 10,000 concurrent players on at peak time.  To have more traffic then sites like Betfair and Ladbrokes is a tremendous achievement, and we are thankful for the players for taking us to this level.”

PKR, a stand alone site, has also stayed completely out of the US, meaning the company has never accepted cash bets from American players.  It is currently ranked 5th amongst other stand alone, non-US poker sites.

The PKR Triathlon is guaranteed to get your pulse racing - but don’t worry, you won’t have to swim past sharks, cycle ’til your legs turn to jelly or run through the blazing heat to feel the excitement of this event. In fact, you can win this triathlon just by playing PKR!

Take part in a weekend of fantastic poker fun and you can win a spot in a $2K freeroll - it’s that easy.

All you have to do to qualify is:

1. Play one real money multi table tournament with a buy-in of $10 or more.

2. Play two real money Sit & Go’s with a buy-in of $5 or more.

3. Earn 1,000 PKR Points at real money cash tables (sorry, tournaments and MTTs don’t count). Remember, you can earn as many as 150 points in a single hand so you’ll be crossing the finish line before you know it.

All finishers will qualify for the $2K freeroll on Wednesday, 16 May - full contest Terms & Conditions are below.

***The PKR Triathlon Terms and Conditions
(1) This promotion is open to all new and existing PKR customers. (2) The PKR Triathlon promotion will run from 15:00:01 (GMT) Friday 11th May to 23:59:59 (GMT) Sunday 13th May 2007. (3) To qualify players must fulfil all three qualifying criteria: play in at least one real money multi table tournament with a buy in of $10 or more; play at least two real money Sit & Go’s with a buy in of $5 or more; earn at least 1,000 PKR points in cash games during the promotional period. (4) Qualifying players will be notified via email on Wednesday 16th May 18:00 GMT. Only qualifying players will be able to participate in this event. (5) To find out more about PKR Points and how to earn them, please refer to the PKR.com website. (6) In the event of any dispute, the decision of PKR poker room management is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

PKR has just unveiled it’s 2007 WSOP qualifying schedule – and it’s loaded with excitement. We always try to be a little different here and so it should come as no surprise that our WSOP qualifier is pretty unique. There are a bunch of different ways you can qualify (check out full details here) but the most exciting thing is that there are also loads of different events you can qualify for.

You can even win a WSOP Ultimate Experience Package and decide which events you want to enter. So, if you’re best game is Omaha, heads up or pot limit you can buy into those events and even go for bracelets in more than one event.