November 07 2011, Josh Bell

This week in the PartyPoker Weekly, we’ll tell you all about the new “World Domination” promotion, how to win World Poker Tour seats, how Tony G made fun of Phil Hellmuth – yet again, and more!

Achieve World Domination

PartyPoker is giving players the chance to rule the planet this November and December with the exciting World Domination promotion. It’s going to be one of the most enjoyable promotions of the year, and one that Tony G assures us makes him set for “total world annihilation!”

During the World Domination promotion, PartyPoker is going to award thousands of dollars’ worth of cash prizes, tournament and freeroll seats, and give players the chance to win the top prize of $100,000.

How to Dominate the World

In order to achieve world domination, all players have to do is earn Party Points between Nov. 7 and Dec. 31.

Every time a player earns 10 Party Points they will be randomly awarded one of 72 different cities from around the world. Most cities will also come with an award of a valuable instant prize, but the big prizes are awarded if players can manage to conquer entire countries and continents.

The biggest prize is $100,000, which will be awarded to any player who manages to accumulate all 72 unique cities. You can get started now and conquer your first city for only 5 Party Points. What are you waiting for?

Win World Poker Tour Seats

The World Poker Tour just finished up in Amnéville and dozens of players made it to the exotic French location by winning a seat on PartyPoker. Want to win a seat to a World Poker Tour stop?

The next stop on the WPT is the Czech Republic with WPT Bohemia set to kick off on Nov. 18. A tournament package worth $3,000 is now being awarded in the PartyPoker client, complete with a Main Event buy-in, spending money, and accommodation at Europe’s largest poker room all taken care.

Taking place at the Corinthia Casino just a few weeks after the Bohemia event wraps up, WPT Prague is the newest addition to the World Poker Tour. The Main Event kicks off on Dec. 1 and the $5,000 buy-in event is sure to create a massive prize pool. A mix of qualifiers and satellites are now running and PartyPoker will award dozens of $7,500 tournament packages.

The World Poker Tour Five Diamond Classic continues to be one of the biggest events on the tournament calendar as hundreds of players descend upon the famous Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas every December. Several $14,000 tournament packages are now up for grabs at PartyPoker as the $10,300 Main Event is again set to be one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year.

Tony G Makes Fun of Hellmuth’s Twitter Shenanigans

Earlier in the week Tony G discussed how the BBC had given him the title of “world-class poker player” in an article written about his plight against the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. Instead of taking the compliment, in typical Tony G style, he saw this is a chance to needle Phil Hellmuth.

“If I was my good buddy Phil Hellmuth, last week would have been a career highlight for me and something I would have been shouting from the rooftops. I was interviewed by the BBC and they told the world what everybody already knows – I am a world-class poker player,” Tony G said on his blog

Tony G went on to give some humorous suggestions as to what Phil Hellmuth’s Twitter feed may have looked like had the BBC said the same thing about him.

@phil_hellmuth: “It’s official – the BBC put out a press release saying what everyone knows – I am world class.”

@phil_hellmuth “Having dinner with Hilary Swank, Slash and a group of Texan billionaires and managed to find five minutes in my schedule for BBC – they just wanted an autograph.”

Tony G is now holding a competition in the comments section of his blog to see who can come up with the best Hellmuth Twitter impression. A cash prize is up for grabs for Tony G’s favorite!

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In order to claim your free bankroll all you have to do is sign up for a PartyPoker account through PokerNews and you will get an immediate free credit of $25. To complete the process and receive the rest of your bankroll you will simply need to earn 200 PartyPoints.

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If you experience any problems with this or any of our promotions, please contact our Ticketed Promo Support System.

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November 06 2011, Donnie Peters

The 2011 World Poker Tour Amneville has reached the final table after Day 4′s action on Saturday. There are six players remaining and leading the way is start-of-the-day chip leader Scott Baumstein. He’ll take 3.91 million in chips into the final table, good enough for nearly 1.3 million more than his closest competitor.

When the day began, 19 players returned to the felt. Ovidiu Balaj was the first player to exit and he was followed out the door by Nicolas Dervaux. Notables Jean-Philipe Rohr fell in 15th place and Arnaud Mattern in 14th. Both Rohr and Mattern were eliminated on the same hand.

According to the WPT Live Update Team, in Level 20, with the blinds at 5,000/10,000/1,000, Adrien Allain raised to 22,000 from the button. Mattern three-bet to 66,000 from the small blind, and Rohr four-bet jammed for 151,000 from the big blind. Allain called and Mattern also called.

The flop came down and Rohr was all-in awaiting his fate. Mattern led with a bet of 80,000 and Allain moved all-in. Mattern snap-called and tabled top set with . Allain held and Rohr, who was all-in preflop, held .

Mattern had gone from worst to first, but quickly fell behind again when the landed on the turn to give Allain the best hand. The river landed with the and Allain’s trip aces were the winner. He had the most chips in the hand to eliminate both of his opponents.

Another notable player who everyone had their eyes on was 2010 World Series of Poker November Niner Joseph Cheong. Cheong began the day fourth in chips, but fell in 13th place. His failed to get there against Tony Blanchandin’s pocket tens after all of the money went in preflop.

The official final table for WPT Amneville was set after Anders Bisgaard fell in seventh place during Level 24. With the blinds at 12,000/24,000/4,000, Allain made it 50,000 to go and Thibaud Guenegou called from the small blind. Bisgaard reraised all-in from the big blind and Allain quickly called. Guenegou folded and showed that he was laying down pocket nines. Allain held pocket aces again and Bisgaard pocket jacks. The board of was no help to Bisgaard and he was eliminated.

Final Table Chip Counts

The final table will commence at 1500 CET (0600 PDT). Each of the final six players has locked up $65,618 and first place is worth $452,816. Be sure to return to PokerNews for the final table recap.

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*Photo courtesy of the World Poker Tour.

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