November 21 2011, Josh Bell

This week in the PartyPoker Weekly, we’ll give you the details of Andy Frankenberger’s win at the PartyPoker Premier League, tell you how you can win your seat at WPT Ireland, give you the details on the Winter Million, and more!

PartyPoker Winter Million

PartyPoker will be hosting one of the biggest tournaments of 2012, as the PartyPoker Winter Million is set to guarantee $1 million this February!

This is a big chance for players to kick off their year with a bang. The million dollar prize pool is offering life-changing prizes.

The buy-in for the Winter Million is $600+$40 and will take place on Feb. 5. The event will be played in a championship format and really is going to be one of the best tournaments of the year.

PartyPoker wants as many players as possible to take their chance at the massive prize pool and have already begun offering qualifiers from as little as $1. It’s not too early to start qualifying, so make sure you take to the PartyPoker felt now!

Andy Frankenberger Takes it Down

The winner of the Party Poker Premier League Mixed Game Championship has been crowned and it was none other than WSOP bracelet winner, Andy Frankenberger.

The event was a huge success, with Frankenberger besting a final table which included the likes of Sorel Mizzi, Andrew Feldman and Matt Giannetti.

All the action from the Premier League can be found over on the PartyPoker blog..

Win Your Way to the WPT

In 2002, the World Poker Tour helped launch names like Gus Hansen, Phil Laak and Daniel Negreanu into super stardom and PartyPoker is the best place for players to begin fulfilling their poker playing dreams!

Almost 10 years later and the WPT is still getting bigger. The newest stop on the WPT calendar is Dublin, Ireland.

WPT Ireland is set to feature a massive prize pool and become one of the most popular events of 2012 and we want you to be weaving your way to a huge score this January.

The event is scheduled to take place from Jan. 5 to Jan. 8 and PartyPoker is the best place to win an all-inclusive tournament package.

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November 20 2011, Paul Oresteen

Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe Main Event is in the books after two starting flights. The first flight saw 224 players take to the felt and the second flight had 97 entrants for a total of 321 runners. Of those, only 184 players will return for Day 2. Ron McMillen (143,400) leads the field overall and the second flight’s chip leader was Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon with 92,400.

Moving on to Day 2 are Matt Keikoan (120,000), Sam Barnhart (80,400), Gary DeBernardi (43,000) and JC Tran (26,400).Notables who played but aren’t advancing on to Day 2 are Mark “Pegasus” Smith, Tahoe Andrew, Drew Caseri and Joe Mongkol-ua-aree.

McMillen earned a giant portion of his tournament-leading stack in a hand where he called two players who moved all-in. He had them both covered and the board ran out . One player held for flopped trips, the other held pocket threes for a flopped full house and McMillen held pocket sixes the bigger full house.

Keikoan flew under the radar for most the day, not finding our attention until Level 8, mostly due to being seated close to the gorgeous Annie LePage. Keikoan broke the century mark when found trip eights against an opponent’s pair of aces.

Tran’s early levels in the tournament couldn’t have been better for the two-time WSOP bracelet winner. He ran over his first table, chipping up to over 50,000 before the first break. His day didn’t continue that way, however and at the end of the night, he bagged just over the starting stack.

Kroon busted early in the first flight but then returned for a much more successful second flight. He put on a one-man show in the second flight, entertaining all the tables around him within earshot. At one point he attempted to convince his table that this was his first tournament and only minutes later he began a sentence with, “When I won my second bracelet…” (Editor’s Note: Kroon doesn’t have any WSOP bracelets.)

Day 2 gets under way promptly at 1200 PST (2000 GMT) on Sunday and the players will play 14 levels, or until a final table of nine, whichever comes first. Follow all the WSOPC action live on Pokernews.com.

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