February 04 2012, PokerNews Staff

Download Unibet Poker and win a seat to the Poker Million Live Final in Prague where you could walk away with a cool “1,000,000!

Want a Shot At “1 million?

Most people could only ever dream about holding “1 million in their hands, but that dream can come true this month at Unibet. Until Feb. 5, Unibet’s valued customers can compete in a “25,000 Rake Race that will see the top 50 point earners receive a share of “25,000.

In addition to getting their hands on some free cash, the top six point earners will also win an “800 package to the Poker Million Live Final that takes place in Prague on Feb. 19 during the Unibet Open festival. These six players will participate in an exclusive six-handed sit-and-go tournament where the eventual winner gets the chance to draw envelopes for “1 million! Each envelope contains a check with the minimum of “5,000!

The “800 package includes two nights stay at The Hilton Prague, as well as travel and spending money.

“25,000 Rake Race

The Poker Million Live Final is an invite-only event, open to the top six points earners in the “25,000 Rake Race. Players are awarded five leaderboard points for every $1 they rake at the cash tables or in tournaments. Players can check their progress on the regularly updated top 100 leaderboard on the Unibet site.

Here’s a look at the full list of Rake Race prizes:

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Poker Million Live Final

If you are one of the top six finishers in the “25,000 Rake Race then you will be jetting off to the luxurious Hilton Prague Hotel in the capital of the Czech Republic. Here, you will take part in the six-handed sit-and-go that kicks off at 1500 CET on Feb. 19. Your starting stack in the Poker Million Live Final depends on your final finishing position on the Race Race. Check out the table below for the full breakdown!

The Poker Million Euro Live Draw

If you win the Poker Million Live Final, you’ll be one step closer to being a millionaire! The winner will select from 35 identical envelopes, all of which contain a check for at least “5,000. When that person selects three envelopes of matching amounts, they’ll take home that amount. Here’s the breakdown of the envelopes:

• 25 envelopes will contain “5,000
• 7 envelopes will contain “25,000
• 3 envelopes will contain “1,000,000

If you do not have a Unibet Poker account yet, then you are entitled to a huge sign up bonus of up to “1,000 that requires no deposit to activate! Head to the Unibet Welcome Bonus page and find out how you can get your “1,000 bonus and then download Unibet Poker through PokerNews and start competing in the “25,000 Rake Race!

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February 03 2012, Marty Derbyshire

The PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour Deauville Main Event played down from 178 players to the final 54 on Friday night.

EPT London finalist Martins Adeniya came into play as the clear chip leader and a steady day kept him near the top of the counts throughout. A massive 1.5 million chip pot nearing the end of the night however, handed France’s Samphane Phomveha the overnight lead.

The 128-player money bubble was reached midway through the day’s third level and the only thing building faster than the line-up at the cash out cage following the bubble appeared to be Ondrej Vinklarek’s stack. The Czech national, who crushed the side events at EPT Prague in October, quickly became the first player over the one-million chip mark using an aggressive style of play and a little run-good. In the closing moments, he shoved king-five off-suit preflop into Phomveha’s pocket kings to hand him 1.471 million chips and the overnight chip lead.

Vinklarek wasn’t the only one with an up and down day. Frenchman Ludovic Lacay seemed to take the same line. At one point, he shot up to 950,000 and the top of the leaderboard by picking up aces against two shorter stacks with jacks and tens. But after Adeniya was moved to his table and took a chunk out of his stack, pushing him off a 200,000 pot on a four-flush board, Lacay seemed to spend the rest of the day hovering around the half million mark. That is until the late stages when Christopher Brammer rivered an ace against his pocket jacks to send him home.

Notables joining Lacay in cashing, but busting throughout the day included 2010 EPT Vilamoura winner Toby Lewis, WPT and WSOP title holder James Dempsey, French rap mogul Bruno “Kool Shen” Lopes, and Lucille Cailly.

Making the money certainly meant something to that group, and to the handful of PokerStars qualifiers still in when the bubble burst, but it also marked another big occasion for the final Team PokerStars Pro left standing. Luca Pagano guaranteed a record 20th EPT cash by making the money here, but picked up aces to double up soon after the bubble burst to stay alive and ended with a 344,000 stack heading into Saturday’s Day 4.

Big stacks also still in contention for the “875,000 first-place prize include Brammer, France’s Olivier Rogez, and 2011 EPT San Remo sixth-place finisher Yorane Kerignard.

Top 10 Stacks Heading into Day 4

Play will resume at 1200 CET (0300 PST) Saturday with plans to play down to 24.

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