November 06 2012, PokerNews Staff

The latest edition of the PartyPoker Weekly brings you details on how to qualify for the Aussie Million main event for nothing, the Accelerator promotion that is in full swing and more besides. Keep reading to discover all the latest PartyPoker news and promotions.

Win Your Way To The Aussie Millions

The Aussie Millions is one of the most eagerly anticipated live poker events and you could be heading there for some January sun, armed with a $16,000 package to the Main Event!

Qualifiers will start to appear in the PartyPoker lobby from Nov. 12 and will stay there until Jan. 6, 2013. There will be freeroll tournaments, freezeouts starting at $8 and rebuys from just $2, that eventually feed into the weekly $640+$40 Aussie Millions Satellite where one package will be guaranteed.

Each luxury $16,000 package consists of:

• $11,000 Aussie Millions Main Event buy-in
• Eight nights accommodation
• $2,500 spending money

The Aussie Millions Main Event kicks off on Jan. 27 and with a little bit of luck you will still be in Australia on Feb. 2 when the final table takes place. How fantastic would it be if you managed to navigate through to the final table after qualifying from a freeroll tournament? Do you think you could do that? There is oly one way to find out.

Keep your eye on the PartyPoker lobby from Nov. 12 and start your qualification route to the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event.

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Win Up To $5,000 Cash And $30,000 In Freeroll Prizes With The Accelerator Promotion

The Accelerator promotion has only been running since Nov. 1 and already there have been thousands of prizes given away. You have until Nov. 30 to participate in this fabulous promotion, so do not delay, get involved today!

What makes this promotion so special is the fact you get to keep each prize that you earn along the way and not just the highest value prize! Some of the prizes include freeroll entries where you could in an iPad or share of $15,000 plus there are cash prizes ranging from $5 and increasing up to a massive $1,725! Check out the graphic below for a rundown of the prizes.

All you need to do if you want to win your share of these prizes is:

• Opt in on the PartyPoker site
• Earn just five PartyPoints to claim your first prize
• Collect more prizes and you earn more points

The more points you earn, the better your overall prize haul will be. Earn just 500 points and you will receive each and every prize up to that rung of the ladder. This means you would win $20 in cash and entries to the iPad freeroll, the $5,000 freeroll, $10,000 freeroll and a $15,000 freeroll! Earn 40,000 points and you will receive every single prize on offer, which adds up to $5,000 in cash and $30,000 worth of freeroll entries!

We think the Accelerator promotion has some amazing value and we are sure you will think the same.

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Win Your Way To WPT Prague

Last year, the Prague leg of the World Poker Tour broke the record for the best attended European-based WPT Main Event when 571 players bought in, creating a prize pool of “1,753,202 ($2,336,512). This year the tournament could be even bigger thanks to the festival of poker and mind games that will be taking place and the fact there are going to be three starting flights, which means the first-place prize could exceed the “450,000 ($599,720) that was awarded to Andrey Pateychuk last year, and you could be in with a chance of winning a WPT title if you qualify for WPT Prague on PartyPoker.

This year’s WPT Prague Main Event is part of the Prague Winter Festival that will see a number of other well-established poker tours host their Main Events in the Czech capital. What is more, there will also be the inaugural Mind Sports Festival where games such as Risk, Counterstrike and even Scrabble will be played for real money. Prague is an amazing city anyway but these extra activities going on around the WPT Prague Main Event make it a “must not miss” event.

In addition, if you buy into Day 1a of WPT Prague and bust out you can register for a freeroll tournament where one in 11 players will win a seat to Day 1c!

Satellite tournaments have been running in the PartyPoker lobby for a couple of weeks now, but they will cease to do so on Nov. 18. There are freerolls, rebuys, and freezeouts that all feed into the weekly $300+$25 WPT Prague Satelllite where one package is guaranteed to be awarded.

Each $6,000 WPT Prague package consists of:

• $4,250 WPT Prague Main Event buy-in
• Six nights accommodation
• $800 spending money

Do not delay, start the ball rolling today and you could be jetting off to Prague in December for a shot at the WPT Prague crown! PokerNews will be there, will you?

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Kara Scott Talks WSOP and Marathons!

PartyPoker sponsored pro Kara Scott was the hostess for ESPN’s coverage of the recent World Series of Poker Main Event final table, a duty she performed impeccably.

In here latest PartyPoker blog, Scott talks about having to “raise her game” whenever she steps out in front of the cameras; gives her thoughts on the WSOP final table and talks about a friend who ran six marathons in six days in th Sahara Desert!

Read the full entry here.

Grab A Free $50 Just For Creating A PartyPoker Account!

Now is the perfect time to create a PartyPoker account through PokerNews because we can give you a free $50 for doing so! Everyone loves free money and all you have to do to get your hands on some free cash is follow the simple steps below, and $50 is all yours to keep!

• Download the PartyPoker software through PokerNews
• Create a new PartyPoker account and enter the bonus code “PN50FREE”
• Fill out the registration form in the PartyPoker cashier
• Return to PokerNews and fill out our small registration form
• Check your email inbox for a confirmation email from free50@pokernews.com

Once you have received the confirmation email, $20 will be placed in your PartyPoker account. You must earn at least 40 PartyPoints before you will be able to withdraw the free $20. If you do not earn 40 PartyPoints within 60 days, the initial $20, or whatever remains of it, will be forfeited. PartyPoints are earned at a rate of two PartyPoints per $1 in rake or tournament fees, so earning 40 within 60 days is easy.

Once you have earned 40 PartyPoints a further $30 will be deposited into your account bringing the total free cash amount to $50. You must then generate 160 points before you can cash out any of the $30 and must do so within 120 days otherwise the $30, or the remainder of it will be forfeited.

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September 26 2012, Brett Collson

Who’s the latest high-profile pro to speak out about Howard Lederer and Full Tilt Poker? We’re bringing you that story, plus more on the unbelievable run by a micro-stakes grinder in the WCOOP Main Event, in this edition of the Nightly Turbo.

In Case You Missed It

Didn’t have time to watch every episode of The Lederer Files? Check out the recap written by Chad Holloway.

Antonio Esfandiari won his third WSOP bracelet on Tuesday. Read about his incredible story and more in the WSOP Europe Day 5 recap.

Did you miss ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker on Tuesday night? Get caught up in our weekly recap.

Former Survivor contestant Amanda Kimmel has made the transition to poker. Chad Holloway caught up with Kimmel to learn a little more about her venture into the poker world.

Shootout tournaments offer a different style of poker to the World Series of Poker schedule every year. Sarah Grant caught up with 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event winner Oliver Speidel to get some shootout strategy.

Tennis icon Rafael Nadal has been picking up plenty of poker pointers since joining Team PokerStars in July. Check out The Muck to see Nadal’s latest lesson about bluffing.

Tom Dwan on The Lederer Files

When PokerStars completed the deal to purchase the assets of Full Tilt Poker in July, former FTP Team Pro Tom Dwan seemed ready to discuss his thoughts on the demise of his former employer. In fact, Dwan promised his Twitter followers that he would write a blog or do an interview to talk about the issue. Neither happened.

On Tuesday, though, Dwan discussed his views on Full Tilt Poker after watching The Lederer Files here at PokerNews.com and reading the recent Andy Bloch interview at DiamondFlushPoker.com. Surprising to many, Dwan said he believes most of what the two former FTP owners said, and that their comments lined up with independent information that he knew.

Still, Dwan admits that he made a mistake by not speaking up when he should have.

As we reported in Tuesday’s Nightly Turbo, Howard Lederer will be joining the TwoPlusTwo PokerCast Wednesday for a follow-up interview to The Lederer Files. He’ll also be speaking with Diamond Flush later this week.

Read all of Dwan’s comments at his Twitter page.

Maratik’s $1 Million Freeroll

On Tuesday, we brought you the incredible story of “maratik,” the Russian microstakes grinder who qualified for a free seat to the $5,200 buy-in PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and turned it into a $1 million payday. If you want to see how “maratik” emerged as the improbable champ, the final table highlight show provided by PokerStars.tv can be found below. Commentary is provided by Nick Wealthall and special guest Rupert Elder.

Read the inclusive recap of maratik’s victory at the PokerStars Blog.

Global Poker Index Player of the Year Update

The Global Poker Index Player of the Year standings were released on Wednesday with Dan Smith again on top of the standings.

Smith maintained his lead for the sixth consecutive week thanks to his five major victories on the circuit this year. With 1,010 points, Smith leads his next closest competitor, Andrew Lichtenberger, by nearly 200 points. Lichtenberger, Marvin Rettenmaier and Kyle Julius round out the top four, respectively.

The only movement in the Top 10 this week came from David Baker and Jonathan Duhamel, who swapped places in the rankings. Baker jumped one spot to No. 5 after his 14th place finish in World Series of Poker Europe Event #1. Duhamel, who spent the first 13 weeks atop the GPI Player of the Year rankings, dropped to No. 6.

Others making moves outside of the top 10 were Roberto Romanello (up 13 spots to No. 17), Phil Hellmuth (up 16 spots to No. 29), Kyle Bowker (up 39 spots to No. 88), Govert Metaal (up 52 spots to No. 55), Vyacheslav Igin (up 30 spots to No. 63), and Micah Raskin (up 45 spots to No. 72).

Here’s a look at the Top 10 of the Global Poker Index Player of the Year standings:

The Global Poker Index Player of the Year, presented by PokerNews, honors the player who has the strongest performance in live tournaments during the calendar year, according to the USA Today Global Poker Index point system.

For the full GPI Player of the Year standings, head on over to GlobalPokerIndex.com.

LAPT Panama

This week, the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) breaks new ground with its first visit ever to Panama. LAPT Panama kicks off on Thursday with the $2,300 Main Event, with the final table taking place on Sunday, Sept. 30.

The Main Event will have two Day 1 flights, with the fields combining for Day 2 on Friday. On Saturday, the remaining players will work their way down to a final table of eighth, and the first-ever LAPT Panama winner will be crowned on Sunday.

In addition to the Main Event, LAPT Panama will host a series of side events, including a two-day $4,700 buy-in High Roller starting on Saturday, Sept. 29. The full schedule of events can be found at LAPT.com.

To follow along with live updates from the Main Event, be sure to visit the PokerStars Blog all week long. We’ll also provide daily recaps right here in the Nightly Turbo.

Who Would You Rather: Daniel Negreanu

On Wednesday, Daniel Negreanu found himself at a very talkative table at the World Series of Poker Europe “3,250 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout. Sarah Grant asked Negreanu several questions about his tablemates for the latest edition of Who Would You Rather.

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