June 04 2012, PokerNews Staff

Hello and welcome to the latest publication of the PartyPoker Weekly, where we bring you all of the latest PartyPoker related news, views and gossip. In this week’s edition we have details on how to qualify for the WPT National Series in Madrid, how to bag a seat to the WSOP Main Event and much more.

Win Your Way To WPT National Madrid!

You have less than one week left if you want to win your way to the WPT National Series Madrid Main Event. Qualification is only open until midnight on June 10 so you better get your grind on and win a package worth $4,000.

The WPT National Madrid runs from June 28 to July 2 at the Casino Gran Madrid. A seat to the $2,250 Main Event, hotel accommodations and spending money could all be yours – and yours for free!

Every day there is a WPT National Madrid Freeroll where the top 25 players receive an entry into the WPT National Madrid Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy that costs just $1 to enter. This and a $3 turbo freezeout feed into a daily (13:55ET) $25 WPT National Madrid Satellite Qualifier where for every $225 in the prize pool a ticket to Sunday’s $200+$25 WPT National Madrid Satellite is awarded. For every $4,000 in the prize pool in this final satellite one package to WPT National Madrid will be awarded; each package consisting of:

• $2,250 Main Event Buy-in
• Hotel accommodation for five nights
• $750 spending money

Start qualifying now!

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Head To The 2012 WSOP With PartyPoker

If you have been following PokerNews’ live reporting at the World Series of Poker we are certain that you will have an itch to fly out to Las Vegas and play in some WSOP events. They don’t come much bigger than the WSOP Main Event; a tournament you could be playing in thanks to PartyPoker.

There is just under two weeks left to win a package to the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event worth $14,000! Qualifiers are only open on PartyPoker and will run right up to June 17 so time is running out if you want to claim a $14,000 package, which consists of:

• $10,000 WSOP Main Event buy-in
• $2,000 spending money
• Hotel accommodation in Las Vegas for 10 nights

Daily freeroll qualifier tournaments are running so you could win your package for absolutely no financial outlay at all. There are also plenty of other satellite tournaments running that have buy-ins ranging from just $2 to $80 that feed into the weekly $700+$50 WSOP Satellite.

This particular tournament kicks off at 14:50 ET every Sunday and awards one $14,000 package for every 20 entrants! Win a seat and you will be joining the rest of Team PartyPoker.com in Las Vegas!

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Tournament Leader Boards

PartyPoker is the place for Sit & Go and Multi-table Tournaments thanks to its weekly and monthly leaderboards that add a new level of competitiveness to the games. Can you prove you have real skill and talent?

Each week between 00:00 ET Monday until 23:59ET Sunday your play in tournaments counts towards the weekly leader boards where the overall winner will walk away with $600 in cash and a $1,000 Tournament Leader Board (TLB) Freeroll entry while those players finishing in positions second through 10th will walk away with a seat in the $200,000 Guaranteed Sunday tournament and a $1,000 TLB Freeroll entry. Finish in places 11th through 50th and you will be entered into the $1,000 TLB Freeroll also.

These prizes are superb, but it’s the monthly leaderboards that yield the most value and the biggest prizes as you can see in the screen shots below:

SNG Monthly Leader Board Prizes

MTT Monthly Leader Board Prizes

Each tournament you play will see you earn leaderboard points and the more you earn the better your chances of winning one of the excellent prizes. Your points are worked out with the following special formula: (√Buy-in/2 + √wins)

Good luck!

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$200k Guaranteed Sunday

Sunday is traditionally the day for online poker, and that is certainly the case on PartyPoker where every Sunday at 13:30 ET its flagship tournament – the $200,000 guaranteed – takes place.

The June 3 edition of this amazing tournament attracted 1,075 runners and created a prize pool of $215,000; the lion’s share of which finding its way to “Kostenkiso’s” balance after he was awarded $45,150 for taking down the Sunday Major.

If the $215 buy-in is too costly for you then there are a plethora of satellites running throughout the week that feed into this tournament, which is one of the most eagerly anticipated weekly in online poker. Check out the PartyPoker lobby for full details.

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Help Yourself To a Free $50 Bankroll!

Thanks to the special relationship between PokerNews and PartyPoker you can help yourself to a free $50 bankroll! That is correct, $50 absolutely free.

All you need to do 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 in the registration form in the PartyPoker cashier
• Return to PokerNews and fill in 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 the $30 and must do so within 120 days otherwise the $30, or the remainder of it will be forfeited.

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May 21 2012, Brett Collson

We’re only six days away from the exciting start of the 2012 World Series of Poker, but there’s still plenty going on around the world of poker. In this edition of the Nightly Turbo, we’re bringing you another record for PokerStars, bwin.party settling a back tax issue with Spain, and more.

In Case You Missed It

The $25,000 World Poker Tour World Championship kicked off on Saturday. After two days of play, Michael Mizrachi led the way.

How did the Sunday Majors play out on PokerStars? Who took down the biggest score? Find out in the Sunday Briefing.

Which rookies should you be keeping an eye on at this summer’s WSOP? We’re here to tell you. In the latest edition of the 2012 WSOP Rookie Roundup, we take a look at Dominik Nitsche.

The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event kicked off on Sunday. For a close look at the action, check out our Day 15 SCOOP recap.

Looking for photos to use during the the entire World Series of Poker? PokerNews is the Official Photographer of the WSOP for the second straight year.

How has Terrence Chan’s life changed since he started fighting professionally? Find out that and more in the latest edition of Seat Open.

Did you miss Sunday’s World Poker Tour coverage on FSN? Read our WPT recap to get caught up.

Bwin.Party Pays Off Back Taxes in Spain

Online gaming giant bwin.party has announced that it will comply with Spain’s demand for back taxes in order to receive an online gambling license in the new regulated market set to open next month.

The company released a report on Monday stating that it has agreed to pay up to “33.6 million to the Spanish tax authority to settle up for two laws that previously were not applied to offshore online gaming. After completing a tax self-assessment, bwin.party determined it was liable for “25.6m in tax payments and “8 million in interest and surcharges.

As reported by PokerNews last week, the Spanish tax ministry is seeking retroactive taxes from license applicants that offered online betting to Spanish customers since 2008. Bwin.party was one of around 60 companies that reportedly applied for a Spanish license and was facing one of the largest back tax figures among the applicants.

“Together with a number of other operators we have today completed a tax self-assessment in accordance with the Spanish Tax Authority’s requirements and as a result are making a payment of “25.6m plus surcharges and interest of up to “8m,” the company said in Monday’s report. “Having taken these steps, we believe we have now fulfilled all requirements and look forward to receiving our license and entering the Spanish market.”

The first Spanish gaming licenses are expected to be issued early next month. PokerStars, 888, William Hill, Betfair and Ladbrokes are among the operators interested in the new market. PokerStars is rumored to owe as much as “200 million in back taxes.

Once approved for a license, operators can begin offering online gambling services under a “dot-es” domain.

Read the full report at bwinparty.com.

PokerStars Breaks More Records

Once again, PokerStars has bested its own record for awesomeness.

The world’s leading online poker site announced Monday that the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has set a new milestone as the richest online poker tournament series ever. When the final two SCOOP events reach their conclusion on Monday, more than $65 million will have been paid out across 40 events (120 tournaments). The previous record of $64,230,010 was set during the 2010 SCOOP.

The 2012 SCOOP also bested the previous record for highest participation ever in a PokerStars ‘Championship of Online Poker’ series with a total of 526,154 entries, easily exceeding the previous record of 461,936 in the 2010 SCOOP. The all-time record holder for highest participation is the PokerStars MicroMillions series, which brought in 1,294,883 entries during its inaugural festival in March.

The 2012 SCOOP marks are astonishing considering PokerStars lost its biggest market when it was forced to exit the U.S. in April 2011. Read more about the SCOOP statistics at PokerStars.com.

Judge Delays Black Friday Defendant Sentence

According to Pokerati.com, the sentencing for Black Friday principal Brent Buckley has hit a snag because of a court order filed by District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.

Buckley, the co-founder of Absolute Poker who was indicted by the Department of Justice on April 15, 2011, pleaded guilty last December to violation of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and bank fraud. Under the plea agreement, Buckley was expected to spend up to 18 months behind bars, well below the maximum prison sentence of 30 years he faced for the original charges.

Kaplan, however, has indicated that the court will consider taking harsher action against Beckley on the ground of “aggravating circumstance.” Kaplan’s order states that Buckley “deliberately and unlawfully conspired to circumvent, and circumvented, governing laws of the United States in order to conduct or facilitate an unlawful business or businesses involving billions of dollars from which those businesses gained many millions of dollars.”

Buckley’s sentencing hearing was scheduled for Monday but has been pushed back to June 28. Read Pokerati.com for more.

Richard Evans WIns UKIPT Dublin

A winner has been determined at the “700+”70 PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Dublin Main Event. After five days of work, Richard Evans outlasted a field of 597 players at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin to win his first UKIPT crown and a top prize of “75,500.

Graeme Crozier entered the final table with the chip lead, but the U.K. amateur was unable to parlay his big stack into a title. Crozier busted in sixth place when his finished second best to the of Stephen McGrath after the chips went in on a flop.

Padraig O’Neill and Vincent Buis were the next to hit the rail, respectively, leaving Seamus Birt, McGrath and Evans three-handed. The men decided on a three-way chop, with each getting “60,000 and the winner receiving an additional “15,500. Evans disposed of Birt a short while later, leaving him heads up against McGrath for the title.

On the final hand of the match, McGrath limped from the small blind and Evans checked to see a flop of . Evans check-called a 300,000 bet and the hit the turn. Evan checked again, and McGrath moved all-in for 1,350,000. Evans called instantly with for top paid and an open-ender, which was ahead of McGrath’s for a second pair, a flush draw and a gutshot. The landed on the river, giving Evans the title and the top prize of “75,500.

For detailed updates from UKIPT Dublin Main Event final table, visit the PokerStars Blog.

Mad Marvin Joins PartyPoker

Well, it didn’t take Marvin Rettenmaier long to find a new home. Just weeks after parting ways with Titan Poker, the man known as “Mad Marvin” became the newest member of Team PartyPoker during the World Poker Tour World Championship at Bellagio in Las Vegas over the weekend.

Rettenmaier has emerged into one of Europe’s biggest poker stars after cashing for nearly $1.7 million in live tournaments since 2009. The 25-year-old joins Tony G, Mike Sexton, Kara Scott and fellow German Bodo Sbrzesny on PartyPoker’s short roster of sponsored pros.

“It is great to have Marvin on board. I have always said he is a player of true character,” Tony G said about his new teammate. “He has the Germanic mathematical game and he has “heart, he is winning, he gets drunk, he loses his passport –he is also running good.”

For more, read our story at PokerNews.com.

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