February 27 2012, PokerNews Staff

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the PartyPoker Weekly where we have details on how you can play at the 2012 WSOP for free, give you information about the upcoming Spring Million, the penultimate day of the amazing Card Rush promotion and Vince Van Patten talking about fake beards and wading in fountains looking for change!

Win a 2012 WSOP Main Event Seat For Free

Today PartyPoker are starting their 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event satellites and it is possible to win a $14,000 package for absolutely nothing, zip, nada! Imagine playing in poker’s biggest and most prestigious tournament knowing that it has not cost you a single cent to do so!

Every Sunday at 14:50 ET, until Jun. 17, there will be a $700+$50 WSOP Satellite that will award one in every 20 players a $14,000 package to the 2012 WSOP. Each package consists of:

• $10,000 WSOP Main Event Buy-in
• $2,000 Spending money
• Hotel accomodation in Las Vegas for 10 nights

Obviously not everyone can afford to enter a $750 satellite so PartyPoker are running sub-satellites. There will be a daily freeroll where the top 25 players gain entry into the daily $2 WSOP Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy. Here a seat to the twice-daily $75+$5 WSOP Satellite Qualifier is awarded for every $80 in the prize pool. In the $75+$5 satellite, one in 10 players will win a seat to Sunday’s $700+$50 WSOP Satellite.

You really could be jetting off to Las Vegas to play for millions of dollars for absolute nothing!

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Win a Share of $1,000,000!

Do you fancy winning a share of a massive $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and doing so for as little a $1? Then the Spring $1 Milllion is just the tournament you are looking for.

The $600+$40 Spring Million kicks off at 13:30ET on May. 6 and it promises to be an amazing tournament. Due to the sheer amount of satellites running, costing between $1 and $172, there are going to be plenty of weaker players in the field meaning it could be your best chance yet of that elusive big score.

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Card Rush Promotion Ends Feb. 28!

The fantastic Card Rush promotion is drawing to a close but you still have until midnight on Feb. 28 to get your hands on a range of free prizes. At time of writing there are around 181,000 cards remaining, each of them awarding a prize ranging from 10 PartyPoints, $1 in cash and a $2,000 freeroll up to 25,000 PartyPoints, $5,000 in cash and a $20,000 freeroll!

Some will also award Card Rush Race points, up to 20 per card, which are used to determine your position on the Card Rush Race leaderboard. Here the top 200 Card Rush Points earners will pick up between $100 and $9,000 in free cash plus every 20th spot from 220 to 2,000 will be given $50 so it is not too late to grab some free money!

You will receive one Card Rush card for every 15 PartyPoints you earn, though your first card can be snapped up for just five PartyPoints. You can collect up to 50 Card Rush cards every day but if the 181,000 remaining cards are awarded between now and Feb. 28 there will be no more available go get involved right now!

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Win a WPT Vienna Package

Vienna has traditionally been one of the biggest stops of all the European legs of the World Poker Tour and you can be part of this year’s action by winning a value-packed $7,000 package on PartyPoker.

Last year 555 players packed into the Montesino Pokertainment Centre in Vienna, creating a prize pool of “1,776,000! The lion’s share of this was won by Dimitry Gromov who picked up “447,840 after defeating Maksim Kolosov heads-up for the title. This year we could be writing about you taking down a mammoth-sized first place prize.

Satellites will be running until Mar. 25 with each $7,000 consisting of:

• $4,700 WPT Vienna Main Event buy-in
• $900 spending money
• Hotel accommodation for six nights

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PartyPoker Speak To Vince Van Patten

Dany Willis of PartyPoker spoke to the legendary Vince Van Patten during the recent WPT Vienna Grand Prix and he revealed that on his first trip to Las Vegas he armed himself with $18 and a fake beard, then lost all of his money and had to wade around in the MGM fountains for loose change!

Have a watch of the interview over on the PartyPoker blog.

Help Yourself to A $50 Bankroll For Free

Would you like a free $50 bankroll? Well thanks to the special relationship between PokerNews and PartyPoker, you can help yourself to a free $50, 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
• DO NOT make a deposit when prompted
• 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 into 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 a 60-day time frame is quite an easy task.

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.

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

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February 22 2012, PokerNews Staff

Are you compiling you poker tournament bucket list? Don’t fill it with [insert casino name here] 7 p.m. nightly. Yes, those are fun, but come on, you should have the best of the best on your list. The PokerNews Team has come up with its top 10 can’t miss poker tournaments. And yes, there are even online tournaments in the mix. Check out this list, and start building your bankroll – playing these doesn’t come cheap.

1. World Series of Poker Main Event

Without a doubt, this is the most prestigious poker tournament in the world. Amateurs and pros turn out in full force to compete with one another for millions of dollars. It doesn’t get much better than that. If you’re a poker player, playing the WSOP is certainly on your bucket list.

2. PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event

Busting out on Day 1 might be optimal because you’re literally on Paradise Island. Winning the tournament and taking home a few mill would be OK, too.

3. Aussie Millions Main Event

It’s the biggest and most prestigious poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere. That should be enough to get you Down Under.

4. World Poker Tour World Championship

Yes, the buy-in is $25,000, but this is one of the sickest fields in all of poker. All you need is money to play with the absolute best of the best, which is why poker is so amazing. If you’ve got the money, why not go play with all the legends?

5. PokerStars Sunday Million

If you’ve got a spot to grind from, this is the one to play online. The Sunday Million regularly pays out around a quarter-million dollars to the winner, and that’s not too shabby for a $215 investment. What’s better? You can satellite into the Sunday Million for pocket change, and the chance to parlay that into a couple hundred thousand bucks every single week makes it too tempting to pass up.

6. World Series of Poker Europe Main Event

While this event series has yet to come close to WSOP numbers, this past year was its most attended Main Event. Players will follow the gold bracelet wherever it is up for grabs.

7. PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final

The EPT is Europe’s richest poker tour, and the EPT Grand Final is the coup de grâce of the EPT. The field is huge and the $10K buy-in makes for a sizable prize pool.  PokerStars tends to keep the location of this event a secret until the last minute every year, creating anticipation in the poker community. No matter where it is, the location is always classy, cultural and impressive. 

8. World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic

Huge field of crazy, gambling people from LA in a tournament that provides the chance to get on a WPT televised final table and win loads of cash. Sounds like a good idea to us.

9. PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker

You can become a millionaire by sitting in your pajamas for two days. Enough said.

10. PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final

This year, the LAPT Grand Final took place during Carnival, which is known as one the biggest party festivals in the world. If you’re thinking about going to South America, this is a perfect tournament for both poker and pleasure.

Do you have your own list? Let us know in the comments section below, and as always, follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news.

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