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UNITED STATES — Celebpoker that recently bought Team Celebpoker [an online search for the best poker players to represent Celebpoker at major live events has just announced that all their prize pools for guaranteed online tournaments have been raised.

In order to provide their players with the best possible online poker playing experience, CelebPoker have introduced a new and improved Guaranteed Tournament structure.

A staggering €250,000 Guaranteed Tournament has already been directly added to the schedule; to be held on Sunday December 16th at 20:00 GMT (20:00 BST, 22:00 CET). This event is open to all players with regular satellites from €2 + €0.2 to €32 + €3 running over the next 8 weeks or a direct buy-in for the final of €300 + €20.

The big, guaranteed cash money prizes are set to continue. CelebPoker players can now choose from mammoth weekly €100,000 (every Sunday), €25,000 BMW (every Wednesday) and €10,000 High Roller (also on Sundays) Guaranteed Tournaments or participate in the more frequent €7,500 €4,500 €4,000 €3,000 €2,000 €1,500 €1,000 competitions.

A successful transition to the Euro currency earlier this month has seen an influx of new players to CelebPoker, eager to test themselves against the competition, and experience the unparalleled thrill of online poker tournaments.

Linda Donovan, CelebPoker Room Manager said: “Our new guaranteed tournaments will be really popular with the players, and I can’t wait to add some new names to CelebPoker’s long list of big winners. Our new structure shows that no matter what your preference or bankroll, players can always find the right game on Celebpoker.com.”

One thing’s for certain, with more live action than ever before at CelebPoker, players will definitely avoid those winter blues!

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MONTREAL, Quebec — 19-year-old Swedish national has won the first prize at the Everest Poker European Championship grand finale held last week. Announcing the results, Everest Poker said that the teenage champion has won €21,000 in the final table. In a press release issued here last week, the online poker room’s said that the first place finisher of the event was 19-year-old Swedish player Per Vennstrom, who walked away from the final table with €21,000 in the second Everest Poker European Cup, held in Vilamoura, Portugal on 20-21 October.

174 players from all over Europe participated in the live final event, which was run in parallel with a special poker tournament for the media. 50 journalists from titles including Gazzetta dello Sport, Live Poker, First Poker, Poker Pro, Inside Poker, and Ace Magazine.

“Per Vennstrom surprised all of us,” said Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager. “If he’s got this much skill at 19, he’s going to be well worth watching for in the future!”

Second place and €16,000 went to France’s Richard Dutour, who lost to the 19-year-old Vennstrom after having 1,075,000 chips to Vennstrom’s 320,000 at the beginning of the heads-up portion of the event. Portugal’s own Roberto Machado took third place and €12,000. Other finalists included Spain’s Oscar Reyes, Thomas Pauchard from Switzerland, Eric Lespinasse and Jerome Cappelier from France, and Holland’s Diede Pennin, Bert Besselink, and Morloes Willems.

“Thomas Kremser did a fantastic job directing the main event,” added May.

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Another chapter in the ongoing battle between Bodog and 1st Technology has unfolded. In the new twist, 1st Technology seems to have taken notice of Bodog Founder Calvin Ayre’s online expertise and strategic use of media to inform the public of the ongoing lawsuit’s details.

After witnessing Bodog’s ability to rapidly react to losing control of its domains, 1st Technology has issued a press release with a number of inaccuracies regarding the case and Ayre’s actual legal involvement. Often contradicting the same points initially and legally argued by 1st Technology, the press release exposed a noticeable degree of desperation.

It should be emphasized that Ayre has no connection to the company named in the lawsuit, Bodog Entertainment Group SA, a former supplier of data entry and other services including domain management, leading to Bodog.com’s domains becoming involved in this inaccurately filed case. That company no longer holds rights for usage of the Bodog name. Currently undergoing a name change in light of this withdrawal, the now dormant and asset bare company was formally shut down as of September 2006, months prior to when 1st Technology claims to have properly served the legal notice.

Furthermore, the fact that Ayre does not reside in the U.S. and thus would not be subject to any bench warrants, increasingly establishes the press release as an attempt to deface Ayre.

Adding to the drama, it has been confirmed that 1st Technology frontman Scott Lewis has personally emailed Ayre via his blog (www.calvinayrelife.com) with an informal request to have the “Patent Troll” moniker withdrawn from any future references.

Not to be outdone, Calvin Ayre has humorously taken the lawsuit soap opera one step further by issuing a mixed martial arts challenge to Scott Lewis. In a posting on his blog, Ayre offers to put $1 million in trust with a lawyer as a monetary reward to Lewis if he is able defeat Ayre in the ring. Contrarily, if Lewis is defeated, Ayre has stated that 1st Technology would have to return control of the hijacked domains as these are the only interests he has in the lawsuit, previously noting that Bodog is not involved with the lawsuit against an unassociated and inactive company.

“Bodog is an entertainment and media based company. This is our playing field. The 1st Technology patent trolls will have a hard time applying any pressure on Bodog and myself. If 1st Technology’s interests lie in leveraging media coverage to accomplish this, what better way to get some exposure than to stage the battle inside the ring of one of most popular spectator sports on the planet?” said Bodog Founder Calvin Ayre.

Whether or not the physical duel will commence remains to be seen, but the reaction 1st Technology’s Scott Lewis provides to the challenge itself is sure to be entertaining.

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DOUGLAS, Isle of Man — Playtech has said it recently launched the popular Gold Rally progressive jackpot on its mobile platform, allowing players the chance to win multi-million Gold Rally jackpots on their mobile. The leading designer, developer and licensor of software to the international online, mobile and land-based gaming industry, said that this act will broaden the appeal of its hit progressive jackpot games such as Gold Rally.

IN a press release issued here, Playtech said that WinAJackpot.com will make progressive jackpot games like Gold Rally- a very popular progressive 8-line Wild West themed slot game featuring two interactive bonus stages - a big hit. The link to Playtech’s mobile product gives players the chance to win progressive jackpots in the multi-million dollar range while playing on their mobiles.

Playtech’s mobile product supports a huge variety of handsets ranging from entry-level mass market models to high-end smartphones and has been created to quickly facilitate support for future handset devices. The mobile product features advanced technology that successfully duplicates the feeling of computer gameplay to the mobile device offering a complete mobile player experience without having to access a PC including an in-game signup option and a wireless Cashier supporting the most popular deposit and withdrawal methods. The player experience is optimized through a user-friendly interface that utilizes the most up to date graphic and audio technologies including real sound effects. Playtech’s development policy has created a fully branded mobile product that successfully transports a casino’s look and feel onto the mobile handset.

The mobile product has already been released to a number of Playtech licensees and was initially launched with a selection of the most successful and popular Playtech games including Blackjack, Roulette, video slots as well as video pokers. In line with its high game integration rate policy which allows for the quick merging of new game additions into the mobile product, Playtech devotes significant resources to its mobile games development capabilities.

Mor Weizer, Playtech CEO commented: “We are very pleased with the mobile link to the WinAJackpot.com progressive network. This connection greatly enhances our mobile products appeal as the ability to offer multi-million dollar jackpots on a mobile device is a highly attractive incentive for any operator.”

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LONDON, England — BBC’s reality investment program Dragons’ Den has made an investment in online gaming site GamingAlerts.co.uk. Aired on the 22nd of October, Emmie Matthews and Ed Stevens, founders of the site, recieved a £200,000 investment for their gaming site; marking the single largest amount ever awarded on the immesely popular program.

The Dragons’ Den panellists are famous for striking fear into the hearts of the hopefuls who turn up asking for investment. But Dragon Theo Paphitis was so impressed with their project he agreed to invest all the money on his own.

According to Matthews, Paphitis was excited about his investment because: “Theo knows the current and future value of online gaming and sees it as a major growth industry. He invested because of our years of experience in gaming, and because of our track record of success. In fact, Mrs Paphitis plays online bingo all the time so Theo understood the value of the company and its large consumer appeal.”

The winning concept of Gaming Alerts is to deliver up-to-date offers, advice and bonuses direct to the desktop of online gamblers from major online casinos, online poker rooms, online bingo sites and online sportsbooks.

Users select their interests, and Gaming Alerts tailors the best odds, bonuses, free bets and freeroll poker tournaments that fit the player’s exact criteria. This tailored-content solution is a convienience for users and a hugely valuable media outlet for online gaming sites.

Dragon, Theo Paphitis said “I am delighted to be working with the Gaming Alerts team, I think the whole concept of proactively alerting users to the best bonuses and offers is truly revolutionary and Ed and Emmie have really brought the idea to life, I am looking forward to working with them and realising the potential of the company.”

The founders have an exclusive agreement with technology supplier Skinkers, the market leaders in desktop communication, who are also the suppliers to the BBC and Sky News alerts services.

Stevens said “Gaming Alerts makes money the same way moneysupermarket.com or confused.com does – by referring customers or users from our site to operators in exchange for commissions.”

Paphitis has built his fortune on turning businesses into successes. He has transformed Ryman, Contessa, La Senza and Partners the Stationers into successful and profitable retail companies. He now heads up a 350-store chain a group turnover approaching 250m. Theo’s style and knowledge is part of the reason why Dragons’ Den has been such a huge ratings hit since its launch in 2005.

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