AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: PARTY GAMING TO INVEST $5 MILLION A MONTH IN ONLINE POKER TOURNAMENTS
DATE: 7:30 AM
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Online poker players, hold on to your hats! From Monday 2nd April, Party<br>Poker.com will be holding tournaments that guarantee over $5 million a month<br>in prize money! And on top of this there is over $50 000 in freerolls<br>scheduled every month and hundreds of thousands of dollars up for grabs from<br>the Bad Beat Jackpot.<br>The main thrust for the $5 million investment is the $300 000 Guaranteed<br>tournament series every Sunday that is attracting steadily increasing<br>numbers of players every week, with online qualifiers starting from as<br>little as $3. The popularity of the tournament has risen so sharply in<br>recent months that four new qualifiers have been added on a Saturday and<br>Sunday. Amongst the many tournaments that will see an increase in their<br>guarantee from today (Monday 2nd April) include the $40 000 Guaranteed event<br>every Saturday that will deliver $50 000. Other events that have been<br>topped-up include the daily $10 000 Guaranteed (rebuy), which rises to $13<br>000, and the daily $18 000 Guaranteed, which increases to $20 000. A<br>PartyPoker.com spokesman said: &quot;It is good news all round that over $5<br>million is available to thousands of players in guaranteed tournaments every<br>month. In addition to guaranteed tournaments, qualifying for the World<br>Series of Poker is in full swing and there is over $50 000 in freerolls<br>available every month. The Party Poker.com Bad Beat Jackpot also continues<br>to tick over at a rate of over $1 000 every hour and has just been hit for<br>over $145 000.&quot;
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