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$10,500 for exotic South Africa or $4,500 for the Emerald Isle?
July 28, 2008At Chilipoker.com players decide their desired destination to play poker! Winning players can choose a valuable $10,500 package to attend the Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament Main Event in South Africa or to go to a beautiful green Ireland with $4,500 to spend at the Irish Masters.
On one hand the creative poker site is giving to its clients the opportunity of flying to the North West Province in South Africa to enjoy 7 nights in an all inclusive resort located about two hours drive from Johannesburg.
The chosen venue, the Super Bowl in the Sun City Resort, an auditorium which seats 6,230, providing the perfect location to celebrate such an important event. The Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament Main Event that will take place at the beginning of September 2008, has a minimum guaranteed prizepool of $1,500,000 and is awarding at least $650,000 to the first prize!
Chilipoker, the innovative iPoker web site is offering a $10,500 VIP package and apart from including flights, buy-in and expenses will bring loads of fun to the winners. The lucky ones will enjoy free entry to the spa, a golf round or even a hot-air balloon ride.
On the other hand, the pioneering poker room is spreading again the ecstasy of a major live poker event bringing the Irish Winter Festival to all its players.
The Annual Irish Winter Poker Festival, was first organised in 2001. Consisting of a full schedule of side events the must-attend contest culminates with the headline tournament - the Irish Masters main event.
This years Festival's main event has a buy-in of €1500 + €150, served as the Dublin leg of the European Poker Tour from 2004 to 2007 and has an expected prizepool of €1M!
Reuben Peters, a stock trader from Colorado, won last year's Irish Masters - EPT Dublin leg- taking home €532,620 while Roland de Wolfe, an English professional poker player, cashed out the amazing sum of €554,300 in the 2006 event.
Chilipoker is now offering you a full package of $4,500 to spend the October Bank Holiday weekend (October 25th-27th) at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, the largest city and capital of Ireland.
The package that will cover all your expenses and buy-ins can be won at Chilipoker for just $1.2!
Read more: online poker, chilipoker, poker tournament, poker tournaments, South Africa, Emerald Isle
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WSOP 2008 Videos
July 21, 2008Read all about it. Get your WSOP videos here. This year pokernewsdotcom had some spectacular video coverage of the World Series of Poker 2008. We are sure the Pokernewsdotcom video interviews of our favorite poker players have attracted more hits, posts and fan comments then ever before, many people are saying that watching the WSOP videos was almost as good as being there.
After 12 days of grueling Main Event competition at the record-setting 39th annual World Series of Poker with full coverage from the Pokernewsdotcom team, the stage is finally set for the most prestigious night in poker history.
Dubbed "The November Nine" the participants will have 117 days before they return to Las Vegas, where they will battle it out for the title on what is literally poker's largest stage - inside the Rio's state-of-the-art, 1,500-seat Penn & Teller Theater.
Tiffany 'Hot Chips' Michelle stops in for one last interview with pokernews. Tiffany talks about her not doing so hot day today and that she'll try and shake it off before getting back to the tables.
Here is where you can find more Pokernewsdotcom coverage of the World Series of Poker 2008, if you subscribe to the Pokernewsdotcom Youtube channel then you get new poker videos posted as soon as the are released:
Pokernewsdotcom Channel on Youtube
The November Nine by Chilipoker on Squidoo
WSOP Videos 2008 by Chilipoker on SquidooStay tuned for more...
Read more: wsop2008, wsop 2008, world series of poker videos, wsop videos, Pokernewsdotcom, november nine, video, vids, youtube
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Hungarian Poker Cup 2008
July 15, 2008Chilipoker's brand new hungarian promotion is just round the corner, this is a 12 round poker cup, which ends with giving our winners thousands of $$$ in cash.
Play with us from one round to the other, collect your points, and get the best place you can on the Final Standings. After that, you will have the possibility to prove - you are the Best Hungarian Poker Player - The Poker Champion!
Get points from one week to another. Meet with the 36 best placed players in the online final, where you can compete for the best 10 places, and meet up with these players in our LIVE Final in Budapest during the summer of 2008.
Hungarian Poker Cup Freerolls
04.07.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
18.07.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
01.08.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
15.08.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
29.08.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
12.09.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
26.09.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
10.10.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
24.10.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
07.11.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
21.11.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200
05.12.2008. Hungarian Cup Freeroll event Freeroll 21:00 CET 200Hungarian Poker Cup 2008 Cheaprolls
11.07.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
25.07.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
08.08.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
22.08.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
05.09.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
19.09.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
03.10.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
17.10.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
31.10.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
14.11.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
28.11.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200
12.12.2008. Hungarian Cup Cheaproll Event $2+0,20 21:00 CET 200ONLINE FINAL:
19.12.2008. Hungarian Poker Cup Online FinalOFFLINE FINAL:
10.01.2009. Hungarian Poker Cup Offline FinalRead more: chilipoker, hungarian cup, poker, freeroll, cheaproll
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Chilipoker's Sun City Million Dollar Poker Adventure
July 11, 2008Will you survive the wrath of the suicidal kings?
The Year is 2008. As the Third King continues it's reign of terror over the Lost Pocket Aces, Chilipoker is looking to send you and a friend on a quest to Sun City Resort in South Africa. Get you gear ready as this action packed adventure includes a high voltage rock concert, luxury spa treatment, a dangerous jungle safari and a poker tournament with a $1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool.A tournament package fit for only a king and a queen!
The chosen poker hero will start of his or her quest with 7 nights accommodation at the Palace of the Lost City Hotel at Sun City. Before embarking on our mission you will be treated to a luxury spa treatment, a day on the green playing on a pro golf course or even a sky high hot air balloon ride. Next up, is a once-in-a-lifetime jungle safari and a secret ritual to summon lady luck for the $3,000 buy-in at the Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament the following day.Chilipoker and i-Poker are now offering you chance for full package poker tour worth a total of $10,500 including:
- $3,000 buy-in to the Main Event
- $600 for one re-buy
- $1000 for one add-on
- $2,800 for 7 nights accommodation and breakfast at the Palace of the Lost City Hotel
- VIP package including free Spa entry, a golf course or a hot balloon ride
- Up to $2,500 for flights & spendingWe will run satellites from July 19th till Aug 23rd to avoid higher buy-ins. Qualify via sit & go stage 1 satellites for as little as $5.5 +$0.5 or via sit & go stage 2 satellites for $64 + 6. Super satellite are also available from the Chilipoker lobby between July 19th and Aug 23rd.
Read more: chilipoker, poker, sun city, south africa, north west, satellite, super satellite, poker tournament, poker tour, ace, king, queen, ipoker
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Freeroll to Plan your Summer Holidays
July 08, 2008Are you saving like crazy trying to have a decent holidays this year? Waiting for the low season to get a cheap vacation?
Chilipoker will put an end to all this headache giving you a total of $6,000 this summer for your dream vacation!
Win your vacations with your first deposit.
All new players who make their first deposit from the 1st of July to the 31st of August will be entitled to play in a freeroll which will give away $1,500 every 15 days to the winner!
Read more: freeroll, summer holidays, chilipoker, first deposit
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Double-Up July with $120,000 over 14 days!!
July 04, 2008Chilipoker, the more than successful online poker room launched back in 2006, has added the Summer Weekly Cash Dash to its wide range of offers. The Cash Dash Race, that normally gives away $30,000 per week during July, will double up its prize pool during the first two weekly races. Now, it's a $60,000 prizepool each week just for Chilipoker players!
All iPoker's players now have the opportunity to compete in 8 different races during the summer months, awarding the top players for each cash dash leaderboard.
The race counts the number of raked hands for all it's players per week, and is giving away a total of $240,000 during the 8 races, starting from July 7th till August 31st, 2008. The prizes that will be segmented according to the stakes levels, is available for any cash game type.
Chilipoker has been innovating it's unique offering time and time again. This time by doubling up all the prize pool of the first two races of the Summer Weekly Cash Dash. That's right, the iPoker web site is now adding $60,000 more to the network's original offer, exclusively offering it's players a total of $120,000 in the first two races this year.
That's not all because for all you Tournament players, we also have a special promotion for you during July 2008. Tournaments x2
Would you like to win twice the first prize by spending the same amount?
Win any normal tournament during July we will double your first prize winnings up to $1000! Just rock up to your computer and don't stop playing this July, because this month we are doubling you up big time!
Enjoy this exciting double-up promo and succulent prizepool available for cash game and tournament players only at Chilipoker.com!
Read more: chilipoker, cash dash, leaderboard, cash games, tournaments, double up, summer, rake, race
