“Through the efforts of the Poker Players Alliance and its members, more and more of our elected officials in Congress are seeing the value of establishing a safe, regulated market for online poker. This year’s election is critical to ensuring that candidates are elected who support the rights of poker players and who choose to take action to protect American consumers,” said PokerPAC chairmen Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato and Former Congressman Toby Moffett. “PokerPAC is proud to endorse these candidates who have been advocates for poker players and this great game we all love.”

PokerPAC based its endorsements on whether a candidate demonstrated their support of poker via votes on online poker legislation, such as H.R. 2267, co-sponsorship of bills, Congressional letters of support and public statements. Through these actions, PokerPAC is confident these individuals will be strong advocates for poker rights in the next Congress.

We urge all eligible voters who are concerned about the legalization of online poker and online gambling to carefully consider the position of the candidates in the elections in their state and district. We need to exercise our political will and vote for the candidates who represent our goals to support the right of adult Americans to legally play poker online and gamble online. Legalization will result in thousands more jobs, billions in tax revenues and billions more kept in the American economy instead of being sent to foreign companies and banks. The right to vote is the most sacred of freedoms and we strongly urge all Americans to exercise this right in the upcoming November, 2010 elections.

PokerPAC is endorsing the following candidates (*indicates non-incumbent):

• John Adler (D-NJ)
• Robert Andrews (D-NJ)
• Joe Barton (R-TX)
• Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
• Michael Bennet (D-CO)
• Judy Biggert (R-IL)
• Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
• John Callahan* (D-PA)
• John Campbell (R-CA)
• Russ Carnahan (D-MO)
• Lacy Clay (D-MO)
• Steve Cohen (D-TN)
• John Conyers (D-MI)
• Joe Courtney (D-CT)
• Steve Driehaus (D-OH)
• Barney Frank (D-MA)
• Joe Garcia* (D-FL)
• Jim Gerlach (R-PA)
• Alan Grayson (D-FL)
• Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
• Dean Heller (R-NV)
• Jim Himes (D-CT)
• Paul Hodes (D-NH)
• Steve Israel (D-NY)
• Darrell Issa (R-CA)
• Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)
• Peter King (R-NY)
• Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH)
• Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL)
• Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
• John Larson (D-CT)
• Christopher Lee (R-NY)
• Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)
• Connie Mack (R-FL)
• Dan Maffei (D-NY)
• Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
• Betsy Markey (D-CO)
• Jim McDermott (D-WA)
• George Miller (D-CA)
• Walt Minnick (D-ID)
• Jim Moran (D-VA)
• Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
• Scott Murphy (D-NY)
• Ron Paul (R-TX)
• Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
• Tom Perriello (D-VA)
• Gary Peters (D-MI)
• Jared Polis (D-CO)
• Harry Reid (D-NV)
• Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
• Adam Schiff (D-CA)
• Robert Scott (D-VA)
• Pete Sessions (R-TX)
• Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
• Dina Titus (D-NV)
• Mel Watt (D-NC)
• Anthony Weiner (D-NY)
• Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)

The goal of PokerPAC is to further strengthen the voices of the over one million members of the PPA among elected officials in the U.S. Congress and the state capitals. This is another vehicle for poker players to send a clear message to their elected officials that they are paying attention to the laws these policymakers enact that impact an individual’s right to play poker. PokerPAC is open to dues paying members of PPA as well as PPA Board Members and employees.

Cake WAR is an online multiplayer game, inspired by the all-time classic card game, but now with a new adult twist. Each player starts the game with the same ten cards and is forced to out-think and out-guess his opponents to accumulate the most cards and ultimately, the most points to win the game.

Though the game itself is extremely simple, it offers its players amazing depth through strategy and bluffing while also allowing for dynamic interaction between players. Cake WAR is offered in two formats; Blitz WAR and Tactic WAR with both variants offering players options such as multi-table tournaments, sit n’ go’s and ring games. The game of WAR appeals to online poker players and gamers alike as it offers both groups the mental challenge and competition they thrive on with the added bonus of winning actual cash for their skills.

Cake Tourney Blackjack offers players the excitement of the popular casino game of blackjack, but in a more strategic tournament style. In tournament blackjack, there is no house advantage; players compete against each others’ chip stacks while drawing against the dealer. The object of the game is to have more chips than your opponents at the end of the tournament. It doesn’t matter how many hands a player wins as the winner is determined by which player has the most chips when the all rounds are complete. Cake Tourney Blackjack offers the thrill of traditional blackjack, and the social fun of multi-player gaming.

Cake card room manager Lee Jones notes, “Cake Poker is thrilled to offer players these two exciting, fast-paced card games through Cake Games. The fun and simplicity coupled with the strategy involved in both WAR and Tourney Blackjack make the perfect complement to the intensity of online poker”.

The WSOP Circuit Tour, now in its seventh season, will include 14 stops across the country and for the first time will feature a cumulative rankings system as well as a season-ending $1 million National Championship tournament to be played at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in May of 2011.

The IP will host a schedule of events Oct. 28-Nov. 10 and is offering a special hotel rate of $55.99 on Sunday-Thursday and $95.99 on Friday and Saturday for WSOP participants if they use the hotel promo code “WSOP100.”

Registration for the circuit event begins Oct. 28 and runs through Nov. 8. Registration and room reservations can be made online at www.ipbiloxi.com. The IP also offers special stay-and-play golf rates in conjunction with Shell Landing Golf Club, the highly acclaimed Davis Love III-design in nearby Gautier.

The circuit will also make a stop further north at Harrah’s Tunica Jan. 27-Feb. 15. For more information visit www.harrahstunica.com.

With a huge games catalogue of over 400 popular online blackjack, roulette, poker and slots titles and generous free money sign up bonuses, players have a host of chances to strike it lucky at a Casino Rewards online casino. In addition to cash prizes, seasonal promotions give players chances to win other non-monetary gifts, adding a whole extra dimension to the game play.

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Casino Classic is one of the most popular and longest running online casinos on the Internet and no stranger to huge jackpots. As a special free online casino welcome bonus, CasinoClassic.com gives new players $500 and 1 hour to get a feel for the games whilst making as much money as possible. In addition, by joining CasinoClassic.com players can look forward to receiving up to $10,000 in bonuses in their first year alone.

This partnership complies fully with Belgian law and allows the country’s residents to participate on the world’s largest poker site, overseen by the Belgian Gaming Commission. Participants can also qualify for the biggest live events across the world, such as the PokerStars European Poker Tour.

Circus Groupe includes Namur Casino, and joining forces with them allows PokerStars to work with a licensed partner in Belgium that has a wealth of experience in land-based poker. In return, the Namur Casino will be able to offer the most successful online poker platform to the Belgian market.

Sander Siezen, Marketing Manager for PokerStars Benelux, said: “PokerStars and the Circus Groupe are logical partners. Namur Casino has the largest live poker events offering in Belgium. PokerStars.com is the world’s largest poker site and the largest in Belgium as well. In addition, PokerStars organizes the largest live poker series, the European Poker Tour (EPT). This is also in line with our global strategy to obtain online poker licensing wherever it is available.”

“This unique partnership with the number one player in the online poker market definitively puts Namur Casino on the European map,” according to Rafa Diego, General Manager of Namur Casino.

“Attracting the world’s largest poker site was made possible by the remarkable work of the Belgian Gaming Commission and the Wallonia Ministry of Finance, who were able to establish taxation which is perfectly suited for this type of activity,” added Emmanuel Mewissen, CEO of Circus Groupe.

PokerStars operates worldwide under license from the Isle of Man Government. PokerStars’ operational license applications have previously been approved by Italy, France and Estonia.

The winner of the online qualifiers will make their way directly onto Poker Million’s final table, where they will compete against the world’s best poker players to win their share of the $1,000,000 prize pool. The winner of Poker Million – Last Chance will skip the heats and semi-finals and be entered straight into the Poker Million final.

Players can win their way directly onto Poker Million’s final televised table by taking part in Freeroll Qualifiers running between Monday, October 4th and Tuesday, November 30th. Round One qualifiers are held daily at 18:15 GMT (13:15 ET) and 20:15 GMT (15:15 ET). The top 27 finishers will progress to Round Two Freerolls, which will award at least one seat to the Poker Million – Last Chance Final on December 1st, 2010. The winner of the Poker Million – Last Chance Final will win a prize package consisting of their seat at the Poker Million final table and $2,000 in spending money.

To play in Poker Million – Last Chance, players must have a Full Tilt Poker account. After downloading the game and setting up their account, players can go direct to the Freeroll Qualifier Schedule at http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-million/full-schedule to find their next chance to win.

Poker Million – Last Chance is open to entry only from residents of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

PokerStars players still have a chance to win their trip to the UK capital, with full prize package satellites for the Main Event running on PokerStars until this Sunday, September 19. PokerStars qualifiers have already won more than €1,000,000 between them this season and, with 24 events being held over eight days at EPT London (September 28-October 5), qualifiers now have a chance to win hundreds of thousands more.

A total of 125 players have already won their seats to EPT London, including EPT Season 6 Players’ Choice Award winner Kevin MacPhee, last year’s WCOOP Main Event winner Yevgeniy Timoshenko and EPT Berlin champion and Team PokerStars German Pro Sandra Naujoks.

One of the highlights of this year’s EPT London Poker Festival will be the much-anticipated PokerStars Party, which promises to be a truly glamorous affair. It’s taking place at the beautiful Club Jalouse in the heart of London’s exclusive Mayfair district on Saturday, October 2. A free bar will be available from 9pm to 11.30pm; all EPT London Main Event players and accredited media are invited.

Also taking place during EPT London is the PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour’s Champion of Champions event, on Tuesday, October 5. This televised invitational tournament at the London Hilton Metropole will see the eight UKIPT Season 1 Main Event winners and the Season 7 EPT London champion battle it out for the ‘Champion of Champions’ title and a seat to every Season 2 UKIPT Main Event.

Other highlights at this season’s Festival are the European 8-Game Championship, three Ladies’ events and the £20,000 High Roller. A host of Team PokerStars Pros will be competing in London, including former world champions Chris Moneymaker, Joe Hachem and Greg Raymer. Also there will be Jason Mercier, Barry Greenstein, Dennis Phillips, Vanessa Rousso and Daniel Negreanu, as well as new Team PokerStars Pros Vanessa Selbst and David Williams.

Both PokerStars’ World Series of Poker ‘November Nine’ finalists are taking part: American Jason Senti and Canadian chip leader Jonathan Duhamel. Sports fans can also look forward to seeing England soccer legend Teddy Sheringham, tennis star Boris Becker and popular field hockey Olympic gold medallist Fatima Moreira de Melo.

Players who wish to buy full packages, including hotel accommodation, direct from their PokerStars accounts can now do so. Due to popular demand, PokerStars has opened up the EPT London Seat+Hotel package online for ALL players.

The Grand Series of Poker or GSOP for short has grown to both a $2,500,000 online poker series and a new live poker tour and RedKings want you to play both with them. The popular online poker series will have its fifth outing and is bigger and better then before.

Between 19 September and 3 October 2010 there will be a total of 15 online events with different buy-ins all leading up to a Grand Slam Online Final a week later with $300,000 Gtd. The total guaranteed prize pool for the whole of GSOP V is a massive $2,500,000.

Along with the cash for winning one of the 15 events every RedKings GSOP V Main Event will give out a Grand Slam Final ticket to the winner and RedKings will top that up with a $3000 GSOP Live package as well.

Daily qualifiers to the Grand Slam Final will also run each day during the GSOP V period and the Grand Slam Final will take place on Sunday 10 October with a $5,000 buy-in where the best of the GSOP Event winners and the lucky qualifiers will meet for a final main event.

Commented Marcus Greg, Tournament Manager at RedKings.com, “at RedKings we value success and anyone who wins one of the main 15 GSOP online events playing at RedKings deserves to join our live poker Team at one of the groundbreaking GSOP Live events in Riga, Malta or at the RedKings Poker Open in Budapest in February.”

And for the smaller stakes poker player RedKings also has the GSOP Mini. The structure and rules follow the same format as GSOP V but with the buy-ins and guarantees set to approximately 10% of the numbers in GSOP V. The guaranteed Mini prize pool is $250,000 in total with buy-ins starting as low as $5.

Added Greg, “we won’t forget our smaller stakes players either. With 15 events in the GSOP Mini we will give each winner of a RedKings Mini event an extra $300+20 ticket to one of the Online GSOP Live finals allowing them to compete for the 50 live packages guaranteed each month. Hopefully they will also be joining Team RedKings in Riga as well.”

Tournament details are as follows:
Start Coins: 18,000
Start Time: 5 Minutes
Add-ons: Unlimited at €10.00 each
Add-on coins: 12 000
Add-on time: 3 Minutes

The €25,000 prize pool will be divided amongst the top 75 player positions, with first position being awarded the largest prize portion of €5,000. The €25,000 Monthly Guaranteed Freeroll slots event is a Cash tournament –this means that the amount won by the player is awarded directly to their cash account on the casino. Players may claim their prize money immediately without fulfilling any prior Play-Through or wagering requirements.

Casino manager Trevor Penn released the following statement to the press: “Not only have we launched the biggest, the best and the first-ever Euro-based online slots Freeroll tournament, but CrazyVegas.com has let players vote for the game that they would most like to play their tournament on. We give our players quality and choice –two crucial elements for online gaming success!”

Mad Hatters Video Slot received the highest amount of votes to be the host game of this month’s Guaranteed Freeroll slots tournament event, based on a poll that was recently offered to gamers registered with CrazyVegas.com. Players will be able to enjoy the colourful graphics, humorous themes and various in-game bonus features available on this online slots game. These include 5 reels, 30 paylines, free spins, additional wilds awards and a Cuckoo Clock Bonus, whereby one out of three collected Cuckoo Clock scatter symbols on the reels unveils a hidden coin prize.

NAPT Los Angeles will offer 21 different events, with buy-ins ranging from $335 to $5,000. In addition to the $5,000 no-limit hold’em Main Event (November 12-17, 2010), the festival will feature: two heads-up no-limit hold’em events with buy-ins of $1,000 and $5,000; several mixed-game events, including a $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. event; a $545 re-entry event with a guaranteed prize pool of $200,000; multiple bounty events; and a ladies event.

“This is truly a festival with something for everyone,” said Team PokerStars Pro (USA) Jason Mercier. Mercier is expected to be on hand for several events throughout the duration of the festival, along with several other Team PokerStars Pros.

Live satellite tournaments will be offered throughout the duration of the festival at the Bicycle Casino. Players will be able to register online for any of the festival’s events at http://www.thebike.com.

Kelley O’Hara, the Bicycle Casino’s Director of Marketing states, “We’re very excited to be hosting the West Coast leg of the tour. NAPT has already impressed players, providing a first class poker experience that is creating quite the buzz.” Tournament Director, Mo Fathipour agrees. “The new multi-tiered schedule will keep players engaged with a variety of tournament choices. NAPT is really tapped into what players want”.

The full schedule of events can be viewed at http://www.napt.com/tournaments/losangeles/index.html. The easiest path to NAPT Los Angeles is by winning a free Main Event package on PokerStars.net. Satellites are running now and can be found in the PokerStars lobby by going to Events–>NAPT.