ONLINE POKER SITES TEAM UP FOR PRIZE FOR A YEAR

11 May 2007

Third series of Poker Pro For A Year launched

With two winners already enjoying some of the benefits of the Poker Pro For A Year online poker promotion, Poker News.com and the Gibraltar-based Internet gambling group 888.com, working through subsidiary Pacific Poker have just launched the third series of the popular competition.

The tournaments in the year-long league culminate with a poker player's dream come true for the overall winner - an all-inclusive sponsorship to four of the poker world's greatest tournaments in 2008. The upcoming global freeroll for Series 3 is a package to the WSOP in Las Vegas worth $12 000.

Each series offers a variety of restricted tournaments: weekly $10+$1 - all of which are $500 guaranteed, league $500 freerolls and a global freeroll, where the winner can get a seat at an offline international event. A large number of registered players from around the world participated in Series 1, where they shared over $10 500 in prizes.

The competition has already produced a number of winners. The winners of the global freeroll so far are Kairit L. (Estonia), who won a package to EPT Dortmund, and Martin P. (UK), who will be competing at the WSOP.

These packages include a seat at the table, travel and accommodation. The Series 1 finalist, Ilya S. (Germany), will participate in the final offline event. Should Ilya, or any of the future series finalists win the offline event and become the PokerProForAYear Grand Prize winner, he or she will walk away with a year-long sponsorship.

The runner-up will also be sponsored in one international offline event in 2008, and the third place winner will receive free entries to online qualifiers for global offline events.

888.com's Pacific Poker and Poker News created this 48-week tournament extravaganza exclusively for players from PokerNews.com. The event is divided up into six two-month leagues, where ten lucky players will win their way to the world-class PokerProForAYear Final. These players will be chartered VIP-style, all-expenses paid, to a secret location to compete for the sponsorship and the first-ever title of PokerProForAYear.

Matt Robinson, Marketing 888.com, believes that PokerProForAYear is an event that will have great impact on the world of poker. "We're sending players to some of the world's most outstanding poker events and giving players a chance to be sponsored by two poker giants. Our Poker Pro will be seen around the world in the grand finale via webcast, courtesy of PokerNews."

The PokerProForAYear Official Website maintains a weekly updated leader board at which players and enthusiasts can view their results. The site also contains a schedule of events, articles and interviews with the winners.

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