Paradise Poker Giving Away €275,000 as Part of Birthday Celebration

Tuesday September 30, 2008

Sportingbet Plc, the parent company of Paradise Poker, is celebrating its 10th birthday in 2008. It's rewarding its loyal online poker players with €275,000 in promotions, including €150,000 in freerolls. The poker site, which does not accept players from the United States, will surely be busy during the month of October, when the bulk of the €275,000 will be given away.

The promotion is split into four parts. The first is called the "10th Birthday $10K Added." From the 1st through 10th of October, Paradise Poker will be running 10 tournaments, each with an €11 buy-in and €10,000 added to the prize pool.

On October 10th, Paradise Poker will hold a €10,000 freeroll with a 10 raked hand entry. You'll notice the date of this tournament is 10/10. Keeping with the theme, the online poker room will offer a €100 bonus for any person who finishes in 10th place in any of the following tournaments between October 11th and October 31st. All times given are GMT.

Finally, Paradise Poker is rounding out Sportingbet's 10th birthday celebration by offering €150,000 in freerolls. Between October 5th and November 30th, the site will run a €5,000 freeroll every week. The top 100 players in each tournament will advance to the final, which will be held on December 7th. That tournament has a prize pool of €100,000. Moreover, the top 50 "bubble boys" from each week will square off in a €5,000 freeroll on the 7th. It's shaping up to be a pretty lucrative next two months for many members of Paradise Poker.

The online poker site also hosts a €1,000 New Player Freeroll, which runs weekly on Saturday at 18:00 GMT. The tournament is specifically designed for players who have deposited on Paradise Poker during the previous seven days. The site also offers a €100,000 Guaranteed tournament every Sunday at 19:00 GMT. The buy-in is €130 and plenty of satellites are available. A €55 buy-in tournament with a €25,000 guaranteed prize pool runs Monday through Friday. The site hosts a total of €3 million in guarantees every month.

Paradise Poker's marquee tournament is a €250,000 Guaranteed event that runs on the first Sunday of every month. The tournament is richer than the largest offered on Bodog Poker, Ultimate Bet, and Absolute Poker. The buy-in is €320 and daily direct satellites start at €11. Finally, the site is sending some of its members to the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam on November 11th. The next online final occurs on October 19th and has a €400 buy-in.