\”Cristiano\’s star is rising and Everest Poker\’s very happy to offer him the chance to shine,\” said Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager. \”He\’s a player who\’s just starting to see his skill really paying off at the poker table.\”

With his Everest Poker sponsorship, Blanco will be participating in several poker events all across Europe. Two major events he\’ll be participating in include the Italian Championship and a World Series of Poker event.

Other players at Everest Poker will also benefit from the deal as they\’ll get the chance to play against Blanco.

Blanco will also have a regular blog at Everest Poker where people can keep up with his travels and tournament outcomes and get poker tips and tricks.

PokerTime player, Ryan S from the US, won his all expenses paid trip to sunny South Africa and SA Poker seat earlier this month in the final online SA Poker Main Qualifier. After a bad beat resulted in his unexpected exit from the Tournament he transformed from a poker pro into an overwhelmed tourist.

Not only did the VIP PokerTime team show their player from the US the best party spots in South Africa but they also took him on a tour to Soweto where he ate African cuisine and visited Nelson Mandela\’s house. It was, however, the African horse back safari and the lion tour that was the highlight of Ryan\’s trip. \”I\’d definitely come back to South Africa for the next poker tournament and bring my family with\”, said Ryan just before he boarded the plane for his long flight back to the US.

With 105 players taking part in the SA Poker Open the prize pool came to R2 million and the first 10 players came in the money. A Roaming television crew and a TV table caught all the action and provided close up shots of the final table that took eight hours to finish.

It was a battle between chip leader Danny K and previous All African runner-up Jaime Vilela that finished in the final showdown when Vilela\’s four of a Kind crowned him the 2007 SA Poker Open Champion.

Cunningham\’s latest victory, which came in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold \’em event, makes him one of just 16 players who have won five or more bracelets throughout their careers. He is also only the fifth player to win bracelets in three consecutive years. The tri-fecta is becoming more and more difficult to accomplish in the \”modern\” era of the WSOP* and its ever expanding fields as evidenced by the fact that Cunningham is the first to win three bracelets in three years since Team Full Tilt\’s own Erik Seidel did it from 1992 to 1994. Other notable players who have accomplished this remarkable feat include Johnny Moss, Doyle Brunson, Gary \”Bones\” Berland.

As a five-time bracelet winner, Cunningham is now tied with some of the game\’s best-known pros, including Team Full Tilt\’s Phil Ivey and Chris Ferguson, Full Tilt Poker\’s Layne Flack and Berry Johnston, and poker legends Stu Ungar and Ted Forrest.

In 2005, Cunningham was named the WSOP\’s Player of the Year after reaching four final tables and winning the $1,500 No-Limit Hold \’em event. In 2006, he followed up that performance by winning his fourth bracelet in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold \’em event and posting an impressive fourth-place finish in the biggest Main Event in history.

\”Allen Cunningham has been, without question, the best all around player at the WSOP during the last three years,\” said fellow Team Full Tilt member Howard Lederer.

Collectively, Full Tilt Poker\’s 65 professional representatives now own a combined 73 World Series of Poker bracelets.

Cunningham, Ivey, Ferguson, Seidel, Flack, and Johnston all represent one of the fastest growing online poker sites, Full Tilt Poker, and spend several hours a week online helping amateur players learn the game by sharing their poker knowledge through real-time chats at the virtual tables. Along with these players, 59 other top poker professionals play at Full Tilt Poker, where they have helped to create the best possible atmosphere for players who want to improve their games

\”Team Full Tilt,\” is a select group of the world\’s finest professional poker players, including Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Phil Gordon, Clonie Gowen, John Juanda, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, and Allen Cunningham who have collectively won 31 WSOP bracelets. Full Tilt Poker offers players the unique opportunity to Learn, Chat and Play poker with the best poker pros in the game.

About Full Tilt Poker:
Full Tilt Poker™ is regulated and licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. \”Team Full Tilt,\” is a select group of the world\’s finest professional poker players, including Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Phil Gordon, Clonie Gowen, John Juanda, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, and Allen Cunningham. With innovative graphics, superior customer service and a safe, secure interface, the software is geared to enhance and personalize the online poker experience. Users of all skill levels can download the software at www.fulltiltpoker.com and can play for fun or for real money where online games of skill are permitted by law.

The ever-popular $300,000 guaranteed tournament, which takes place every Sunday, remains a highlight, whilst there are also a range of other guaranteed prize pools that will be sure to wet the lips of any poker player. Tournaments include weekly Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday $30k giveaways, as well as the $50k guaranteed super Saturday tournament.

Whether you have $50 in your account or $500 the benefits are the same, all tournament prize pools are guaranteed.
The minimum prize pool is guaranteed on all tournaments, meaning users can take advantage of this promotion from as little as a $1. If just five people sit down to play a $300,000 tournament, they will be guaranteed to share that amount. It really is that simple.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: \”To give away and guarantee $12 million in prize pools in just one month is great news for online poker players. July is always a big month in the poker calendar with the WSOP and this is a great way to celebrate this.\”

\”Whether you have $50 in your account or $500 the benefits are the same, all tournament prize pools are guaranteed.\”

About PartyGaming:
PartyGaming Plc, owner of PartyPoker.com, also has a special promotion that ends on the 07/07/07 with $200,000 in the pot as prize money. Any users who play PartyGaming games (PartyPoker.com, PartyBets.com, PartyCasino.com, PartyGammon.com, PartyBingo.com) between 26/06/07 up until the 07/07/07 will be given the opportunity to try their luck by spinning the 777 special slot machine to win up to $500 every day and one of seven $7,777 prizes.

For more information on guaranteed tournaments go to: www.partypoker.com/news/events/items/guaranteed_tournaments.html.

\”These scammers will then obtain all the Moneybookers customer financial information,\” expressed Payton O\’Brien.

Always confirm payments directly from the Moneybookers.com website. \”Never click on links from emails, especially unsolicited emails. There is no need and with today\’s countless scams infiltrating online payment processors, any payment solution requiring verification via email should be avoided like the plague.\”

MoneyBookers.com is a phenomenally successful eWallet with over 3 million account holders, but they don\’t cater to US customers at this time.

Obtaining customer financial account information via \”fake\” website links is a common practice used by scammers representing themselves as part of PayPal, eBay or some large national bank.

The emails in question have nothing to do with a security lapse on the part of Moneybookers as they are being sent out to individuals who have never maintained a Moneybookers account.

\”We\’ve already dramatically changed the lives of three lucky online poker fans,\” stated David Clainer, senior vice president for Absolute Poker. \”This Sunday, we\’re about to do the same for a fourth player.\”

At stake in the final event of the Absolute Dream Package is access to over $100 million in Texas Hold\’em prize pool money. The winner of the tournament will walk away with seats in the richest poker tournaments including a WPT event and next year\’s World Series of Poker. The tournament champion will also secure an $8,500 Aruba prize package that includes a $5,500 buy-in to the 2007 Aruba Poker Classic this September and $3,000 for travel and accommodations. Other package highlights include a season\’s pass to Sunday\’s $150,000 guaranteed tourney and training with the world\’s best pros at WPT Bootcamp.

The final event of the Absolute Dream Package takes place on Sunday, August 5th at 8:30pm ET. Players can still claim their seat in the $200+16 tournament by logging into the free software, downloadable at www.absolutepoker.com.

About Absolute Poker:
Team Absolute is dedicated to providing players from around the world with the best online poker game experience that is second to none. Players worldwide can access Absolute Poker online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from any PC or Mac and experience the best multi-player game online poker has to offer. Absolute Poker is committed to remaining the most trusted and best online poker experience, created by poker players for poker players.

\”With the amateur football season about to start, we thought it was a perfect time to offer something like this to our dedicated UK players,\” said Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager. \”If you\’re a fan of British or Scottish amateur football, then you can help your favorite team out in a way they\’ll really appreciate!\”

The prize for the freeroll online poker tournament, held on 31 August, 2007 at 20:00 GMT is a predetermined set of football equipment sufficient to outfit the winning player\’s chosen football team worth £1,000. Entry into this tournament is awarded when a UK-based player enters Bonus Code FOOTBALL07 when making a deposit with Everest Poker.

\”We couldn\’t hold this event without the assistance of BLAPO, who have been great about getting the word out on this tournament.\” May added. \”This is going to be a fun tournament for a cause close to many people\’s hearts.\”

To join Everest Poker and play poker free online, download the free Everest Poker software from www.everestpoker.com/dload. Tournament schedules are available through RSS and XML feeds at www.everestpoker.com/tournament/current-schedule.html.

About Everest Poker:
Everest Poker is the first site dedicated to the international poker playing community. Recognizing the many non-English speaking poker enthusiasts around the world, Everest Poker has built the only poker software fully localized in 11 different languages. In addition, Everest Poker offers poker players customer support in 15 languages, and is involved with local poker initiatives through partnerships and participation in national, European and worldwide tournaments. Everest Poker is owned by Ultra Internet Media. For more information, please visit: www.everestpoker.com

“VIP players are the most valuable asset for the online gambling industry” says Mr. Itay Paz, B4Playing Founder and VP Marketing.” As such they should be better served. The void of a single marketplace where all offers of all respectable and trustworthy properties are presented in a simple comparable way is clear. Our extensive database as well as our easy desktop client is a perfect way to eliminate this void” adds Mr. Paz.

“Our soon to be announced slick VIP client, aimed specially and exclusively towards the VIP players, will help them with valuable information that will direct them, at any given time, to the best property. As special offers are constantly being updates, our users will be able to take smart decision every time they log in and plan to play,” says Pasha, the VIP product manager. “We believe that screened, detailed information about poker tournaments, exclusive online casino bonuses and offline special offers are key for VIP players” comments Pasha.

The VIP client will start its beta cycle in November and will be officially launch in early December. The company goal is to have 1000 VIP players by year end. VIP players can log into B4Playing Forum their ideas.

About B4Playing:
B4Playing is a free smart tool that presents filtered and relevant real-time information from more than 100 online casinos and poker rooms to its users. B4Playing aims at saving search time and providing the most extensive data available in the gambling industry to its users (information such as: casino bonuses, poker bonuses, slots tournaments, progressive slots and poker tournaments). B4Playing operates an innovative casino affiliates and poker affiliates programs known as the Multiple CPA commission affiliate program. Exclusive bonuses tailored to B4Playing community are provided through the tool.B4Playing runs a players gambling forum.

Visit us at www.b4playing.com for more information.

“Our groundbreaking UltimateBet.com Online Championship is back and this year’s battle promises to be infinitely fiercer,” stated UltimateBet spokesperson George MacLean.

The popular online poker site has upped the ante in the second annual UltimateBet.com Online Championship. The 10-day series features an unprecedented 13 events with a collective prize pool of $2,000,000 – double the amount at stake in 2006′s inaugural event.

The UltimateBet.com Online Championship, dubbed UBOC by the online poker site, kicks off on December 7th with a $100,000 Guaranteed Texas Hold’em poker tournament.

Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke and a host of other UltimateBet pros are slated to deliver insightful commentary as they call each one of the 13 poker games sandwiched between December 7th and 16th.

The series wraps up with a $1000 50 No Limit Texas Hold’em featuring a $750,000 prize pool. UltimateBet plans to broadcast the final table of the December 16th poker event online.

What’s more, in addition to $2,000,000 in guaranteed cash, UltimateBet has added a $100,000 Leader Board competition to the mix.

Satellites for all 13 UBOC events are now open. Online poker players can qualify to play for as little as $5.50. Full details on the UltimateBet.com Online Championship are available at www.ultimatebet.com .

About UltimateBet:
Designed with the assistance of the best poker players in the world – Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke – UltimateBet provides the best poker games available on the net. Players can download the free poker software, play in free ring games and tournaments and get tips from these pros to learn the sport or to enhance their playing strategy. UltimateBet currently has over 2 million registered players.