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October 26, 2004 Tuesday
HEADLINE: PartyPoker.com, ESPN Radio 710 and
Bicycle Casino Present the 1st Annual Mason & Ireland Celebrity
Poker Party Benefiting Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles
BODY:
PartyPoker.com, the world's largest online
poker room, will partner with ESPN Radio 710 and the Bicycle
Casino to present the 1st Annual ESPN Radio 710 Mason & Ireland
Celebrity Poker Party on Sunday, November 14. Up to 700 participants
are invited to compete in the No-Limit Hold 'em tournament for
a guaranteed $25,000 first prize. Proceeds from the event will
benefit the Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles.
Steve Mason and John Ireland, hosts of ESPN
Radio 710's The Big Show with Mason & Ireland will host the
tournament, which will include numerous celebrity players and
up to 700 KSPN listeners and Childrens Hospital doctors.
The cost to buy into the tournament is $200
plus a $30 entry fee and players have the option to buy in multiple
times should they be eliminated early.
Pre-registration is strongly recommended and is available at http://www.thebigshowcharitypoker.com/
. Walk-up registration will be allowed on the day of the event
until maximum capacity is reached.
The prize pool will be determined by the number
of entries and cash prizes will be awarded to the top 45 positions
based on order of finish. The first place winner will receive
approximately forty percent of the total prize pool with a guaranteed
minimum of $25,000. Fifteen percent of the prize pool will be
donated to the Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles.
The Bicycle Casino is located at 7301 Eastern
Avenue in Bell Gardens, CA. The tournament will begin at 2:00PM
on Sunday, November 14.
Launched in August 2001, PartyPoker.com is
the world's largest online multi-player poker room offering players
a safe, secure and friendly environment to play poker. With more
than five million satisfied users, PartyPoker.com is the market
leader in the popular and fast growing online
poker games market.
PartyPoker.com is fully licensed and regulated by the Kahnawake
Gaming Commission, Quebec, Canada. The site typically hosts more
than 65,000 simultaneous players playing an assortment of live
classic poker games including Texas
Hold'em, Omaha
Hi/Low, and Seven
Card Stud and single and multi
table tournaments.
For more information go to http://www.partypoker.com/
.
CONTACT: Steven Wilson or Ron Hofmann, both
of B|W|R Public Relations,
+1-310-550-7776; or Lisa Tenner of Tenner & Associates, +1-702-792-9430,
+all
for PartyPoker.com
Web site: http://www.thebigshowcharitypoker.com/
Web site: http://www.partypoker.com/
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