American pro Stephen Graner holds a massive chip direct heading into the closing day of the Season 11 European Poker Tour Prague Major Function ultimate table. We caught up with him correct after enjoy concluded on the penultimate working day.
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Ourgame obtains exclusive rights to Globe Poker Tour model in a lot more than a dozen nations around the world and territories across Asia like China and Macau.
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This is the story of Martin Jacobson, the man who won $ 10,000,000 in the world’s biggest annual poker tournament. In the first part Jacobson talks about discovering poker, learning the game and his first big results before bursting onto the scene with multiple EPT final tables. The 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion hails from Sweden. After four top-four finishes in European Poker Tour Main Events, Jacobson finally did what he set out to do after becoming a professional: winning a monumental poker tournament. Footage credit: Svenska Spel – http://youtu.be/WAXd6rpi_Rs
Ourgame to Have Exclusive Rights to WPT® Brand in More Than a Dozen Countries and Territories, Including China and Macau
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Los Angeles, CA (December 15, 2014) — World Poker Tour® today announced an alliance with Ourgame International Holdings Limited, under which it has agreed to license products and services on an exclusive basis in more than a dozen countries across Asia.
Ourgame will have the right to use the WPT® logo and trademark exclusively in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Korea, Nepal, Macau, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam. They will also have non-exclusive rights in Japan.
The alliance will also bring new WPT National and WPT Main Tour events with select live streamed final tables to the region starting in 2015, along with WPT-branded free play and social games and distribution of televised World Poker Tour® programs. The companies will also collaborate in WPT-branded merchandise and television production in Asia.
“The World Poker Tour® has worked hard to expand its footprint throughout Asian territories over the last few years with much success. A big part of this success was based on our strong working partnership with Ourgame, who established WPT National China at MGM Grand Sanya,†said WPT President Adam Pliska. “Ourgame has proven to be exactly the sort of business ally we seek; a credible group of visionaries with incredible strategic leverage and a true commitment to the long-term growth of poker. By working with Ourgame to expand the WPT brand in Asia, we are assuring that the recent strong growth of the WPT in the region will continue for many years to come.â€
Ourgame CEO Frank Ng adds, “As China’s leading card and board game platform, we are very pleased to have found a great global partner in the World Poker Tour, as we start to expand from China to Asia. The WPT is a true global leader in organizing world-class poker events around the globe, and we share a common vision of promoting poker as a genuine mind sport. Over the past three years, we have worked together to not only establish WPT National China as one of the largest and most influential poker events in Asia, but also introduced world-class poker tournaments to the fast-expanding Chinese poker community. The WPT’s brand and global experience will be a significant asset to us as we expand overseas, and we have every confidence that we will together achieve much more success in Asia.â€
More information will become available at a press conference held at the official kick-off of this alliance in January 2015. Details to follow.
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About Ourgame
Ourgame International Holdings Limited is a leading online card and board game developer, platform and offline operator in China. Since its inception in 1998, the Company has capitalized on its early-mover advantage to build a highly recognizable online card and board game brand in China and accumulated a massive user base. The main strengths of Company are leading online card and board game platform in China; growing combined online and offline tournaments which creates business synergy with online platform; comprehensive portfolio of long-lifespan games supported by an integrated platform and strong brand. For more information, please go to ourgame.com.
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World Poker Tour (WPT) is the premier name in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online, and mobile. Leading innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, WPT ignited the global poker boom with the creation of a unique television show based on a series of high-stakes poker tournaments. WPT has broadcast globally in more than 150 countries and territories, and is currently producing its 13th season, which airs on FSN in the United States. Season XIII of WPT is sponsored by ClubWPT.com, a unique online membership site that offers inside access to the WPT, as well as a sweepstakes-based poker club available in 35 states across the United States. ClubWPT.com also sponsors Season 2 of the new WPT Alpha8 series of super-high roller poker tournaments which is currently in production and which airs on FOX Sports 1 in the United States. WPT participates in strategic brand license, partnership, and sponsorship opportunities. WPT Enterprises Inc. is a subsidiary of bwin.party digital entertainment plc. For more information, go to WPT.com.
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Royal Flushes are falling from the sky during Season XIII of the World Poker Tour.
During the first two events at WPT Legends of Poker and the partypoker WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus, three different players, including WPT Champions Club member Chris Moorman, made Royal Flushes. This prompted the World Poker Tour to partner with Royal Caribbean International® to create the Royal Caribbean International® Royal Flush Bonus*.
Not long after, Moorman made another Royal Flush at partypoker WPT UK, winning a complimentary cruise for two onboard Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas® in December of 2015.
The statistical anomalies continued today at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Not one, not two, but three players made Royal Flushes using both of their hole cards. Of course, only three total cruises can be awarded this season, so the first two lucky winners, WPT Champions Club member Cornell Cimpan and John Krpan, will be joining Moorman on a tropical adventure with Royal Caribbean International.
Cimpan didn’t earn a large pot with A
Not long after, Krpan flopped a Royal Flush, holding A
Cimpan and Krpan both earned a complimentary cruise for two in an ocean view stateroom onboard Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas and one entry apiece into the Royal Poker Tournament, which will feature an estimated prize pool of $ 100,000. Onboard Oasis of the Seas, the Caribbean’s largest ship, these two players and a guest apiece will enjoy dozens of distinct dining options, a full-service Vitality Spa, a state-of-the-art fitness center, two FlowRider® surf simulators, two 43-foot rock-climbing walls, a variety of name-brand and duty-free stores, and much more. The two can even attend a showing of the Award®-winning Broadway hit Hairspray and soon, CATS.
No longer than an hour after Krpan made his Royal Flush, WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble runner-up Chris Bolek also made the best hand in poker. Unfortunately for him, the promotion is capped at three.
Congratulations to Moorman, Cimpan, and Krpan on winning your Royal Caribbean International prizes!
 *Both hole cards must be used to qualify. Not to exceed three (3) winners per season. Prize does not include taxes, fees, gratuities, airfare transportation to and from the port, or any charges incurred by customer onboard. Cruise tickets are for December 2015, are non-transferable, and cannot be rescheduled. No cash substitutions. Prize is subject to all conditions, rules, or regulations required by Royal Caribbean International and WPT.
Oleksii Khoroshenin qualified prospects and Ole Schemion sits 2nd with 23 still left after Day 2 of the 2014 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €10,three hundred Higher Roller.
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Oleksii Khoroshenin leads and Ole Schemion sits second with 23 left after Day 2 of the 2014 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €10,300 High Roller.
