PartyGammon.com Hosts Tournament
GIBRALTAR – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Offering the largest
guaranteed prize pool in the history of backgammon, PartyGammon.com today
announced that it will stage the PartyGammon.com Million at the famous
Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in The Bahamas, on January 21st-25th ,
2007. Half of the field of 128 players will be filled by online qualifiers
and the other half from players who directly buy-in to the tournament.
The location will be familiar to long-time backgammon enthusiasts
because it was the venue where the World Championships of Backgammon was at
its pinnacle of popularity between 1975 and 1978, when the legendary Paul
Magriel reigned as the leading champion. That event has now moved to Monte
Carlo, but the US$500,000 guaranteed first prize of the PartyGammon.com
Million is estimated to exceed this year's World Championship top prize
five times over!
Anticipated to become the game's most glamorous event, many of the
globe's top champions and international celebrities will attend the
PartyGammon.com Million, designed to complement the flourishing new era of
popularity in the game. The PartyGammon.com Million will be filmed for
television and then distributed to key television networks around the
world.
"The PartyGammon.com Million is a milestone in the game of backgammon.
It takes the game to a new level," said PartyGammon.com spokesman Warren
Lush. "For veteran players and champions, there will finally be a
tournament worthy of their talents and with prize money to match. For new
players, they are coming to the game just as it makes a huge leap onto the
worldwide stage with this US$1 million televised event."
PartyGammon.com, the newest offering in the PartyGaming Plc's growing
suite of online games, burst on the scene in June and has quickly moved to
become the favorite of online backgammon players. The PartyGammon.com
Million will set the new world standard for backgammon tournaments.
Sixty-four players will qualify through online tournaments on
PartyGammon.com. Online qualifiers will begin on July 10 2006. Those
wishing to fill the other 64 spots by buying-in for the US$10,000 entry fee
are advised to reserve and pay for their seat as soon as possible - all
seats to the event will either be pre-sold or won online.
The tournament's first prize is a mouth-watering US$500,000 while the
remaining half million dollars will be distributed to other finishers in
the main and consolation event.
But there will be far more in store for all the participants. Players
will arrive on January 21 2007 to a lavish Welcome Cocktail Party, followed
by an exciting exhibition match between two former World Champions. The
following morning guests will attend a motivating lecture by a top player,
who will also answer questions on game strategy. Beside the Main Event,
there will be plenty of side action. The Grand Finale on January 25 2007
will be followed by a Gala Dinner and the Awards Ceremony.
Even for those going home without prize money, the experience will
still be memorable because of the glorious setting. Atlantis Paradise
Island is a luxurious, exotic and renowned resort which features a 34-acre
waterscape, the world's largest outdoor aquarium, 11 exhibit lagoons with
over 200 species of tropical fish, cascading waterfalls with a rope
suspension bridge, Predator Lagoon with sharks, barracudas and stingrays,
including a 100-foot viewing tunnel, and a lazy river ride for rafting.
Atlantis Paradise Island is one of the Bahamas' most spectacular resorts,
filled with activities sure to thrill and delight everyone.
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