PartyGammon.com Offers Richest Weekly Online Backgammon Tournament

PartyGammon.com Offers Richest Weekly Online Backgammon Tournament

February 08, 2007

Germans Continue to Dominate the New World

    GIBRALTAR, Feb. 8 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
www.PartyGammon.com is pleased to announce that the richest
weekly tournament in online backgammon has arrived! The
$10,000 guaranteed every Sunday is already proving popular,
especially in the wake of the conclusion of the
PartyGammon.com Million in the Bahamas on the 25th January,
the richest backgammon tournament ever.

    A PartyGammon.com spokesman said:  "Last Sunday's
online tournament exceeded the guarantee by over $2500 and
was won by a German who scooped over $5000 after investing
just $27 in a satellite. It appears that as a nation
Germany is making the running in creating the backgammon
stars of the future as the winner of the PartyGammon.com
Million was an online qualifier from Bielefeld."

    This Bielefeld star is 33-year-old Andreas Maertens,
who won the inaugural PartyGammon.com Million at the
Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas (21st-25th January),
scooping a world record $600,400 payout for a backgammon
tournament after finishing in 1st place. The total prize
pool was over $1.2 million for a tournament that sold out
and exceeded all expectations. Maertens beat 36 year-old
Danish backgammon ace Lasse Hjorth Madsen 23-22 in a
thrilling final in front of Matchroom Sport's television
cameras. Both players were online qualifiers in a field
that featured 10 former World Champions and 25 of the top
32 'Giants of Backgammon.' The total prize pool exceeded
the guaranteed $1 million and hit over $1.2 million.
Maertens qualified online for $440, while Madsen reached
the tournament from a $35 online satellite.

    Maertens built up a huge lead in the final and it
seemed like his win would be inevitable but Madsen, a
Research Executive from Copenhagen, who scooped $144,096
for finishing runner-up, made a huge fight back and took it
to a nail biting 22-22. Coverage of the tournament will be
distributed worldwide and will be on screens soon.

    The weekly $10,000 guaranteed tournament gets underway
at 14.00 ET every Sunday and qualifiers start from as
little as $7.50. For more information see
http://www.partygammon.com/tournaments/10k_guaranteed.html
.

    PartyGammon.com is a popular member of PartyGaming
Plc's growing suite of online games that includes
PartyPoker.com, PartyCasino.com, PartyBingo.com,
PartyBets.com, Gamebookers.com and EmpirePoker.com.
PartyGammon.com burst on the scene in June 2006 and has
quickly moved to become the favourite of online backgammon
players.


    For more information, please contact: 

     Warren Lush
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]


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