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PokerStarS Poker CampS at EPT SAN REMO AND MONTE CARLO

Isle of Man, UK – March 24, 2009 – At the start of EPT Season 5, PokerStars launched a series of Poker Camps aimed at helping players improve their live tournament skills. The success of these – at EPT Barcelona and the PCA in the Bahamas – has led PokerStars to celebrate the end of the EPT Season by hosting dedicated camps for Italian and French speakers as well as English.

PokerStars Poker Camps are an amazing opportunity to improve your game by learning from the very best in the business. The best part is that you can win your seat in the Camps with online qualifying satellites on PokerStars. Buy-ins start at $11, and you can also qualify via an FPP route and the Steps system, or buy-in direct.

A total of three camps are being held at the end of April – a one-day camp in Italian, just after EPT San Remo, plus a French language one-day camp and an English-language two-day camp just before the EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final. All the camps will feature instruction modules from some of the best tournament players in the world, including online versus live play, final table strategy, and vital live hand analysis.

All PokerStars Poker Camps feature a special tournament open only to Poker Camp participants and featuring great prizes. For the English-language Monte Carlo Poker Camp, there are two seats in the PokerStars EPT Grand Final main event packages up for grabs – including buy-in, hotel accommodation and money for expenses.

At the San Remo Poker Camp (April 24 at Hotel Nyala Suites), Italian speakers will get to hone their skills with top tuition from Pros like Luca Pagano and Dario Minieri. Who better to advise on how to take down the big money in a major tournament than Luca Pagano who currently holds the EPT record for most cashes (ten), has a record four EPT final table appearances and is currently second on the EPT all-time Tournament Leader Board. Luca and Dario will be among those passing on invaluable tips for bettering your game.

French speakers will be meeting one of the sharpest tournament players in the world: the legendary ElkY. If you want to make it to the top, this is the man to show you how – Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier leads the EPT all-time Tournament Leader Board and has won over $4 million in the last 14 months with first place finishes at the PCA in January 2008, PCA High Roller event in January 2009 and WPT Festa al Lago $15,000, plus 2^nd place in the WCOOP $25,500 NLHE Heads-Up. The French-language Poker Camp takes place April 27 at the Fairmont Monte Carlo.

English language speakers will meet up with a raft of top players at the third Poker Camp taking place just before the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. Among the tutors will be the poker legend Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu, one of the most successful – and popular – tournament players in the world. This is the man who has over $10 million in tournament winnings, 25 first place finishes and four WSOP bracelets. At the World Series last year, the queue to meet Daniel went round the block – but you’ll have a chance to sit down at the same table as this supremely engaging player and really hear what it takes to make it to the top.

Team PokerStars Pro and former world champion Greg Raymer said: “I think the attendees will make money as a result of coming to a Poker Camp. The Poker Camps in Barcelona and Bahamas were a huge success, with many attendees reporting major successes following their tutelage from the Team Poker Stars instructors.” Poker Camp schedule and details

Italian language:

Date/location: April 24, 2009 at Hotel Nyala Suites, San Remo

Instructors: Luca Pagano, Dario Minieri, and more *

Topics: Live vs. Online Poker, Sit N Go strategy, Multi Table, Tournament Strategy, live hand analysis and more

Qualifier details: Two nights’ accommodation, gift bag and €500 spending money

* instructors are subject to change

French language:

Date/location: April 27, 2009 at Fairmont Monte Carlo

Instructors: Bertrand “Elky” Grospelier, Isabelle Mercier and more *

Topics: Live vs. Online Poker, Sit N Go strategy, Multi Table Tournament Strategy, live hand analysis and more

Qualifier details: Two nights’ accommodation, gift bag and $635 spending money

* instructors are subject to change

English language:

Date/location: April 26-27, 2009 (plus a welcome party on April 25^th, Monte Carlo Bay Resort)

Instructors: Daniel Negreanu, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, Vanessa Rousso and more *

Topics: Live vs. Online Poker, Multi Table Tournament Strategy, Final Table Strategy, live hand analysis and more

Tournament: Your chance to win an EPT Grand Final package worth $18,800

Qualifier details: 3 nights accommodation, gift bag and $1,000 spending money

* instructors are subject to change

Camp details: See also www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/poker-camp-montecarlo/

20-YEAR-OLD NORWEGIAN KARL HEVROY BECOMES FIRST SCANDINAVIAN LAPT CHAMPION

Punta Del Este, URUGUAY – March 20, 2009 – Taking time out from his political studies, 20-year-old student Karl Hevroy from Bergen, Norway has won one of South America’s largest ever poker events. The star studded poker tournament, which attracted 327 players from across the world, and boasted the largest ever PokerStars LAPT prize pool at $1.1 million, took three days of intense competition to win and has netted the young poker player a cool USD$283,500.

The Uruguay stop of Season Two of the PokerStars LAPT featured one of the largest buy ins of the tour so far with players who hadn’t qualified online at PokerStars needing $3,700 to enter. The young Hevroy hadn’t even intended to play the event, but was persuaded to at the last moment by a group of Peruvian players he met at the PokerStars EPT Copenhagen, a decision that has reaped him incredible dividends.

The three-day event was held at the luxurious Mantra Resort and Casino in stunning Punta Del Este, Uruguay. Following 3 days of grueling play, Hevroy clinched the LAPT title on the very first hand of heads up play. On a board of 9-9-8 his opponent, Argentinian player Alejandro De Arruabarrena, over-committed himself with Q-J and was horrified to see Karl flip over 9-8 for the flopped nuts.

Despite a dominant final table performance Hevroy remains humble about his play. “I’m so happy, I don’t feel like I know anything.” Hevroy said of his win. “I had a few moments where I was in danger, and then I lock boxed my way out.”

With 327 players in the main event in addition to more than 160 in the 2^nd chance event on the second day, the LAPT has continued to firmly establish itself as the most successful tour in Latin America. “Season Two of the LAPT continues to bring larger fields, larger prize pools and more poker excitement than ever before to Latin America” said Glenn Cademartori, PokerStars LAPT President. “We have no doubt that our season finale in Mar del Plata next month will break all records in the region and set the bar even higher for all future Poker events in Latin America.”

Satellites for the LAPT Mar del Plata event are available daily at PokerStars. Players have the chance to win a prize package which includes a main event buy-in, accommodation for four nights, and spending money for expenses. Please visit http://www.lapt.com/ for more information, updates on tour dates and how to qualify.

Poker Camp EPT Monte Carlo, SCOOP …

PokerStars SCOOP

The PokerStars.com Spring Championship of Online Poker takes place from
April 2 -12. This is THE biggest online poker tournament series anywhere
online this year so far. Even better, the tournament series runs for low,
medium and high-stakes players, so everyone can have the chance to win
big. With $30,000,000 guaranteed, even the low-stakes can win big!
Satellites are running now. SCOOP banners will be in rotation soon.

Italian Players

We have recently obtained a licence from the Italian government to allow
players in Italy to play for real money on PokerStars.it.

Italian players can now play real money tournaments on the PokerStars.it
client, but not ring games. The PokerStars.it client will only be
available for players within Italy, and the tournaments will only have
players within Italy participating.

Poker Camp EPT Monte Carlo

This event takes place in Monte Carlo on April 26 and 27, directly before
the EPT Grand Final. Instruction modules include online versus live play,
final table strategy, and vital live hand analysis. Instructors include
some of the sharpest tournament players in the world – Team PokerStars
Pros Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso and World Series Main Event Champions
Greg Raymer and Chris Moneymaker. Players can qualify online from as
little as $11 or via an FPP route.

PokerStars.de Shooting Stars have a new team member: Florian Langmann

The complete PokerStars.de Shooting Stars is represented at the PokerStars EPT
in Dortmund 2009, and joining them for the first time is new team member:
Florian Langmann. Florian, now 26 years old, born in Verden an der Aller, started
on Day 1B in this years EPT Dortmund and is off to a good start along with the
other team members.

Besides his initial successes in national tournaments, he managed to make his
name in the poker world with his second place finish in the EPT London 2007.
His biggest tournament successes:

• 2nd PokerStars EPT, London 2007
• 1st CAPT Baden/Poker EM, 2008
• 2nd World Poker Tour, Barcelona 2008

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