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EUROPEAN POKER TOUR SEASON 5 SET TO CLOSE WITH BIGGEST PRIZEPOOL EVER

ISLE OF MAN, UK – April 24, 2009: The European Poker Tour (EPT) Season Five is about to come to
a close with the largest poker event in Europe’s history. The PokerStars EPT will take place in Monte
Carlo April 27-May 3. The event will include a total of 14 separate events that will be part of the festival
including the Main Event, a High Rollers Event, and the first ever Ante Up For Africa in Europe.

Last year’s Main Event attracted over 840 players, with, 22-year-old Canadian Glen Chorny taking home
over €2 million and the Grand Final title. This year, the €10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em (NLHE) contest
is set to surpass all records at a European poker tournament with over 1,000 players expected to attend,
creating an estimated €12 million total prize pool. So far over 400 players have qualified on PokerStars
for the event. The EPT Grand Final Main Event structure has been altered this year to 30,000 in chips
and 60-minute levels on Day 1, with 75-minute levels from Day 2. This will also be the structure for all
Season Six PokerStars EPT Main Events.

The first ever Ante Up For Africa in Europe is being held the night before the kick-off of the EPT Grand
Final in Monte Carlo. The charity event will raise money for the current humanitarian mission in crisistorn
Darfur, and will feature a host of stars including Nelly, Boris Becker, French rugby players Sebastien
Chabal and Philippe Saint-Andre and French rapper Bruno “Kool Shen” to name a few.

Also this years two major tournaments will be introduced, including the three-day €25,000 European
High Roller Championship and the two-day €5,000 European Pot Limit Omaha Championship (PLO).
Satellites have been running for the PLO tournament on PokerStars, offering a special three-day
weekend prize package to Monte Carlo for qualifiers.

On top of all of this, PokerStars is planning another Poker Camp during the PokerStars EPT Monte
Carlo event. This comes after the huge success of the Poker Camps held in Barcelona and the
Bahamas as part of The PokerStars European Tour, Season Five. Members of Team PokerStars Pro
will be on hand to provide priceless and interactive coaching sessions. The Monte Carlo Bay Resort and
Hotel will also include daily battleship poker tournaments.

In addition to competing in satellites for Monte Carlo, for the first time on the EPT circuit, PokerStars
players will be able to buy-in online to all scheduled tournaments directly through their PokerStars
accounts and will receive Frequent Player Points (FPP) for rewards in the PokerStars VIP Club. Online
registration opened on April 20, 2009.

For more information on the EPT Grand Final and all EPT events, please see www.ept.com.

POKERSTARS HOST THE FIRST EVER ANTE UP FOR AFRICA EUROPE CHARITY POKER TOURNAMENT

LONDON, UK – APRIL 14, 2009 – PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site are pleased to
announce a special star-studded addition to its European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final week with the
first ever Ante Up For Africa Europe Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament. The event is aimed at raising
money within the poker community for the current humanitarian mission in crisis torn Darfur.
The event will take place on April 27, 2009 at 6pm, a day before the PokerStars EPT Season Five Grand
Final Main Event. A field of A-list celebrities and poker pros including Team PokerStars Pros Daniel
Negreanu, Joe Hachem and Vanessa Rousso will compete in the €4,000 buy in no-limit Texas hold’em
tournament held in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
All of the prize money from the PokerStars Ante Up For Africa Europe tournament will be donated to
Ante Up For Africa to help fund the work of charities that provide aid and assistance to the survivors of
the situation in Darfur, Sudan, and support activism dedicated to resolving the crisis. PokerStars will be
awarding the winner of the tournament with a special prize package to their flagship EPT event in the
Bahamas’ in January 2010.
Ante Up For Africa have run two previous charity tournaments during the World Series of Poker in Las
Vegas over the last two summers – the events have attracted numerous players including Hollywood
stars Ben Affleck, Adam Sandler, Montel Williams, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Jason Alexander,
Charles Barkley, Ray Romano, Shannon Elizabeth and top professional poker players such as Team
PokerStars Pros Joe Hachem, Daniel Negreanu and Barry Greenstein and to date Ante Up For Africa
has raised closed $2 million for the cause.
While the situation in Darfur has shown signs of improvement the area remains perilous.
A campaign of ethnic cleansing by Government forces in Sudan over several years has left more than
300,000 dead and almost three million displaced, living in squalid conditions in refugee camps along the
Chad/Sudan border. Peacekeeping forces are gradually being deployed but not without difficulty, being
short of vital helicopters and other supplies to make helping those in need possible.
The International Criminal Court has indicted top Sudanese officials with more expected as world
pressure mounts. Companies are pulling out of business with Sudan amounting to tens of millions of
divestiture, and 22 US states have passed laws forbidding pension funds from investing in companies
doing business in the country. But the fragile conditions faced by civilians remain.
The hope of PokerStars and Ante Up for Africa is for events like Ante Up for Africa Europe and the third
annual Ante Up for Africa tournament this summer in Las Vegas will bring more attention to the crisis
and create further support for peacekeepers and aid workers in the region.

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