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POKERSTARS SMASHES GUINNESS WORLD RECORD WITH OVER 300K PLAYERS ONLINE SIMULTANEOUSLY

PokerStars.com breaks ‘Most Players at an Internet Poker Room’ Guinness World Record
ISLE OF MAN, UK, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 – PokerStars.com, the world’s largest poker site, has shattered its
own world record for hosting ‘THE MOST PLAYERS AT AN INTERNET POKER ROOM’ – an achievement
that’s been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. On Sunday September 6, 2009, PokerStars.com
recorded 307,016 players at 42,814 tables playing online poker simultaneously – smashing the old record by
over 100,000 players.

This new record comes less than two months after PokerStars.com destroyed another of its own Guinness
World Records; the ‘Largest Online Poker Tournament’, officially certified by the Guinness Book of World
Records. The largest online poker tournament was held on Sunday July 19, 2009, when a total of 65,000
players from 155 countries came together to play in the same tournament.

POKERSTARS CROWNS THE 2009 WORLD CHAMPION OF ONLINE POKER

Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko Wins Main Event for over $1.7 Million
ISLE OF MAN, UK, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 – The PokerStars.com World Championship of Online
Poker (WCOOP) Main Event ended late on Monday night after thousands of players competed for 23
hours to win their share of the $10 million prize pool.
Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko, a professional player originally from Ukraine, cut through the 2,144-
strong field in the $5,200 No-Limit Hold’em tournament to take home the $1.7 million first prize.
“It’s a dream come true to win the largest and toughest online poker tournament ever assembled!” said
Timoshenko
It was a record-breaking eighth WCOOP series for PokerStars which continued its domination in the
world of online poker tournaments with a total prize pool of $51,652,800 which is over $11 million more
than last year’s tournament series. Nearly 44,000 players from 140 different countries participated in the
45 events.
Of all the many triumphs in this year’s series, it was probably French Team PokerStars PRO Bertrand
‘ElkY’ Grospellier who drew the biggest gasps when he won two major events at the end of series. After
snagging a bracelet in the 1,269-strong NLHE $530 tournament, ElkY then won the $215 NLHE
tournament two days later against a field of 9,220 players.
ElkY, who cashed a total of six times during the series earning more than $500k, said: “The WCOOP is
a great series to play and the prize pool is enormous. No other online series compares to the WCOOP
but I’ve playing it five years now and had never won a bracelet. When I won the NLHE $530 tournament,
it was amazing – 1,169 players. But to win again two days later, I just couldn’t believe it. More than
9,000 players, the craziest field, but I did it. My goal now is to win a WSOP bracelet for the first time, and
become the first player to win two European Poker Tour events.”
Daniel “djk123″ Kelly, 20, won the Player of the Series trophy, as well as a trip to the Bahamas for the
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in January after he cashed an astounding 11 times, came 4th in
the Main Event and won bracelets in the $215 Razz tournament and $10,300 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.
event.
All 2009 WCOOP bracelet winners will be awarded there bracelets at a special ceremony in the
Bahamas at the PCA in January. To date there have been 166 WCOOP bracelet events since 2002 with
a total combined prize pool of $156,855,050.

POKERSTARS.NET SIGNS ON AS OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE HIGH HEELS POKER TOUR TO BRING THE EXCITEMENT OF ONLINE PLAY TO THE FELT

ISLE OF MAN, UK –SEPTEMBER, 2009 –While men have traditionally taken center stage at the
world’s biggest tournaments, interest among women in poker, both online and offline, is skyrocketing.
According to recent poll, women account for up to 25 percent of the poker playing public, up dramatically
from just five years ago. Of course, women have been playing poker in their own home games since the
game took hold in America, one hundred years ago.
Today, PokerStars.net, the world’s largest poker school, announced its sponsorship of the acclaimed
High Heels Poker Tour (HHPT). Founded in 2007, the HHPT was created to empower women who want
to become champions in the growing world of poker. Like PokerStars, The HHPT seeks to provide the
best competitive environment where women can explore, develop, and continue growing and learning
top strategies to perfect their “A” game.
The PokerStars sponsorship will include support for HHPT’s growing roster of tournaments; the first of
began this month at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, NY. After New York, the tour
heads south to Florida for three outstanding events in Dania, Hollywood and Tampa, where the nation’s
female champions of tomorrow will vie for not only a generous prize pool, but great friendships,
camaraderie and competition at the tables.
“PokerStars has all of the attributes in a online partner that female players crave: an incredible variety of
quick, entertaining games that range from low buy in sit and goes and cash games to serious
tournament play, all in an environment where women can learn the game, develop their skills, and truly
become champions,” said Lauren Failla, founder of the High Heels Poker Tour. “With champions like
Vanessa Rousso, Katja Thater, and Vicky Coren, our players have a whole new set of role models to
emulate and challenge, online and at the tables.
In addition to the tour sponsorship, PokerStars.net and HHPT will also be collaborating on the HHPT
Grand Finale and PokerStars $1000 buy-in ladies event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in
January 2010.

FEMALE BRITISH POKER PLAYERS WIN A TRIP TO LONDON WITH POKERSTARS

ISLE OF MAN, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 – British women have been rocking the world of poker lately and
showing men they really do have the skills and talent to make it to the top.
Team PokerStars UK PRO Vicky Coren won £500,000 at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT)
event in London in 2006 and a further $40k at this year’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure while former
PokerStars EPT presenter Kara Scott has won over $500k in the last 14 months alone after coming 2nd at the
Irish Open and going deep two years running at the World Series of Poker.
There’s no doubt British women have what it takes to compete at international level but now PokerStars is
giving them a helping hand – a unique chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to London and a seat in a major
live women-only event. The “PokerStars EPT Ladies Game”, which takes place October 5, forms part of the
PokerStars EPT London Poker Festival and follows the success of other women-only events at PokerStars
tournaments around the world.
From now until September 26, PokerStars is running a series of daily freeroll (“free to enter”) tournaments
aimed just at British women. The top nine players each day will get a seat in the online final on September 27
and the top ten finalists will win a £500 Ladies Game prize package including the £220 entry fee for the EPT
Ladies Game, £100 spending money and a night at the five-star Hilton Metropole hotel – not to mention a
signed copy of Vicky Coren’s new book and the chance to meet her in person.
Coren, a member of Team PokerStars PRO since 2006, said: “There are a lot of great female poker players
out in the world already, but there could be a lot more. Playing online, women don’t have to worry about the
long late hours of the live game, or the stern faces of a roomful of men. You can log on whenever you like, for
as long or short a time as you like, and fit this around the demands of careers, childcare or whatever else is
going on. For women who want to take a shot at a live tournament – but don’t fancy staring at a table of
snarling male opponents – this promotion is perfect.”
The freeroll tournaments can be found under Tourney/Regional on the PokerStars client. The software can be
downloaded free of charge from www.pokerstars.com.

POKERSTARS TO HOLD THE POKERSTARS BALTIC FESTIVAL IN TALLINN, ESTONIA THIS AUTUMN

TALLINN, 31 August 2009 – The world’s largest online poker site PokerStars.com
announced that it will hold the PokerStars Baltic Festival this autumn in Tallinn, capital of
Estonia. PokerStars Baltic Festival will be held in the conference centre of the luxurious
Swissôtel in Tallinn from October 28 to 31. The buy-in of the four-day main event will be
€1,100 and the prize pool is expected to reach hundreds of thousands of Euros. The exact
schedule of side events to be held in Tallinn during the festival week will be announced
shortly. PokerStars.com will hold a large number of satellites to the event in September and
October, including freeroll qualifiers and satellites where the buy-in start from as little as
$2.20.
“We have hundreds of thousands of Poker players in the Nordic countries, the Baltic States
and Russia, but so far there have only been a few attractive live tournaments,” explained
Tomas Larsson, PokerStars Country Manager Finland & Baltic’s. “Our ambition with this
festival is to create the ultimate live poker experience similar to what players find at the most
prestigious events in the world like the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas and
the European Poker Tour’s Grand Final in Monte Carlo, combining a luxurious venue with the
best live poker in the Baltic’s.”
“Tallinn is an excellent location for such an event with its good access, outstanding facilities
and previous experience in hosting large international poker tournaments. I am convinced
that the PokerStars Baltic Festival will attract players not only from neighbouring countries
but from all over Europe, including a number of Team PokerStars Pro members and some of
the region’s top sportsmen,” Larsson said.

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