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Absolute Poker Play to Party Tourney Sends Player to Playboy Mansion

Poker News Man — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:11:24 +0000

Absolute Poker is sending at least one lucky player to the coveted Playboy Mansion, Los Angeles home of Hugh Hefner himself and his lovely Playmates, as a special VIP guest at its exclusive Kandyland Party, promised to be “A Night of Hedonism” at its best.

The No Limit Holdem tournament takes place on Wednesday, May 20 and the top prize package includes:

* 2 VIP invites to the Kandyland ball on June 6, which includes a private cabana, your own personal waitress, champagne and all the Grey Goose vodka you can drink
* a VIP tour of the grounds by a Playboy Playmate
* 3 night’s accommodations
* $2,000 in travel money

The party features latex body-painted entertainers, costumed performers, music by celebrity DJs, and performances by the exotic Karma Kandies.

AbsolutePoker is running free qualifier tournaments now for entry into the May 20 Play to Party tournament finals. There are some prizes that even money can’t buy, and this special invite-only event – the Kandyland Party at the Playboy Mansion – is one of them.

Absolute Poker: It’s Not Just for Poker Anymore

Poker News Man — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:27:02 +0000

Attention all AbsolutePoker players (and would-be Absolute Poker players)–one of the world’s top poker sites is now no longer offering exclusively poker but Blackjack as well.

Now Absolute Poker players wishing to take a break from the poker tables but not from online card playing altogether can hop on over to the AbsolutePoker Blackjack room for a little 21 action.

There’s even a whole Tournament Blackjack option for serious Blackjack players, combining the best of poker tournaments and the game of Blackjack. In Absolute Poker’s Blackjack Tournaments players still compete against the dealer, but at the 8th, 16th, and 25th hands, the players with the smallest chip stacks are eliminated, ultimately leaving one player “standing” as that BlackJack Tournament’s big winner.

To make this new online casino gaming innovation even sweeter, each player in an AbsolutePoker Blackjack Tournament can place one Secret Bet per tournament, betting as many chips from their stack as they like, without the other players at the table being made aware of their bet.

What’s more, players at the Absolute Poker Blackjack tables are still able to accumulate Loyalty points to add to their VIP Club account, added to the points they earn at AbsolutePoker’s poker tables.

Kentucy Players IP Blocked from Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker

Poker News Man — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:30:21 +0000

Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker have closed their doors – to players residing in Kentucky, that is. But don’t blame UltimateBet.com or AbsolutePoker.com for it.

This is the first in the online poker world’s reluctant efforts to comply with the recent court ruling threatening to close down all poker rooms one-by-one who continue to take money away from the governor’s budget and put it in the pot for anyone – anywhere – to win.

After seizing 141 domain names, UltimateBet and AbsolutePoker among them, the Kentucky government had the industry by a stranglehold.

But as UltimateBet and AbsolutePoker have so elegantly proven, it’s only the people of Kentucky who are going to suffer from this maneuver, ultimately. The rest of us will keep on playing.

Of course, Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker aren’t about to leave their loyal Kentucky contingent behind, however. An appeal is scheduled for December 12.