Party Poker's "Gladiator" promotion off to strong start

GIBRALTAR -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- 'The Gladiator' promotion on Party Poker is underway and there has already been a record number of opt-ins!

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: "Almost 200 people collected 1000 PartyPoints on day one alone! If these fearless warriors keep this up we'll have to give away over 200 Aussie Millions packages! 'The Gladiator' is about endurance, however, and only the strongest will survive! Only few will have the stamina to follow the long and winding road to glory! It isn't too late to enter the arena now!"

For the month of November, PartyPoker.com becomes the colosseum! From the 1st – 30th November players who hit the daily minimum target of 10 PartyPoints for just five days claim the much-deserved reward of an entry into a $5,000 freeroll. The more days a players earns points on, the bigger the prize will be – there's up to $3,000 cash to be won. PartyPoker.com has also added a massive incentive for the most dedicated players. Earn 1,000 points every day for the full 30 days and a player secures a seat at next year's Aussie Millions worth AUD$10,500. The first prize at the main event in Melbourne is estimated to be in the region of AUD$2 million.

A player doesn't even have to earn points on consecutive days to be in with a shot at the colossal prizes: PartyPoker.com will just count up the number of days targets have been made during the promotion. For example, earn 10 points for 10 days, take five days off and then earn 10 points on 10 more days of the promotion and PartyPoker.com will award the prize for earning 10 points on 20 days. Players can keep updated on how many points picked up so far in 'The Gladiator' by checking their PartyAccount. Points are not removed from player accounts following the promotion – they all count towards Palladium Lounge targets.

Party Poker has introduced online qualifiers for the 2010 Aussie Millions in Melbourne. PartyPoker.com Australia Ambassador Stewart Scott is the defending champion and there is a chance to emulate his success in Melbourne next year. PartyPoker.com is offering the chance to win one of 25 luxury Aussie Millions main event packages. These fantastic dream trips will be up for grabs in two amazing $600+40 satellites on Sunday 13 th December. One will be timed to suit Australia and New Zealand-based players with FIVE packages guaranteed worth $12,000, while the other is scheduled to give players from the rest of the world the chance to win one of 20 guaranteed packages worth $15,000.

For more information on the many paths to Melbourne, including PartyPoint and freeroll options, see http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/am.html. Qualifiers start on Sunday 1st November - as ever PartyPoker.com provides diverse qualifying structures, which can start from as little as just $1.