Party Poker joins soccer stars to kick out racism
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Party Poker is offering customers the chance of a lifetime to join some of the world's biggest football stars to kick out racism in the game in the PartyPoker.it Idolo Cup.
A PartyPoker.it spokesman said: "This is simply a money can't buy and breathtaking opportunity exclusive to customers of PartyPoker.it. Two VIP winners will get to show off their poker skills against six of the world's most famous football players in a special charity poker game in Turin on Sunday 20th December. Second place is completely amazing too – three people will get the opportunity and undoubted honour of taking part in the half-time penalty shoot-out!"
PartyPoker is delighted to be sponsoring the Idolo Cup – a special charity match that sees two All Star XI's face-off to kick racism out of the game. Ballon D'or winner Pavel Nedved joins Giorgio Chiellini from Juventus to head up an All Star European Team, while Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba and Stoke City's Salif Diao bring together an All Star African team. Other star names will be made public nearer the time.
The prizes:
First prize package – Two winners take on six world famous footballers in a charity game. Each winner will also be able to bring a friend and be the guests of PartyPoker.it at the Idolo Cup the following night as well as receiving two night's accommodation at a five-star hotel and travel expenses.
Second prize package – Three winners will win two tickets to the PartyPoker.it Idolo Cup and the honour of taking a shot at the Idolo Cup goalkeepers in a half-time penalty shootout competition, as well as one night's accommodation and travel expenses.
Third prize package – Five winners will receive two PartyPoker.it Idolo Cup match and pitch-access tickets plus one night's hotel accommodation and travel expenses.
Fourth prize – Twenty five winners will receive two PartyPoker.it Idolo Cup match tickets and travel expenses.
Here's how you can enter:
There will be daily PartyPoker.it Idolo Cup freerolls at 20:30 CET from 2nd to 13th December with a final tournament at 20:30 CET on 14th December.
The top 50 players in each daily freeroll will win their way through to the final tournament where the prize packages worth almost €25,000 will be awarded. To take your seat in the freerolls, you'll need to pick up the tournament password by logging in to PartyPoker.it.
Make sure you're a star at the PartyPoker.it Idolo Cup. Book your place on the team sheet today.
Please note: Players who finish in positions one to 35 in the final tournament on 14th December will win the following prizes:
Positions one and two will win a first-prize package each
Positions three to five will win a second-prize package each
Positions six to 10 will win a third-prize package each
Positions 11 to 35 will win a fourth-prize package each
All prizes are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for cash. Please read our full terms and conditions
The Giancarlo Fisichella 'Pole Position' promotion also continues at PartyPoker.it. First, warm up with free practice sessions three times a week. The top 50 progress to the first qualifying round. Customers can get the taste of playing against special guest Fisichella in qualifying round two. These tournaments will take place at 20:55 CET every Tuesday night. One in five players from each weekly qualifier will make it through to the final qualifying round on Tuesday 8th December to play for a guaranteed €5,000 prize pool. The top eight players in the final qualifier round will make it into the starting grid to play in the €10,000 Race day finale, an exclusive 10 man single table tournament. Every player with a seat at the finale will also get a special edition Fisichella chip set. If a player knocks out Fisichella in any of these events they will also get a bounty of between €500 and €1,000 or a seat in the Race Day finale. Fisi's screen name is 'king_fisico' so customers are encouraged to keep their eyes peeled for him when they play! For more information see: http://en.partypoker.it/news/items/pole_position.html