Newsletter: Volume 3 - Issue 10

Progressive Casino Side Games

SunPoker’s Casino Side Games…we all know them, we all love them!
The occasional spin of the roulette wheel, taking insurance on a Black Jack game and even the number picking on Keno, but by far the most enjoyable past time has to be the spins on a Slot machine!

Spinning any one of the casino side games slot machines is definitely a great past time, but spinning on a Progressive Slot Machine can be a profitable past time, especially when the Progressive Jackpot has reached an exhilarating high of $106,111.00 (as of DATE) and climbing!

While cashing in on the poker tables, you can still hit the Progressive jackpot by playing any of these Fun and Animated progressive slot machines at SunPoker:

If you are looking for a full casino experience to compliment your poker play, always remember our sister property, the legendary Omni Casino!

Three Days - Three VIP Packages

As the weather starts to warm up so does the land based poker action around the world and SunPoker is helping heat things up with three different packages to three different land based tournaments that can be won on three different days.

Play one or play them all the choice is yours, but why would you choose when you can have all three!

Day 1 – VIP Package 1
APT Philippines 2011 Manila

VIP Package valued at $5,400.00 includes:

• $2,500 + $200 buy-in to the main event. (March 30th – April 3rd).
• Players will start playing at day 1B – March 31st, 2011.
• $675 for 5 nights' accommodation at the Manila Marriot Hotel, Mar 30th – Apr 4th, 2011.
• $80 for registration fees.
• Up to $1,945 for flights and spending (depending on currency exchange rates).

SunPoker’s Tournament Information:
Tournament Name:      APT Philippines 2011 Manila Super Satellite
Start date and time:     March 12th at 19:00 GMT
Buy-In:                         $200 + $15

Day 2 – VIP Package 2
Irish Open 2011

VIP Package valued at €4,600.00 includes:

• €3,200 + €300 Buy In to the Main Event.
• €395 for 5 nights’ accommodation and breakfast at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, April 21st – April 26th, 2011.
• €50 for handling fees.
• €655 for flights and spending.

SunPoker’s Tournament Information:
Tournament Name:      Irish Open 2011 Super Satellite
Start date and time:     March 13th at 20:00 GMT
Buy-In:                         €200 + €20

Day 3 – VIP Package 3
Deepstack Costa Brava 2011

VIP Package valued at €900.00 includes:

• €500 + €50 Buy In to the Main Event. 50,000 chips.
• €180 for 4 nights’ accommodation at the Selva Mar Hotel, March 31st – April 4th, 2011.
• €155 for flights and spending.
• €15 Handling Fees

SunPoker’s Tournament Information:
Tournament Name:      Deepstack Costa Brava 2011 R/A
Start date and time:     March 14th at 21:30 GMT
Buy-In:                         €40 + €4

NBC Heads-Up: The Unstoppable Erik Seidel Takes It Down

Congratulations to 2011 National Heads-Up Champion Erik Seidel.  
2011 is already proving to be Seidel’s year, adding his1st place prize of $750,000 to his cash ins in Australia, LA, and 4 other final table appearances has moved him into first place on the all-time Tournament Money List with a total of $4.3 Million in cashes already!

When asked what, if anything, he was doing differently with his poker game in 2011, Erik Seidel had this to say:  “Well, the only thing I’m really doing different is I hired a poker coach in early January. But then he lost his job on the TV show ‘Two and a Half Men,’ so now I don’t know what I am going to do.”

That’s right. Erik Seidel just won $750,000 and he is making jokes about Charlie Sheen. This is what we call winning.

All jokes aside, this years Heads-Up championship was a real challenge to Seidel after five straight years of failing to get out of the first round. But something is definitely different with the Poker Pro this year as his path to the finals wasn't easy by any means, he had to defeat, in order, Allen Cunningham, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Vanessa Selbst and Andrew Robl. Then, in the finals, he had to deal with a very tough Chris Moneymaker, who felled several legends of the game on his own path to the finals.

Modestly, Seidel comments on the match by honoring Andrew Robl as his toughest opponent; “There really were a lot of tough matches. Robl was really tough and that was one that really stood out to me.”

Seidel closes off by saying “I kind of expect it will be a temporary thing,” he said following his latest win.  ”But I’m happy to be there for the moment.”

We hope it’s a long ride for you Erik! Congrats again!

Here are the complete money results from the 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship:

1st: Erik Seidel - $750,000
2nd: Chris Moneymaker - $300,000
T-3rd: Jonathan Duhamel - $125,000
T-3rd: Andrew Robl - $125,000
T-5th: Olivier Busquet - $75,000
T-5th: David Oppenheim - $75,000
T-5th: David Benyamine - $75,000
T-5th: Vanessa Selbst - $75,000
T-9th: Jason Mercier - $30,000
T-9th: Ayaz Mahmood - $30,000
T-9th: Doyle Brunson - $30,000
T-9th: Eugene Katchalov - $30,000
T-9th: James Bord - $30,000
T-9th: Michael Mizrachi - $30,000
T-9th: Phil Galfond - $30,000
T-9th: Phil Gordon - $30,000

Call, Fold, Bluff, Insurance, Spin, Double Up…whatever your gaming entertainment is, SunPoker is happy to be able to cater to all your Poker and Casino needs!

We have a feeling the Progressive Jackpot on SunPoker’s side game is going to be hit real soon therefore we’ve decided to pay a little tribute to the game that increases our back roll by defining the term Progressive Slot!

Progressive Slots; Pogressive Slot Machines are usually Four-Reel machines which offer an open-ended jackpot that increases in value after each pull on every machine within a linked group. The top jackpot can be won only if the maximum number of coins is played and all the winning symbols correctly line up on the pay line.

On a lighter note and a separate tribute here is a little “lol” moment passed around the office today;

A blonde went to Las Vegas. She had been in the casino for about an hour, and realized she was thirsty. So she went to the pop machine in the hall. She put $1.00 in an a Pespi came out, she put another $1.00 in and another Pespi came out, she put one last $1.00 in and another Pespi came out.
A man saw her, and he said: "What are you doing?"