Team PokerNews Announces Two New $12,000 WSOP Freerolls at Bodog Poker

(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 30, 2007 ) Nicosia, Cyprus -- Team PokerNews (http://www.pokernews.com/wsop-2007) is giving away over $300,000 in WSOP Freerolls, and isn’t stopping there, with two new $12,000 WSOP Freerolls at Bodog Poker (http://www.pokernews.com/bodog) recently added to the schedule. Each freeroll winner will receive a $12,000 package which includes entry to the 2007 WSOP Main Event (worth $10,000), plus $2,000 for travel and accommodation.Team PokerNews (http://www.pokernews.com/wsop-2007) has recently announced the addition of two new $12,000 WSOP 2007 Freerolls, to be held at Bodog Poker (http://www.pokernews.com/bodog) on Monday April 30 and Tuesday May 29 starting at 21:05 EDT. Each freeroll will give away one $12,000 package which includes entry to the 2007 WSOP Main Event (worth $10,000), plus $2,000 in cash for travel and accommodation. Bodog Poker are adding in some extra value as well with $55 in tournament credits for 2nd-7th place, and $22 in tournament credits for 8th-12th place.In addition to the $12,000 package, the winner will get to be a part of Team PokerNews, and will enjoy exclusive benefits such as custom Team PokerNews clothing and merchandise, plus invites to special Team functions. This freeroll is exclusive to PokerNews players. To be eligible, players must first download Bodog Poker through the links at PokerNews.com and register a new account. Players must then earn 300 Bodog Points between April 1 and April 25 to play in the freeroll on April 30. Players must earn another 300 points between May 1 and May 23 if they want to enter the freeroll on May 29. Emails will be sent to all eligible players are the cutoff date informing them of how to enter the tournament. Players that have signed up to Bodog through PokerNews in the past will be able to play as long as they earn 300 points in the specified time period.Last year Team PokerNews sent over 20 players to the 2006 WSOP, where two freeroll winners made the money – the highest finisher being Per Erik Loeff from Norway who took home $51,129 for his 118th place finish. With over $300,000 in WSOP freerolls, expect Team PokerNews to be even bigger at this year’s WSOP!About PokerNews LtdPokerNews Ltd incorporates PokerNews.com (http://www.pokernews.com) which is considered to be the independent online poker authority, having been picked by Forbes as "Best of Web" for the Poker category. PokerNews features daily news, reviews of the major poker rooms, live feeds of tournaments available online as well as special bonuses and freerolls, and is available in over 20 different languages. PokerNews Ltd also incorporates PokerNewsCasino (http://casino.pokernews.com) and PokerNewsBackgammon (http://backgammon.pokernews.com), which both provide up-to-date news and information in the PokerNews tradition.Contact:Gareth Edwardshttp://www.pokernews.comgareth@pokernews.com###This press release was issued through GroupWeb EmailWire.Com. For more information on press release distribution, go to http://www.emailwire.com.

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