Win One of 13 VIP Freeroll Seats to the European Masters of Poker Lisbon in March

DUBLIN, February 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- - Thirteen Guaranteed Seats Worth EUR26,000 to EMOP Lisbon Up for Grabs Through VIP Freerolls This March

The European Masters of Poker is gearing up for its third stop, Casino Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal, from March. 25 to 28, 2010 with EUR26,000 worth of VIP point freeroll qualifiers throughout March.

Online qualification is now underway on the Entraction network, including premium partners' 24hPoker.com, C4A.com, NoIQPoker.com, Pokerihuone.com, Pokerdassi.com, and Potraiser.com, and a number of special routes to this event have now been opened to online poker players*.

Starting March 1 Entraction network players who have earned 50 VIP points can play a freeroll every second day (March 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15) at 20:15 CET for a EUR2,000 package to EMOP Lisbon. Players must earn the VIP points 24 hours prior to the freeroll they wish to play for one of the eight VIP freeroll packages.

March 15 sees a special VIP tournament at 21:15 CET with a further five packages to EMOP Lisbon guaranteed. Players wishing to play this event must have earned 2,000 VIP points between March 1 and the start of the tournament.

Additionally the final EMOP Lisbon Iron Man freeroll will be held this Sunday Feb. 28. This freeroll has one EUR1,450 package to EMOP Lisbon for the winner - EUR1,100 buy-in + EUR350 expenses. To be eligible to play this freeroll players must have earned the required number of VIP Points from midnight on February 1 up until the start time of the freeroll.

Qualification for the EUR1,000+EUR100 buy-in main event in Lisbon through regularly scheduled satellites and feeders is also now underway on all poker sites on the Entraction network for as little as EUR2 or 200 VIP points. There are 32 daily satellites feeding into the main weekly qualifiers which take place each:

Tuesday 20:40 (CET) - EUR100 buy in with five EUR2,000 packages guaranteed Thursday 20:40 (CET) - EUR100 buy in with five EUR2,000 packages guaranteed Sunday 20:40 (CET) - EUR200 buy in with eight EUR2,000 packages guaranteed

EMOP Lisbon will also host a variety of side events to suit all pockets including a EUR220 no-limit hold'em shootout (Wed. Mar. 24), a EUR330 no-limit hold'em freezeout (Fri. Mar. 26), and a EUR165 no-limit hold'em freezeout (Sun. Mar. 28).

At the end of January 2010 Maciej Lipny won the European Masters of Poker Gran Canaria topping the sold out field of 288 players to take down EUR66,240 at the Casino Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.

For more details visit http://www.europeanmastersofpoker.com

NB* For legal reasons Portuguese citizens cannot participate in these promotions or online qualifiers

About European Masters of Poker

EMOP is a live poker tournament series running in Europe. EMOP gives the recreational player opportunity to play big international poker tournaments with affordable buy-in. EMOP chooses to cooperate with the best casinos in Europe to give the participants an unforgettable experience. Partners in the Entraction poker network will send at least 200 qualifiers to each event.

The European Masters of Poker gives the gaming operator a unique possibility to create ambassadors for and loyalty to their brand. EMOP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Entraction Group. Please visit http://www.europeanmastersofpoker.com for more information.

Contact: [email protected], +353-863057469 for more details.

SOURCE European Masters of Poker