Poker Player Earns Chance in Free Tournament to Compete for $1 Million Through National Pub Poker League.Contestants Play for Free, Win for Real LITTLETON, Colo. -- The National Pub Poker League (NPPL NPPL - Network Picture Processing Language. An interactive language for manipulation of digraphs. ["A Graph Manipulator for On-line Network Picture Processing", H.A. DiGiulio, Proc FJCC 35 (1969)]. ), www.npplpoker.com, announced today its first player who qualified for the $1 Million Mansion Poker Dome Challenge The MANSIONPoker.net Poker Dome Challenge was a 43-week series of speed poker tournaments offering a grand prize of $1,000,000 USD. The tournament aired in the United States on Fox Sports Network from May 2006 to March 2007. in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . This weekend, Jerry Schrader, 36, a locksmith from Woodbridge, Va., won the second round of the Challenge and took home $50,000, bringing his total winnings to $75,000. Now Schrader has secured his chance to compete for the Poker Dome Challenge $1 Million Grand Prize. Schrader, along with NPPL member Stan Poczatek of Woodbridge, Va., were both eligible to play in the $50,000 qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. tournaments, but only Schrader was able to defeat five other contestants to take home the prize. The Poker Dome Challenge is a televised series on Fox Sports Net every Sunday. Schrader started the journey to Las Vegas by winning a free-to-enter NPPL tournament at his local pub, which qualified him for an NPPL exclusive free-roll tournament online at MANSIONPoker.net. He defeated the other pub winners and earned free airfare air·fare n. Fare for travel by aircraft. Noun 1. airfare - the fare charged for traveling by airplane fare, transportation - the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance , plush accommodations, limo transfer, and a seat in the Poker Dome Challenge. Using the skills he learned risk-free by playing at East Coast Billiards billiards, any one of a number of games played with a tapered, leather-tipped stick called a cue and various numbers of balls on a rectangular, cloth-covered slate table with raised and cushioned edges. in Woodbridge, Va., Schrader made the most of his opportunity and knocked off the five other players to win $25,000. He also qualified for the $50,000 winner's game that includes a seat to the $1 million final tournament. Schrader, who became the third qualifier for the $1 million tournament, became short stacked in the $50,000 tournament and developed a different style of play. "Once I got short stacked, my only strategy was to double up," said Schrader. "I did it six times and here I am with a giant check for $50,000." On the final hand of the tournament, Schrader, with the chip lead, chose to only call the blind with his Ace King. Marlon Delinois, the last opponent, saw an opportunity and went all-in with Ace 6. A king came on the flop FLOP - 1. An early system on the IBM 701. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. and Delinois was eliminated. Each week the NPPL Hosts an online tournament specifically for their league members, with the prize being a MANSIONPoker.net Poker Dome Challenge Seat. Winners will be flown to Las Vegas to compete in one of 36 televised qualifiers, played live at the MANSIONPoker.net Poker Dome and broadcasted by Fox Sports Network. The 36 winners will collect a cash prize of $25,000 and a seat at one of six televised semi-finals for $50,000. National Pub Poker League Members that win the Poker Dome Seat also receive: * Round Trip Air Transportation to Las Vegas * Limo transfers * VIP hotel accommodations * $500 Casino Credit * Welcome dinner and Introduction to the Poker Dome (Friday Night) The NPPL, the world's largest pub poker organization, hosts free Texas Hold'Em tournaments nightly in local taverns and bars. The nightly winners compete for free and on-line every other Saturday. All members can compete on opposite Saturdays for a chance to win in Las Vegas. Seats to the Poker Dome are only available to NPPL members, and no other pub poker organization offers this opportunity to its players. The NPPL conducts more than 600 unique venues, with nearly 1,200 weekly tournaments and more than 100,000 registered players. NPPL's website, www.npplpoker.com, is a non-wagering, non-gambling website that receives more than 1 million website hits per month. About NPPL Headquartered in Littleton, Colo., The National Pub Poker League, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (NPPL) is a U.S.-based entertainment company that holds "Free" Texas Hold 'Em Texas hold 'em (also hold'em, holdem) is the most popular poker variant played in casinos in the United States.[1] Hold'em is a community card game where each player may use any combination of the five community cards and their own two hole cards (Poker) Tournaments in pubs and restaurants for players throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , and Canada. Whether for an expert or first time player, these tournaments are designed to provide a way to learn a new game, have fun and meet new people. NPPL never charges players a fee or a charge of any kind to play and so a person never risks anything of value. For more information, to find the nearest game, or to host an event in your establishment, visit www.npplpoker.com, phone 1-866-904-NPPL, or email nppl@NPPLpoker.com. |
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