St.
James Club, Mamora Bay, Antigua. The main attraction
here isn't the casino, it's the warm weather and beautiful
beaches. The St. James Club is a high-end resort is
nestled on a 100-acre private peninsula, with the
sea bordering three sides of the resort. The resort
has plenty of options for everyone: and at night there's
the disco and the small but glamorous casino, which
is the place to gamble on the island.
Palladium
VIP's - Spoil Yourself With As Many Presents As You
Want From PartyPoker
- Santa's Party Pack Open To All On PartyCasino
!
Win your share of $5,000 every day in December. See:
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The first episode of PartyPoker.com
World Open VI is now online.
Many
of the players involved will remember the jaw dropping
quads over quads – Andrew Robl, Toby Lewis, Mike
Sexton and Jesse May talk about this in a special
post here: PartyPoker.com
Aussie Millions qualifiers are up and running. Team
Party pro Tyron Krost won the event last year and
gives his own guide to satellites. PartyPoker.com
Palladium
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- Santa's Party Pack Open To All On PartyCasino
!
Gibraltar
– 30th November 2010 -- The festive season is
drawing closer and PartyPoker.com
is making sure they treat their most-valued players
to a whole stack of presents. Palladium VIPs have
the opportunity to pick up six presents and fill their
very own Santa sack by just earning points by playing
at PartyPoker.com’s
online tables from the 1st to 14th December 2010.
A PartyPoker.com
spokesman said: "The premise is very simple –
Palladium VIPs earn points that make prizes. At the
bottom end there is a $50 cash bonus, while 30,000
points delivers a $5,000 WPT entry. Players are entitled
to keep all of the prizes they can win - so with six
prize levels there’s six fantastic presents to
keep!"
Here’s what’s on offer in the VIP Gift Accumulator:
The
feast of presents doesn’t just end here though.
Every time a player hits a prize level PartyPoker.com
award tickets for the VIP Gift Accumulator prize draw
which offers the chance to win a share of $10,000.
The more prizes a Palladium VIP earn the more entries
they’ll get into the draw, giving more frequent
players a better chance of winning the $5,000 first
prize, the $3,000 second prize or the $2,000 third
prize. Winners will be announced on the 17th December.
Please note that this is an OPT-IN promotion. For
more information see: PartyPoker.com
Santa is also coming to PartyCasino.com.
Unlike the poker promotion this is open to non VIPs
too and runs from the 1st – 14th December, whether
you have been bad or good. Points mean prizes including
a luxury Caribbean holiday!
Starts:
00:00 ET, 1st December
Ends: 23:59 ET, 14th December
Santa
is making an early appearance. He’s spreading
Christmas cheer, handing out killer Christmas presents
to non-VIP and Palladium VIP players.
From
1st to 14th December, you can celebrate Christmas
in style with a double whammy of festive winning opportunities.
There’s a prize giveaway where you can scoop
up to 6 prizes, and a massive cash prize draw!
Winning
a share of Santa’s Party Pack is simple, and
you don’t even have to sit on Santa’s knee!
Simply opt-in between the 1st-14th December and collect
points by playing your favourite slots and jackpot
slots. The more you play, the more prizes you’ll
unwrap.
Prize
Giveaway
If
you’re not a VIP yet, check out the Christmas
List below, Santa could bring you up to 5 fantastic
prizes worth $1,000:
*The
iPad 32GB WiFi has a cash alternative of $600, this
will automatically be credited to your account. Please
see T&C’s for details of how to receive the
non monetary alternative.
If
you’re a Palladium VIP player, check out the
Christmas list below. Santa could bring you up to
6 prizes worth $10,000:
**The
iPad 64GB WiFi has a cash alternative of $1,000, **The
Luxury Caribbean Holiday has a cash alternative of
$5,000 these will automatically be credited to your
account. Please see T&C’s for details of
how to receive the non monetary alternative.
Santa’s
Big Prize Draw
What
a cracker! But wait…there’s an extra present
under the tree – Santa’s Big Prize Draw.
By taking part in Santa’s Party Pack, you will
be eligible for the draw. The more points you earn
the more entries you will receive. Check below to
see how much cash you can win:
Non-VIP
Big Prize Draw
Every
time you earn 20 points during the promotion, you’ll
get one entry to the Big Prize Draw. $10,000 will
be shared equally between 10 lucky players.
VIP
Big Prize Draw
Every
time you earn 500 points during the promotion, you’ll
get one entry to the Big Prize Draw. $20,000 will
be shared between 3 lucky players in the following
amounts: 1st - $10,000, 2nd - $6,000 and 3rd - $4,000.
You
can collect points on any of our slots and jackpot
slots. To join the festivities you need to Opt-In
from the 1st-14th December. Win some exceptional presents
this Christmas with Santa’s Party Pack.
Good
luck and Merry Christmas!
News
PartyPoker
Introduces Five Star Poker Challenge - 29th November
2010
In
December, PartyPoker
will unveil the Five Star Poker Challenge, offering
31 freerolls worth $5,000 each plus other high-stakes
cash prizes. PartyPoker
offers some of the industry’s most unique promotions
every month.
All
you have to do to take full advantage of the Five
Star Poker Challenge is rack up five Party Points
in a single day. That’s it; that’s really
all you have to do. When you amass five points, PartyPoker
will grant you entry into a $5,000 freeroll the next
day. There are 31 freerolls that will be held in total,
meaning that the site is putting up over $150,000
for this part of the Five Star Poker Challenge promotion.
Now,
if you qualify for five of the aforementioned $5,000
freerolls, you’ll score entry into a $50,000
freeroll that will be held on January 2nd. You’ll
be ringing in the new year in style as you vie for
a five-figure prize pool, all for playing on one of
the world’s largest online poker sites.
In
addition, repeat winners of the $5,000 freerolls will
be in for a special treat. Win two daily $5,000 freerolls
and you’ll take home a $5,000 cash prize. If
you manage to win three daily freerolls, then your
prize will be increased to $50,000. Finally, any PartyPoker
player who manages to take down five daily $5,000
freerolls will win a colossal $500,000 cash prize.
Your
$5,000 freeroll victories don’t have to be consecutive;
rather, they can happen on any days during the promotion.
Finally, PartyPoker
is offering up one $5,000, $50,000, and $500,000 bonus,
so start playing early to claim your prize, as jackpots
will be paid out on a first come, first served basis.
Text
found on PartyPoker’s
website explains how bonuses can be claimed: “To
make a claim, players must send an email to info@partypoker.com
and confirm their account name. PartyPoker
will respond to all claims within 48 hours in order
to verify all claims and ensure no fraudulent play
has taken place.” PartyPoker
expects to pay out bonuses within 48 hours.
The
$5,000 tournaments will kick off at 15:00 ET each
day during the Five Star Poker Challenge. According
to PartyPoker’s terms, a “day” runs
from 00:00 ET to 23:59 ET, so make sure to pick up
five Party Points during this time span to qualify.
Also
in December, PartyPoker
is holding the VIP Gift Accumulator for its VIP
members. All players need to do is earn Party Points.
Then, at certain thresholds, they’ll receive
rewards for their play, ranging from a $50 cash prize
to a $5,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) buy-in. Other prizes
include $100 in cash, an iPod Touch, $700 in cash,
and a 16 GB iPad, which will likely be one of the
hottest gift items for the holiday season. All prizes
are cumulative, which could make for a pretty full
stocking come Christmas morning.
The
VIP Gift Accumulator also includes a prize draw that
will shell out $10,000. The top payout in the prize
draw is $5,000, with cash sums of $3,000 and $2,000
also available. The VIP Gift Accumulator promotion
runs from December 1st to 14th, with the prize draw
occurring on December 17th. Players must opt into
the VIP Gift Accumulator in order to participate.
The
WPT buy-in is good for any event before March 31st.
Players who would rather not head to a live poker
tournament can opt for a cash alternative of $3,500.
In order to check out how many VIP Gift Accumulator
points you’ve earned, head to your PartyPoker
account after you’ve opted in.
Win
a share of $100,000 and the holiday of a lifetime
Starts: 00:00 ET, 6th July
Ends: 23:59 ET, 18th July
We’re
welcoming the summer with open arms this year by giving
away a massive total of $100,000 across two leader
boards.
That’s
not all. We’ll also be running a prize draw to
send one very lucky player to the beautiful island
of St. Kitts to soak up some glorious Caribbean sun.
Fixing
your name on one of our leader boards couldn’t
be easier; simply collect as many points as you can
from 6th to 18th July. Points can be collected on
any of our slots and jackpot slots.
Our
holiday prize draw is open to all of our players.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of jet-setting
to paradise is earn an entry ticket by collecting
100 points. You’ll get an entry for every 100
points you notch up, so keep earning those points:
the more entries you have, the better your chance
of winning the luxurious holiday will be!
Prize
details
Two
return flights from London to St. Kitts
Return airport transfers in St. Kitts
Seven nights at the Marriott Resort and The Royal
Beach Casino for two people
Guided volcano crater tour for two with lunch and
drinks
Natural pool jeep tour for two with snacks, drinks,
and snorkel equipment
Dinner for two at the hotel’s La Cucina restaurant
to the value of $150
Fujifilm Finepix waterproof digital camera with 2.7"
LCD screen
$1,000 spending money
Insurance for two
Winner management
Let’s make this a summer to remember with Caribbean
Cash Fever.
The
Caribbean (Dutch: Caraïben; French: Caraïbes;
Spanish: Caribe; Portuguese: Caribe or Caraíbas)
is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean
Sea, its islands (most of which enclose the sea),
and the surrounding coasts. The region is located
southeast of Northern America, east of Central America,
and to the north and west of South America.
Situated
largely on the Caribbean Plate, the area comprises
more than 7,000 islands,
islets, reefs, and cayes. The West Indies consist
of the Antilles, divided into the larger Greater Antilles
which bound the sea on the north and the Lesser Antilles
on the south and east (including the Leeward Antilles),
and the Bahamas. Bermuda lies much further to the
north in the Atlantic Ocean and is sometimes included
in the West Indies. Geopolitically, the West Indies
are usually reckoned as a subregion of North America
and are organised into 28 territories including sovereign
states, overseas departments, and dependencies. At
one time, there was a short-lived country called the
Federation of the West Indies composed of ten English-speaking
Caribbean territories.
The
name "Caribbean" is named after the Caribs,
one of the dominant Amerindian groups in the region
at the time of European contact during the late 15th
century. The analogous "West Indies" originates
from Christopher Columbus' idea that he had landed
in the Indies (then meaning all of south and east
Asia) when he had actually reached the Americas. The
Spanish term Antillas was commonly assigned to the
newly discovered lands; stemming from this, "Sea
of the Antilles" is a common alternate name for
the Caribbean Sea in various European languages.
In
the English-speaking Caribbean, someone from the Caribbean
is usually referred to as a "West Indian",
although the rather cumbersome phrase "Caribbean
person" is sometimes used. The use of the words
"Caribbean" and "Caribbeans" to
refer to a West Indian or West Indians is largely
unknown in the English-speaking Caribbean.
Biodiversity
The Caribbean Islands are classified as one of Conservation
International's biodiversity hotspots because they
support exceptionally diverse ecosystems, ranging
from montane cloud forests to cactus scrublands. These
ecosystems have been devastated by deforestation and
encroachment. The hotspot has dozens of highly threatened
species, including two species of solenodon (giant
shrews) and the Cuban crocodile. The hotspot is also
remarkable for the diminutive nature of much of its
fauna, boasting the world’s smallest bird and
smallest snake.
Historical
groupings
History of the Caribbean
Most islands at some point were, or still are, colonies
of European nations:
Spanish
West Indies - Cuba, Hispaniola (present-day Dominican
Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, Jamaica (until 1655),
the Cayman Islands, Trinidad (until 1797) and Bay
Islands (until 1643)
French West Indies - Anguilla (briefly), Antigua and
Barbuda (briefly), Dominica (briefly), Dominican Republic
(briefly), Grenada (briefly), Haiti, Montserrat (briefly),
Saint Lucia (briefly), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(briefly), Sint Eustatius (briefly), St Kitts and
Nevis (St Kitts, but not Nevis), Trinidad and Tobago
(briefly) (Tobago only), Saint Croix (briefly), and
the current French overseas départements of
Martinique and Guadeloupe (including Saint-Barthélemy
and northern half of Saint Martin)
British West Indies/Anglophone Caribbean - Anguilla,
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bay
Islands (briefly), British Virgin Islands, Cayman
Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica (from
1655), Montserrat, Saint Croix (briefly), Saint Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Trinidad and Tobago (from 1797) and the Turks and
Caicos Islands
Danish West Indies - present-day United States Virgin
Islands
Dutch West Indies - present-day Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba, Virgin
Islands, Saint Croix (briefly), Tobago and Bay
Islands (briefly)
Swedish West Indies - present-day French Saint-Barthélemy.
The
mostly Spanish controlled Caribbean in the sixteenth
century. The British West Indies were formerly united
by the United Kingdom into a West Indies Federation.
The independent countries which were once a part of
the B.W.I. still have a unified composite cricket
team that successfully competes in test matches and
one-day internationals. The West Indian cricket team
includes the South American nation of Guyana, the
only former British colony on that continent.
In
addition, these countries share the University of
the West Indies as a regional entity. The university
consists of three main campuses in Jamaica, Barbados
and Trinidad and Tobago, a smaller campus in the Bahamas
and Resident Tutors in other contributing territories. (Credit:
Wikipedia).
