Poker Tournaments at Gnuf

If the woo of victory and the allure of competition is what knocks your socks off, then Poker Tournament are for you. Gnuf hosts Poker Tournaments of all shapes and sizes at all hours of the day. From Freerolls to Sit n Go turbos to Multi Table marathons to WSOP qualifiers; at Gnuf you can be sure to find a Poker Tournament just for you.

With so many different Poker Tournaments on offer it pays to check out what we have in store. Whether you are completely new to online Poker Tournaments or a seasoned veteran of the game, you can find a smorgasbord of tasty information right here about all the Poker Tournaments we offer. And if you just want to play against your friends or colleagues then simply set up your own Private Poker Tournament.

Here are a handful of tourneys that you will come across at Gnuf:

Gnuf Poker Tournaments

• Guaranteed Poker Tournaments
  
• Freerolls Poker Tournaments
  
• Rounders Poker Tournaments
  
• Sit n Go Poker Tournaments
  
• Multi Table Sit n Go Poker Tournaments

Satellite Poker Tournaments

Satellite Poker Tournaments is all about winners battling winners. Basically, a satellite is an online Poker Tournament where the prize for winning is a free entrance to a bigger Poker Tournament. Ultimately, you may end up at a live tournament. In European poker tour, for example, you can qualify through satellites. Win one Poker Tournament and you proceed to the next. Win that one and move up yet another notch Before you know it you're sitting there, live, with the world's best poker players.

Guaranteed Poker Tournaments

In Guaranteed Tournaments the prize pool, or winnings that get awarded to the top players, is secured or guaranteed by the house or poker room. In a nutshell, you know what you are guaranteed to bring in if you play your cards right. But the greater the award, the greater the struggle. Up for it?

Freeroll Poker Tournaments

Want to put your skills to the test at a tournament without coughing up a bundle of cash even before you've made it to the table? Then Freeroll Poker Tournaments are the answer to your prayers! Freerolls are poker tournaments with no entry fee. No detours. What you put in goes straight onto your stack! All you've got to do is play your hand.

Rounders Poker Tournaments

Rounders Poker Tournaments are a series of Sit n Go (single table) Poker tournaments with 5 different levels. Choose between playing your way up or buying your way in to a level of choice. The higher the level, the higher the buy-in.

The great thing about Rounders is Poker Tournaments that you are in the game regardless of how you perform. If you win you move up. Play a decent hand and you get another crack at the same table. Bust out and you get a token to re-enter at a lower level, but you are still in the tournament with the prize pool in sight. It aint over until its over!

Sit n Go Tournaments

Alongside major poker tournaments but hardly on the sideline in the poker world is a second Poker Tournament form known as Sit n Go. Truly a player's choice!

A problem that often arises with large Poker Tournaments is that they can go on pretty much forever, because of its large number of participants and dire qualifying structure. Sit n Go, commonly referred to as SnG, is the player's answer to a player's discomfort. Instead of starting at a scheduled time, Sit n Go Poker Tournaments, or SnGs, begin play immediately after a certain number of players have registered for the tournament. And the number of players are limited to make the play more efficient.

Multi Table Poker Tournaments

In contrast to a Single Table Sit n Go, The "multi-table" Sit n Go tournaments allows a larger number of people to play in the same event. At gnuf.com you can choose multi play between, 15, 20 and 30 players. Each player is assigned to starting table play. As players drop out, the tension rises and the poker server moves successful players into the vacated seats. Tables and number of players are reduced, and eventually it comes down to a showdown between two opponents. It could be you!

Sweden Dismisses Poker Network or Monopolies

Sweden's government has denied Svenska Spel, the country's betting and poker monopoly, permission to create an international poker network with other state-controlled gaming operators.

One apparent reason for the refusal is that Finance Minister Anders Borg would like to improve controls over Svenska Spel's online poker operation. Borg wants Svenska Spel to clearly and regularly inform players of their total winnings and losses, reports Sveriges Radio International, a Sweden-based news radio station.

APPT Macau: China in your hands at Gnuf Poker

Win an APPT Macau Package worth $9,000, right here at Gnuf. The 6-day APPT Event in Macau, China will be held at the Grand Waldo Hotel & Casino between September 1-9 and kicks off the 2nd Season of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. The main event will have a guaranteed prize pool of $1,300,000, and at Gnuf you can play for one of 5 Guaranteed (at least) APPT Macau Packages up for grabs – each valued at $9k.

APPT Macau Prize Package includes:

• Entry to the APPT Macau Main Event ($3,200)
• Travel expenses to Macau, China ($2,500)
• 9-nights accommodation
• Spending money ($800)

How to qualify for APPT Macau
Starting at just $11, APPT Macau online satellites will be in the Gnuf poker lobby from June 27 until Aug 9, followed by the online finals on Aug 10.

CryptoLogic: New Internet Poker Features

CryptoLogic's New Internet Poker Features Deliver At-Home, Customizable Experience to PlayersE-gaming software leader unveils player-created tournaments, advanced sorting and filtering tool
DUBLIN, IRELAND, Jul 3, 2008 -- CryptoLogic Limited, a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, today introduced two unique features to its Internet poker software line-up: the ability for players to host their own tournaments, and a new advanced sorting and filtering tool that allows players to customize their own settings for cash games and tournaments. Starting today, the new features will enhance the gaming experience of poker players all over the world.

"For CryptoLogic, everything starts with the customer experience - and today we introduce a tool that will let players take their poker game to a whole new level," said Brian Hadfield, CryptoLogic's President and CEO. "It's all about making the poker player's experience with CryptoLogic software more flexible and more entertaining than ever before."

Private tournaments

Players can now host their own private games with the new 'Create your own tournament' feature, which simulates the experience of hosting a poker game at home. This community-building feature allows players to choose the games they want to play, at the stakes they want to play for, and at the time that is most convenient for them. Players also have the unique option to invite whomever they wish to play at their own private tables, delivering a flexible, online gaming experience.

Creating a tournament is easy. A simple click of a button in the poker lobby takes players to a private tournament set-up window. There, players can choose from a range of options, including game type, currency, buy-in amount, prize payout and date. When a private game is created, an email invitation is sent to the selected players. Only those who receive the invitation can participate in the game.

New sorting and filtering tool

CryptoLogic's new and improved 'sorting and filtering tool' means players will spend less time trying to find the game they want, and more time where they want to be - at the tables.

This easy-to-use feature allows players to customize the poker lobby by creating their own settings for cash games and tournaments. They can also change these settings any time they wish. Players can choose to display only the games they like to play, from the game type and speed, to choice of stakes and currency, to the maximum number of players at their table and preferred start time for tournaments.

"CryptoLogic's newest Internet poker innovations ensure the customer is equipped to play their poker game how they want, where they want and when they want," added Justin Thouin, CryptoLogic's Vice President, Product Management and Business Development. "It's about putting poker in the hands of players, and letting great entertainment happen - faster."

Today, CryptoLogic provides more than 8,000 concurrent players some of the industry's most popular poker events, including the Caribbean Poker Classic, an annual high-stakes live poker tournament, and the Head Hunter Challenge, a tournament format in which players win cash for every participant they eliminate.

About CryptoLogic(R)

Focused on integrity and innovation, CryptoLogic Limited is a world-leading, blue-chip public developer and supplier of Internet gaming software. Its leadership in regulatory compliance makes it one of the very few companies with gaming software that is certified to strict standards similar to land-based gaming. WagerLogic(R) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CryptoLogic, is responsible for the licensing of its gaming software and services to blue-chip customers who offer their games around the world to non-U.S. based players. For information on WagerLogic, visit www.wagerlogic.com.

CryptoLogic's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CRY, CXY), the NASDAQ Global Select Market (CRYP) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (CRP).

CRYPTOLOGIC FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT DISCLAIMER:

Statements in this press release, which are not historical are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, risks associated with the Company's financial condition and prospects, legal risks associated with Internet gaming and risks of governmental legislation and regulation, risks associated with market acceptance and technological changes, risks associated with dependence on licensees and key licensees, risks relating to international operations, risks associated with competition and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with securities regulatory authorities. These risks may cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

SOURCE: CryptoLogic Limited

NETeller: Pre Close Period Trading Update

Thursday, 3 July 2008 – NETELLER Plc (LSE: NLR), the leading independent, global provider of online payments, is pleased to provide a trading update prior to entering its half year close period. The Group’s results for the six months ended 30 June 2008 will be announced on Wednesday, 3 September 2008.

Trading update

The growth trends in revenue seen in the first quarter have continued, with reported revenue for the second quarter of the year expected to be approximately 10% ahead of the first quarter. Fee revenues from the Group’s e-wallet have continued to show double digit quarter-on-quarter growth. The Group’s sign ups and active customer growth have followed past trends whereby quarter two traditionally exhibits slower growth than the first quarter.

As anticipated the second quarter will produce a lower gross margin than the first quarter, reflecting the impact of the Group’s VIP rebate program which was launched in late April. However, the net impact of this program and other marketing initiatives is expected to result in a slight improvement in operating margin in the second quarter.

Overall, the Group has continued its good start to 2008 and therefore expects to report a result for the first six months in line with market expectations. The Group is continuing to invest in developing its businesses and the Board is confident of further progress in the second half of the year as the Group’s growth plans remain on track.

Sale of Calgary property

As announced on 30 June 2008, the Group is close to completing the sale of its principal Calgary property and expects to provide a further update on or before 11 July 2008.

About the NETELLER Group

Trusted by consumers and merchants in over 160 countries to move and manage billions of dollars each year, the NETELLER Group operates the world's leading independent online payments business. Through its NETELLER, NETBANX, and 1-Pay brands, the Group specialises in providing innovative and instant payment services where money transfer is difficult or risky due to identity, trust, currency exchange, or distance. Being independent has allowed the Group to support thousands of retailers and merchants in many geographies and across multiple industries.

NETELLER Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, with a ticker symbol of NLR. NETELLER (UK) Limited is authorised by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to operate as a regulated e-money issuer. For more information about the Group visit www.netellergroup.com.

Media and Investor Contacts

NETELLER Group media relations are managed by McEntegart Marketing. Contact them through the Media Relations Contact page. Group investor relations are managed by Citigate Dewe Rogerson. Contact them through the Investor Relations Contact page.

NETELLER's Sale of Calgary Property: Completion Update

Monday, 30 June 2008 – NETELLER Plc (LSE: NLR), the leading independent, global provider of online payments, provides the following update on the sale of its Calgary property.

As indicated on 1 May 2008, the Group had anticipated closing the sale of its principal property in Calgary on 30 June 2008. However, due to a number of factors, including public holidays in Canada and unforeseen delays within the land registry agency in Calgary, the Group now expects that all requisite formalities will be completed and closing will occur on or before 11 July 2008.

A further announcement will be made in due course.

About the NETELLER Group

Trusted by consumers and merchants in over 160 countries to move and manage billions of dollars each year, the NETELLER Group operates the world's leading independent online payments business. Through its NETELLER, NETBANX, and 1-Pay brands, the Group specialises in providing innovative and instant payment services where money transfer is difficult or risky due to identity, trust, currency exchange, or distance. Being independent has allowed the Group to support thousands of retailers and merchants in many geographies and across multiple industries.

NETELLER Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, with a ticker symbol of NLR. NETELLER (UK) Limited is authorised by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to operate as a regulated e-money issuer. For more information about the Group visit www.netellergroup.com.

Media and Investor Contacts

NETELLER Group media relations are managed by McEntegart Marketing. Contact them through the Media Relations Contact page. Group investor relations are managed by Citigate Dewe Rogerson. Contact them through the Investor Relations Contact page.