Released on: September 25, 2008, 10:56 am

Press Release Author: Pocket Fives

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: The World Series of Poker Europe is already underway from the
Casino at the Empire in London, England. This weekend, it will play host to the Main
Event, a ₤10,350 buy-in tournament that was won last year by online poker
sensation and PocketFiver Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad. This week on the
PocketFives Podcast, we’ll preview the WSOP Europe Main Event, which will be covered
on location by PocketFivesLive.com.

Press Release Body: San Jose, Costa Rica - September 26, 2008 -- (Express Press
Release) This weekend, many members of PocketFives.com and poker players around the
world will descend on London, England, the site of the second annual World Series of
Poker Europe. In the middle of the action will be Court Harrington, Tournament
Reporter for PocketFivesLive.com, which provides live href="http://www.pocketfiveslive.com">WSOP Europe coverage of online poker
players. To help kick off the event, Harrington joined this week’s PocketFives.com
Poker Podcast.

Recently, online poker players have
dominated live events. PocketFiver Vivek “Psyduck” Rajkumar won the World Poker
Tour’s Borgata Poker Open. Amit “amak316” Makhija finished second in the Legends of
Poker. Harrington comments on what he’s seen from online players: “All of these guys
have adapted to the live game a little bit quicker than the live game has adapted to
them. Right now, they’re starting to shine and have an edge on the field.”

Meanwhile, this week's online tournament action was highlighted by the 2008
PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event. Over 2,000 entrants paid
the $5,200 entry fee, making for a prize pool of nearly $11,000,000. PocketFiver
Carter "ckingusc" King came out on top of the two-day event and won $1,265,000 along
with the championship bracelet. His victory came only four months after he final
tabled the Full Tilt Online Poker Series $2,500 event for $101K. Alex "AJKHoosier1"
Kamberis took third in the WCOOP Main Event for $782,000 after negotiating a
five-handed chop.

PocketFiver "sagat" won the WCOOP Sunday Second Chance tournament for $151,000,
while "Snake8484" was awarded $81,600 for third place. Alexander "derdings" Jung of
Germany won his second Absolute Poker Weekly $150K Guaranteed tournament over the
weekend, earning $37,500 in the process. Other weekend scores included a $39,500
cash for third place in the PokerStars $200 Sunday rebuy by Bryan "Squirrely1" Sapp;
he took down that tournament two weeks ago.

This week's rankings update shows "AJKHoosier1" in command of the top spot worldwide
following his $782,000 third place cash in the WCOOP Main Event. He is poised to
stay on top of the

online poker rankings for at least
a few more weeks thanks to his PocketFives Leader Board score of 8,939.05 points –
the largest PLB points total in PocketFives history. Carter "ckingusc" King is new
to the rankings this week at #55 and is expected to enter the top 20 in upcoming
weeks thanks to his WCOOP Main Event victory. Kenny "Hixx" Hicks enters the Rankings
this week at #92 and "Panamatony" is now ranked #93 worldwide after his deep run in
the WCOOP Main Event. Danny "The__D__RY" Ryan re-enters at #95 this week.

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