PurePlay Poker Tournament Attracts 30,000 Players

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- PurePlay, the first and largest U.S.-compliant play-for-cash online poker destination, today announced completion of its first-ever tournament to award a free seat to the World Series of Poker*. More than 30,000 players competed for a $10,000 seat at the poker championship, to be held in Las Vegas in July. This enthusiastic response spurred PurePlay to kick off a second qualifying tourney, now underway. PurePlay also announced it will be giving away more seats in monthly tournaments leading up to the main event.

The winner of PurePlay's first WSOP*-qualifying tournament is Gregory Jacob Kremer of Sun City West, Ariz. "It's amazing to win a seat to play for millions of dollars without risking any of my own money!" Kremer said. "Now I can test my poker skills against the world's best in competition at the highest level." Kremer has been a PurePlay member for two years.

"Our first tournament in March was by far the biggest, most competitive event we've ever hosted," said PurePlay CEO Jason Kellerman. "We're looking forward to even bigger turnouts in April, May and June. Then our winners are off to Vegas."

Kellerman invited poker players everywhere to enter PurePlay's monthly tournaments for the coveted WSOP* seats. Qualifiers run continuously throughout the day, every day. Unlike other poker sites, PurePlay requires no buy ins, deposits or fees of any kind.

The championship event in Las Vegas, to be aired on ESPN, is the most lucrative event in sports. In 2006, players earned a record amount of prize money -- more than $100 million. The 2006 winner took home $12 million, surpassing the combined payouts of Wimbledon, The Masters and the Kentucky Derby.

PurePlay's online poker rooms and tournaments offer cash prizes to both play-for-free members and subscribers who pay a low monthly fee. Subscriber benefits include access to cash tournaments with over $150,000 in monthly prizes, live chat customer support, no ads during game play, and individual performance ratings that enable players to compete with others at the same skill level.

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