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24 July 2006

World�s Largest Online Poker Brand and IPT form marketing partnership

Las Vegas, Nevada: PartyGaming Plc, best known for its online poker room PartyPoker.com and PartyPoker.net, the world�s largest on-line poker school, has signed on with the International Pool Tour in a major sponsorship deal, it was announced today. PartyGaming has become the official on-line gaming sponsor of the IPT�s �North American 8-Ball Open Championship,� being held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas from July 23rd-July 30th.

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PartyGaming Plc. was founded in 2001 and is widely considered the leading on-line gaming company. It has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 2005 and has customers in over 190 countries.

The International Pool Tour�s �North American 8-Ball Open Championship� will be the most widely-televised and promoted pool event in history. Every round of the tournament will be covered live and on a delayed tape basis in prime-time on Eurosport, which is seen in 54 countries and 20 languages through Europe. Major announcements about the U.S. broadcast schedule will be made during the week of the event. Other major broadcast deals for IPT programming, including the North American 8-Ball Open, will be announced shortly.

�We�re proud to be working with PartyGaming and PartyPoker.Net on the richest and most dramatic pool event ever,� said Jon Denny, IPT Executive Director. �They have a great product and the highest of level of integrity. It�s also obvious that there�s a strong connection between poker and pool. We�re excited that the two leaders in poker and pool can collaborate here in Las Vegas and beyond.�

IPT North American Open Prize Money Breakdown
Total Prize Fund	$2,050,000
1st Place	$350,000
2nd Place	$99,000
3rd Place	$80,000
4th Place	$65,000
5th Place	$50,000
6th Place	$40,000
7th - 18th Place	$30,000 each
19th - 36th Place	$17,000 each
37th - 60th Place	$10,000 each
61st - 120th Place	$5,000 each
121st - 200th Place	$2,000 each
All prize money is regardless of number of players

North American Open 8-Ball Championship Groupings
Group 1 Alex LELY Lou BUTERA Jackie BROADHURST Jon KUCHARO Jason KIRKWOOD	Group 15 Dennis ORCOLLO Kelly FISHER Gary ABOOD Wayne CATLEDGE John KUTCHER	Group 28 Imran MAJID Ralph ECKERT Thomas KENNEDY Aaron CZETLI Howard VICKERY
Group 2 Neils FEIJEN Karen CORR Ray MARTIN Lee HEUWAGEN** Greg HOGUE	Group 16 Ivaca PUTNIK Jimmy WHITE Quinten HANN David ALCAIDE Ronato ALCANO	Group 29 Lee CHENMAN Adam WHEELER Gerry WATSON Shawn PUTNAM Marco MARQUEZ
Group 3 Tuan Kiat GOH Keith BENNETT* Sarah ELLERBY Eric HJORLEIFSON David MATLOCK	Group 17 Bernie FRIEND Larry SCHWARTZ George SANSOUCI Johnny ARCHER Denver BARGER	Group 30 Michael CERNERO Johl YOUNGER Brian GROCE Jose PARICA Rafael MARTINEZ
Group 4 Alex PAGULAYAN Mike MASSEY Tammy JONES Goran MLADENOVIC Corey HARPER	Group 18 Jeff BECKLEY*** Ike RUNNELS Shannon DAULTON Corey DEUEL Ronnie WISEMAN	Group 31 Neil RAYBONE David RELJIC Rafael GONZALEZ Rodney MORRIS Tomoki MEKARI
Group 5 Austin MURPHY Danny BASAVICH Ewa LAURANCE Sam MONDAY Anthony GINN	Group 19 Robert MCKENNA John WIMS Shane VAN BOENING Thorsten HOHMANN Michael VIDAS	Group 32 Tyler EDEY Paul POTIER Kim DAVENPORT Jason MILLER Steve MOORE
Group 6 Mike GULYASSY Earl STRICKLAND Miyuki SAKAI Chris ORME Teddy GARRAHAN	Group 20 Jim RANEY Charles BRYANT Oliver ORTMANN Mika IMMONEN Gandy VALLE	Group 33 Yannick BEAUFILS Wade CRANE Fabio PETRONI Max EBERLE Larry NEVEL
Group 7 Raj HUNDAL Dallas WEST Monica WEBB Ismael PAEZ Scott FROST	Group 21 Mike LEBRON Vincent FACQUET Dennis HATCH Ronnie O�SULLIVAN Sandor TOT	Group 34 Darren APPLETON Allen HOPKINS Patrick HOLTZ Mike DAVIS Takeshi OKUMURA
Group 8 William INCARDONA Nick VARNER Helena THORNFELDT Jonathan PENEGAR Rico DIKS	Group 22 Leonardo GUNNAR Tom STORM Daryl PEACH John SCHMIDT Konihiko TAKAHASHI	Group 35 Ryan KELLER Edwin MONTAL Markus JUVA Markus CHAMAT Arturo RIVERA
Group 9 Gabe OWEN Efren REYES Mary KENNISTON James WALDEN Luis CONDO	Group 23 Colin COLENSO Jimmy FUSCO George BREEDLOVE Ralf SOUQUET Mark TADEMY	Group 36 John DITORO Carl MORRIS Bernd JAHNKE Jeremy JONES Robb SAEZ
Group 10 Francisco BUSTAMANTE Ed KELLY Gerda HOFSTATTER Jim WEAST Andreas KOUKIADAKIS	Group 24 Jianbo FU Paul BRIENZA Laurant TRAVERS Jerry CALDERON Sal BUTERA	Group 37 Lance SALAZAR Danny DILIBERTO Bobby HUNTER Tony CHOHAN Troy FRANK
Group 11 Mike SIGEL Philip HARRISON James ROBERTS David BROXSON Linda CARTER	Group 25 Warren KIAMCO Brian SALEH Michael ZIMMERMAN Keith MCCREADY Cliff JOYNER	Group 38 Ouahbi AMINE Alejandro CARVAJAL Mick HILL Charlie WILLIAMS Santos SAMBAJON
Group 12 Joe MINICI Dee ADKINS Marlon MANALO Robin DODSON Richard BROUMPTON	Group 26 Aaron FRANKEN Sammy JONES Evgeny STALEV Tony ROBLES Antonio LINING	Group 39 Roland ACOSTA Chris BARTRAM Frank ALVAREZ Luc SALVAS Michael SCHMIDT
Group 13 Zlatko JAKULJ Loree Jon JONES John MACIAS Ernesto DOMINGUEZ Karl BOYES	Group 27 Stephan SANTL Vilmos FOLDES Rodolfo LUAT Jimmy WETCH Mori MANABU	Group 40 Stan TOURANGEAU Leil GAY Scotty TOWNSEND Nick VAN DEN BERG Tony CROSBY
Group 14 Grady MATHEWS Andreja KLASOVIC Marko LOHTANDER Allison FISHER Jeff ABERNATHY	.	.

* Keith BENNETT replaces Jim REMPE
** Lee HEUWAGEN replaces Wei LIU
*** Jeff BECKLEY replaces Pete FUSCO

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