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Thursday 11th January 2007

Hands Up if You’re a Poker Celebrity

The World’s First Celebrity online Poker Room has confirmed that the 500 millionth hand has been dealt this week.

The site already began celebrating the milestone at hand number 498,000,000, where the winning player trumped a win of $250 while the games other players received $25 each.

The winning Poker Player of hand number 500,000,000 received a cash prize of $1,000, as the high profile poker room set its sights on achieving 1 billion hands in the not too distant future.

CelebPoker is home to a plethora of online poker bonuses including an offer of a 300 percent deposit bonus of up to $500. The company has also announced that it will continue to organise its successful VIP Freeroll tournaments, the first of which will take place on February 1 with a new $5,000 VIP Freeroll, as well as special tournaments that will offer celebrity prizes such as an F1 Ferrari helmet signed by Michael Schumacher.

Source: OnlineCasinoNews

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