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Nikita Lebedev Turns €0.01 Into €3,016

When Nikita Lebedev bought into an Irish Open Main Event satellite for a mere €0.01 he had no idea that single cent would eventually morph into a much more substantial €3,016 score. But that is exactly...

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“partypoker Looks Out For Their Players More”

Chris Cameron was already a partypoker fan before he won Leaderboard 2 in our Legend of the Week ongoing promotion. Now, he loves the site even more. The Edinburgh-based personal trainer first...

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Galchenkov Turns $0.22 Satellite Into Legend of the Week Top Prize

We love a satellite success story here at partypoker, which is why we were delighted to learn about Alexander Galchenkov‘s impressive tale. Galchenkov, who hails from Belarus, won the Legend of the...

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From Grinding in a Factory to Becoming a Legend of the Week

Alexander “AA gudila KK” is the latest in what seems a never-ending line of Russian grinders who have won a Legend of the Week leaderboard. Alexander triumphed in Leaderboard 3 after hearing about the...

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Daily Legends Are “Easily My Favourite Tournaments Out There”

Noah Hancock is a Sports Therapist student at the Solent University in Southampton who loves playing poker. Noah’s dedication to the game finally paid off when he became the Legend of the Week for...

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Predator Gavrilov Takes Down the Gladiator

Martin “DrHoldem” Gavrilov is used to playing poker with a target on his back. Gavrilov is one of our nominated predators in the Predator hunt promotion. It makes winning this particular Daily Legends...

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Der_steppenw0lf: “The Action is Amazing, Everyone Loves Freebies”

“Der_steppenwolf” loves partypoker. You will often see his name in the live chat on our Twitch streams, in addition to him grinding our Daily Legends tournaments. It is his superb performance in the...

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Using Daily Legends to Build a Poker Career From Scratch

Flavio Yuji Kumoto is a 26-year-old poker player who is grinding away, hoping to establish himself as a profitable “reg.” The Brazilain, with Japanese ancestry, recently won Leaderboard 2 of the Legend...

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“Legend of the Week Gives More Incentive To Focus”

Peter Shaw loves the Legend of the Week promotion because it gives him added incentives to stay focus during the daily grind. That focus recently paid off because Peter won Leaderboard 4 and won $1,510...

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mochalov13 Wins Legend of the Week Leaderboard Three Times

Winning one of the Legend of the Week leaderboards is a fantastic achievement in its own right. Imagine not only topping a leaderboard once, but three times. Not only that but winning three different...

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Sergey Prien: Kotelnikov Dismantling My Game Motivated Me

Russian grinder Sergey Prien has a former WPT World Online Championships champion to thank for his recent success in the Legend of the Week promotion. Prien finished fourth in Leaderboard 4 one week...

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Paul Romain Turns Free Ticket into $1,100 World Cup of Cards Seat

Those of you who follow our social media channels know we give away a lot of tickets. Paul Romain received one such ticket on Facebook, one worth $4.40. Paul used that $4.40 ticket for a World Cup of...

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Iermolcheva: My Gladiator Prize Money Is Going Towards a New Car

Those of you who participate in our Predator Hunt promotion will likely have crossed paths with Olga “mangustae” Iermolcheva. The popular streamer competes in the Predator with a $22 Predator ticket...

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Netpobu4: My Motto Is Never Give Up

We thought it was an incredible achievement when we learned “mochalov13” had topped a Legend of the Week leaderboard on three separate occasions. It was something we did not think would be beaten for...

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“I love the Daily Legends because I don’t have to worry about sleep”

We are proud of our Daily Legends tournaments. A lot of work has gone into them to ensure they have a superb structure that is no compromised by the fact they finish at a reasonable hour. They are the...

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“I Cannot Praise the Daily Legends Enough”

Our Daily Legends tournaments are available to all partypoker players regardless of the size of their bankrolls. Buy-ins start at a mere $1.10 and increase all the way to $1,050. It does not matter if...

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Arantaur: The Legend of the Week Leaderboards Are a Great Promotion

Arantaur is yet another Legend of the Week who hails from Russia. The grinder from Magnitogorsk, an industrial city located whose motto is “the place where Europe and Asia meet” spoke to the partypoker...

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“freddy2019” Buys New Laptop With Magic Cards Winnings

Our Magic Cards promotion continues to be well-received with thousands of partypoker players getting their hands on free prizes every day. One player, “freddy2019,” literally hit the jackpot and saw...

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Jouissance88: partypoker Offers the Best MTT Leaderboards

Russian grinder “Jouissance88” is on cloud nine right now having finished top of Leaderboard 2 in our ongoing Legends of the Week promotion. Triumphing over all the other partypoker players resulted in...

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Jeksontuk: Buying Diapers With Tournament Winnings!

Russian partypoker player “Jeksontuk” got his grind on last week and excelled in The Terminator and The Ocean’s Daily Legends tournaments. His immense performances in these $11 buy-in tournaments...

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How Pedro Fernandes Beat The Best in the World

Pedro Fernandes was not a name the Brazilian poker community was familiar with until a couple of weeks ago. The Brazilian poker scene is dominated by names such as “Padilha,” “Madeira,” and...

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“partypoker is committed to delivering value for players”

The Grand Prix KO Series Main Events take place on August 2, and whoever wins them will hit the headlines, and rightly so. However, one partypoker player, Gareth Gardner, has his own incredible story;...

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Sergey Yashur Could Not Believe He Won the WPT Pro Hunt

Sergey Yashur shone in the WPT Pro Hunt at the beginning of the ongoing WPT World Online Championships (WPTWOC). Yashur was one of 1,374 partypoker players who bought into the event for $33, helping to...

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Bengt Sonnert Realises Dream of Becoming a WPT Champion

Swedish poker pro Bengt Sonnert is regarded as one of the best Pot-Limit Omaha players in the world. Last week, Sonnert added weight to those claims by closing out the $2,100 buy-in WPT #02 Omaha...

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PokerJoker92 Is Playing the WPTWOC Mini Main For Free!

Imagine how cool it would be to wake up on a Monday morning, check your emails, and discover that you have received a $1,100 WPT World Online Championships (WPTWOC) ticket that you were not aware you...

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WPTWOC PLO Champ Celebrates With a Wander Through the Forest

How would you celebrate had you just won the WPT World Online Championships Micro Omaha Championship event, turning your $22 investment into $3,362? By running around your living room like a possessed...

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BigLebowski77 Shows Healthy Profit From Legend of the Week

Russia’s “BigLebowski77” is feeling like the Dude (10 house points if you get that reference) after winning Leaderboard 3 of the Legend of the Week promotion and turning his prizes into cold, hard...

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McLaren Superfan Ross Cartwright: “It was definitely a dream come true”

Ross Cartwright entered the McLaren Superfan competition and kept his fingers crossed. Ross loves Formula 1 and is a McLaren fan, so winning this random prize draw would be a dream come true. It seems...

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Winning the WPTWOC Main Event Feels “So Surreal” to Gostisa

Rok Gostisa became a World Poker Tour champion last week when took down the $5,300 WPT World Online Championships Main Event for a cool $959,492. It was Gostisa’s largest-ever tournament cash. WPT #07...

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Nikolay Gorbunov Turns $0.01 Into $13,027

Thousands of you, our valued customers, enjoy nothing more than playing in our centroll satellites and attempting to turn $0.01 into a much more meaningful amount. Plenty of you manage this goal and...

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From Star Gamer to Almost Homeless: The Story of Teruliro, a WPT champion

Luiz Guilherme Donnabella Orrico, the name, put like that, sounds strange to part of the poker community. Everything gets more familiar, however, when we talk about Guilherme Beavis, or, simply,...

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William Bennet Turns $5.50 Into $3,781; Calls It Surreal

William Bennet was one of thousands of partypoker players who enjoyed the recent Grand Prix KO Series. Bennet enjoyed his time at the virtual felt more than most because he took down the $5.50 buy-in...

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Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Discusses His MILLIONS North Cyprus Victory

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya became only the third Russian-speaking player to become a partypoker LIVE MILLIONS champion when he triumphed in the recent MILLIONS North Cyprus Main Event for $683,285, joining...

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Sergey Brykalin Wins WPTDeepStacks Event From a Free Ticket!

Sergey Brykalin fired up his partypoker account one morning and found an $11 ticket waiting for him. Brykalin decided to use his free ticket to buy into the WPTDeepStacks #06 Mini Turbo Knockout and...

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Rezista: “Leaderboards Are Great Motivation”

Our Legend of the Week are immensely popular thanks, in part, to the fact you only need to play a maximum of 12 tournaments across any given week to be in with a chance to win a prize. Having five...

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Sonnerz1 Turns Free $11 Ticket Into Leaderboard Victory

Dmitry, known as “Sonnerz1” at the tables, checked his partypoker account from his St. Petersburg home and discovered he had received an $11 and $22 ticket as a gift. Even though tournament poker is...

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“call0bok” Turned Predator Ticket Into a WPTDeepStack Seat

Our ongoing Legend of the Week promotion continues giving partypoker players the chance to win life-changing sums of money. Legend of the Week rewards players with tournament tickets for events with a...

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Aleksey Ivanov: I Wanted To Win the Gladiator For a Long Time

Russian poker player Aleksey Ivanov learned about the Legend of the Week promotion via a post on social media and did a little research. Upon discovering which Daily Legends were eligible for the...

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How “Gaz The Hippy” Turned $0.01 into a MILLIONS Online Dream

We recently unveiled the full MILLIONS Online schedule but the Main Event satellites have been running for a few weeks now. Some 90 players have already won their $5,300 MILLIONS Online Main Event...

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Callum Hamilton Has His Sights Set on MILLIONS Online Glory

The $5 million guaranteed MILLIONS Online Main Event shuffles up and deals on December 12 and Callum Hamilton is one partypoker player who will be in the Day 1A field. Callum is not only playing the...

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Claus Grether: “Legend of the Week Give Great Added Value”

Claus Grether is a fan of our Daly Legends and Legend of the Week promotion. The talented UK-based German grinder has received $5,000 worth of tickets from Legend of the Week in 2021 alone! Last week,...

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How Far Can Polikarpov’s $0.01 Satellite Win Go?

It is possible to qualify for the $5 million guaranteed MILLIONS Online Main Event for a mere $0.01. British grinder Gareth Smirthwaite managed this feat recently, as did Vitaly Polikarpov. He made it...

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Legend of the Week Winner Drew Inspiration From the Staples Brothers

Every poker player has a unique story regarding how they got into this crazy game that we all love. Connor Grayson is no different. The former military man discovered poker five years ago while serving...

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Jay Terrell Finds Himself on the Right Side of the Poker Table

Jay Terrell has probably seen more poker hands than most people who tune into this blog. It is not that he logs masses of volume each week, but because he has 20-years experience as a croupier and a...

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Brazil’s Walisson Rangel Loves the partypoker Tournament Improvements

It is growing increasingly common for a Brazilian player to walk away with a Legend of the Week. Walisson Rangel is just one of a long line of Brazilian grinders who has earned themselves the right to...

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Limitless7 Turns $0.01 Into a Super $320 Seat and a $412 Score

We love hearing about our players living the poker dream, so were delighted to receive a tweet from Jamie Staples about one of his followers who turned $0.01 into a $320 ticket via our phased...

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Legend of the Week Winner Cites MyGame as One Reason For Success

Matthew Cox recently topped Leaderboard 3 of our ongoing Legend of the Week promotion, helping himself to a $530 ticket for his troubles. Matthew is living proof that by continually improving your...

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The Poker Blacklist and MILLIONS

Blacklist follow-up I am pleased that the debate about a global poker blacklist has stirred up plenty of discussion in the poker community. It is an important subject that deserves attention from...

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How Lukas Boubel Turned €0.01 Into €11,000 at partypoker

partypoker players flock to the site in droves whenever there is a major live poker tournament on the horizon as they dream of turning a small buy-in satellite entry into a poker trip and the chance of...

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Kim Barrington Played the MILLIONS Europe Main Event For Only $0.01

Imagine heading to Barcelona to play in the recent MILLIONS Europe Main Event knowing that all it cost you was one cent. Sounds like something from a fairy tale, right? Well, that is exactly what...

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