BetUS Girl Dawn Olivieri’s Career Takes Off

NEW YORK, NY - The biggest thing happening on Monday night no doubt is Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings taking on Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football, but if those fan boys who aren’t interested in seeing the grizzled Favre try to take down his past employer, then they should turn their eyes to the more lovely image of BetUS Girl Dawn Olivieri on the NBC show Heroes.

When the Heroes’ writers and producers needed an individual to portray Lydia, a tattooed clairvoyant with the ability to connect with people and know their whereabouts, they turned to Olivieri who was more than happy to take up the role. For Olivieri, it might be her most impressive work to date, as Lydia is an extremely complex character.

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Olivieri is probably best known for bits part on television shows like Cold Case, Knight Rider and How I Met Your Mother and for holding metal case #15 on Deal or No Deal in 2005. Her role on Heroes as Lydia is her first true recurring role, and almost assuredly signals that the BetUS Girl has become more than just a calendar pin-up model or bit role actress.

Lydia is an outcast and as Olivieri recently said in an interview with www.girl2watch.com, “I think being ostracized a lot, being the outcast and odd kid, you learn to be by yourself and cultivate yourself.”

The tattooed clairvoyant on Heroes is the perfect role in which Olivieri can cultivate herself and from Lydia there’s no doubt that her career will only keep going up from here on out.

Olivieri has three film projects in the works in 2009. In Drop Dead Gorgeous, a black comedy about using a dead model in a documentary about a famous fashion designer, Olivieri plays Brooke.

In the television action movie Xtra Credit she has a starring role as Lexy, and in the horror film Dozers, Olivieri picks up another starring role as Ashley.

Dozers could really jump start Olivier’s career on the big screen as the high-concept Dozers, which revolves around a Brave New Worldish plot involving a morality bomb releasing behavioral inhibitors and a stress-relieving patch called Solace, could be a huge hit.

Olivieri plays an Internet reporter struggling for fame. Ashley and Lydia are the type of rolls that Olivieri has been working for.

From here on out, it’s up, up and away for http://www.betus.com/miss-betus/americas-sweethearts/2009-06/dawn-olivieri/

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UNIBET OPEN LONDON

Unibet Open London will be all about serious money and we want you to show us your poker skills! So we’re keeping it simple this month. We're giving away package trips to the event, and cash to the runners up, in 3 10-day VIP points races.

We have 3 package trips to give away for Unibet Open London. Every 10 days during June, the player who earns the most VIP points during that period will win a Unibet Open London package. Players positioned 2nd to 10th will get cash.

The UO London packages worth €4400 each will include:

4 nights accommodation during the event
Buy-in to the event - 2500 + 250 GBP
Money towards travel expenses - €350
Breakfast and dinner daily during the tournament

* the official price for a seat to Unibet Open London is 2500 + 250 GBP. The approximate equivalent in euro is 3100, but this may change due to currency fluctuations

Here's how to win:

Period 1 - 1st to 10th June
Period 2 - 11th to 20th June

Period 3 - 21st to 30th June

Earn the most VIP points during Period 1, 2 or 3, and you win the package trip to Unibet Open London for that period. Players positioned 2nd to 10th during the period will win cash. Prize breakdown per period is as follows:

1st Position: Package to Unibet Open London
2nd to 4th: 200 euro each
5th to 10th : 100 euro each
Check your progress on the promotion leaderboard. (leaderboard will be updated from 2nd June 2009)

Did you know that you can now check your own VIP points earned?
- In the poker software, click on the pink "Promotions" button
- Then click on the green "Search VIP points" button
- Select the date you wish to view for points earned, and click "Search"

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NoIQ Poker School up to €125 free [No Deposit needed]

New Poker School starting 1st – 15th June

Welcome to our new and improved Poker School where you collect up to €125 for FREE.

Play in this huge league with thousands of other players where the top 50 in every Poker School Tourney take home points.

Every 2 weeks the best players will cash out and can claim up to €125 of Free cash.
The leaderboard and all info regarding this promo can be found below.

Our Poker School guide can be found here.

How it works

1) Download NoIQPoker and register here .(Use Code: OPM)

2) NoiQ will be running 3 Poker School Freerolls a day. Please see the schedule below.

Day	13:00 CET	19:00 CET	22:30 CET
Mon	NL	NL	NL
Tue	NL	PLO	NL
Wed	NL	NL	NL
Thur	NL	NL	PLO
Fri	NL	NL	NL
Sat	PLO	NL	NL
Sun	NL	NL	NL

THE POKER SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE ‘FREEROLLS’ TAB IN THE LOBBY.

The top 50 finishers in each tournament will receive points according to their final positions. Please see the table below.

Position	Points
1.	9
2.	8
3.	7
4.	7
5.	7
6.	7
7-15.	6
16-30.	5
31-50.	4

Your nickname and points will then be added to our leaderboard and after 2 weeks of play, the top 50 players with the most points will get the money paid directly to their accounts. We suggest that you play as many tournaments as you can to secure your position and your starting bankroll.

3) Start playing low limit cash games. Play 1500 raked hands and we'll add another €25 directly to your account.

4) Accumulate up to 500VIPs and after 50 days you will receive your First Deposit Bonus, for a grand total of up to €125.

Final Leader board standings

If you have any questions at all please contact us by mailing pokerschool@noiq.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

This program was set up with the intention of teaching you how to become a good poker player. The money to be credited to your account is there to get you through the learning process without putting your own money at stake. Please use this money wisely and treat it as your own. If you study the lessons available carefully and implement good bankroll management to your games, you may never have to make a deposit again!

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NoIQ free €50 + €25 bonus [No Deposit needed]

0. Download NoIQ Poker.
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Pass a Quiz about poker that all have been covered in the poker guide. When you pass a notification will be added in our back office. The Quiz can be found here.

3. Show your skill
Simply show that you learnt poker and finish in the Top 20% of the field (for example: 1500 players, you must finish Top 300) in our €500 almost-freerolls running Wednesdays and Sundays. There are 16 daily satellites to qualify for these bi-weekly tournaments. You can try unlimited number of times, good luck!

4. Tell us you have managed and get first €25
Send an email with; Tournament ID / Username / Nickname to pokerschool@noiq.com and you will get your €25 deposit directly into your account.
A €25 bonus will also be activated here!

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Generate 50 VIP and request another €25 from pokerschool@noiq.com

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Genereate 250 VIP and you have got a total of €75 in free money.

Players must generate 500 VIP before they are allowed to withdraw.
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$50 FREE at Partypoker.com in february 2009!

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Iron Duke Cash For Comp Points

Iron Duke has also set up a special promotion that will give you the chance to get extra cash into your poker account, just by playing at the Iron Duke poker Tables.

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POORYA NAZARI WINS $3 MILLION AT POKERSTARS CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE

Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas- January 11, 2009 - Poorya Naziri from Toronto, Canada, turned $700 into $3 million today when he won the sixth PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.

The 22-year-old biochemistry graduate won his seat on PokerStars in a $33 triple turbo rebuy tournament, investing only $700 to win his trip to the Caribbean and a seat in the PCA ‘Festival of Poker’ main event. He was one of 1,347 entrants in the $10k no limit hold 'em event - a number that smashed all records for a poker tournament held outside the United States and created a total prize pool of more than $12.5 million.

Poorya, who graduated last month, admitted he was stunned by the win – one of the biggest sporting prizes in the world. He said: “It was only today that I started thinking about winning. At one point yesterday I was down to virtually nothing but I got off to a good start today and at that point I thought I might have a shot.” Poorya, who has never been to Europe, has also a won a seat in the EPT Grand Final which takes place in Monte Carlo, April 28 - May 3.

To see more of the PCA tournament please click here

The record field at this year’s PCA included 1,059 PokerStars players, of whom 746, including Poorya, had won their seats online with PokerStars.

Team PokerStars Pro Alexandre Gomes made the final table but was knocked out in fourth place, earning $750,000. Among the stars in the tournament were German tennis legend and PokerStars ambassador Boris Becker as well as 26 Team PokerStars Pros. The roll call of top players included last year’s PCA champion Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, former world champions Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer and Chris Moneymaker, the multiple bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu and sponsored PokerStars player Peter Eastgate, who became the youngest ever WSOP world champion when he won $9 million in November. Other stars who took part included Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Chris Ferguson, Antonio Esfandiari and Eli Elezra.

The Team PokerStars Pros Vicky Coren, Barry Greenstein, Marcin Horecki and Tom McEvoy also cashed in the main event, alongside sponsored players Kathy Liebert - 12th for $120,000 - and PokerStars Six players Ylon Schwartz and Eastgate.

Also sponsored into the event were PokerStars Six players Ivan Demidov, Darus Suharto and Dennis Philips as well as the Norwegian star Johnny Lodden, the American baseball legend Orel Hershiser and the Brazilian Indy stock car racer Gualter Salles.

Team PokerStars Pros had a great week during the PCA ‘Festival of Poker’ with Grospellier, last year’s PCA champion, taking home $433,000 for winning the $25,000 PCA High Roller event and Hevad Khan winning the $2,000 side event for $200,000. Eastgate followed up his cash in the main event by winning the $5,000 event for $343,000.

Other events this week included the Battleship tournament, won by Bahbak "bigredAK" Oboodifor a $44,800 first prize, and the finals of the World Cup of Poker, won by Germany.

John Duthie, the Executive Producer of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour, said: “The PCA is the first major poker event on the hectic 2009 poker calendar and the recent worldwide financial crisis did nothing to deter more than 1,300 people entering the $10,000 buy-in main event that smashed all records for a poker tournament outside of the States.”


Final table/payouts:
Name Country PokerStars status $
1st Poorya Nazari Canada PokerStars Qualifier 3,000,000
2nd Benny Spindler Germany PokerStars Player 1,700,000
3rd Tony Gregg USA PokerStars Player 1,100,000
4th Alexandre Gomes Brazil Team PokerStars Pro 750,000
5th Pieter Tielen Holland PokerStars Qualifier 550,000
6th Dustin Dirksen USA PokerStars Supernova Elite 400,000
7th Daniel Heimiller USA 300,000
8th Kevin Saul USA PokerStars Qualifier 234,000

The next stop on the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour is the €5,300 buy-in EPT Deauville event running from 20-24 January at Deauville Casino. For more information, please visit http://www.ept.com.

PokerStars is the world’s largest poker room with over 16 million members worldwide, and more free-to-play tables than any other site. At PokerStars.net players learn how to play, and practice poker skills for free. As the premier destination for the top players, with numerous tournaments running every day, PokerStars is renowned for offering the best software and security in the online poker world.

PokerStars;

* Has dealt over 23 billion hands
* Has run more than 100 million poker tournaments
* Have had over 213,000 simultaneous players, and entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the first and only poker website to reach the 160,000 simultaneous players mark

PokerStars is the official sponsor of the: European Poker Tour (www.ept.com), PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour (www.lapt.com), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (www.appt.com) and The World Cup of Poker.

PokerStars is the home of Team PokerStars Pro, a group of 29 veteran and up-and-coming players from around the world who play online at PokerStars and are sponsored by the site in international tournaments around the world. For more information please visit www.pokerstars.net.