Absolute Poker Teams Up With Hawaiian Gardens and Outlaws of Poker to Sponsor Poker Tournaments Benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Absolute Poker Teams Up With Hawaiian Gardens and Outlaws of Poker to Sponsor Poker Tournaments Benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Absolute Poker to Host Series of Satellite Tournaments Beginning June 22 for Land-Based Casino Events

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Absolute Poker (http://www.absolutepoker.com/), the fourth largest online poker destination has partnered with the poker event producer Outlaws of Poker (http://www.outlawsofpoker.com/) and Hawaiian Gardens Casino (http://www.hawaiiangardenscasino.net/) to host the Hawaiian Garden's Super 7 Series benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (http://www.cff.org/).

The monthly tournaments, which include land-based casino events at the Hawaiian Gardens Casino and online satellite tournaments that start on June 22 on Absolute Poker's site, will run through December 8 and are expected to raise at least $100,000 to help fund research to find the cure for Cystic Fibrosis. Outlaws of Poker a poker special events and production company, is producing the series which will be televised on UPN.

The first land-based Super 7 Series Tournament was June 18 and raised $10,000. Absolute Poker's weekly satellite tournaments starting June 22 will run every Wednesday night through December.

Buy-in for Absolute Poker's satellite events is $50 and, for every nine people playing on a table, one person will be eligible to play in that month's Outlaws of Poker Tournament with a $425 buy-in to win a $100,000 pot. $25 of the buy-in goes directly to CFF. The next land-based tournament is July 10 at the Hawaiian Gardens Casino will be a $100,000 guarantee, no limit hold'em series with $200 plus $25 buy-in with one optional re-buy.

The players who signed up at the June 18 casino event and those who sign up by midnight EDT this Sunday, June 26 at http://www.absolutepoker.com/ are eligible to participate in AbsolutePoker's exclusive online benefit tournament for CFF June 29. Players pay $20 plus a $5 buy-in, which goes to CFF. Those preferring only to make a donation may do so by going to the tournament lobby and making a $10 donation directly to the CFF.

Gian Perroni, poker room manager for AbsolutePoker said, "Our recent tremendous success with the World Series of Poker has shown that satelliting poker players into a brick and mortar poker tournament is an exciting and efficient way to get people involved. With the Outlaws of Poker tournament series, we have the added incentive and benefit of raising money for a good cause."

About Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease affecting approximately 30,000 children and young adults in the United States. A defective gene causes the body to produce an abnormally thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections. The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is to assure the development of the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease. The average life for a person with Cystic Fibrosis is 35 years. Just 10 years ago, the average life of a person with CF was in the late teens. Because of all the money raised and invested by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a cure is within our reach in the next 10 years.

About Hawaiian Gardens Casino

Hawaiian Gardens Casino (http://www.hawaiiangardenscasino.net/) opened in Hawaiian Gardens, Calif. in December 1997 and offers a wide variety of Asian gaming and poker choices. The casino offers 13 Card Chinese Poker, 5 Card Stud, Hawaiian BlackJack, PaiGow Poker, PaiGowTiles, and Super Pan 9. Poker games include 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud High-Low, Crazy Pineapple, Hold'em, LowBall, Mexican Poker, and Omaha, as well as the newest and fastest growing edition of BlackJack, which is similar to Las Vegas style with extra player-friendly advantages. The casino, which also includes the Lahaina Restaurant and a gift shop is 11871 Carson St., Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., which is a quarter mile east of the 605 Freeway at the Carson/Lincoln off-ramp.

About Absolute Poker

Absolute Poker (http://www.absolutepoker.com/) with thousands of active players at all times, is among the World's fourth largest online poker destination. Driven by proprietary software, Absolute Poker was created to offer the most comprehensive, interactive online poker room, while always delivering superior customer service and a personal touch to each online poker player. Players Worldwide can access an Absolute Poker online poker game 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and experience the best multi-player online poker the industry has to offer. Established in 2003, Absolute Poker is licensed and regulated in Canada.

Source: Absolute Poker

CONTACT: Karin Olsen of AMAZONpr for Absolute Poker, +1-310-497-0052, karin@amazonpr.com; Absolute Poker Special Events, events@absolutepoker.com

Web site: http://www.absolutepoker.com/ http://www.hawaiiangardenscasino.net/ http://www.cff.org/ http://www.outlawsofpoker.com/

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