Absolute Poker Sponsors 'Online Donation Tournament' to Raise Money for the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

Absolute Poker Sponsors 'Online Donation Tournament' to Raise Money for the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

Company Will Match 100 Percent of All Funds Raised to Help Victims

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Absolute Poker (http://www.absolutepoker.com/) is sponsoring an online donation "tournament" to raise money for the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief efforts. Absolute Poker will match all collected funds, donating 100 percent of money raised to help victims.

The "tournaments" have been set up specifically for donations and are not actual poker games. Those interested in participating can go to http://www.absolutepoker.com/ and choose a "Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund" tournament from the tournament lobby. Donors can register in any tourney, ranging from $1, $10, $25, $50, or $100 tables. Additionally, players can make account transfers from their own account to an account called, KATRINAFUND, directly through the automated system within the Absolute Poker Cashier tab.

This is Absolute Poker's second fundraiser for victims of natural disasters. Through a similar tournament and donation-driven fundraiser, the company raised over $14,000 to aid victims of the Tsunami in Indonesia in December 2004. These funds were donated to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

About AbsolutePoker.com

AbsolutePoker.com is the world's fourth largest online poker destination, offering worldwide access to multi-player online games 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Driven by proprietary software, AbsolutePoker.com offers the most comprehensive, interactive online poker room, providing such features as hand history and stat retrieval, player note taking and chat, locate a player, three-table play, and representative image selection. Multi-player games offered include: Texas Holdem, Omaha High, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, One on One, and Tournaments. Established in 2003, AbsolutePoker.com is licensed and regulated in Canada.

Source: AbsolutePoker.com

CONTACT: Karin Olsen of AMAZONpr, +1-310-497-0052, or
karin@amazonpr.com, for AbsolutePoker.com

Web site: http://www.absolutepoker.com/

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