DUBLIN, February 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Masters of Poker is gearing up for its third stop, CasinoEstoril, Lisbon, Portugal, from March. 25 to 28, 2010 with EUR26,000 worth ofVIP point freeroll qualifiers throughout March.

Online qualification is now underway on the Entraction network, includingpremium partners' 24hPoker.com, C4A.com, NoIQPoker.com, Pokerihuone.com,Pokerdassi.com, and Potraiser.com, and a number of special routes to thisevent have now been opened to online poker players*.

Starting March 1 Entraction network players who have earned 50 VIP pointscan play a freeroll every second day (March 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15) at20:15 CET for a EUR2,000 package to EMOP Lisbon. Players must earn the VIPpoints 24 hours prior to the freeroll they wish to play for one of the eightVIP freeroll packages.

March 15 sees a special VIP tournament at 21:15 CET with a further fivepackages to EMOP Lisbon guaranteed. Players wishing to play this event musthave earned 2,000 VIP points between March 1 and the start of the tournament.

Additionally the final EMOP Lisbon Iron Man freeroll will be held thisSunday Feb. 28. This freeroll has one EUR1,450 package to EMOP Lisbon for thewinner - EUR1,100 buy-in + EUR350 expenses. To be eligible to play thisfreeroll players must have earned the required number of VIP Points frommidnight on February 1 up until the start time of the freeroll.

Qualification for the EUR1,000+EUR100 buy-in main event in Lisbon throughregularly scheduled satellites and feeders is also now underway on all pokersites on the Entraction network for as little as EUR2 or 200 VIP points.There are 32 daily satellites feeding into the main weekly qualifiers whichtake place each:

Tuesday 20:40 (CET) - EUR100 buy in with five EUR2,000 packagesguaranteed Thursday 20:40 (CET) - EUR100 buy in with five EUR2,000 packagesguaranteed Sunday 20:40 (CET) - EUR200 buy in with eight EUR2,000 packagesguaranteed

EMOP Lisbon will also host a variety of side events to suit all pocketsincluding a EUR220 no-limit hold'em shootout (Wed. Mar. 24), a EUR330no-limit hold'em freezeout (Fri. Mar. 26), and a EUR165 no-limit hold'emfreezeout (Sun. Mar. 28).

At the end of January 2010 Maciej Lipny won the European Masters of PokerGran Canaria topping the sold out field of 288 players to take down EUR66,240at the Casino Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.

For more details visit http://www.europeanmastersofpoker.com

NB* For legal reasons Portuguese citizens cannot participate in thesepromotions or online qualifiers

About European Masters of Poker

EMOP is a live poker tournament series running in Europe. EMOP gives therecreational player opportunity to play big international poker tournamentswith affordable buy-in. EMOP chooses to cooperate with the best casinos inEurope to give the participants an unforgettable experience. Partners in theEntraction poker network will send at least 200 qualifiers to each event.

The European Masters of Poker gives the gaming operator a uniquepossibility to create ambassadors for and loyalty to their brand. EMOP is awholly owned subsidiary of the Entraction Group. Please visithttp://www.europeanmastersofpoker.com for more information.

Contact: brendan.murray@pokermediaconsulting.com, +353-863057469 for more details.