Fairy tales are full of quaint and colorful characters, some of them human and some of them non-human. There is a magical touch to the stories that attracts children and adults alike. The leading software provider Realtime Gaming (RTG) offers online slot games based on fairy tales that recreate the freshness and innocence on the reels.
Wooden Boy is based on Pinocchio. The reels are set in Geppetto’s workshop, where Pinocchio was fashioned out of wood. The other symbols on the reels are taken from the Pinocchio story and include the blue fairy who gives him life, Honest John the fox who tricks him and the whale that swallows Geppetto. The high value card symbols are made from wood. The background music as the reels spin is fast and peppy. Pinocchio is the wild symbol. When it appears there is a pile of wood shavings and the Pinocchio appears expanded across all reels dancing a jig. The blue fairy is the scatter symbol and it triggers the free spins. But before that it delivers one of the more famous lines from the story – “Now, remember, Pinocchio be a good boy.” Three, four or five fairy symbols appearing anywhere on the reels award 5, 10 or 15 free spins respectively. During the free spins Pinocchio multiplies payouts three times if it substitutes in a winning combination.
Roberta’s Castle is another fairy tale themed slot game from RTG. It is based on the popular Rapunzel story by the Brothers Grimm, only the name has been changed to Roberta. In the background to the reels Roberta can be seen imprisoned in the tower of her castle with her long golden tresses hanging down. The symbols on the reels include brush, mirror, scissors and cat and royally fashioned high value card symbols. The handsome prince with the sparkling teeth is the wild symbol. He gives a knowing wink when he substitutes in winning combinations and also doubles all payouts. The castle window is the scatter symbol. When it awards the free spins the windows open, Roberta lets her long hair down and blows kisses to the prince. 15 free spins are awarded at tripled payouts.
Aladdin’s Wishes is based on Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, an Oriental fairy tale from the Arabian Nights. The highest fixed payout of 5,000 coins is provided by Jasmine. The other high paying symbols are the genie and Aladdin’s monkey. Instead of high value card symbols RTG has used Arabian Nights icons like magic carpet, palace, scimitar, gold bag and ewer. Aladdin is the wild symbol that appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4, but doubles payouts when in winning combinations. In the animation Aladdin can be seen flying on the carpet holding the magic lamp. The magic lamp triggers the Aladdin’s Wishes feature when three or more symbols appear scattered from left to right or right to left. The player gets to pick from five lamps. The number of picks is the number of lamps that triggered the bonus round. If the magic lamp is picked then the player gets 25 free spins at doubled payouts. Otherwise he wins up to 100 times the triggering bet. Like Wooden Boy and Roberta’s Castle, Aladdin’s Wishes also offers a randomly triggered progressive jackpot.
All these Real Series fairy tale themed slot games can be played at RTG online casinos like Club World, Slots Jungle, Cherry Red and Win Palace.
Its been a fairly successful start to the 2012 tournament schedule, with the PokerStars PCA and the Aussie Millions showing why both events are among the most prestigious tournaments in poker. The Aussie Millions featured dozens of tournaments spread across the two-week tournament series, with highlights like the $100k Challenge, the $250k Challenge, and of course the Aussie Millions Main Event.
Winner James Dempsey – Brighton UK, outlasted a 413 field of talented tournament players at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond $10,000 buy-in event. The final table included, 2010 amateur November Niner Soi Nguyen-Santa Ana Ca, who went heads up with Dempsey -Brighton UK, the reigning champ Antonio Esfandiari- Las Vegas, WSOP-bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst- New Haven CT, who was looking to add a women for a first ever WPT title, young tournament player from N.Y. Andrew Lichtenberger, and Vitor Coelho from Tampa Fl. who took 4th in the WPT Jacksonville. 1st: James Dempsey $821,612 (includes $25,500 WPT World Championship seat) 2nd: Soi Nguyen $517,478 3rd: Vanessa Selbst $338,351 4th: Andrew Lichtenberger $218,933 5th: Vitor Coelho $159,224 6th: Antonio Esfandiari $119,418 Press Release JAMES DEMPSEY WINS THE DOYLE BRUNSON FIVE DIAMOND WORLD POKER CLASSIC AT BELLAGIO IN LAS VEGAS Stacked WPT Final Table Featured Defending Champion Antonio Esfandiari and Vanessa Selbst Twitter: @WorldPokerTour Facebook.com/WorldPokerTour Las Vegas (December 12, 2011) As one of the worlds most prestigious poker events, the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic once again attracted the biggest players in the game. 413 runners, including nearly 40 WPT Champions Club members, created a prizepool of more than $4 million. A week of phenomenal action at Bellagio led to an impressive final table featuring Vanessa Selbst and defending champion Antonio The Magician Esfandiari. However, only one player could claim victory in this historic tournament and in the end, James Dempsey triumphed over the talented field to etch his name on the WPT Champions Cup. Day 1 commemorated the tenth edition of the first event ever on the World Poker Tour as Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten, Kimberly Lansing, the Royal Flush Girls and Tournament Director Jack McClelland celebrated this legacy before announcing Shuffle Up and Deal. The most famous names in poker including Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth and the tournaments namesake Doyle Brunson turned out in force as players registered through the opening eight levels. The money bubble burst during the middle of Day 3, and by the end of the day, five WPT Champions had hit the rail, including Will The Thrill Failla (93rd $11,942) who picked up 50 more points to extend his lead for WPT Season X Player of the Year. WPT Raw Deal Analyst Tony Dunst made his first deep run at a WPT Main Event, busting late on Day 4 (18th $31,845) to eventual champion James Dempsey. WPT Season IX Ones to Watch William Reynolds (13th $39,806) and WPT Season VIII World Champion David Williams (10th $47,767) couldnt survive the final playdown day, and when Soi Nguyen knocked out Larry Wells (7th $91,554), the WPT final table was set. In World Poker Tour history, no player has ever won the same event twice, let alone in consecutive seasons, but defending champion Antonio Esfandiari nearly pulled off this heroic feat. During the WPT final table, The Magician came out swinging, and moved all-in on just the tenth hand. While Esfandiaris Ah10s had James Dempseys Ad4h dominated, an unlucky Four on the turn eliminated The Magician in sixth place. The action had begun at a feverish pace and did not let up. Two hands later, Soi Nguyen busted Vitor Coelho in a three-way pot involving Vanessa Selbst. Vitor not only picked up $159,224 for his fifth place finish, but also 900 WPT Player of the Year points to push him into 2nd in the Season X POY race. Vanessa Selbst was looking to become the first woman to win an open WPT Main Event, and soon after Coelhos elimination, Selbst doubled through WPT Season IX Ones to Watch Andrew LuckyChewy Lichtenberger. Once again, only two hands later Soi Nguyen eliminated another challenger as his pocket nines held up against Lichtenbergers pocket eights. Three-handed play did not last long. Just fifteen minutes after LuckyChewy hit the rail, Vanessa Selbst would fall to Dempsey, ending her bid to make WPT history. To get his name onto the Cup, James Dempsey had to overcome a strong challenge from Soi Nguyen. The two players entered heads up play nearly even as both held slightly over $8 million in chips. Nguyen went up early and maintained the lead during a stretch of back and forth action. However, after doubling up, Dempseys KhQc held up against Nguyens KcJd as Dempsey made a straight on the river. James Dempsey claims $821,612 for the win, in addition to receiving the Tiffany and Co. WPT Champions Award, the WPT Champions Trophy, and entry into the WPT Champions Club. Final Table Standings 1st James Dempsey $821,612 2nd Soi Nguyen $517,478 3rd Vanessa Selbst $338,351 4th Andrew Lichtenberger $218,933 5th Vitor Coelho $159,224 6th Antonio Esfandiari $119,418 Player of the Year Standings 1st Will Failla 1,650 2nd Vitor Coelho 1,500 3rd James Dempsey 1,400 3rd Bobby Oboodi 1,400 5th Vanessa Selbst 1,300 6th Soi Nguyen 1,250 7th Andrey Pateychuk 1,200 7th Jin Hwang 1,200 7th Matt Waxman 1,200 10th Daniel Buzgon 1,150 The final WPT Main Event of 2011 kicks-off tomorrow from Italy. WPT Venice runs from December 13 18 at Casino di Venezia. The 3,300 re-entry tournament is poised to attract a strong turnout of local and well-known professionals. Coming up in 2012, WPT Season X will feature many of pokers biggest events. WPT returns in February to Commerce Casino for the world-renowned Los Angeles Poker Classic. In March, Season X visits San Jose, CA for the popular Bay 101 Shooting Star. April will become a milestone month for Florida poker, as WPT arrives for back-to-back televised Main Events the second-ever Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and the debut WPT tournament in the brand new Jacksonville Poker Room. WPT Season X concludes in May with the WPT World Championship at Bellagio in Las Vegas. WPT Media Contact: Max Sloan About World Poker Tour World Poker Tour (WPT) is the premier name in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online and mobile. Leading innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, WPT ignited the global poker boom with the creation of a unique television show based on a series of high stakes poker tournaments. WPT has broadcast globally in over 150 countries and territories and is currently airing the ninth season on FSN in the United States. 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