CAP Newsletter - (June 19th 2008)
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 Letter From the Professor - June 19, 2008



Call 911! I have come down with an acute case of Spring Fever
Ok, I know it’s a little late in the season, but I suddenly find myself coming down with an extreme case of Spring Fever. The combination of favorable weather, longer daylight hours, warm water to swim in, fish that are running, exciting new movies and all the other nice things that occur this time of year has made sitting in front of my computer and concentrating increasingly difficult.

My workload is higher than ever. I have a lot of interesting and challenging projects going on simultaneously, but still I find staying focused next to impossible.

In past years Spring Fever was never this pronounced for me. I typically use the summer months for rebuilding and revamping my sites and getting caught up on engineering tasks I had waiting since "Prime Time". This year though the call of the wild has me.
Is anyone else suffering from Spring Fever?

How do you deal with it?

Help! Come post your experiences with Spring Fever and let’s come up with a cure here.

Another CAP Money Award Winner!
Drum roll please … This week’s winner of an Amazon.com gift certificate or Paypal Cash for $125 is tomgalanis from bet365 for posting the following thread: OCD - Apologies It’s a fun and light hearted thread that members are having a lot of fun with. Why not join in and give us your two cents on OCD?

Well done tomgalanis!

Don’t forget YOU can win CAP Money too. This is a weekly contest open to all CAP members see full details here: CAP Money.

Lyndsay Harmon Update
I chatted with the Captain today and we have troubling news about Lyndsay. I am sad to report she is not doing well. She was placed back on a ventilator several days ago and is no longer conscious. She has suffered bleeding in the brain and a series of seizures. Lupus has severely damaged her kidneys and they are functioning at a diminished rate. If there are not improvements over the next 72 hours the Doctors may remove her from the ventilator. We will keep you posted on Lyndsay’s progress each week until she hopefully returns home. If you can lend a hand, a prayer or even a few lines of encouragement please join us here.


Pimp Your Office Contest Ending June 16th at AP
The “Pimp Your Office Space” at AffiliatePrograms.com has been extended to July 1st so you still have time to strike it rich. AP will be giving away thousands in cash to two lucky affiliates; one for the “Pimpest” Office Space and one for the Worst Office Space. Entry is easy; submit a picture of your office to either category and keep your fingers crossed. The Rules. Check out the current entries:  Check out the current entries: Pimpest Office Messiest Office



CAP Special Events:

Hollywood Affiliates Gives Back Free Roll Series Returns this Sunday
Started on Sunday June 1st, is running their first ever Affiliate Free Roll Series. And like all things Hollywood, they decided "go big or go home!" That's why they are giving away a total of $5,000 in weekly free rolls for all Hollywood Affiliates members!
Any new or present affiliates are eligible!
Simply mail manager@hollywoodaffiliates.com to be added to the ticket list.
The next event will be Sunday at 2:30pm ET, and will run for the next two weeks. Your tickets to this Hollywood Affiliates exclusive event will be issued each Friday.
If you're an existing member consider this a 'thank you' for continued partnership with one of the fastest internationally growing programmes in industry. If you're registering with Hollywood Affiliates for the first time, ENJOY! In either case, take the opportunity to test drive their software and maybe win a cash bonus on top of your revenue! See you on the tables!

Date and Time
June 22, 2008 at 2:30PM EST

Prizes
$1000 per week


UltimateBet is guaranteeing to pay out at least 50 Main Event prize packages on June 21st in our appropriately named 50-Seat Guaranteed Tournament. Each package includes a $10,000 World Series of Poker: Main Event seat and $2,000 for travel and accommodations. For those keeping score, that's at least $600,000 in Main Event prize packages.

Our 50-Seat Guarantee gets underway on Saturday, June 21st at 5:30pm ET and there are a number of ways to secure your spot in the online poker
tournament:

* Buy in directly for $500+30
* Enter a daily qualifier to secure your seat for just a few bucks
* Enter our Main Event Giveaway

Each $12,000 prize package also includes membership in the UB Army, which gives you and your player¹s access to $20 million in final table bonuses and an additional million bucks in secret mission payouts.

This is a great chance to send your players to the WSOP and make a ton of money on a great promotion. Chipleader will even sweeten the deal with any affiliate with the highest amount of buy-ins gets a 1K Freeroll.

Email marcela@chipleader.com for any questions.
 




 Program Spotlight

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 In The News



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 Community Forum




This Weeks Polls
This poll posted by Dominique continues to draw in voters. I think you will find it interesting to vote in and follow. Join in and cast your votes here:

May - how did you do? Posted by Dominique




 Manager's Corner


NeilNeil, Poker Heaven

I was born and raised in South-West Scotland, until I moved to Dundee to get stuck into university. My education was actually in music, I have a BA degree in Popular Music Performance, but my love for poker escalated alongside it - I founded our university's student poker society in 2003, developing and running it over the next few years. After university, and 23 years in Scotland, I moved down to London for my first job within the gaming industry, as poker affiliate executive for a small startup company, where I learned a lot very fast, particularly how NOT to run a company! I moved onto Poker Heaven in January 2007 and have been there ever since. I have been in a few different positions but have finally settled happily into the role of Affiliate Manager. I have to say I love working for PH, and I love this industry!

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