07 Jun 10

Black Member Event X: Goodbye Bensberg

The Black Member Event in Bensberg, Germany came to its end on Sunday afternoon and most of our VIPs already arrived back at home. At this point, we want to summarize this weekend's happenings.

Everything started on Friday afternoon with our Black Members arriving at their hotel in castle Bensberg. This location would easily live up to the high expectations due to its unique atmosphere and excellent service.

After a champagne reception which included welcome speeches by Pius, Korn and William Hill representative James, the evening was reserved for the grand dinner which took place in some of Germany's finest restaurants.

The Black Members could choose between these three restaurants: Restaurant Vendôme in castle Bensberg, which is considered to be Germany's best dinner place, restaurant Lerbach in castle Lerbach, which was awarded with three Michelin stars, and restaurant La Vision in Cologne, which has one Michelin star. The evening concluded with a chill-out session in the gardens of castle Bensberg.

Saturday: sports, workshop and party

On Saturday morning it was time to try out different sports. 50 Black Members were divided into ten teams in order to compete against each other in several different sports, such as archery, joust, dodge ball, football and driving range.

Out of ten teams, it was team "black/gold" consisting of kaktus193, Jordanmvp4ever, xlabix, Hansshi and Assassin85 that scored the most points. Their special reward: Another top class dinner in restaurant Vendôme.

Besides all these activities, a two hour-long William Hill workshop also took place. Our sponsor used this opportunity to discuss questions directly with Black Members, present the iPoker software and the upcoming updates.

In the evening, the Black Member Party took place and 129 Black Members, their 80 partners, 10 William Hill representatives and 100 invited female guests celebrated until 6 AM on the "Pure Liner" boat.

Below you find an overview of all picture sets from the weekend:

• Picture set: Hotel & Check-in
• Picture set: Grand Dinner & Chill-out
• Picture set: Sports Event
• Picture set: Saturday Afternoon
• Picture set: Black Member Party
• Live Ticker Black Member Event X

The Pure Liner in blue light...	... and from the inside before the party
Party until 6 AM	trader & crazytalent