09 Feb 09

Black Member Party 6 - pics or...

After almost 48 hours of fun and entertainment in Düsseldorf, our Black Members got on their way back home. You can see how they celebrated with our partner bwin in the following colourful pictures.

Friday:

52 Black Members, 20 Black Ladies and 8 bwin employees arrived in the luxury hotel Breidenbacher Hof in Düsseldorf over the course of Friday afternoon. After a short greeting, the show moved right on to the first dinner in the Berens am Kai restaurant. To put a nice finishing touch to the evening, the big group moved on to the Uerige, a traditional brew house of the city, in order to savour, or at least drink, plenty of Alt-Bier. 

tmy is received by 6 PokerStrategists	Check-in: he doesn't know the rooms yet

Pure luxury:starting with the bed...	... and all the way to the mirror.

Stefan Streit of bwin in his interview with Georges	Dinner #1 in the "only" 1-star restaurant

Alt to finish up the evening nicely	Not Alt-drinkers were also taken good care of

Saturday:

One of the reasons why Friday evening wasn't supposed to be too much of a stormy affair (like Berlin, for instance): there was a lot of stuff in the program for Saturday where fit and sound Black Members were indispensable. At 10:00 in the morning, the soccer enthusiasts already had to meet for departure to the Soccer Battle.

A full tournament report and some pictures can be found here:

Team PokerStrategy wins the Soccer Battle

Schnibl0r vs. Wishmaster	Razah vs. dami (yes, the ball was long gone...)

TheJoker fends off the last penalty...	...and secures victory for PokerStrategy.

All final participants full of excitement (except for pokersellers?)	The cup that was at stake

After soccer, two small workshops by and with bwin were waiting for the Black Members. Both parties engaged in an exchange and debate over the bwin VIP system b'inside and the new upcoming bwin software.

At 19:00 the time had finally come: dinner in the 2-star restaurant 'Im Schiffchen'.

crazytalent at the dressmaker: as a present, all Black Members get a tailor-made suit

In parallel to the Black Member dinner, the first diamonds punctually showed up at the Nachtresidenz at 20:30. They could drink freely and gather strength for the party with plenty of finger food in their own exclusive company.

At about 0:30 the first VIPs arrived at the popular and already well filled Disco. In spite of the exhausting weekend, some of the Black Members could go longer even than the barkeeper:

	The first delegation of foreigners: the Dutchies!

bwin welcomes the Diamonds	The VIPs aka Blacks arrive

Nobody has to suffer from thirst	The Black Lady caretakers: Marina and Katja

The PokerStrategy team wants to thank all of the guests that helped in creating this unforgettable evening.

A special "Thank You" goes out to our partner room and sponsor of the Black Member Party 6, because without their support, such an amazing event would not have been possible: bwin!