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The world's leading online poker guide, PokerListings.com, experienced a staggering 80 percent increase in traffic from February to April as the online poker segment continues its record breaking growth.
New York, NY (PRWEB) -- The global poker guide PokerListings.com (http://www.pokerlistings.com) is delighted to announce that it grew at an unprecedented rate from February to April, increasing traffic by over 80 percent, or 34 percent per month. The interest in online poker is increasing rapidly but these numbers indicates that PokerListing.com continues to outpace the booming market, solidifying its position as the world's number one online poker guide.
"The interest for poker keeps growing all over the world," said Marcus Holmstrom, head of online marketing at PokerListings.com. "Poker is shown on TV on a nightly basis and newspapers are full of poker tips. At PokerListings.com we see that players are getting more experienced and are looking to compare poker room bonus deals and read up on advanced strategy advice to hone their skills."
PokerListings.com prides itself in having the best poker bonus deals as well as objective reviews of all major online poker rooms. PokerListings.com also has the largest poker directory, with over 1,000 sites listed.
"The word of mouth effect is huge in online poker, you see big traffic swings in the matter of hours," said Mr. Holmstrom. "We sponsor the best bonus deals and free rolls, which are real crowd pleasers. In particular college students come in droves when we launch a new promotion."
About PokerListings PokerListings.com was launched in 2003 and quickly became the largest online poker guide. This free-to-use website provides poker players from all over the world with in-depth analysis of all major online poker rooms and the best bonus offers, as well as details on poker strategy, promotions, tournaments, and free rolls.
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Absolute Poker Awards Its Second Mark Seif 'Heads-up Shoot Out' Winner a Huge World Series of Poker Prize Package
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, /PRNewswire/ -- This past Friday night at AbsolutePoker.com, Kevin Bott from Rexburg, Idaho, known as "Bottsky" at AbsolutePoker.com, became the newest member of Team Absolute to compete at this year's WSOP ( http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com ). The online poker destination handed over its second World Series of Poker $10,000 seat in as many weeks to "Bottsky" -- who played some very sharp cards to beat Mark Seif, Absolute Poker's resident pro.
Every Saturday at 2 p.m. EDT leading up to the WSOP main event in Las Vegas, which starts July 7, AbsolutePoker.com's Mark Seif takes on the AbsolutePoker.com weekly Tournament Leader Board winner. The FreeRoll prize pool starts at $1,000, and Absolute Poker adds $1,000, a custom Absolute Poker jacket, and an opportunity to win a WSOP Seat every week. Any player that beats Seif in the "Mark Seif Heads-Up Shoot Out" will win that week's prize pool and automatically qualify to play him again the following Friday at 9 p.m. EDT for a chance to win a $10,000 World Series of Poker Seat. This Saturday, Steve "Horse" Wiesman, screen name "Horseraching," is the Tournament Leader Board winner and will challenge Seif for $2,000, the custom jacket and his chance to play Seif again for the WSOP package.
Friday night was very exciting, with over 2000 spectators logging in to watch and chat during the play-off. "It was really something, there was a huge audience chatting, and a majority of the folks were cheering hard for me," Bottsky said. "It is a great feeling to win this. I'm very excited about my second WSOP appearance. I just hope I can close it out this time; last year I finished 14th."
AbsolutePoker.com, which provides games 24/7 for thousands of concurrent players around the world, is quite active in qualifying players for the WSOP main event in Las Vegas through daily online poker satellite tournaments in which players enter for as little as $5. Players that win their WSOP seat not only receive buy-in to the WSOP main event, but money toward airfare and accommodations. To participate, players simply need to download the free poker software at http://www.absolutepoker.com .
"The play-off is a great format. The quality and talent of the players continue to amaze and challenge me. I am genuinely excited to welcome each and every new member of the AP WSOP Team if they beat me, and I'm quite certain that team AP will do very well at the WSOP this year because our qualifying players are very talented," said Seif. "This is clearly the fastest growing sport in the world. I love it that players can compete at a high level early in their careers. It forces me to keep on top of my game."
"I think I'm ready," said Steve "Horse" Wiesman, an Abosolute Poker player who intends to turn part-time pro by September of this year. "All my friends play at AbsolutePoker.com. If I win this weekend, I'm going to donate $500 to the Lance Armstrong foundation. If I'm able to win the "Shoot Out" again, I'm going to take some of my Absolute Poker friends like Kev1, Sinnabunn, Raymondo, Slitman. The WSOP should be a lot of fun, but I have to win first."
The 36th annual World Series of Poker begins June 2 at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. The Rio will host all but the final two days, which will be played July 14 and 15 at the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Las Vegas, the original home of the tournament. With more than 6,000 expected entries, the WSOP's $10,000 buy-in main event is expected to generate a prize pool of US$60 million, making it the richest sporting event in the world.
There are an estimated 50 million active poker enthusiasts around the world, and the numbers continue to increase. Leading analysts predict that online gaming will soon become the largest industry on the Internet, outpacing both retail and travel in revenue. AbsolutePoker.com, which is five times larger than the largest land-based poker room in the world, is the fastest- growing online poker site out of an estimated 260 poker sites, regularly attracting more than 10,000 players.
About AbsolutePoker.com
AbsolutePoker.com is the world's fastest growing online poker destination, offering worldwide access to multi-player online games 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Driven by proprietary software, AbsolutePoker.com offers the most comprehensive, interactive online poker room providing such features as the ability to upload your own image (photos, logos, etc.), player note taking and chat, locate a player, hand history and stat retrieval, and three-table play. Multi-player games offered include Texas Holdem, Omaha High, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, One on One, and Tournaments. AbsolutePoker.com ensures the security and integrity of its games through advanced proprietary technology. Established in 2003, AbsolutePoker.com is licensed and regulated in Canada.
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