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Major League Poker and The Gaming Club Online Poker Room announced today the launch of 'On The Felt,' an online radio show created for poker players that is available both live and on demand.
'On the Felt' is the first online show to broadcast LIVE from the World Series of Poker Lifestyle Show at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino during the 2005 tournament in Las Vegas from July 6th through to the finals on the 15th. Reports will be exclusively available on The Gaming Club's poker website.
The show will be hosted by Mark Arum, a poker player and radio personality and will keep listeners up to date with fast-paced and lively discussions about everything that is happening at the tournament from the hottest players and biggest hands to the biggest bad beats. Accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, exclusively on The Gaming Club, players and fans can listen to tournament updates from their computer while improving their poker skills.
The World Poker Showdown is making another appearance due to last year's great success and this year just it's just in time for Christmas. This year the turnout for the Poker Tournament's Caribbean Cruise is expected to double and maybe even triple last years count. So, if you haven't made any Christmas plans yet, stop on by the website, www.worldpokershowdown.com and signup for your Christmas Vacation of a lifetime.
The World Series of Poker Lifestyle Show opened today at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, showcasing hundreds of poker items, gadgets and accessories to an expected 7,000 poker enthusiast audience. Poker players from across the country have come to the WSOP, not just as players and spectators but as consumers, purchasing a wide range of goods at the Lifestyle show including bobble-head doll of players, chip sets, tables, card guards, jewelry, poker apparel and almost anything else you could possibly associate with America's favorite card game.
Besides the innumerable poker accessories, poker magazines, gambling book publishers, poker radio shows and poker television networks were also present in numbers throughout the show floor and offered poker enthusiasts a unique opportunity to interact with the poker media.
Bluff Magazine broadcast a live Bluff Radio Show from the show, while online poker rooms including Doyle Brunson's Doyle's Room and Full Tilt Poker had celebrity player autographing sessions throughout the day. Bluff Magazine is offering players Bubble Insurance at tomorrow's show, allowing any registered player to have a "second chance" for a gold bracelet in 2006, if the finish on the bubble in 2005. Bluff is buying the winners of the Bubble Insurance a free seat in next year's WSOP.
The WSOP is the largest sporting event in history, and the WSOP Lifestyle Show looks like it is set to be the largest shopping and entertainment event on the poker calendar.
The World Poker Showdown is making another appearance due to last year's great success and this year just it's just in time for Christmas. This year the turnout for the Poker Tournament's Caribbean Cruise is expected to double and maybe even triple last years count. So, if you haven't made any Christmas plans yet, stop on by the website, www.worldpokershowdown.com and signup for your Christmas Vacation of a lifetime.
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - CBS Sports has given the green light to a poker tournament where viewers can play along with the pros.
CBS has signed a deal with ProJo Poker Enterprises to televise eight of 20 ProJo Poker Tournaments beginning Christmas Day. They include the ProJo Christmas Poker Classic, the U.S. National Team Poker Championships, the U.S. National Amateur Poker Championship and the U.S. Grand Nationals Professional Poker Championship. The agreement also includes the finals, which will be held early next year in Las Vegas.
ProJo Poker gears itself toward the recreational poker players; professionals don't play in the early rounds until eight "average Joes" begin the semi-finals. Then four professionals will meet four "average Joes" at the final table for $40 million total.
And the viewers at home can play along as well, the network said. CBS SportsLine.com also will offer a chance to play ProJo Poker online through ProJo's Web site and a new poker area on CBS SportsLine that will open in August.
The World Poker Showdown is making another appearance due to last year's great success and this year just it's just in time for Christmas. This year the turnout for the Poker Tournament's Caribbean Cruise is expected to double and maybe even triple last years count. So, if you haven't made any Christmas plans yet, stop on by the website, www.worldpokershowdown.com and signup for your Christmas Vacation of a lifetime.
Shannon Sharpe and Absolute Poker Pro Mark Seif to Hold Online Exhibition Saturday, July 2 at 9 p.m. EDT Seif is Leading the WSOP and Training Sharpe for the Main Event Starting July 7
LAS VEGAS, Former NFL standout Shannon Sharpe and current World Series of Poker leader and Absolute Poker pro Mark Seif will play an online exhibition poker game with guest players on Saturday, July 2 at 9 p.m. EDT. *Media and fans are invited to watch the one-hour tournament at http://www.AbsolutePoker.com. Sharpe is training with Seif to play at the largest sporting event in the world -- the 36th annual World Series of Poker (http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com).
Known as "The Greatest Tight End to ever play the game," Sharpe signed with Team Absolute Poker to play in the tournament's Main Event starting July 7 at the Las Vegas at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Both Sharpe and Seif begin Main Event tournament play on Saturday, July 9.
The WSOP is touted as the largest sporting event in the world with an estimated $100 million in prize money and the 36th annual is the largest in history with an expected 23,000 registrations from 45 nations around the globe by the time the main event starts July 7. Seif became the first person at this year's WSOP to win two championships this year, placing him second in the money and first in the running for the WSOP's "Player of the Year" award. He is also currently ranked 10th in the World according to CardPlayer (http://www.cardplayer.com).
*To watch the tournament, please go to http://www.AbsolutePoker.com, download the software and create an account, go to the tourney tab, highlight the Shannon Sharpe Boot Camp restricted tourney, enter the lobby, and then link to the table.
Interviews and photos are available.
About Absolute Poker Absolute Poker (http://www.AbsolutePoker.com) with thousands of active players at all times is the World's fourth largest online poker destination. Driven by proprietary software, Absolute Poker was created to offer the most comprehensive, interactive online poker room, while always delivering superior customer service and a personal touch to each online poker player. Players Worldwide can access an Absolute Poker online poker game 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and experience the best multi-player online poker the industry has to offer. Established in 2003, Absolute Poker is licensed and regulated in Canada.
The World Poker Showdown is making another appearance due to last year's great success and this year just it's just in time for Christmas. This year the turnout for the Poker Tournament's Caribbean Cruise is expected to double and maybe even triple last years count. So, if you haven't made any Christmas plans yet, stop on by the website, www.worldpokershowdown.com and signup for your Christmas Vacation of a lifetime.
