2nd Annual Poker Industry Expo To Be Held December 7-8, 2006 in Costa Rica
April 26, 2006
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NEW YORK, April 24 /PRNewswire/ — Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces that its second annual Poker Industry Conference and Exposition will be held December 7-8, 2006 in San Jose, Costa Rica at the Costa Rica Marriott Hotel.
The Poker Industry Expo (http://www.PokerIndustryExpo.com ) is a convention that covers the business of poker, focusing on management, marketing and technology. Poker room and online poker executives will be in attendance.
The event is also planned to have a tournament in the evening for industry executives and professional players. The tournament is planned to be held at the Fiesta Casino, a licensed casino operating in San Jose, Costa Rica. The tournament will represent the best of poker strategies, tactics and playing skills by poker executives and some of the most
seasoned poker players that exist today.
Last year’s event brought attracted some of the biggest names in poker, including Mike Caro and Doyle Brunson. Also present were executives from the largest internet poker companies and major software providers. Payment processors, marketing executives, poker affiliates and affiliate managers were present at the 2005 event.
For more information, please visit the website
(http://www.PokerIndustryExpo.com ) or contact:
Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc.
Marketing and Logistics Representative
Tel: USA +1 (212) 722-1744 ext 76
Fax: USA +1 (208) 728-6456
E-mail: info-07@pix2006.com
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World Poker Tour World Championship(TM) Breaks Money & Attendance Records at Bellagio
April 24, 2006
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Press Release Source: WPT Enterprises, Inc.
World Poker Tour World Championship(TM) Breaks Money & Attendance Records at Bellagio
Thursday April 20, 8:45 am ET
605 of the World’s Best Players Lured With Record Prize Pool of $15,125,000
Winner to Pocket More Than $3.7 Million – Top Three Spots Exceed $1 Million
LAS VEGAS, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The WPT World Championship(TM) this week on the 100th anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake set some earth-shattering numbers of its own … a record 605 players, a prize pool of $15,125,000 dollars and $3.7 million for the winner! The $25,500 buy-in tournament at Las Vegas’ Bellagio proved to be a lure to players from nearly 40 countries. The WPT now airs in 147 countries and territories, and as a result the winners will be feted in countries from Antigua to Zambia, and from Japan to Sweden.
The incentive attracting players is two-fold, to win the coveted title WPT World Champion and to go home with a portion of the record prize money. In fact, the three top-finishing players will all earn more than $1 million. And even for those further down the list, the tournament will pay 100 deep … so one in every six players will be in the money.
“The WPT World Championship is considered the toughest tournament in the world to win if you consider the caliber of the competitors,” says Steve Lipscomb, Founder and CEO of WPT Enterprises, Inc. “At a cost of $25,500 to get to the table, you have to be a very accomplished poker player. You’ve either built a very solid bankroll or you’ve outlasted thousands in satellite tournaments. No doubt this Final Table will be a cliffhanger.”
The WPT World Championship crowns the WPT’s fourth record-breaking season, bringing the total prize money for the 17 tournaments to $85,120,000. The riveting shows currently airing on the Travel Channel every Wednesday night at 9 p.m. have revealed the 20 newest WPT Poker Millionaires.
Among those marquee players who took to the felt for the WPT World Championship were defending champion Tuan Le and Alan Goehring, plus T.J. Cloutier, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Doyle Brunson, Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari, Jennifer Harman, Daniel Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen, Erick Lindgren, David Williams, Allen Cunningham, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Phil Ivey, Kathy Liebert, Chip Jett, Ted Forrest, Gavin Smith, Barry Greenstein, Paul Darden, Nick Schulman, Freddy Deeb, Jennifer Tilly, Michael Gracz, John D’Agostino, Hasan Habib and Scott Fischman.
The international contingent also included Martin DeKniff, Maxfield, Gus Hansen, David Benyamine, Juha Helppi, Chris Bigler, Humberto Brenes, Juan Carlos Mortensen, Johan Storakers, Marcel Luske, David “Devilfish” Ulliot, John Gale and Patrik Antonius, among others.
Final table play will begin Monday, April 24th at 4 pm. The field of hopefuls will have been whittled down to six and from those six one will take home the $3,760,165 first prize. Second place will pay $1,903,950 and third place will pay $1,025,205.
The WORLD POKER TOUR is the global leader in poker. The WPT introduced poker to a worldwide audience through its innovative and riveting brand of televised poker, now seen in more than 147 countries and territories. Capturing all the excitement and sizzling action at its 17 Tour stops around the globe, the shows sets the gold standard in poker programming. The WPT inspired a global poker phenomenon that has attracted millions of men and women to the game and legions of devoted followers to the poker lifestyle. It has transformed poker into the sport of choice for vast numbers of viewers and players, and the hundreds of millions of dollars of prize money on the WPT has rekindled the promise of “The New American Dream.” The WORLD POKER TOUR airs on the Travel Channel, every Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET/PT in the U.S. and on ITV4 in the U.K. For more information, go to worldpokertour.com
About WPTE
WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE – News) is a company engaged in the creation of internationally branded entertainment and consumer products driven by the development, production, and marketing of televised programming based on gaming themes. WPTE is the creator of the World Poker Tour®, a television show based on a series of high-stakes poker tournaments that airs on the Travel Channel in the United States and more than 147 markets globally. WPT Enterprises currently licenses its brand to companies in the business of poker equipment and instruction, apparel, publishing, electronic and wireless entertainment, DVD/home entertainment, casino games, and giftware. For show information, tools for improving poker play, and other WPT news, fans may log on to worldpokertour.com. The company is also engaged in the sale of corporate sponsorships. WPT Enterprises, Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: LACO – News). Photos and media information can be found online at: worldpokertour.com/media
WPTEG
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press release (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by WPT Enterprises, Inc.) contains statements that are forward-looking, such as statements relating to the expansion of WPTE’s brand licensing, the development of new television and film projects, the development of WPTE corporate sponsors and other business development activities, as well as statements regarding other capital spending, financing sources and the effects of competition. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of WPTE. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, WPTE’s significant dependence on the Travel Channel as a source of revenue; the potential that our television programming will fail to maintain a sufficient audience; the risk that competitors with greater financial resources or marketplace presence might develop television programming that would directly compete with WPTE’s television programming; the risk that WPT may not be able to protect its entertainment concepts, current and future brands and other intellectual property rights; risks associated with future expansion into new or complementary businesses; the termination or impairment of WPTE’s relationships with key licensing and strategic partners; and WPTE’s dependence on its senior management team. For more information, review WPTE’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact:
Erik Stein/WPT: 323-330-9872
estein@worldpokertour.com
CELEB POKER GETS SOME WINNERS OFF TO SCOTLAND
April 22, 2006
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Celeb Poker always has an aggressive schedule of satellite tournaments designed to offer the opportunity for their players to gain entry at a very, very low cost to major land-based tournament poker events around the world.
One of the more exciting programs Celeb Poker have to offer involves satellite playoffs into the very prestigious Scottish Poker Championships, which are ultimately going to be held on July 1st and 2nd at the Maybury Casino in Edinburgh.
The multi-tiered structure of Celeb Poker’s Scottish Poker Championships satellites call for daily $5 satellites, which will actually run three times per day. The winners from these tournaments then win their way into a $38 weekly final. The winners from the weekly finals then win an entry into the $350-per-seat monthly finals.
The next monthly finals are to be held on May 21. The ultimate winner in this process will receive a package valued at $3250, which will include entry and buy-in into the No-Limit “Double Chance” freeze-out event at the Scottish Poker Championships, plus money for travel and accommodations.
That is just one of several creative things Celeb Poker is doing with satellites for major tournaments. The females have an opportunity to win free entry into the Ladies event at the 2006 World Series of Poker (July 9-10) with $3.50 satellite tournaments that run every day. The next online finals for the ladies is scheduled for Sunday, May 14. The structure for the ladies satellites is the same as that for the Scottish Poker Championships, with daily satellites leading into weekly finals, leading in turn to monthly finals and finally to the ultimate finale, in which the winner gets a package for the World Series of Poker valued at $2500.
For information on this and a whole lot more, please get on board at Celeb Poker.
BODOG USES WORLD-CLASS POKER AS PART OF WINNING ENTERTAINMENT MIX
April 17, 2006
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Bodog has, in a very short period of time, become one of the more remarkable success stories in the online gaming world. With headquarters in Costa Rica, Bodog has built itself into a position where it is a major player in the industry, and in fact, was recently listed as the #7 most influential operator in the business, according to eGaming Review.
This has been accomplished in great part by recognizing that it is more than just a casino/sportsbook operating on the internet – Bodog has committed itself to being a complete online entertainment destination.
Of course, part of that formula is to build a very aggressive poker schedule, and indeed Bodog has done that, offering a minimum of twenty live tournaments daily.
Bodog prides itself on having some of the best online poker players in the world visiting its website, and likes to say the competition level in its $100,000 Guaranteed Prize pool events, which are held on a weekly basis, is every bit as good as that which can be found on the World Poker Tour.
Players can earn credit toward entering the $100,000 tournaments, in addition to the qualifiers and multi-table tournaments by accumulating Bodog Poker Points. Here’s basically how it’s done:
New players start off with 50 points. They gather additional points through the level of activity of their play in ring games (the greater the rake, the greater the number of points credited); tournament play (based on how much in the way of fees are paid per entry), and overall playing time (including all activity, up to a maximum of 500 points per day).
Players can then turn around and use Bodog Bonus Points to enter tournaments. It kind of works like an airline would operate a “frequent flyer” program. Except with Bodog, there are no labor strikes or bankruptcies to worry about!
You can do yourself a favor by venturing over to Bodog for some of the very best in online poker.
POKER TOURNAMENT HEAVYWEIGHTS AT WORLD POKER CONGRESS
April 16, 2006
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It is arguable who might be termed the “Babe Ruth of Poker.” Maybe it’s Johnny Moss. Maybe it’s Doyle Brunson. Maybe it’s Amarillo Slim Preston. But when we look back on it, there would appear to be little doubt as to the identity of the “Pete Rozelle of Poker”; the visionary who, like the late former National football League commissioner, devised a way to take the game and turn it into a spectator sport, package it for television, affect a cornucopia of licensing opportunities, and create an indelible brand that many people identify almost exclusively with the game itself.
His name is Steve Lipscomb, and not only did this founder of the World Poker Tour (WPT) perform the aforementioned Rozelle-esque feats, he also managed to play a critical role in ushering in a boom in player participation that has fueled a multi-billion-dollar poker industry in both brick-and-mortar and virtual establishments.
Steve Lipscomb is as important a figure as there is in the gaming industry today.
That’s why it was very big news that he has agreed to be one of the featured speakers at the World Poker Congress, which takes place in Stockholm, Sweden on June 27th and 28th.
A who’s who of poker professionals from the poker industry will be on hand to discuss any and all topics related to the business, including marketing, player procurement and evelopment, tournaments, security, and regulatory issues. On the second day of the conference they’ll be treated to a presentation by Lipscomb, who will joined on the dais by Jeffery Pollack, the commissioner of the World Series of Poker, the event that pioneered the concept of big-money poker extravaganzas.
Thus, the World Poker Congress has perhaps the two most important and influential figures in the sport of tournament poker under one roof at the same time. More information about the event can be found at WorldPokerCongress.com.
