WSOP TO DEAL WITH MONKEY BUSINESS
July 14, 2006
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It’s been reported that PokerShare is going to enter a chimpanzee named Mikey into the 2006 WSOP in August. It’s also said he plays a mean hand of poker. Of course, it could just be a case of ‘monkey see, monkey do’ but with the huge number of poker players participating in the WSOP, the monkey will be seeing some of the best players on the planet. PokerShare may be bringing Mikey’s agent with him as well since they’re related. He’s the monkey’s uncle.
Bodog Poker Pro David Williams Wins World Series of Poker Bracelet
July 14, 2006
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Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) July 12, 2006 — Team Bodog pro David Williams, the 26-year-old Texan who rocketed into stardom two years ago with his memorable runner-up finish at the 2004 World Series of Poker, has captured his first bracelet in poker’s showcase event. Williams bested a field of 478 players to take the top prize in Event No. 10 of the 2006 World Series of Poker, the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud tournament. He earned $163,118 for the win.
“This is the greatest day of my life,” Williams said. “I came so close to winning a bracelet in 2004 in the Main Event, and I’ve been thinking about this moment ever since. It’s even better than I expected.”
“David continues to prove he’s one of the best poker players in the world, and I’m sure this is just the first of many more WSOP bracelets he’ll win over his career,” said Calvin Ayre, Bodog.com’s Founder and CEO. “To have a title this early in this year’s WSOP is exciting for all members of Team Bodog, and we’re anticipating many more victories.”
On his way to victory, Williams faced a final table filled with some of poker’s most decorated and seasoned tournament pros, including poker legend Johnny Chan, who was gunning for his 11th WSOP bracelet, and “Miami” John Cernuto, a three-time WSOP winner. Also among the final eight were Jack Duncan, a 2002 world champion in Pot Limit Omaha, and John Hoang, an experienced tournament ace.
Williams, though, quickly took command at the final table on Friday with aggressive play against the veterans, gaining the chip lead early and never looking back. He eventually found himself heads-up against Hoang for the title with a sizable chip advantage, and after a little more than two-and-a-half hours of heads-up play, Hoang was severely short stacked and forced to go all-in on 5th street with an ace high. Williams, with just a pair of fours, called and the small pair proved to be all he needed for the win and career first bracelet.
Williams has now won a total of $3,670,823 in three WSOP appearances, earning him the distinction of being the youngest player on the World Series of Poker’s “Top Ten” All-Time Money List. Williams ranks seventh on the list just behind poker greats Phil Hellmuth and T.J. Cloutier. Fellow Team Bodog member Josh Arieh, who has won two WSOP bracelets, is ninth on the list with $3,188,590 in earnings.
With his Seven-Card Stud win, numerous final table appearances in Texas Hold’em events and a first-place finish in H.O.R.S.E. this past May at the World Series of Poker Circuit in Las Vegas, Williams has established himself as one of the top all-around poker players in the world. In just the past two years, the Team Bodog phenom has earned more than $5 million in tournament winnings.
Joining Williams and Arieh on Team Bodog for this year’s World Series of Poker is the latest member of Bodog’s pro team, Evelyn Ng. More than 500 other players who qualified through online satellite qualifiers at Bodog.com are competing for Team Bodog. Two online qualifiers from Team Bodog have already made a final table this year – Thomas Hunt of Las Vegas finished fourth in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em ($160,659) and David Solomon of Austin, Texas, finished sixth in $2,500 Short Handed No-Limit ($68,277). The WSOP started on June 25 and runs through Aug. 10.
Bodog.com, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, is federally licensed by the Costa Rican and UK governments. www.bodog.com Founder and CEO Calvin Ayre, who is recognized as the true pioneer of online gambling and a world authority on branding in the digital entertainment industry, was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine’s best-selling “Billionaires” issue in March 2006. Bodog.com is the top-ranked US facing online gambling brand, with highest site traffic amongst multi-product US gaming web sites, according to Hitwise. Bodog.com, valued at over US $1 billion and ranked in the Power 10 online companies by eGaming Review, processed $7 billion in wagers in 2005. The Bodog.com Marketing Conference will take place at the Wynn Las Vegas, July 23-26, 2006, attracting the leaders of the online gambling industry. Bodog Entertainment Group also includes a music label, Bodog Music, an online magazine, Bodog Nation, a television production unit and further properties coming soon. For more information, contact Media Relations at 1-866-892-3371. BODOG is a registered trademark of Bodog Entertainment Group S.A.
POKER.COM COMES TO THE RESCUE AND PICKS UP THE WSOP TAB FOR 10 PLAYERS
July 2, 2006
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Players’ World Series of Poker Dreams Saved
30 June 2006
(PRWEB) June 28, 2006 — The home of online poker, Poker.com has delivered on its promise to save players affected by CnR Poker’s inability to send its tournament winners to the World Series of Poker in July.
An unfortunate situation arose in the poker world this month when online poker site CnR poker were unable to meet their financial obligation to provide World Series of Poker prize packages to ten of their players.
Instead of standing by idly, another online poker site, Poker.com, decided to do something to help these players and offered to fund their Las Vegas trips and World Series of Poker tournament buy ins.
With the co-operation of CnR, most of the players have now been contacted, their trips have been re-organized and they will now be enjoying all the benefits of being a part of the Poker.com family. Poker.com’s generosity even extended to upgrade the player’s $11,000 package as won at CnR, to a full $12,500, as given to all players who had won seats through Poker.com.
Poker forums and blogs around the globe have been buzzing with the news since the announcement last week.
One of the players affected, who goes by the nickname ‘Caligard’ had this to say “I was one of the ones affected and this is an unbelievable gesture. Thanks Poker.com for your unbelievable generosity!”
Another player, ‘Big Poppa’ was also appreciative. “Wow! I mean, wow!!! I was one of the winners of a Main Event seat from CnR, and you have no idea what this means to me.”
Poker.com Director of Gaming, Paul Cherry said, “We have had so much great feedback from those affected as well as poker devotees in general since our announcement”
“Just like our players we are poker people, poker is more than a business to us.”
“Our players are like family, as soon as we heard about the problem we knew we had to step in and help these players, because no one else would.”
“Contrary to some online reports we are an independent poker room, with our own poker software, run by a group of people with an amazing passion for poker. This wasn’t about saving face for a network or bailing out CnR Poker, this was about poker industry people helping poker players. It’s a good feeling to know we helped these players out and they will now be representing Poker.com at the WSOP.” Mr Cherry said.
For anyone else with WSOP dreams, Poker.com has decided to offer another seat to this year’s main event for free via a special freeroll tournament. Simply sign up at Poker.com and make your first deposit using coupon code WSOPFREEROLL before July14, and you will be given a 100% deposit bonus as well as entry to a World Series of Poker main event freeroll on July 15.
Team PokerRoom.com Fills Out for the WSOP
July 1, 2006
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PokerRoom.com’s Jim Davenport Makes Money at World Poker Tour in Paris
Team PokerRoom.com Fills Out for the WSOP
PARIS — (MARKET WIRE) — June 29, 2006 — As the prestigious World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris came to a close on 16 June, PokerRoom.com’s Jim Davenport successfully finished in 22nd place out of 232 players winning a total of $ 16,500. Held at the famed Aviation Club in Paris, this was Davenport’s first time competing in an overseas tournament, and his best showing since he landed PokerRoom.com’s “Poker Pro” for a year endorsement in March 2006.
Twenty-six year old Davenport of Newport Beach, CA, was awarded an exclusive $ 250,000 PokerRoom.com endorsement deal, and has since played in a couple of major tournaments, including other WPT events. In addition to his “Poker Pro” deal, Jim is part of Team PokerRoom.com, a group of over a hundred up-and-coming poker players who represent PokerRoom.com in some of the world’s foremost poker tournaments. Poker enthusiasts can play on PokerRoom.com to earn a spot on Team PokerRoom.com and gain entry to major land-based tournaments.
The next major competition for Team PokerRoom.com is the World Series of Poker, scheduled for 28 July – 10 August 2006 at the Rio in Las Vegas. Team members are currently vying for seats in the tournament, and hopefuls can log on to www.pokerroom.com to compete for the remaining 20 spots still open. Each WSOP spot is worth $ 13,500 and includes travel, hotel, tournament entry fee and special activities with the rest of Team PokerRoom.com.
“I’m thrilled to have had the opportunity to compete at the world famous Aviation Club in Paris,” said Davenport. “PokerRoom.com has not only given me a rare opportunity to see the world, but I have had the time to sharpen my skills while competing against others online, preparing myself for major tournaments such as the World Series of Poker.”
Next up for Davenport are tournaments in Barcelona, London, Melbourne and Monte Carlo. To read more about Davenport, check out his PokerRoom profile by logging on to the site http://www.pokerroom.com/account/profile/?id=3f84ca&main=pokah.
“It’s great to see Jim Davenport performing so well,” said PokerRoom spokesperson Glenn Cademartori. “Poker is a game of strategy, skill and determination, and Jim certainly has been using PokerRoom.com to strengthen his skills, strategy and overall game. We’re looking forward to watching him and his fellow Team PokerRoom.com players compete at the World Series of Poker.”
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Poker.com Saves the Day for World Series of Poker Hopefuls
July 1, 2006
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The home of online poker, Poker.com, has generously offered to provide the WSOP packages won by ten ChecknRaisePoker.com members who have been told that ChecknRaisePoker.com is unable to fund their World Series of Poker prize packages as previously won through their website promotions.
(PRWEB) June 20, 2006 — The home of online poker, Poker.com, has generously offered to provide the WSOP packages won by ten ChecknRaisePoker.com members who have been told that ChecknRaisePoker.com is unable to fund their World Series of Poker prize packages as previously won through their website promotions.
According to various press releases surfacing on online gaming news sites, ten ChecknRaisePoker.com members that had won World Series of Poker seats have been informed that their prize packages are not to be honored. Via an email from ChecknRaise management they have instead been offered a series of small payments over the coming months.
Poker.com has attempted to contact ChecknRaisePoker.com management by email and telephone to confirm this situation and offer to cover the prize costs, but as yet have been unable to get a response.
Both the tournament entry fee and spending money according to the terms of each promotion will be provided by Poker.com if any of the affected players come forward.
Poker.com Director of Gaming, Paul Cherry said, “I don’t want to comment too much at this time, as we are yet to obtain confirmation that the reported situation is accurate. But if the story is true, we are happy to help these players however possible.”
”From most players’ perspective, this is a chance of a lifetime, and I can’t think of anything more upsetting than to be told you are not going to Vegas, after having already won the prize. It’s only a few weeks away and the players may have already planned and paid for their travel arrangements.”
”Our own players are like family to us and we’d hate to see these ChecknRaise players miss out due to no fault of their own. That’s why we are offering to help them get to Vegas as a part of the Poker.com family and enjoy the trip they have won and earned. A trip that includes the chance to win a World Series of Poker bracelet!”
”I know that at Poker.com we keep all guaranteed tournament prizes and player funds in escrow, separate from operational funds to avoid such a situation ever occurring.” Mr Cherry said.
Poker.com has released this information in an attempt to resurrect the WSOP dreams of the ten players affected. If you have contact information for any of these players, please forward this offer to them and ask them to contact e-mail protected from spam bots to arrange their compensation package. Spread the word to help us make sure that these players get the World Series of Poker experience that they deserve.
For anyone else with WSOP dreams, Poker.com has now decided to offer another seat to this year’s main event for free via a special freeroll tournament. Simply sign up at Poker.com and make your first deposit using coupon code WSOPFREEROLL before July14, and you will be given a 100% deposit bonus as well as entry to a World Series of Poker main event freeroll on July 15.
