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The First Ever Interactive TV Multi Player Texas Hold'em Poker, Now on UK's Fifth Largest Casino Channel, 'Five'

Ground breaking iTV technology brings great poker to British fans. This will be telecast on UK's fifth largest land casino channel, Five, this week. Zone4Play, the technology developer, just announced the launch of the first ever Interactive TV Multi Player Texas Hold'em Poker. This was specially designed for Five by ZonePlay. It is the first time in the world, that the iTV multiplayer Texas Hold'em Poker is being deployed,live. The world-wide poker playing community has risen to 100 million and is still growing. Zone4Play will leverage this unique cross-platform game expertise. This will enable it to launch services to iTV, Internet and mobiles. Online-casinos.com reports:

The first ever iTV multi-player Texas Hold'em poker is available on SKY's interactive system and accessible through "Five,s" red button service. Later this year, the game will be launched on 3 more channels.

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Watch FullTiltPoker.net Invitational Live From Monaco, On Fox Sports Network

Fox Sports was the first network to televise a poker tournament in 2004, when they broadcast the American Poker Championships from Turning Stone Casino in New York. This Thanksgiving, Fox Sports will do it again.

Now Fox Sports, heads international as they team up with Full Tilt again for the FullTiltPoker.net Invitational Live from Monaco on Thanksgiving evening. Each player will be putting up $120,000 and FullTilt will add in another $160,000 bringing the total purse to a cool $1 million.

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ESPN Shows Taped Coverage of World Series of Poker in 32 Episodes

ESPN will be showing a 32-episode World Series of Poker coverage. Bob Chesterman, the producer who will be supervising this coverage, believes there are definite reasons on why people will tune in to see taped card games. He says that the plan is to cover the event as though it is plausibly live'. He draws a parallel between taped Olympic coverage and this series, covering the World Series of Poker. Though as against Olympic coverage that makes use of announcer's live calls, ESPN's poker announcers will view edited footage and call as if it was live. The tack being used by Bob, resembles the game plan of the Olympic broadcasting. Great Storytelling is what compels many viewers to watch events that have already taken place. ESPN would have definitely done its homework and the Olympic broadcasting formula is sure to work to their advantage, as envisaged in the first place. Usatoday.com reports:

Last year's poker finale drew 2.8% of cable TV households, making it a bigger draw than nearly everything else on ESPN except NFL games, postseason baseball and marquee college football and basketball. Next year, Chesterman will add a Skycam to hover above the poker action, and he expects the winner's prize money will be $10 million.

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The online Poker Portal - Live Straddle Releases a New Guide

As per a statement from Live Straddle, a new online poker guide has been launched. This will promote poker rooms. It will also have tutorials for those new to poker. Nicolas Fradet, webmaster of Live Straddle was extremely excited about this new guide. He said that he was happy to relase this new section. He felt that it was one of the best online poker guides. All the resources required to improve the game were present. Players new and pros alike can make maximum use of this newly release resource.

It has everything an online poker player would need to improve his game and get the maximum allowed deposit bonus from all other major online poker rooms. Online Poker Central also features the latest online poker news, so that our visitors don't miss on great action and the latest incentives," said Fradet.

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Fox Sports Net and GSN Will be Airing Two High Stake Poker Events in November

Some of the biggest names in poker, feature in two made-for-television poker games. These will be played at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. One of these two televised events is ' Stakes Poker' which is produced by GSN. The other one is 'Poker Superstars III' and has been produced for Fox Sports Net (FSN). The Golden Nugget had earlier this year, hosted the World Series of BlackJack. This event had been televised on GSN, Speed Channel's Mobil High Endurance Charity Poker Challenge. It had also been aired on NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Both these events had attracted solid viewership and ratings. Biz.yahoo.com reports:

GSN, the Network for Games, in launching its new series, High Stakes Poker in January 2006. The series will unite some of the top professional poker players with elite poker-playing business executives in an exciting match of skill and money.

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AOL Gets into Online Poker in a Major Way

AOL is geared up to showcase poker in a big way. It has signed exclusive deals with the World Series of Poker for creating on line services for card players. Players can play free-play poker games in various online AOL private rooms. These games will give 12 winners an opportunity to get a free seat, in one of the main events. This free seat will be worth $10,000 and allow the winners to be a part of the events of the 2006-2007 World Series of Poker. Additionally one visitor to the poker room will get a free seat at the annual tournament of champions. To be eligible, for this winners must be not less than 21 years of age. For the World Series of Poker, the exclusive cable rights are held by ESPN. Variety.com reports:

The AOL service will provide news and behind-the-scenes reports of the various tournaments as well as "poker tutorials for people who want to learn more about the game," said Jeffrey Pollack, head of programming for Harrah's Entertainment. People don't have to be monthly AOL subscribers to gain access to the poker rooms, he said.

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AOL Gets into Online Poker in a Major Way

AOL is geared up to showcase poker in a big way. It has signed exclusive deals with the World Series of Poker for creating on line services for card players. Players can play free-play poker games in various online AOL private rooms. These games will give 12 winners an opportunity to get a free seat, in one of the main events. This free seat will be worth $10,000 and allow the winners to be a part of the events of the 2006-2007 World Series of Poker. Additionally one visitor to the poker room will get a free seat at the annual tournament of champions. To be eligible, for this winners must be not less than 21 years of age. For the World Series of Poker, the exclusive cable rights are held by ESPN. Variety.com reports:

The AOL service will provide news and behind-the-scenes reports of the various tournaments as well as "poker tutorials for people who want to learn more about the game," said Jeffrey Pollack, head of programming for Harrah's Entertainment. People don't have to be monthly AOL subscribers to gain access to the poker rooms, he said.

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A Freeroll Tournament Worth $2,500 to be Sponsored by UltimateBet For its Affiliates

A private freeroll worth $2500 will be sponsored by UltimateBet, at the beginning of November, for both new and current UltimateBet affiliates. This tournament promises to give affiliates the experience of UltimateBet's industry-leading software. It will be open to any affiliate of UltimateBet, who refers a minimum of three new players. UltimateBet is a top ranking online poker site since 2000 and this will be its first ever freeroll tournament, in its Income Access-managed affiliate program. The guaranteed prize pool of $2500 invites new and veteran affiliates to play against each other, without the risk of losing a single cent of their own money. They must fulfill the basic entry requirements in order to do so. Any affiliate can refer at least 3 or more new depositing players from now on till October 31st. Affiliates can start actively promoting UltimateBet during this period and get a free entry into the tournament. Emediawire.com reports:

Poker affiliates love playing at UltimateBet because they love the software. What better way to thank them than to lineup a free online poker tournament exclusively for affiliates," says Nicky Senyard, Income Access CEO. "There's never been a better time for affiliates and webmasters to join UltimateBet and Income Access!"

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Casino Gaming TV (CGTV), to be Launch its Dedicated Channel in Canada, This September

Speculation was ripe last year about when one would find a dedicated casino gaming or poker based cable television network, in the US. However, till date none of the candidates have launched such a channel. Experts and reporters believe that if poker must occupy a pride of place among the other televised sports, it must have a devoted channel. Such a channel should be able to show lifestyle programming, biographical programming, historical programming and every other related aspect of the sport. CGTV - Casino Gaming TV is at the middle of this all, trying to get a channel on air. Nick Rhodes, its CEO has been at the helm of affairs and the channel might soon see the light of day. Starting in September, CGTV Canada will go on air, showcasing a wise blend of original progamming along with the usual gaming content. The biggest and the most critical challenge for the company has been to secure distribution, from satellite companies. Pokernews.com reports:

"I think the launch of the channel up there, and as it evolves, and gets distribution north of the border, it will be easier for the U.S. distributors to evaluate its potential.," Rhodes said. Being outside of the U.S. seems to be the way to go to get a channel on the air.

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Record-Breaking Turnout for WPT's Legends of Poker Tournament at the Bicycle Casino

Poker tournaments have been extremely popular and are held round the year, somewhere or the other. The WORLD POKER TOUR(R) successfully continues to attract a record number of players to its events. This was evident from the huge participation in the Legends of Poker, held at the Bicycle Casino. There were a record 839 players taking part in this event. The prize pool went up to $4,195,000 and with this the event is said to be the largest ever, on the WPT circuit. These figures further predict a huge growth potential, for the rest of the 14 events that will be filmed for Season 1V on the Travel Channel. The first prize for the 2005 Legends of Poker will be, $1,125,000. Steven Lipscomb, CEO and founder of WPT Enterprises, Inc. said that there had been a tremendous growth of the sport and that he was looking forward to a record shattering season. Prnewswire.com reports:

The highest rated show ever on The Travel Channel, the WPT is now licensed for broadcast in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide. WORLD POKER TOUR (R) airs every Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the Travel Channel.

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