June 24th, 2008
Vega Promotional Systems, Inc. (VGPR.PK) today announced it has narrowed the list of stops for the inaugural season of the Poker Tour of the Americas (PTA) to six cities.As a result of increased interest from cities in North and South America, Vega’s plan is to hold six tournaments during the Tour’s first year, with plans to expand to Tour to eight stops in season two.
The season one plan includes tournaments in the following cities:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Tunica, Mississippi
San Jose, Costa Rica
Cartagena, Colombia
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Quito, Ecuador
The location of the season ending Poker Tournament of Champions to crown the champion of the PTA will be announced in the next few weeks.
In addition to promoting the PTA, Vega will be the Executive Producer of the video programming and plans to air the tournaments throughout North and South America. Since Vega will own the programming, the Company is currently negotiating for network airtime that would in turn, allow the Company to sell its own advertising for the programs.
The poker tournaments will be structured as invitational events with players from all over the world able to win seats via online and live local satellite tournaments.
Michael Herron, CEO of Vega stated, “This Tour will introduce the top players in the world to new audiences in South America as well as give local players the opportunity to play against poker’s best players. The response we have received from all over North and South America has been incredible. With the popularity that poker has achieved the past few years, this type of Tour makes a lot of sense. There are some very good poker players in South America and we look forward to finding the next big name. Our timing couldn’t be better. Poker is exploding in South America and Canada and combined with the popularity in the U.S., we feel the PTA will be a hit from day one.
We’ve all seen the success that other tours like the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour have enjoyed and we feel that we can produce a first class tournament. Unlike a lot of poker programming you see on television, we are not attempting to sell the rights to a programmer, we will own the programming and will contract for the necessary time slots to air the one-hour shows. This will allow Vega to profit from the advertising, sponsorships, replays of the programming, and the tournament itself.”
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June 10th, 2008
Century Casinos, Inc. announced today that its Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Canada, will host the 1st Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament in support of the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Society of Alberta on June 14, 2008.This celebrity poker tournament will feature stars of Canada’s most popular TV show “Corner Gas”, namely Tara Spencer-Nairn and Lorne Cardinal. Other confirmed celebrities include former Edmonton Eskimo Football Great Singor Mobley, as well as Playboy model and WWE Diva Rochelle Loewen.
Local media will also be represented including CISN morning man Sean Burke along with local poker legend Sandra Sperounes from the Edmonton Journal, and Gene Principe from Sportsnet, the commentator of the world-famous hockey team, the Edmonton Oilers.
The tournament is limited to 77 entries and commences at 2:00 p.m. MDT on June 14 in Century Casino’s new 24 hour poker room. On the day of the tournament, a silent auction will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. MDT to raise funds in support of the MS Society. In addition, a portion of the registration fees will be donated directly to the MS Society.
May 7th, 2008
WPT Canada (WPTC) tour kicks off today with its first stop—Coast to Coast Poker Championships, presented by British Columbia Lottery Corporation—at River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia. WPTC is the dedicated tour for Canada, a country where some of the world’s greatest poker professionals call home and poker is booming in best-in-class casino properties nationwide.
“Canada is an incredible destination for poker, which we have experienced first-hand during three successful Canadian events on the main WPT tour,” said Steve Lipscomb, WPT Founder, President and CEO. “The sport of poker has long been growing in Canada, fostering poker fans and creating world-class poker professionals. It was only a matter of time before WPT offered a tailored tour unique to Canadian poker fans, and couldn’t be more thrilled to finally launch it today.”
WPT-Canada May 5 – 13, 2008, the event features multiple tournament options including a super satellite, bounty event, and a $3,000 CDN main event where players will face pros like Gavin Smith, WPT Season IV Player of the Year; “Yukon” Brad Booth; and Canadian Poker Tour Player of the Year Jody Trainer. Antonio Esfandiari, face of the WPT Poker-Made Millionaire™ will also play in the bounty and main events, representing Worldpokertour.com. Esfandiari recently placed eighth out of 842 players at the European Poker Tour Grand Finals in Monte Carlo.
The May 11 Coast to Coast Poker Championships final tables will play down on the WPT Canada set and will be filmed for television broadcast in Canada. Poker pro Kenna James will make his WPT Canada debut as TV commentator alongside host and well-known Canadian sports announcer, Jim Van Horne. The WPT Canada Coast to Coast Poker Championships television episodes will debut in Canada late this summer.
April 25th, 2008
Glen Chorny, a 22-year-old business student from Ontario, Canada, won the biggest poker tournament ever held in Europe when he took down the EUR10,000 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final for a first prize of over EUR2 million (US$3 million).
After only two hands against Hungarian Denes Kalo, Chorny - who won his seat online with PokerStars - took the EPT Champion title with A5 against KQ when his Ace paired on the flop. For 31-year-old stockbroker Kalo, who won EUR1,179,000, it was the second time this season that he has been an EPT runner-up: he came 2nd at EPT Baden last October.
Chorny’s triumph came only three months after he took 13th place at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for US$80k. He said: “It was tough out there, like a hard day at the office. Only the rewards are a lot better.”
The EPT Grand Final attracted a record field of 842 players creating a total prize pool of over EUR8.4 million (US$12m): the richest prize pool in the world for a poker tournament this year.
Canadian Max Villemure, 19, from Montreal, finished 3rd. Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron - Cardplayer’s Online Player of the Year in 2007 - came 4th. Italian Luca Pagano, a Team PokerStars Pro, registered record ninth EPT cash after finishing 6th.
Among the other star names in Monte Carlo this week were Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari (who came 8th for EUR168k), Patrick Antonius, Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Freddy Deeb, Roland de Wolfe and Gus Hansen as well as almost all the Team PokerStars Pros including Daniel Negreanu, Joe Hachem (11th for EUR101,000), Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, Vanessa Rousso and Lee Nelson.
Season 4 has taken in 11 amazing destinations including new events in Prague in the Czech Republic (555 players) and San Remo in Italy (701 players). The season has seen player numbers and prize pools soar, and also the number of nationalities taking part - 48 in Monte Carlo, more than 70 during the season as a whole.
EPTLive.com providing a live webcast of the action on the final two days - also saw record audience numbers.
The total prize money for season 4 of the EPT was over EUR38m, double the total for Season 3.
source: http://online.casinocity.com
April 14th, 2008
Poker goes coast to coast in the Great White North
A major new big buy-in land poker tournament for Canada is shaping up in the World Poker Tour’s just announced Coast to Coast Poker Championship, which will feature high stakes poker action in an East vs. West competition at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, B.C, on May 5-13.
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation and WPT organisers anticipate that with Canada’s track record for producing top poker players the entry field will feature many top names in the game, ensuring a large entry field.
The Coast to Coast Poker Championship will feature a total of seven events with an anticipated 2 650 players taking part, generating a $2.4 million prize pool that will include a first place prize of $377 300.
Tournament events will include No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Hold’em and Omaha High/Low as well as a special events such as a bounty tournament and a Mother’s Day team tournament.
The Coast to Coast Poker Championships will be the first stop for WPT Canada and will be filmed to produce four one-hour episodes, which will air nationally in Canada.
