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SunPoker.com Shines On CNN
Published: 2005-02-01
 SunPoker.com Shines On CNN
Business Wire, Feb 2, 2005
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao -- In a move to spread more of its poker sunshine across Europe, http://www.SunPoker.com has just signed a deal to be one of the first poker rooms to be included on the interactive cable channel CNNText. The text based information station reaches millions of homes throughout Europe, and allows users to browse the latest news headlines at their convenience. Now located on channel 232 within the CNNText broadcast, they can find the latest happenings, including the listing of Texas Hold 'Em tournaments 24 hours a day, and the most recent promotions at SunPoker.com.
"Poker has become extremely popular because of the television coverage..." says Nick Melrose, Poker Room Manager at SunPoker.com, "...and the decision to expand our exposure in Europe was a pretty simple one, and we felt CNN was the right choice to reach our target audience."
The SunPoker.com software allows you to play poker and chat with other players from around the world for as little as $0.50/$1.00, and as high as GBP 150/GBP 300. There are also hundred of Texas Hold'em tournaments like you see on the World Poker Tour, European Poker Tour and in the World Series of Poker, with GBP 250,000 guaranteed prize money.
"We realize online poker cannot take the place of being in a live poker room face to face with your opponent, but the thought of winning a quarter of a million dollars while wearing your pajamas does have its appeal," added Melrose, "and we've just made it easier to find SunPoker.com on CNNText television."
About SunPoker.com
A licensed poker room through Peak Entertainment N.V., SunPoker.com has thousands of players from all over the world that participate in a fun friendly environment playing Texas Hold'em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha High-Low, and hundreds of tournaments each week, including Multi-Table tournaments. For more information, visit http://www.SunPoker.com
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SunPoker.com Guarantees Uptime With $50,000 In Cash
Published: 2005-02-04
 SunPoker.com Guarantees Uptime With $50,000 In Cash
Business Wire, Feb 4, 2005
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao -- SunPoker.com, one of the largest online poker rooms, announced significant upgrades to its poker room software and services, and is guaranteeing 99.8% Up-Time on its poker servers with a $50,000 Overlay Tournament.
"Our poker room now boasts increased capacity, access speeds, and near 100% availability," according to Nick Melrose (Poker Room Manager) "...this further maintains our commitment to lead the gaming industry with a poker product that is there when you need it, 24 hours a day."
"In January, we experienced such explosive growth in SunPoker.com, we're now the fourth largest poker room network on the Internet..." Melrose continues, "...but such quick growth sometimes leaves room for outages due to server upgrades for increased capacity, and in the off chance there is more than 1.5 hours of downtime in any given month, we're guaranteeing a $50,000 overlay tournament on the first Sunday of the following month."
Melrose sheepishly adds, "Since it, (downtime), unfortunately did happen in January, we will be hosting the first '$50,000 DOWNTIME' tournament this Sunday February 6th, at 12:00 PM (noon) EST." Registration is limited to 1000 players and begins two hours before the start of the tournament.
An overlay tournament means that in addition to the prize pool derived from the $20 + $2 entry fee, the poker room will add the $50,000 of its own money to the prize pool.
About SunPoker.com
A licensed poker room through Peak Entertainment N.V., SunPoker.com has thousands of players from all over the world that participate in a fun friendly environment playing Texas Hold'em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha High-Low, and hundreds of tournaments each day. For more information, visit http://www.SunPoker.com
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COPYRIGHT 2005 Gale Group
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