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World Poker Exchange Crowns Winner of National Intercollegiate Poker Championship
Published: 2005-03-16
 World Poker Exchange Crowns Winner of National Intercollegiate Poker Championship; Student Wins Scholarship Money and Free Seat at the World Poker Exchange London Open in August
PR Newswire, March 16, 2005
ANTIGUA, England, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- World Poker Exchange, one of the world's fastest growing online poker sites, announces that Nate Belt, from the University of Kentucky is the winner of their Intercollegiate Poker Championship, naming him "Best College Player in the Country." Belt competed against five other regional finalists in a live March 14 tournament held in Cancun, Mexico and hosted by "MTV Real World: Las Vegas" star Trishelle Cannatella. Belt emerged the victor and was subsequently named the "Best College Player in the Country" by World Poker Exchange officials. Finishing in second and third places were Ryan Demeter of Vanderbilt University and Devin Hanneman of the University of Utah, respectively.
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Belt will receive the grand prize, which includes a $10,000 cash scholarship, a laptop computer and an all expense paid five-day trip to the United Kingdom to compete in the World Poker Exchange London Open on August 3-6, 2005. At the signature lifestyle tournament, Nate will receive free entry into this high stakes televised competition worth $10,000, and have the opportunity to share in a minimum prize pot of $2 million while playing against some of the world's top poker players.
Belt is originally from Bowling Green, KY. He is currently a freshman majoring in Biology with a pre-medicine concentration. A member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, Belt and his friends play poker once or twice a week; a ritual that certainly paid off in Cancun.
"I've been playing poker for fun for a little over three years now and never thought it would amount to my playing with the pros at the London Open," Belt said in statement today. "The last call I made in the championship game wasn't the smartest, but I went on instinct and now I'm glad I did. I've never been to London, so this is the opportunity of a lifetime."
The World Poker Exchange Intercollegiate Poker Championship was an online and offline poker championship that required no entrance fee. Open to students from 120 top universities throughout the United States, the tournament attracted more than 1,000 students from throughout the U.S. vying for scholarship cash prizes. On March 2, the six regional winners were chosen, including Belt. Each received a free trip to Cancun to compete in the live final World Poker Exchange tournament which was filmed and delay streamed by IFILM.com.
"The college sector is one of the fastest growing demographic segments of on-line poker, which is why we chose to host the final table at ground zero of Spring Break, where college students celebrate the very trends they alone define," says Haden Ware, CEO of World Poker Exchange. "Trishelle and IFILM.com's participation reflects our efforts to keep this particular tournament true to, and focused on, college sensibilities surrounding the sport of poker and the social aspects of the game."
About World Poker Exchange
The World Poker Exchange (http://www.worldpx.com/) is a licensed and regulated multi-player internet poker room that has served the online community since the outset of online poker play. Based in Antigua and established in spring 2001, World Poker Exchange is one of the world's fastest growing online poker sites.
CONTACT: Leslie Galerne, +1-310-854-8198, lgalerne@rogersandcowan.com, for World Poker Exchange
Web site: http://www.ifilm.com/
Web site: http://www.worldpx.com/
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World Poker Exchange Announces Exclusive Partnership With Professional Poker Champ Susie Isaacs
Published: 2005-03-09
 World Poker Exchange Announces Exclusive Partnership With Professional Poker Champ Susie Isaacs
PR Newswire, March 9, 2005
ANTIGUA, BWI, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- World Poker Exchange (WPE) today announced an exclusive partnership with professional poker champion Susie Isaacs. The agreement is the first of its kind for the rapidly expanding poker site and calls for the organization to officially sponsor Isaacs in a large tournament series, beginning this week at the Pro Poker Tour at Bay 101, San Jose.
"I am thrilled to be a part of the World Poker Exchange and look forward to our new partnership," says Isaacs. "I have been playing poker since I was a child and am excited to be associated with one of the new leaders of the online gaming trade that has a consistently recognized record of credibility within the trade and superb customer service among players."
"We are fortunate to have a player of Susie Isaacs' credibility and talent associated with the World Poker Exchange," says Haden Ware, CEO of World Poker Exchange. "Susie is already a legend in her own right, and we are well on our way to being one of the leading online gaming destinations in the world. Our tournament play sponsorship of Susie Isaacs marks the beginning of a formal pro-team recruitment effort we have initiated, with additional player announcements to follow shortly."
Isaacs is a professional tournament poker player who has won various titles and placed in the money numerous times throughout her 15-year career. She made poker history when she became the first woman to win the World Series of Poker ladies championship back-to-back in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, she placed 10th in the World Series of Poker $10,000 event vying for the $1 million prize. Isaacs became the second woman in history to accomplish such an outstanding finish.
Isaacs has contributed a regular column and developed feature stories for Casino Journal, Strictly Slots, Poker Player and Card Player magazines. Currently, she is a regular columnist for Poker Player newspaper, Women's Poker Player, and Fifth Street magazine where her popular column "Chip Chatter" appears.
In the months ahead, Isaac will be appearing regularly on two television shows, "Poker Beat," which airs on the 2005 schedule of Fox Sports National, and Final Table Challenge (see finaltablechallenge.com).
The World Poker Exchange (http://www.worldpx.com/) is a licensed and regulated multi-player internet poker room that has served the online community since the outset of online poker play. Based in Antigua and established in spring 2001, World Poker Exchange is one of the world's fastest growing online poker sites.
CONTACT: Kim Serafin of Rogers & Cowan, +1-323-654-1327, for World Poker Exchange
Web site: http://www.finaltablechallenge.com/
Web site: http://www.worldpx.com/
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COPYRIGHT 2005 Gale Group
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