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World Poker Exchange Holds First National Online and Offline Intercollegiate Poker Championship
Published: 2005-02-07
 World Poker Exchange Holds First National Online and Offline Intercollegiate Poker Championship; Tournament Will Award Student Players Cash Scholarships, Trips and Other Valuable Prizes
PR Newswire, Feb 7, 2005
ANTIGUA, BWI, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- World Poker Exchange, (http://www.worldpx.com/), one of the world's fastest growing online poker sites, will host the first annual Intercollegiate Poker Championship encompassing 100 top universities throughout the United States. The championship will begin as an online tournament on February 13, 2005 and culminate on March 10, 2005 during spring break with a live tournament in Cancun, Mexico.
The World Poker Exchange Intercollegiate Poker Championship, the first of its kind, is an online and offline poker championship that requires no entrance fee and awards as a Grand Prize a $25,000 school scholarship package. The lucky 1st Place Grand Prize Student Winner will receive a $10,000 cash scholarship, a laptop computer and an all expenses paid 5-day trip to the United Kingdom to compete in the World Poker Exchange London Open in August, 2005. At the London Open, the "Best College Player in the Country" will receive free entry into this high stakes tournament, worth $10,000, and have the opportunity to share in a minimum prize pot of $2 million while playing against some of the top poker players worldwide.
There will be three phases to the tournament, the first of which occurs online to find the "Best Player on Campus" in which rival schools will be scheduled to compete on the same day. Those winners will then continue on to the second phase where they will compete for "Best Player in the Region." The six regional prize winners will each receive a laptop computer and a free trip for two to Spring Break in Cancun, where the third and final portion of the championship will be held to determine which student will be crowned "Best College Player in the Country."
In Cancun, the finals will be hosted by MTV Real World Las Vegas star Trishelle. She starred in the 2003 Playboy Reality DVD, The Surreal Life and has most recently hosted this year's Lingerie Bowl.
The World Poker Exchange will also be awarding to the 321 best student poker players in the country valuable prize packages in a combination of cash scholarships, MP3 players, DVD membership subscriptions, free music download service and major retailer gift cards.
Players must be a U.S. or Canadian resident at least 18 years of age and currently registered at one of the 100 participating colleges. Players can sign up starting February 7, 2005 at http://www.worldpx.com/college, the official site for the championship, where complete rules, regulations, deadlines and a list of participating schools can be found. The first 2,000 registrants will receive a limited edition WorldPX.com t-shirt.
About World Poker Exchange
The World Poker Exchange (http://www.worldpx.com/) is licensed and regulated according to the laws of Antigua. The multi-player internet poker room has served the online community since the outset of online poker play. 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.worldpx.com/college
Web site: http://www.worldpx.com/
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World Poker Champion, Chris Moneymaker, Cashes in on Poker Craze and Teams Up With Vida Guerra, Suge Knight and Nascar at Superbowl!
Published: 2005-02-04
 World Poker Champion, Chris Moneymaker, Cashes in on Poker Craze and Teams Up With Vida Guerra, Suge Knight and Nascar at Superbowl! Press Conference at Benny's at Jacksonville Landing 10:00 a.m., February 5th
PR Newswire, Feb 4, 2005
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Poker is all the rage and it ranges from big business in gaming casinos to home games in basements across America. Celebrity poker is in its 3rd season of television and everyone wants to get in the game! Poker is said by analysts to account for between $3 billion and $5 billion in annual revenue. Just ask Chris Moneymaker who parlayed his $10,000 World Series entrance fee into $2.5 million in winnings and now is launching Moneymaker Gaming.
Moneymaker Gaming manufactures everything poker, from high-end poker sets, gaming accessories, apparel and licensed commemorative chips! Moneymaker gaming has license agreements with Death Row Records, Johnny Chan and FHM Hottie, Vida Guerra! The interest in poker is so great, that the year after Moneymaker beat out 837 players to win the World Series of Poker's main event, the field tripled in size to 2,576. This year, organizers expect 5,000 people to pay the $10,000 World Series entry fee. "After Moneymaker, poker hit a real critical mass," says Bhu Srinivasan, publisher of the new poker magazine, All In. "The growth was tremendous." With an estimated 70 million Americans now playing the game, media companies are betting big on poker.
Saturday's press conference will give Moneymaker a chance to talk about his story, launch his company and unveil the first commemorative chip of Vida Guerra. Johnny Chan will be making a special guest appearance and promoting his book, "How to Play Like Johnny Chan." Vida Guerra will be present as well. The conference will be at Benny's on the Jacksonville Landing at 10:00am, Saturday Feb. 5th, press check in is at 9:30a.m. Interviews and photo opportunities available.
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CONTACT: Juliette Harris, +1-818-321-2317, itgirl@tmail.com, or Nancy Byron, +1-213-709-1056, nancy.byron@tmo.blackberry.net, both for Moneymaker Gaming
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