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BowmansPoker Raises the Stakes; New Poker Download Offers a Sizzling Experience with Online Strip Poker
Published: 2006-04-12
 BowmansPoker Raises the Stakes; New Poker Download Offers a Sizzling Experience with Online Strip Poker
LONDON --(Business Wire)-- April 12, 2006 -- You'd be hard pressed to find anywhere more satisfying on the web to match BowmansPoker.com. The slick and sexy poker site launches a brand new poker download - a strip poker viral.
BowmansPoker, which comes from the suite of well known and trusted Bowmans gaming and betting products, is much more than just an online poker site. The new poker download software combines all the excitement of online poker - with the added exhilaration of getting 'close up and personal' with a hot poker babe in the fun game of strip poker which includes nudity.
Saucy, sassy and great fun, this adult-orientated taster - displayed in high-definition graphic detail - puts players at the very heart of the action and promises to be one of the most amusing online poker experiences available.
What's more, you can invite your friends to join in the fun, at the touch of a button!
BowmansPoker.com also provides three short, tutorial movies, filmed in 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' style and written by poker pros to teach how to recognise opponents and show the best way to play a hand.
New players get a signup Bonus of up to $100 (or $150 if you use NetELLER), and every month there is a $100,000 tournament as well as another offering, a $50,000 payout - guaranteed. Plus you'll find free-rolls and smaller tournaments on offer every single day.
To make sure 'players' stay 'winners', BowmansPoker.com even provides a tailor-made 'Notes' section; a 'buddy list' (to tell you when your friends are online) and personal performance statistics - to help players identify (and combat) any weaknesses.
Sara Waller, Marketing Manager of BowmansPoker.com, said: "BowmansPoker.com is a brand new concept in online poker and we want to put a little 'spice' into the game.
To access the strip poker game, go to: http://fun.bowmans.com/poker
Notes to Editors:
1. In 1985 American Football Pools was founded by Gary Bowman in Manchester, England. In England sports betting has been legal and regulated since the 1960's. Indeed there is a bookmaker on almost every street corner and to place a wager, whether large or small, is part of the fabric of everyday life. American Football Pools, equipped with a British Government license to accept bets from anywhere in the world, was the world's first offshore book.
2. Now called Bowman International, the company has maintained its place in the world of global gaming with a reputation for integrity, reliability and of course legality. High quality service is all well and good but what if you can't get through?
3. The offshore betting revolution has been built on technology and Bowman International has been at the forefront. Over the past decade the company has invested millions into it's ultra-modern computer and satellite telecommunication networks not to mention it's workforce. Bowman International has developed it's own training program covering all aspects of gaming and financial transactions - All prospective employees must complete this course before being considered for employment.
4. With highly trained staff combined with state-of-the-art telecommunication networks what else could Bowman International do to maintain their position as the world's number one offshore book? Expand of course. Bowman International built a major call-center on the island of Mauritius situated in the Indian Ocean, east of South Africa. The Bowman International Treasury Department is situated in the Isle of Man, UK.
5. "Mauritius is perfect for us and our customers," says Gary Bowman. "The country thrives on enterprise and has a very high standard of education. With our satellite based telecommunication system we could have expanded anywhere but Mauritius had all we could want. Now we have over 150 operators to receive bets, deal with all transactions, management and customer service, all situated in the beautiful Republic of Mauritius. It works very well but then it should, we invested an awful lot of time, money and effort into it."
6. The website www.bowmanspoker.com and international gaming licence are 100% owned and operated by Bowman International Sports Ltd, located at Informatics Park, La Tour Koenig, Mauritius. Bowman International Ltd is a sister company and operates the group treasury function from its offices at Cumbrae House, Market Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, British Isles.
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Hot TV bet: Poker series
Published: 2006-04-12
 BY GENETTA M. ADAMS; JUDITH H. BERNSTEIN
Newsday Editor; Staff Writer
April 12, 2006
Now that March Madness is over, gamblers and sports fans will be dealing with another form of madness - poker. Las Vegas and ESPN are gearing up for the granddaddy of poker tournaments, the World Series of Poker (June 25 to Aug. 10). This month, NBC will air season two of the 2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Similar to the college basketball bracket system, 64 poker players will compete one-on-one, playing Texas Hold 'Em until there's a champion. The six-episode season will air at noon on Ch. 4, beginning April 16.
Phil Hellmuth. Last year's Heads-Up champion, Hellmuth is the John McEnroe of poker, famous for throwing tantrums when things don't go his way.
Chris Ferguson. Last year's Heads-Up runner-up, Ferguson has a PhD in computer science and is one of the most calculating players in the game.
Phil Ivey. One of poker's best pros and recent winner of Card Player Magazine's best heads-up player award.
Annie Duke. One of the top women pro players, Duke is also the sister of Howard "The Professor" Lederer, another contender.
Jennifer Tilly. Having won the World Series of Poker's Ladies event in 2005, she's becoming better known for her poker skills than her acting. She's also dating pro player Phil "Unabomber" Laak, who's in the tourney as well.
Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson. An old-school legend, Brunson wrote what is considered the bible of poker, "Super System."
RULES OF TEXAS HOLD 'EM
Called the "Cadillac of Poker," Texas Hold 'Em has become the game of choice at Internet sites and in poker rooms around the globe. No Limit Texas Hold 'Em means that at any time, players can bet any amount, even going "all in" - pushing all their chips into the pot. While Hold 'Em is easy to learn, the nuances of the game take a lifetime to master.
1. Blinds. Two players bet the small blind (half the minimum bet) and big blind (twice the small blind). Blinds are antes made before cards are dealt to encourage action.
2. Hole cards. Each player is dealt two cards. Players can choose to call or raise the blinds or fold.
3. The flop. Three community cards are dealt face up. Players will share these cards to create the best five-card hand. After the flop, players can check, bet, raise or fold.
4. The turn (aka "fourth street"). The fourth community card. Another round of betting.
5. The river (aka "fifth street"). The final community card. Another round of betting.
6. Showdown. Players reveal their hole cards. The best hand wins.
- Genetta M. Adams
MATCHMAKER, PICK ME A TUNE
Are the mere 1,000 songs you loaded up in your 60-gigabyte iPod just rattling around in there? Still listening to '60s classic rock or Broadway show tunes by Rodgers and Hammerstein?
There's a whole world of music out there, but some folks just don't know where to begin to find new artists - or artists new to them. Launched last year, Pandora.com is aiming to be your friendly PC-based music matchmaker. The "music discovery" service, which is free if you're willing to look at ads on the site ($36 a year, ad-free), is named after the character from Greek mythology (she released evil out into the world, but Pandora.com's founders focus on the fact that her name means "all-gifted"). The service allows you to pick your favorite songs or artists to create "stations," then it starts playing music it thinks you'll like (it eventually will play the song you used to spawn the station).
For instance, this year's Grammy song of the year, U2's "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," created a station that played songs including "Flight Test" by the Flaming Lips, "Your Every Color" by Train and "Black Balloon" by the Goo Goo Dolls. Handed Kanye West's "Gold Digger," Pandora gave back, among others, "Work It" by Nelly, "Pop Shots" by ODB, and "My Baby" by Bow Wow before playing West's hit - about 14 songs in.
You can fine-tune what Pandora picks for you with the "Guide Us" button, which lets you give a thumbs-up or down on the song that's playing. You can also add more songs and artists to your station to get a Shuffle-like experience, share stations with friends or check out why Pandora picked a song for you (choices are made based on the Music Genome Project, an effort started by Pandora's founders, which analyzes pop tunes' elements to find similarities and differences).
And, if you find music you really like? Pandora doesn't allow you to save or replay it at will, but it does provide links to iTunes for downloads or to Amazon.com so you can buy the CD.
- Judith H. Bernstein
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