ULTIMATEBET.COM
AND THE WORLD POKER TOUR JOIN TOGETHER
TO BRING HIGH-STAKES POKER TO NATIONAL
TELEVISION
KAHNAWAKE,
Canada - UltimateBet.com�, the
premier online poker site, has joined
The World Poker Tour to help bring poker
to a mainstream television audience. Played
by over 50 million Americans, the nation's
most popular card game is poised to become
the next major mainstream sport on television.
The World Poker Tour will be the first
regularly scheduled televised series of
poker events in history, with production
values equivalent to network sports programming.
The season will consist of thirteen nationally
televised poker events filmed in casinos
around the world, from Los Angeles to
Paris, where finalists compete for multi-million
dollar prize pools.
As
a charter member of The World Poker Tour,
UltimateBet is hosting a unique event
by combining online and land-based play
to create a distinctive poker experience.
Players will first qualify online at UltimateBet
for one of 86 free trips to Aruba for
their Ultimate Poker Classic's $100,000
main event, which will be played and filmed
for national television. Several world-class
poker players have also accepted UltimateBet's
invitation to play in the UltimateBet
Pro Celebrity Invitational in Aruba. The
winner of the Pro Invitational will play
the winner of the Ultimate Poker Classic
$100,000 main event, which will pit amateur
vs. professional in a situation most amateur
poker players will only dream about�going
heads up against one of the world's best!
"We are extremely pleased to have UltimateBet.com
join us as one of our Charter Member events,
" said Steve Lipscomb, CEO of the World
Poker Tour. "With their unique David and
Goliath format pitting the little player
against the pros, UltimateBet's tournament
provides an exciting and dramatic twist
for our television audience."
UltimateBet
and its parent company, eWorld Holdings,
are focused on providing a worldwide community
of skill game players with exciting and
secure environments in which they can
interact. The WPT is a joint venture between
Chief Executive Officer Steven Lipscomb,
an accomplished television creator and
award-winning filmmaker, and Lakes Gaming,
Inc., whose founder and Chief Executive
Officer, Lyle Berman, is a world-renown
poker player and accomplished business
man.
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