It was announced yesterday that Peerless Media, a subsidiary of PartyGaming, has purchased the World Poker Tour for $12.3 million. World Poker Tour Enterprises made the announcement yesterday and stated that along with the purchase price, PartyGaming will be earning at ongoing 5% participation in gaming and revenues that are generated by the assets.
The first ever PokerStars European Poker Tour Kyiv event had its share of chaos but nevertheless the event saw a good turnout of 296 players from over 30 countries competing for the first ever title. The event was moved from its original destination of Moscow to the Ukraine and by the final day of play eight players returned to the Sport Palace to see who would win the title and the first place prize.
We all know that Full Tilt Poker has their hand in reality television with their poker show Face The Ace on NBC and now their rival PokerStars is planning their own new television show. The new PokerStars show will be called the PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge and players will be able to qualify online to participate on the show in heads up matches against Team PokerStars Pros.
Doyles Room has announced they will be launching a new campaign that will feature some of the best young talent the online poker community has to offer. Doyles Room revamped the site some time ago and now they are rebranding the Doyles Room name to focus on the next generation of poker players.
It has been reported by Fox Business that the World Series of Poker and ESPN have signed a new seven year broadcast deal. The new agreement will become valid as soon as the current deal expires which is the 2010 WSOP.
Poker Pro Billy Kopp has been a busy man. Kopp finished in 12th place at this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event and most recently he won the Full Tilt Online Poker Series Razz Event. So with all this success comes great reward. It was announced today by online poker room, UltimateBet that Kopp is the newest member of their poker team, Team UB.
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