Ambassador of Poker Mike Sexton Signs
Ambassador of Poker' Mike Sexton Signs with NLOP
by PokerPages.com
Fri, Mar 21st, 2008 @ 12:00am
Mike Sexton, accomplished poker pro and poker advocate who's aptly nicknamed the 'Ambassador of Poker' for his champagne-style and long-time contributions to the poker industry, has signed an exclusive contract to be the on-site spokesman of the National League of Poker (NLOP), a company press release yesterday announced.
NLOP, a division of Power Play Development, is one of the US-focused free-play-for-cash-and-prizes social gaming sites that have appeared since passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
Mike Sexton is the person that NLOP always wanted as a representative, he is well respected within the poker community and was also recognized as the top poker ambassador at the Card Player Magazine Awards Gala in 2006, explained Michael Clebnik, CEO of NLOP. His agreement validates our position in this new and developing marketplace and we are thrilled to have him on our team.
In his newly created role of on-site spokesman, Sexton will have broad, hands-on involvement with the site, including playing online with members, consulting on tournaments, taking part in the new community area and representing NLOP in the offline poker community.
I liked the idea right away, but as I researched them more closely, I really loved the game-play design, tournament structures, and social networking aspects of the site. This is much more than an online poker room: it is a vibrant poker community, said Sexton.
More About Mike
Mike Sexton has been a professional poker player for over 25 years, and is in the top ten all-time for number of times in the money at the WSOP. He has accumulated over $3,200,000 in tournament winnings, highlighted by his win of $1M in the 2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions.
Mike gained celebrity status as the host/commentator on the World Poker Tour (now seen on GSN on Monday nights).
He resides in Las Vegas with his wife Karen, three dogs, and a boy 'on the way'.
Fri Mar 21st, 2008
Mike Sexton, accomplished poker pro and poker advocate who's aptly nicknamed the 'Ambassador of Poker' for his champagne-style and long-time contributions to the poker industry, has signed an exclusive contract to be the on-site spokesman of the National League of Poker (NLOP), a company press release yesterday announced.
Fri Mar 21st, 2008
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Thu Mar 20th, 2008
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Thu Mar 20th, 2008
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Thu Mar 20th, 2008
Wednesday saw nine survivors make the noontime walk into the Wynn poker room for the final table of the second annual Wynn Classic Championship. What started out as a pro heavy field became a nine-handed orbit of mostly non-household names and a player looking to improve on a deep 2007 Wynn Classic finish.
Poker in Las Vegas is big business. Especially in the last year or so there are many new poker room grand launch large-scale casinos competing for the big star players, with the attendant large-scale activities.
One of the biggest is the big game ( Big Game ). This is really a city that is in the first few games, it has attracted a high profile players on weekdays, and the big star in the contest. Large game in recent years become a legendary resources, poker elite are competing - often in the Bellagio poker room competition. Bellagio establishment of a special room - Bobby room - specially organized the big game, when the players display technology licensing and commercial talking about poker times, as far as possible so that the players feel comfortable.
In the very best characteristics of a poker room in Venice built. Venice taken many actions to attract the big players participate in the big game recently where organized several, it has attracted all the big players. According to the poker room staff said last week in Venice game a total of three days.
This means that large-scale organized games after not Bellagio? Absolutely not. In fact, it was reported that the big game on the same day last week (different time), also held in Venice and held in Bellagio. However, interesting to note that with a place in close touch of the game suddenly in another place Invasion.
Even before it starts, Venice to take a lot of the action it intends to appear in the Las Vegas Strip table. They come from Foxwoods poker Kathy Raymond as competent as he is from the city, there are many experienced poker staff.
Casino to open their new room and a large-scale celebration will be held, in fact an amateur beat 2001 champion Carlos Mortensen promotions in the opening championship win a Lotus car.
You may also recall that in here read about Liz Lieu and Erik Sagstrom confrontation between the $ 200,000 competition, the final three Lieu difficult to Win 2 won $ 200,000 profit.
Recently trying to attract players into the poker room s strategy is to hold free $ 500,000 Championship, which was on August 11, 12 and 13 was held. To be eligible to participate in free championship, the players had to May, June and July to play the game 50 hours a fixed time, or before July 31 for 200 hours playing the game fixed time. In this championship before 200 will be rewarded with a look at a high price.
They also made twice as integral promotion, where players stayed in the room, food consumption spending bills so that they can get double points. Play 30/60 lower than the players will earn $ 2 / hour food bills, the normal $ 1 / hour more than doubled. $ 30/60 and play more than the players can earn $ 3 per hour, instead of the normal $ 1.50 / hour. Despite the double points promotion programmes will soon be over, it is clear that they should postpone the entire plan in August to meet the $ 500,000 free Championship.
In short, Venice poker room played poker is a good place. In the future there are many plans that the promotional activities are interested in poker in Las Vegas to see fierce competition in the poker room to fight such as Bellagio poker room.
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