Blogger Tourney...

[Talking Poker]

Here's the official Press Release.....

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October 28, 2005

Inaugural Bloggers World Poker Championship

Held at PokerStars.com

1,473 bloggers from around the world

compete in first-ever online poker championship

Los Angeles, CA -- PokerStars.com hosted the first-ever Bloggers World Poker Championship (BWPC). The world’s leading tournament poker site invited bloggers from virtually every field to compete in a free invitational no-limit hold’em competition, which attracted a whopping 1,473 entries. Bloggers from a wide variety of trades -- including gaming, media, fashion, politics, entertainment, and other industries -- logged on to PokerStars.com and competed for prizes.

In addition to the poker tournament, the BWPC allowed bloggers to gather online and compete in several contests. Prizes were awarded for Best Daily Blog and What Makes a Good Blog (Essay).

“Bloggers have become an integral part of the information super highway,” said Nolan Dalla, Director of Communications for PokerStars.com. “PokerStars.com is proud to offer the first opportunity of this kind, which brings writers from different backgrounds together to compete and have fun. This is our way of giving something back to bloggers who give so much of their time and energy to keeping us informed about so many important issues.”

Easy Wind, a 29-year-old consultant with a major IT services company was the grand prize winner. First prize included an all expenses paid trip to the third annual PokerStars Caribbrean Adventure, a World Poker Tour event held in January 2006 at the Atlantis Casino-Resort in the Bahamas. Easy Wind will receive an entry into the main event, which costs $8,000. The entire prize is valued at $12,000.

"Ever since I started playing poker about (two years) ago I've dreamed of rubbing elbows with the big boys I watch on TV," Easy Wind said. "This year I watched the Bahamas WPT episode with my fiancee and we were blown away by how gorgeous Atlantis looked and said to each other, 'we should go there’….I could not be happier about winning this event and will be counting down the days until the cards are in the air.”

Easy Wind will not only have a chance to “go there,” he will also compete for a chance to win what is expected to be a $1 million first prize. Other top finishers in the BWPC also received prizes:

1. (Cambridge, MA)--2006 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Prize Package
2. (Valencia, Spain)--24" Dell Flatscreen LCD monitor
3. (Warrington, United Kingdom) --24" Dell Flatscreen LCD monitor
4. (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) --24" Dell Flatscreen LCD monitor
5. (Edmunds, United Kingdom) --24" Dell Flatscreen LCD monitor
6. (Cypress, CA) --24" Dell Flatscreen LCD monitor
7. (Oslo, Norway) --Xbox 360
8. (Crowborough, United Kingdom) -- Xbox 360
9. (Anchorage, AK) --Xbox 360

PokerStars.com blogger Brad Willis summed up the success of the event in his written report, which can be found at:


About PokerStars

, is the world's most innovative online poker site. PokerStars was the first site to introduce features that became industry standard such as sophisticated multi-table tournaments, integrated game statistics, players' notes, personalized images, time bank for tournaments and big bet ring games, satellite tournaments, multi-table sit and go tournaments, and much more.

To date, PokerStars has dealt over two billion hands and run more than 11 million poker tournaments, awarding over $1 billion in prize money. PokerStars is one of the world’s largest poker rooms, with 3.5 million registered player accounts. PokerStars' support team is truly unique, as help and assistance is available around the clock from people who know and understand the game of poker and the importance of impeccable customer service.

The PokerStars.com site is also one of the most secure. PokerStars uses industry-leading security software to ensure the integrity of the system, including encryption, card shuffle randomness and preventative measures against cheating and collusion. Money covering player's balances is held in segregated accounts managed by the Royal Bank of Scotland, ensuring that PokerStars can fulfill its obligations to players at all times.

PokerStars an official member of the World Poker Tour, and the title sponsor of the European Poker Tour (EPT) and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. PokerStars is the site where the 2003 and 2004 World Champions of Poker won entries into the World Series of Poker, thus earning the trademark, "Where Poker Players Become World Champions." Reigning world poker champion Joe Hachem has been an active player at PokerStars.com since 2001. He recently joined Moneymaker and Raymer as official representatives of PokerStars.com, the world’s leader in tournament poker.

[akajeff]

I created a blog but I was a bit too late in registering. Out of 1300 players its tough to come top 9. I saw some of the final table. The prizes are pretty cool. Hopefully I can see some of you next year. if anyone has a cool blog I would like to check it out for updates on how to improve mine.

Thanks for the info Talking Poker!

[akajeff]

By the way forgot to mention my blog is:



Check it out and give me some feedback. Thanks a lot!

[culver boy]

how would you make a blog?