It takes commitment to be a successful bling2 player. Arnold Spee has that in abundance. Spee has worn the 2005 World Poker Challenge in Reno and has got a great start by collecting $663,880 as the first prize. Spee says he always loved playing cards. Earlier he played Canasta with his parents, while on holiday. At Las Vegas he would play poker while his friends gambled in other things. The poker bug caught him and got him hooked on, only once it became very visible on the television, in the U.S. With WPT airing its tournaments it brought him closer to the game.
After catching the poker action on the tube, it wasn’t long before Spee was knee-deep into the world of poker, cutting his teeth at the Commerce Casino in L.A. It took about three months for Spee to find his way tot the WPT main events.
AOL Gets into Online Poker in a Major Way
AOL is geared up to showcase poker in a big way. It has signed exclusive deals with the World Series of Poker for creating on line services for card players. Players can play free-play poker games in various online AOL private rooms. These games will give 12 winners an opportunity to get a free seat, in one of the main events. This free seat will be worth $10,000 and allow the winners to be a part of the events of the 2006-2007 World Series of Poker. Additionally one visitor to the poker room will get a free seat at the annual tournament of champions. To be eligible, for this winners must be not less than 21 years of age. For the World Series of Poker, the exclusive cable rights are held by ESPN.
The AOL service will provide news and behind-the-scenes reports of the various tournaments as well as “poker tutorials for people who want to learn more about the game,” said Jeffrey Pollack, head of programming for Harrah’s Entertainment. People don’t have to be monthly AOL subscribers to gain access to the poker rooms, he said.
AOL Gets into Online Poker in a Major Way
AOL is geared up to showcase poker in a big way. It has signed exclusive deals with the World Series of Poker for creating on line services for card players. Players can play free-play poker games in various online AOL private rooms. These games will give 12 winners an opportunity to get a free seat, in one of the main events. This free seat will be worth $10,000 and allow the winners to be a part of the events of the 2006-2007 World Series of Poker. Additionally one visitor to the poker room will get a free seat at the annual tournament of champions. To be eligible, for this winners must be not less than 21 years of age. For the World Series of Poker, the exclusive cable rights are held by ESPN.
The AOL service will provide news and behind-the-scenes reports of the various tournaments as well as “poker tutorials for people who want to learn more about the game,” said Jeffrey Pollack, head of programming for Harrah’s Entertainment. People don’t have to be monthly AOL subscribers to gain access to the poker rooms, he said.
