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2005-06-16T00:18:00.000-07:00

Internet Poker December 2, 2002
The Warm-Up Series is seen as an incredible opportunity, especially for recreational poker players, many of whom have never visited a public poker room and most of whom have never before had a reason to even dream about playing in the Big Dance of the year.
Mark Leah (a.k.a. “Slim Mouse”), a grateful lad who hails from Blackpool, England, racks up all of the chips to win the $10,000 seat without having to put up a single penny. His entry fee, transportation across the pond to Las Vegas, his hotel accommodations, and a personalized leather jacket were all part of the sponsorship package.
Napolitano talks most jubilantly about the event. He explains, “What was most remarkable about the venture was the number of players who tapped me on the shoulder during registration for the main event of the World Series of Poker to say that their experience in the Warm-Up had given them the incentive to compete in this extraordinary event for the first time in their lives.
Internet poker gets into high gear during 2001, with tournaments, live games and free-money play available for the serious money competitors, recreational players and those anxious for learning experiences. Some offer more incentives to register on their sites than discount retailers hawk in mass-mailed coupons.
At the 2001 World Poker Industry Conference, Bob Moyer, the keep-your-nose-to-the-grindstone manager of Oceanside California’s Ocean’s Eleven Casino-expresses concern about the proliferation of online poker rooms, but he also enlightens the audience with a story of a customer who comes into the casino with a check from an online site—proposing that it be cashed so that he can play in the live rocking poker games that are featured in Bob’s den.
But 2001 also sees the fall of one Internet poker site after another. Longstanding stars respected by insiders in the poker world seek fame and fortune from endorsements, too.

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2005-06-01T00:12:00.000-07:00

Internet Poker More Popular Than Ever December 7, 2004
Jeff Seibel, a 52-year-old computer programmer who lives in Albany, says he got into playing poker on the Internet after he threw out his back playing table tennis a year and a half ago. Up until that point, he says, he hadn't played poker since high school.
Now he regularly plays online, betting real money to enter tournaments or play straight up games.
Seibel, who works from home and plays mostly limit Texas Hold'Em at various Internet sites, is a member of the new breed of poker players who choose to play poker for money online rather than at land-based casinos.
"Sorry about that, can you hold on?" he asks, saying that he is in the midst of playing poker online even as he's being interviewed over the phone. "I'm in the middle of a good hand. King Queen suited. I got a King on the flop."
About twenty seconds later, he returns to the phone conversation to report that he won $32.
The allure of winning money by playing an age-old game on the Internet has pushed online poker, which experts say is legal to play in California, to the forefront of the gaming industry.
For some, online poker is a way to make money. For others, like Seibel, making money is good -- but it's not the reason they play.
The online poker craze is largely credited to the explosive growth of televised poker. And everyone familiar with the industry cites the same pivotal event.
In May 2003, an unknown 27-year-old Internet poker player named Chris Moneymaker (yes, his real name) won the Kentucky Derby of poker -- the annual World Series of Poker held at Binion's Horseshoe Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The prize for beating the swarm of professionals and other amateurs was $2.5 million.
The real kicker, though, was that Moneymaker qualified for a seat at the tournament (which normally costs $10,000) by winning an online series of satellite tournaments, which cost him only $40 total to enter. Moneymaker also said he had never played in a live poker tournament before the World Series. He had only played online.
While almost all online poker sites let players play around with play money, the operators don't earn any money from them. So efforts are made by the sites to encourage players to load up accounts and play with real money.
The draw for many players continues to be the tournaments and the hope of becoming the next Chris Moneymaker.
"With tournaments, it's that dream ... meeting the big poker stars, being able to travel somewhere and hopefully winning a million dollars or whatever (the prize) is," Selin says.
But while poker is growing at a phenomenal rate, Selin admits the gold rush could diminish soon. He says the amount wagered online skyrocketed by more than 600 percent in 2003, but this year's growth rate is expected to be 150 percent. He expects next year's growth rate will be 100 percent -- meaning total wagering will double.

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2005-05-13T08:24:00.000-07:00

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2005-05-11T19:15:00.000-07:00

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2005-05-06T10:44:00.000-07:00

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2005-05-05T19:02:00.000-07:00

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2005-05-04T18:17:00.000-07:00

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2005-05-03T16:31:00.000-07:00

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2005-04-29T17:55:00.000-07:00

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2005-04-29T08:55:00.000-07:00

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