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September 21, 2005
HEADLINE:
'Average Joe' Poker Players - Here's Your Shot at $1
Million
BODY:
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Attention: "Average Joe"
Poker Players.
Finally, here's your chance to play against other recreational
poker players for
a shot at the world's top poker pros and nearly $40 million in
prize and bonus money in your own televised tournament series.
It's ProJo Poker and the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic
City will play host to 26 weekly tournaments beginning Wednesday,
Sept. 21 and running through January 18, 2006. Winners will advance
to the ProJo Poker National Championships in Las Vegas in February,
2006.
The ProJo Poker Tournament Series is geared specifically to the
80 million recreational poker players in the United States who
don't have a true tournament series they can call their own. The
series utilizes ProJo Poker's proprietary tournament format where
ranked professional poker players cannot play in the tournament's
early stages, only "average Joes" can play -- until
the top eight "Joe's" in the tournament
are seated at a semi-final table.
"Tropicana is the natural place to host the first ProJo
Poker Tournament Series for the Eastern Regionals," said
Scott Griffin, Tropicana Casino and Resort's poker manager. "Our
poker room is one of the most popular in Atlantic City and was
the first in the city to offer daily tournaments. We're proud
to be associated with ProJo Poker."
The Tropicana Casino and Resort will host satellite events with
a $100 buy-in and $20 entry fee. Satellite winners and runners-up
receive a $550 voucher that guarantees them a seat in the preliminary
events, where the buy-in is $500, the entry fee is $50 and the
total prize money is $90,000, based on maximum occupancy. The
Tropicana Casino and Resort also offers "Super Satellite"
events featuring a $50 buy-in and $10 entry fee.
While the eight "Average Joes" go at it for four of
the spots at the final table at each televised regional event,
eight invited world renowned Poker professionals will also be
playing at a "Pro Only" semi-final event for the remaining
four final table spots.
The winners of the 26 regional events will receive Rings designed
and crafted by Jostens, who have crafted 25 of the last 38 Super
Bowl rings. The winners then head to Las Vegas for the ProJo Poker
National Championship to be held Feb. 3-4 during ProJo Poker Week.
During ProJo Poker Week, which runs from January 28 through February
4th, the following ProJo tournament events will take place:
January 28-29: US Amateur Poker Championships
January 30-31: US Professional Poker Championships
February 1-2: US Team Poker Championships
February 3-4: ProJo Poker National Championships
In addition to the $40 million in prize and bonus money, winners
of all final ProJo championship events will receive a National
Championship ring designed and crafted by Jostens and valued at
over $25,000!
Part of ProJo Poker's unique format is a bounty will be awarded
to any "Joe" who knocks out a pro at a final table and
goes on to win that particular event. The bounty will be 10 percent
of all monthly buy-ins for a maximum of $36,000. If no amateur
knocks out a pro during that week's regional event, the bounty
will "roll over" to the next Regional Event and grow
and grow until won by an amateur.
Additionally, at each of the televised Regional Events, the top
finishing amateur player at the final table will get a shot to
go "Heads Up" against five of the invited pros. If the
amateur wins the one hand they are dealt against each of the five
pros, in succession, they'll win a $1,000,000 bonus!
CBS Sports will televise eight of the 26 ProJo Poker tournaments
including the finals from Las Vegas and four ProJo Poker Specials:
The ProJo Christmas Poker Classic; The US National Team Poker
Championships; the U.S. National Amateur Poker Championship and
the U.S. "Grand Nationals" Professional Poker Championship.
This event is pending CCC approval. For further information,
visit
projopoker.com; cbssportsline.com and Tropicana.net.
SOURCE ProJo Poker
Web Site: http://www.projopoker.com http://www.cbssportsline.com
http://www.Tropicana.net
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