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HEADLINE: U.S.
Poker League Launch Pokerbowl
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What do you get when you combine the NFL with the World
Series of Poker? A team style variation of Texas
Hold’em, called the PokerBowl. It’s a competition
being organized by the U.S.
Poker League in which 6-player teams from 25 cities will compete
in Las Vegas for bragging rights and one million dollars. The
competition begins on April 3rd, 2007 in Las Vegas.
Many of the competing cities such as Pittsburgh, San Jose and
Atlanta have already begun holding open tryouts to find talented
players for their teams. However, some have already signed professional
poker players willing
to represent their hometowns. David Williams will play for Texas,
Phil Gordon for Las Vegas, Steve Dannenmann for Baltimore and
T.J. Cloutier for Dallas.
Scott Fischman, an original member of 'the Crew', considered
by many to be poker's first team, is putting together his own
squad of Jewish players, including Mike 'the Mouth' Matusow and
possibly Michael 'the Grinder' Mizrachi. Other notable names in
the PokerBowl field include Phil Hellmuth Jr., Phil Laak ‘the
Unabomber’, Jennifer Tilly, Antonio Esfandiari, James Woods,
Elizabeth Shannon, Danny Masterson, Tex Barch and Jenna Fischer.
Although 'team poker' is now set to makes its national debut
in the PokerBowl, it has taken years of dynamic progress to reach
this level. This is because in the predominantly player-independent
sport of poker, collusion, the act of players conspiring with
a common strategy, is generally frowned upon. However, it’s
this same ingredient that is getting players excited about the
prospect of team poker, offering them a chance to employ new strategies.
“Team poker is a whole new ball game,” says Antonio
Esfandiari, known in the poker world as ‘the Magician.’
The PokerBowl’s team style allows for players who have
been knocked out to still have a stake in the game as long as
their team is still alive. It also allows for easy and exciting
viewing given the sports team nature where most major cities will
have representation.
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