FEDERATED SPORTS + GAMING UNVEILS PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE NAME: EPIC POKER LEAGUE
FEDERATED SPORTS + GAMING UNVEILS PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE NAME: EPIC POKER LEAGUE
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Heather Krug, Rogers & Cowan, 310.854.8156 hkrug@rogersandcowan.com
Los Angeles, CA (June 27, 2011)– With momentum building toward its inaugural event, Federated Sports and Gaming (FS+G) today announced the name of its new professional poker league: Epic Poker League.
"This is no ordinary tournament league," said Jeffrey Grosman, chief operating officer of FS+G. "Our fields will be some of the toughest in poker history and we expect the competition to be nothing less than epic. In selecting a name that could live up to the players' incredible skill and talent, epicwas a natural fit.”
With ambitious objectives including nationally televised events, interactive digital programming and social media games, Epic Poker is positioned to become synonymous with excellence and innovation within the poker entertainment industry.
The league’s website, www.epicpoker.com, will launch in full prior to the first tournament week that begins August 5th at the Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Poker players and fans can expect epicpoker.com to be a comprehensive resource featuring robust professional player profiles, rankings, statistics, news, results, strategy and access to a new social media poker experience.
Last week FS+G announced its acquisition of Heartland Poker Tour (HPT), which will now produce and televise the first Epic Poker League $1,500 Pro/Am event. This event, open to the public, will generate nine wild card seats into the first $20,000 rake-free Main Event.
The Palms is offering a $340 super satellite with one Pro/Am seat guaranteed every Saturday at 7 p.m. through July 31st and a $180 super satellite with one Pro/Am seat guaranteed every Sunday at 7 p.m. though July 31st. The casino is also offering single table satellites into these supers daily for $40 and $65.
“For a $40 investment, anyone can have a shot at the glory on a national stage, a million dollars and poker’s most exclusive title,” said Annie Duke, commissioner of Epic Poker League. “That opportunity is unmatched in poker.”
To date, 218 of the world’s best live tournament players have already qualified for the Epic Poker League and the complete roster can be found on the FS+G website at: http://www.federatedinc.com/poker-league/season-one-roster. The league’s detailed player qualifying criteria can be found at http://www.federatedinc.com/poker-league/qualification-criteria. Additional qualified players will be announced in July.
Epic Poker League’s inaugural season includes four rake-free $20,000 buy-in Main Event tournaments, each with $400,000 in added money. In addition, there will be an Epic Poker Pro/Am and a charity tournament during each event week. The season will culminate in a championship $1,000,000 freeroll event, the Epic Poker Championship, for the 27 players with the highest earnings during the regular season. For more details on the tournament structures, please consult the FS+G website (http://www.federatedinc.com/our-companies/poker-league/event-structures).
2011-12 Federated Sports and Gaming Season I Tournament Schedule | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Pro-Am | Charity Tournament | League Main Event | |
Event #1 |
Aug 5-8 |
Aug 7 |
Aug 9-12 |
| Sept 2-5 2011 | Sept 4 2011 | Sept 6-9 2011 |
| Dec 9-12 2011 | Dec 11 2011 | Dec 14-18 2011 |
| Jan 27-30 2012 | Jan 29 2012 | Feb 9-12 2012 |
| ---- | ---- | Feb 13-14 2012 |
About Federated Sports + Gaming (FS+G)
FS+G is a leading poker entertainment company that serves players and fans through nationally televised events, interactive digital programming and social media gaming.
The company is breaking new ground in poker with the launch of the Epic Poker League – an exclusive tournament series designed to serve more than 200 of the world’s top live tournament players, as determined by a set of objective, analytically rigorous qualifying criteria. In its first year, the Epic Poker League is staging four $20,000 rake-free Main Events for its members and awarding to its champion a $1,000,000 cash prize.
Through its ownership of Heartland Poker Tour (HPT), FS+G also serves poker players and fans across the United States. Built on a grass-root strategy of “Real People, Unreal Money,” HPT provides poker enthusiasts across the country with a televised tournament experience that prides itself on affordable buy-ins. HPT has hosted more than 81,500 entrants, awarded more than $28.6 million in prize money, produced more than 170 hours of television content, and staged nearly 90 events since 2005.
FS+G has offices in Los Angeles, Fargo, N.D., and Washington D.C. For tournament schedules and information please visit www.federatedinc.com, www.epicpoker.com and http://www.hptpoker.com/.
About The Palms
The Palms Casino Resort, heralded as one of Las Vegas' hippest resorts, is an all-encompassing, one-stop destination. The property boasts three distinct towers and a diverse mix of bars and restaurants across a 95,000-square-foot casino. Amenities include the legendary Playboy Club; Ghostbar; Rain Nightclub; The Pearl Concert Theater; Moon Nightclub; N9NE Steakhouse; Nove Italiano; Little Buddha; Simon Restaurant & Lounge; The Palms Pool & Bungalows; Palms Spa and AMP Salon; Drift Spa & Hammam; LA Sunset Tan; Brenden Theatres, a 14-theatre Cineplex; Huntington Ink Tattoo Lounge; the Fantasy Suites, including the Hardwood Suite, the only hotel room in the world with its own basketball court; and over 60,000 square-feet of meeting space. The Palms has played host to MTV’s Video Music Awards, Real World: Las Vegasand Bravo’sCelebrity Poker Showdown, and E!’s Girls Next Door and Sunset Tanfeature the resort on a regular basis. The Palms Casino Resort is located just west of the Las Vegas Strip and I-15 on Flamingo Road. For reservation information, call toll free at (866) PALMS-RES, (866) 725-6773, or visit www.palms.com. For groups of 15 rooms or more, contact the Sales Department at (866) PALMS-MTG or (866) 725-6768.
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Epic Poker League Annoucement.doc.pdf