Online Poker Company Hits the Tube on ESPN16 May 2007
One of Europe’s most popular online poker sites and operators has recently turned to the tube to broadcast its new 20, one-minute television shows. On Monday night, on the European ESPN network, this online poker site aired, featuring professional poker players as well as amateur players. These poker icons discuss some of their favorite poker experiences on these mini-shows. The show is part of a deal made between Everest Poker and ESPN that will have the poker site creating a series of 20, one-minute TV shows. These shows will air weekly for 20 weeks with four repeats each week.
‘Everest Poker is constantly seeking out new ways to entertain players while bringing them insight into the poker game. This new TV deal is one of a number of projects which Everest Poker hopes will help amateur as well as more advanced poker players across Europe improve their skills,’ the poker site stated in a press release. Tips from poker professionals such as Isabelle Mercier, Katja Thater, T.J. Cloutier, Lucas Pagano and many more will also be featured on the shows. The shows will be aired in Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Portugal, Germany, and the Netherlands on ESPN’s European Network.
For Everest Poker, this is a major move which will bring it more publicity and popularity among online casino and online poker players all over the globe. This poker show collection will reach millions and will surely be a hit among poker fans everywhere. ESPN’s European Network is just the outlet for such an endeavor, and with its already well-known name and avid following, Everest Poker and ESPN complement one another. The success of these shows is yet unknown, but whether or not it will prove to be a success will soon be apparent.
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