PokerNews

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PokerNews.com
Type Private
Industry Poker
Founded 2002
Founder(s) Antanas Guoga
Headquarters Lithuania, Australia, USA
Key people Matthew Parvis (Head of Product)
Donnie Peters (Editor-in-chief)
Website www.pokernews.com

PokerNews is a website dedicated to providing poker enthusiasts with a place they can find industry news, live tournament coverage, strategy, player interviews and videos, podcasts, and information on bonuses and freeroll tournaments available at online poker rooms.

Antanas "Tony G" Guoga, a Lithuanian-Australian businessman, founded the site in 2002. Gouga bought the domain name PokerNews.com for $6,000, hired a couple of programmers to set up the site, and began publishing articles.[1]

Live reporting

In May 2007, PokerNews was named the exclusive Live Reporting Partner to World Series of Poker, replacing previous partner Card Player magazine. PokerNews produces and provides live play-by-play updates and chip counts for publication on the World Series of Poker website, as well as on PokerNews.com. The partnership has continued for over 7 years. [2] PokerNews has covered events all over the world including those on the European Poker Tour, Asia Pacific Poker Tour, Caribbean Poker Tour, World Poker Tour, Aussie Millions, Latin American Poker Tour, UK and Ireland Poker Tour, National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and of course the World Series of Poker.

The most recent partnership was made with the Players Poker Championship (PPC) to cover the PPC Aruba World Championship, which took place on October 2, 2013 through October 9.[3] [4]

Lederer Files

On Saturday, September 8, 2013, PokerNews' Head of Content Matthew Parvis conducted an exclusive interview with Howard Lederer that was released as a seven-part series titled, "Lederer Files".[5] [6] During the seven-hour interview, Lederer discussed the collapse of Full Tilt Poker, the board, the investors, Ray Bitar, Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Black Friday, and more. Each episode was roughly 30 minutes in length.

Applications

MyStack App

Released in May 2013, the PokerNews MyStack App is a mobile application that directly links poker players to the PokerNews live feed. If a player is participating in a tournament that PokerNews is live reporting from, he or she will have the ability to update his or her own chip counts, post comments, and share photos with other PokerNews readers from around the world. These player-generated updates link directly in to the PokerNews live reporting feed. The mobile application is downloadable for iPhone and Android.[7]

learn.pokernews

In July 2013, PokerNews launched a new sub-domain, learn.pokernews.com, to help introduce those that are new, interested, or working on improving at poker. The site provides content with basic terminology to provide beginner insight, articles giving advice on various aspects of the game, and entertaining pieces where players are asked how they got their start into poker through 10 questions.[8]

Languages

PokerNews.com offers native language sites in the U.S.A, U.K., Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Poland, Australia, China, Portugal, Japan, Norway, and more.[9] [10]

Awards

In February 2013, PokerNews was the recipient of the Best Poker Affiliate award given by iGB Affiliate. The honor recognized PokerNews excellence in 2011-2012, taking into account criteria such as web traffic, innovation, and reputation with players, and brand power.[11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ Tony G-Official Website (2011). "Biography". 
  2. ↑ Bluff Magazine (May 10, 2007). "PokerNews.com Named Exclusive Live Update and Chip Count Provider for Bluff Media to Support WorldSeriesofPoker.com". 
  3. ↑ Poker Works (September 3, 2013). "PokerNews.com forms Partnership with Players Poker Championship for PPC Aruba". 
  4. ↑ PPC Aruba World Championship (October 5, 2013). "Pokernews and Donnie Peters to cover PPC Aruba". 
  5. ↑ WPT Magazine (September 18, 2012). "Howard Lederer breaks his silence on Full Tilt Poker scandal". 
  6. ↑ Las Vegas Review Journal (September 16, 2012). "Feds eye poker champ's assets". 
  7. ↑ CalvinAyre.com (October 17, 2013). "Iphone Poker Apps: 9 Poker Apps That Every Professional Poker Player Should Own". 
  8. ↑ Poker News Nation (July 22, 2013). "PokerNews For Beginners". 
  9. ↑ Yas Radio (June 6, 2011). "PokerNews Launches Finnish Website". 
  10. ↑ Poker Affiliate World (May 10, 2007). "PokerNews.com Named as the Exclusive Live Update and Chip Count Provider for Bluff Media to support WSOP". 
  11. ↑ iGB Affiliate (2013). "Winners Revealed 2013". 
  12. ↑ World Net Daily (WND) (2013). "Income Access Congratulates Winning Partners at 2013 iGB Awards". 

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