LAS VEGAS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The organizers of the World Poker
Congress last week announced that Steve Lipscomb, president of the World Poker
Tour, will deliver a keynote speech at the event, scheduled for June 27 - 28,
2006 at the City Conference Center in Stockholm, Sweden. Lipscomb joins the
leader of the other leading poker tour, Jeffery Pollack, the first
commissioner of the World Series of Poker, for a keynote exacta at the World
Poker Congress.
"Steve Lipscomb had the vision and foresight to create the World Poker
Tour, one of the important events that launched the current poker boom," says
Sue Schneider, president of River City Group, one of the organizers of the
World Poker Congress. "Along with Jeffery Pollack, who runs the oldest and
most respected poker tour, Lipscomb will reveal the global reach of the game
and how it is penetrating international markets."
An award-winning producer/director of television and film, Lipscomb has
directed the remarkable growth of the WPT, including the 2005 launch of the
Professional Players Tour (PPT), international expansion of WPT, and the
branding of the WPT with a variety of different licenses including sunglasses
and apparel, poker tables and dicor, artwork and much more.
The World Poker Congress is the first conference to fully explore the
synergies between the live and online games. The conference will feature two
tracks dedicated to the different forms of the game, as well as plenary and
general sessions featuring topics that appeal to each audience. Attendees will
join colleagues to discuss issues such as marketing your poker room, player
development, legislation and economics in Europe, staging tournaments,
building a player base, business strategies for a quickly maturing industry,
fraud and security, mergers and acquisitions, and much more.
"The World Poker Congress will be the premier conference for the business
of poker globally," says Paul Dworin, publisher of Global Gaming Business and
PokerBIZ magazines, the other producer of WPC. "There is clearly a synergy
between online poker rooms and real world poker and the WPC will examine how
to capitalize on the growth of the game no matter which side of the equation
your business operates."