LAS VEGAS, Nevada --- (PRESS RELEASE) -- When the World Poker Congress (WPC)
convenes in Stockholm on June 26 & 27, the poker industry will be examined
in an entirely different way. With experts from the Internet poker world
and real-life poker rooms, the WPC will, for the first time, look into
issues that affect them jointly.
There is no question that one impacts the other. Casino poker room
managers will describe the huge growth of their business due to players who
learned the game online. And the Internet poker rooms are aware that their
non-intimidating style allows players to learn the game away from the
pressures of the live game, but with an eye to competing at the highest
levels.
At the WPC, attendees will get the chance to learn from the other side,
how to take advantage of the opportunities, and how to develop
relationships with their counterparts that will yield benefits for each.
The program at WPC contains two tracks: "Live" and "Online." Each track
will focus on issues of importance to their specific segment. At critical
times during the conference, the two sides will convene at plenary
sessions, with addresses by poker notables, including World Series of Poker
Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack and World Poker Tour President Steve Lipscomb.
"The World Poker Congress is truly a one-of-a-kind event," says Sue
Schneider, president of the River City Group, which, along with Global
Gaming Business and PokerBIZ magazines, is producing the conference. "Where
else can you get people together to talk about poker of all sorts?"
The "Live" track sessions at the WPC include: Building a Base:
Marketing your Poker Room; Poker Management Systems: What's New?; The
European Landscape: Legislation and Economics; Staging the Big Event: The
TV Tournament; and others.
For the "Online" side, expect sessions such as: European Legal
Landscape: Can Europe Fuel the Next Online Poker Boom?; Building a Player
Base: Acquisition and Retention Strategies; Mergers & Acquisitions: Should
You Be a Seller or a Buyer?; Building Brand: Promotional and Branding
Opportunities of I-Poker Providers; and others.
Speakers include experts such as Mark Blandford of Sportingbet Plc;
Susan Breen of Mishcon de Reya Solicitors; Paul Burchard of Ameranth; Steve
Cook of Tribeca Tables Europe Ltd; Bruno Fitouss of the Aviation Club;
Derek Kelly of the Gutshot Poker Club; Tiina Korpela of Casino Cosmopol
Stockholm; Eric Matsgard of Boss Media; Jim Sibcy of Pokerzone; Martti
Sillanmaki of Grand Casino Helsinki; Othmar Valzacchi of Sports TV
Production International; and many others, including professional poker
players who will give attendees opinions from the other side of the table.
Just some of the companies represented at the World Poker Congress
include: Armstrong Partnership, Austrian Lotteries, Aviation Club, Belgium
Gaming Commission, Betfair, BETonSPORTS, Boss Media, Cantor Gaming, Casino
Cosmopol, Casino de Barcelona, Chartwell Games, Concord Card Casino,
eCommercePark, EM.TV Sport Management, FOX Sports, HIT Casino Park,
International Poker Federation, Intertops, iovation, Ladbrokes Nordic,
Ongame Brands, PartyGaming, PokerAffiliate.com, Pokerzone, Sportingbet,
Total Gaming Systems, Tribeca Tables, WPT Enterprises, Inc., 24hPoker and
many others.