Multi online poker site tournament series unable to launch in 2005
(PRWEB) February 24, 2005 -- The Internet Series of Poker (ISOP), a multi site series of online poker tournaments, proved to be an idea ahead of its time. The cancellation, reported by http://www.startingonlinepoker.com, comes just 6 weeks before the first tournament was supposed to begin. The ISOP was intended to be comprised of one poker tournament held at the end of each month, each at a different online poker site, with a large scale tournament held at the end of 12 months.
Organizers of the ISOP credited the difficulty in getting online poker sites that are competing with each other for business to cooperate in a project that may lead their customers to look into their competition. With online poker still in its infancy, the competition for growth in customer base is too intense to allow for any cooperative efforts.
An estimated $180 million is wagered at online poker tables every day, with websites such as http://www.startingonlinepoker.com providing instruction and guidance for the thousands of beginners starting out in online poker every day. Pokers recent surge in popularity can be credited to the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel, as well as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) on ESPN. The two most recent winners of the WSOP – Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer – both qualified for the tournament online, giving hope to millions of amateur players looking to cash in on a large tournament victory.
Http://www.startingonlinepoker.com – The beginners guide to poker" – is a website designed to teach those who may be nervous, skeptical or just curious about the world of online poker
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