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“Playing
Poker with Daniel Negreanu”: The New Weekly
Poker Column from Poker Champion and 2004 Player
of the Year Daniel Negreanu
LOS
ANGELES, March 28 — Move over, baseball,
the game of poker is well on its way to becoming
the national pastime! And Daniel Negreanu, the
all-time money winner on the professional poker
circuit, has teamed with Card Shark Media to write
and distribute the most informative, entertaining
and engaging weekly newspaper poker column ever,
specifically targeted to the huge and fast-growing
amateur poker player market. Playing Poker
with Daniel Negreanu launches today and is
available to newspapers throughout the USA and
Canada.
Daniel
Negreanu (pronounced Na–GRON–yew)
is unquestionably the top dog in professional
poker. He is the 2004 ESPN Player of the Year,
2004 Card Player Magazine Player of the Year,
and 2004 World Poker Tour Player of the Year.
And what’s more, Negreanu is the all-time
professional poker prize money leader having earned
almost $6 million since turning pro in 1998. Negreanu
is a multi-year winner of the most prestigious
World Series of Poker (WSOP), and is the owner
of three coveted WSOP bracelets.
Playing
Poker with Daniel Negreanu
will appear weekly in newspapers throughout North
America and will target the estimated 50 million
active poker players and spectators. Negreanu,
an experienced writer with syndicated column experience
under his belt, will offer poker strategies, tips,
rules, and anecdotes from his experience playing
with poker’s best professionals and most
famous celebrities. The column will address a
multitude of poker games – not just Texas
Hold ‘Em. Home game players, beginners,
and even Daniel’s pro competitors will be
reading Playing Poker with Daniel Negreanu
to learn from the best!
“My
success in poker is the result of hard work, determination,
and yes, some good fortune,” says Negreanu.
“I am proud of my accomplishments on the
table and proud of my accomplishments off the
table that have helped poker become the phenomenon
that it is. Like Tiger Woods in golf, my plan
is to stay in the number one position and to give
back to the millions of poker fans.” Negreanu
continues, “I will always be a poker fan
first and a player second. That’s why I’m
so excited about this new opportunity to reach
poker fans with useful information that can be
put to use immediately.”
Daniel
Negreanu is known for his aggressive style of
play and his engaging personality. Among his major
tournament victories are the multiple wins at
the World Series of Poker, the Five Diamond World
Poker Classic, the Borgata World Poker Tour Champioship,
Championship Poker at the Plaza, and the Los Angeles
Poker Classic.
Negreanu
makes frequent television appearances both as
a player and as a commentator. He writes a successful
column for Card Player magazine. He has been profiled
in newspapers across the United States and Canada.
He has authored poker books, including a remarkable
contribution in “Texas Dolly” Doyle
Brunson’s SuperSystem II.
Daniel
Negreanu, age 30, was born in Toronto, Canada
to Romanian parents. In 1998, he ventured to Las
Vegas to play in his first WSOP event –
and he won! Now a full-time Las Vegas resident,
Daniel is a fixture at poker tournaments around
the world and is a regular at the big cash games
in Vegas.
Card
Shark Media (CSM) was founded in 2004 with the
sole mission of providing unique and entertaining
poker-related content to the newspaper marketplace.
In 2005, Card Shark Media and Daniel Negreanu
entered into an agreement in which CSM was named
the exclusive producer and distributor of Daniel’s
syndicated poker columns to newspapers in the
USA and Canada.
For
more information, contact:
Steven
J. Miller
Card Shark Media
(310) 478-4781
steve@cardsharkmedia.com
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Daniel
N. Gets his own Syndicated Column
—John Caldwell
 April
15, 2005 — Daniel
Negreanu is quickly becoming one of, if not the
most well known poker player on the planet. Daniel
has decided he could use his notoriety to entertain
newspaper readers all over the county. Card Shark
Media has announced today that it now has the
column "'Playing Poker with Daniel Negreanu"
available to any newspaper that would like to
run it in the US, or Canada.
Given
Daniel's sense of humor in his blog, the column
will probably be very entertaining, funny, and
educational. Is there a law that all Canadians
have to be funny?
A
couple of things that the column promises sound
very interesting. For one, Daniel's strategy advice
will focus on a variety of games, not just no
limit hold em. This is good, because since reading
Daniel's chapter in Super System 2 on triple draw,
I have been horribly addicted to playing the game
on Ultimate Bet.
Negreanu
also promises to include some 'slice of life'
moments from the tour, and needless to say some
ribbing of the other top players he hangs out
with. This column will probably amount to the
"Best of Daniel's Blog", but that isn't
necessarily a bad thing, as Daniel's Blog is often
very entertaining. Given the 50 million or so
Americans who say they play poker, this column
will be new information to about 99.999% of them.
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Myelin
Media Gets STACKED with Poker Champion Daniel
Negreanu
Poker Game Raises the Stakes with Player of the
Year and Massive Online Tournaments
NEW YORK — Jan. 20, 2005 — Myelin
Media Inc., a publisher of interactive entertainment
software, today announced STACKED(TM) with Daniel
Negreanu, a Texas Hold 'em poker game that captures
the look, excitement and drama of the phenomenon
that has captivated America. With participation
from poker's most dynamic and successful professionals,
a breakthrough artificial intelligence solution,
massive online tournaments, and professional broadcast
design, STACKED promises to deliver the most full-featured
Texas Hold 'em experience ever created. Developed
by 5000ft, Inc., the game is slated for release
on the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft
Corporation, the PSP(TM) handheld entertainment
system from Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
as well as the PC and other video game consoles
in Summer 2005.
STACKED features a comprehensive poker school
in which the player can receive tips and strategies
from Daniel Negreanu (2004 ESPN Player of the
Year, World Poker Tour Player of the Year, Card
Player Magazine Player of the Year and all-time
World Poker Tour money winner). Daniel will teach
players everything from the fundamentals of Hold
'em to advanced tournament strategies through
full motion video, voiceovers and
dynamic in-game features. As players progress
through the game's career mode, they can apply
Daniel's teachings to overcome some of poker's
most renowned stars, including Josh Arieh, Jennifer
Harman, Erick Lindgren, Carlos Mortenson, Evelyn
Ng and David Williams.
"With more than 60 million Americans playing
poker, Texas Hold 'em is emerging as a national
pastime," said Gene Mauro, CEO of Myelin
Media Inc. "Poker is as much a lifestyle
as a game, and STACKED offers an immersive experience
for those looking to advance their skill and enjoyment
of the sport."
The Poki(TM) Artificial Intelligence system utilized
in STACKED is the culmination of over ten years
of research by the University of Alberta's Poker
Research Group. Poki adapts its tactics in real-time
to exploit the user's playing style, detecting
tendencies and deploying appropriate counter-strategies
to deliver a challenging and
authentic experience.
In the STACKED League, gamers can go online to
organize a casual game with friends or compete
to qualify for sanctioned multi-table tournaments.
Communicating via text messages, voice chat and
context-specific character gestures, players will
be able to bluff their way to victory, goad opponents
into making mistakes and celebrate winning a large
pot with style.
About Myelin Media
Myelin Media, LLC. is a privately funded entertainment
software publisher headquartered in New York City.
Established in March 2004, Myelin aims to bring
unique game content to consumers by empowering
developer creativity. Visit www.myelinmedia.com
for more information.
About 5000ft, Inc.
5000ft, Inc. is a high quality developer of video
games for home console and computer systems. Our
staff has more than 20 years' experience with
all past and current platforms. We continue to
expand our horizons as the industry evolves. Our
happy staff is located in Reno, NV.
About
Xbox
Xbox (http://www.xbox.com/) is Microsoft's future-generation
video game system that delivers the most powerful
games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists
by giving them the technology to fulfill their
creative visions as never before, creating games
that blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
Xbox is now available in North America at the
suggested retail price of $149.99.
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