PokerBlue.com Launches Tournament

LONG BEACH, California – (PRESS RELEASE) -- After sizing up seemingly strong tournament and game offerings from the world's most recognized online poker sites, PokerBlue.com -- a relative new kid on the net -- is readying to steal the competition's thunder with its "BIG FAT WEEKLY FREEROLL" tournaments.

According to PokerBlue.com's Chief Ambassador, Yosh Nakano, whose team conducted an informal survey of 175 poker players, executives, writers, and editors, "there is a resounding desire for 'meaningful' freeroll tournaments in which players at all levels can win the opportunity to compete in tournament play where the prize money is huge... but the buy-in is prohibitive for most."

"We want to reward online players in an exciting an meaningful way," says Nakano. "We see a major void in the Internet poker market and we aim to fill it immediately with our 'Big Fat Weekly Freeroll'" for seats at major World Poker Tour events.

From Sunday, Sept. 18 to Sunday, Nov. 6, "Big Fat Weekly Freeroll" qualifiers will compete on PokerBlue.com for their choice of a $10,000 seat at the No Limit Hold'em, Fiesta al Lago Poker Tournament Championship, Bellagio, Las Vegas, October 18-20 or the No Limit Hold'em World Poker Finals, Foxwoods Resort Casino, in Mashantucket, Connecticut November 13-18. Each of the nine (9) "Big Fat Weekly Freeroll" Packages to be given away during this first promotional flight will be worth a total of $12,000, inclusive of: $10,000 seat, $200 tournament fee, and $1,800 travel expenses.

Poker Blue is very secretive about the freeroll prizes coming down the pike once these WPT seats have been won. "I promise you WILL be intrigued," says Nakano.

"Big Fat Weekly Freeroll" qualifiers must play $1/$2 or no-limit games online at PokerBlue.com for a minimum of four (4) hours during the week preceding the Sunday tournament. All "Big Fat Weekly Freeroll" tournaments are on Sundays at 3:00 p.m. at http://www.pokerblue.com.

Since PokerBlue.com is so new, player potential in its freeroll tournaments is huge. According to Nakano, "To date, our largest freeroll had only 138 qualified players."

Players not yet registered for play on PokerBlue.com may do so and download requisite software 24/7. PokerBlue.com offers and recommends "free play" to help new players become acquainted with site navigation and prepare for winning a coveted "Big Fat Weekly Freeroll' tournament and a Big Fat Seat at Bellagio or Foxwoods.

Developed for players by players, PokerBlue.com is a premiere Internet poker website. PokerBlue.com made a splash with its launch during the July 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. PokerBlue.com's live "Whale Game" web broadcasts make every Wednesday the world's biggest night in poker. Airing live each Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. (PDT) on "Live at the Bike" [www.liveatthebike.com] from the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA, Whale Games feature high-stakes players from the worlds of poker, sports and entertainment... and individual pots that can reach as much as $30,000.