Online poker rooms: Gambling911 helps players make informed decisions
With the addition of online poker expert and tournament player Bones McCoy, Gambling911.com now becomes a force in helping players choose the right poker room.
Miami Beach, Florida, (PRWEB) August 5, 2005 -- With so many online poker
rooms popping up all over the net these days, Gambling911.com has responded to
the needs of an ever growing poker playing population by enlisting the services
of one Bones McCoy.
And just who is Bones McCoy you might be asking
yourself?
"I am a self-proclaimed online poker junkie," McCoy,
Gambling911.com's latest acquisition to its writing staff, explained. "I
literally play in various online poker rooms at least 8 hours a day, often much
longer than that."
McCoy left his day job (or in his case, a night job as
a waiter) to pursue his internet poker playing dreams on a full time basis. Like
many of this year's World Series of Poker entrants (some 5000 plus), Bones McCoy
has aspirations of becoming a professional poker player and vying for the
millions of dollars in prize money.
"I do well in tournaments," McCoy
confessed. "I study each online poker room with the same fervor as I do the
players I'm competing with."
McCoy's experience helped make him an
excellent candidate to assume the position of Lead Poker Writer for
Gambling911.com (www.gambling911.com), a popular online gambling portal
recently mentioned in The Wall Street Journal.
"I was so elated when they
(Gambling911) approached me about this position," said McCoy. "This is a dream
come true for me."
Just two years ago, McCoy probably couldn't even tell
you what cards appeared in a deck. Like many of today's professionals, McCoy is
self-taught and a quick learner, which just goes to show that anybody can start
playing poker and enjoy tremendous success in a very short period of
time.
In addition to providing readers of the web site with tips and
strategies related to online poker games, McCoy will also be writing reviews on
many of the web's leading poker rooms.
His latest review is likely to
turn many poker players onto what some might consider an "obscure" online poker
room.
"Sports Interaction (www.sportsinteraction.com) is well known among sports bettors
but I had no idea they even featured a poker room until Gambling911.com asked me
to review them," McCoy said. "Let me just say, “WOW”! For being a relatively
smaller site, (1-2,000 active players) I was impressed with everything. I would
bet that the owner is a poker player."
While much of the public remains
infatuated with the big name online poker rooms like PartyPoker, PacificPoker
and PokerStars, McCoy believes that the "little guy" and those linked to larger
online sports betting ventures will eventually make significant
inroads.
"Most poker sites aren’t user friendly like SIA. They cater to
every type of poker player. You get to choose your character type, you can be a
baseball player, evening gown girl, tuxedo guy, pimp, body guard, a cowboy, and
several more (I’m the Pimp, obviously) and they are voice animated. They have a
nice variety of ring table games; limit, pot limit, no limit Texas Hold ‘Em,
limit, pot limit Omaha, limit and pot limit Omaha hi/low with blinds as low as
$.01/$.02 up to $10/$20."
McCoy recently stumbled upon a Gambling911.com
sponsor whose poker room was not up to par. The sportsbook that manages this
poker room has asked McCoy to assist them in implementing the necessary
improvements to make them more competitive and customer-focused.
"I am
more than happy to help out. It is my personal opinion that there will never be
too many poker rooms for a serious player like myself."
Gambling911.com
already has plans to exhibit at next year's World Series of Poker. Plans to
produce regularly scheduled "online poker nights" with Gambling911.com's sexy
sailor-mouthed reporter, Jenny Woo, have been placed on the back burner for the
time being however.
"Jenny (Woo) needs to hone her poker skills a little
more," explained Gambling911.com Founder and President, Christopher Costigan.
"We are hopeful that "Jenny Woo Poker Night" will eventually get off the ground
but for the time being, Gambling911 is focusing more heavily on providing
extensive poker coverage and competing with - or otherwise working with -
already established websites and publications operating in this
sector."
Costigan pointed out that his company enjoys a solid
relationship with Bluff Magazine and its founder, Eric Morris.
"We see
Bluff Magazine as the current leader among a whole slew of poker magazines that
have come out in the last year or so. Bluff regularly provides us with
interesting content while Gambling911.com does its best to drive new subscribers
their way. During the World Series of Poker, Bluff Magazine utilized our own
Jenny Woo to welcome guests at their booth."
Proof that Gambling911.com
is starting to be viewed as a key player in the extremely lucrative online poker
market: two prominent poker rooms have recently entered into advertising deals
with the web site.
"You can't ask for a better sponsor than legendary
poker player Doyle Brunson's very own poker room," Costigan said. "We were
thrilled to bring on www.doylesroom.com last month."
And this month,
Gambling911.com brings on a relatively new name to the world of online poker, www.igotpoker.com.
"The
folks behind IGotPoker.com have been key players in the online gambling industry
for many years. We are confident that this heavily financed brand will become a
power house in no time."
Over the next few months, Gambling911.com will
pursue other poker writers, primarily on a syndication basis. The web site also
plans to focus on the celebrity interest in poker.
"We are already in the
process of lining up interviews with so-called "poker celebrities" - and there
are a lot of them out there," Costigan stated. "No other media outlet covered
the World Series of Poker celebrity parties the way we at Gambling911.com did
and that trend will continue."
As for the online poker rooms themselves,
Costigan admits that newer ventures like Doyle's Room and IGot Poker will
initially have a tough time competing with the more established powerhouses like
PartyPoker, many of which have already begun trading publicly on the London
Stock Exchange. But he also sees significant potential with these
underdogs.
"What our resident poker expert, Bones McCoy, is discovering
is that poker rooms the likes of Doyles, Sports Interaction and IGot Poker are
more focused on the players needs and offer a wealth of options that the larger
poker sites do not. We might not see a changing of the guard right away, but we
will see these newer poker rooms gain a significant market share over the next
two years."
And while a lot of pundits refer to the current poker craze
as nothing more than a "fad" similar to that of the Cabbage Patch Doll frenzy in
late 80's, Gambling911.com sees no end to poker's popularity.
"Those who
think that poker will go the way of the dinosaurs in two or three years have
probably never played the game," laughed Bones McCoy. "As a serious poker
player, I can tell you right now, unless I get hit in the head with a rock and
develop amnesia, there is no way I'm losing interest in poker."
About
Gambling911.com:
Gambling911.com is recognized as the worldwide leader in
online gambling and sports betting information. As a portal begun in 2000
dedicated exclusively to covering internet gambling, Gambling911.com has since
expanded into various other arenas that have led to a tremendous surge in
readership over the past year. Gambling911.com provides all the latest news
related to online poker rooms. Gambling911.com has been mentioned in the Wall
Street Journal, the Miami Herald, The Las Vegas Sun, The Hartford Courant, Fox 6
Milwaukee and many more fine media outlets.
All media inquiries should be
directed to Christopher Costigan at 305-867-3880.
For more information
visit www.gambling911.com
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