WPT Canada’s First Broadcast Set for Monday

The Coast-to-Coast Poker Championships, the first World Poker Tour Canada tournament, will air in Canada on Rogers Sportsnet beginning Monday, September 1. The first of four episodes will feature the $1,000 bounty event including Brad Booth, Gavin Smith, Jody Trainer, Davidson Matthew, Antonio Esfandiari and Kenna James. The second episode will air September 10. The final two episodes will be from the Coast-to-Coast Championships Main Event final table and will feature the standard WPT final table format with six players each vying for the title and the first place prize money.

DoylesRoom Welcomes New Payment Processor

Online poker room DoylesRoom.com now accepts deposits via PICClub, one of the fastest growing payment processors serving the poker industry.

“We are honored that Doyle’s Room will start using our processing services for their players.” announced Chuck Kidd, President and Founder of PICClub. Players can deposit to their PICClub account via most credit cards, bank transfer or MoneyGram. Players can then transfer funds to partner sites or other PICClub members. 

For more information visit www.PICClub.com. 

Michael Phelps Invited to Another Major Poker Tournament 

Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps has already been invited to the NBC National Heads-up Poker Championship and the Asian Poker Tour’s Macau stop. Now Betfair has jumped in line and extended an invitation for Phelps to play the World Series of Poker Europe on a freeroll. 

Betfair have offered to allow to let Phelps wear his LZR swimsuit while playing but “fear it may not give him the same competitive edge outside of the pool” according to a statement released by the company.

Phelps indicated in a post-Olympic interview that he was an avid poker player and hoped to play in the World Series of Poker soon. Since that time the invites to major tournaments, on a freeroll, have been coming steady. 

UltimateBet Adds Another Player to ‘Star Players Team’ 

Online poker room UltimateBet.com continues to add players to their newly formed ‘Star Players Team’. Just before the beginning of the 2008 WSOP online poker legend Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy was added to the roster.  

They followed that up by signing James “P0KERPR033″ Campbell as well as Tiffany Michelle, the last woman player remaining in the field at the 2008 WSOP Main Event. Now they’ve added Tracy Scala, a 38-year-old online poker pro who finished ib first season one of Best Damn Poker Show.

Scala’s most recent live cash was for $32,166 in this year’s WSOP Main Event (335th place). Prior to that Scala had not cashed in a live event since November 2006.

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