AOL Offering WSOP Seats

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April 18, 2007 - Global Internet Provider AOL offering WSOP Freerolls

AOL will be putting its Poker Hub to great use very soon. The Internet service provider is about to offer nine tournament which will award the winner of each with a $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event seat. These tournaments will be played on Sunday and are winner take all.

It's a big surprise that a company like AOL has entered the Poker Industry. Although, online gambling is a $12 Billion a year industry. Jeffery Pollack, the commissioner of the WSOP was qouted saying, “AOL is the only officially sanctioned place to play for a chance to win free seats on the Internet.”

 

Ralph Riviera, Vice President of AOL Games, included, “Our agreement with Harrah’s will provide nine novice poker players with the opportunity of a lifetime to join

 

Poker professionals to possibly win the grand prize purse worth millions.”

“This will have a great impact on the WSOP.” Said Riviera, "We've never done anything like this before. People don't have to be a monthly AOL subscriber to gain access to the poker rooms,"

The AOL services will be providing behind the scenes videos, news, and pictures of the various tournaments at the World Series of Poker.