ALDERNEY, Channel Islands, Sept. 12, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Royal Vegas Poker (RVP), the online poker room that transforms amateur poker players into professionals, announces its participation in the Bluff Poker Tour (BPT), the world's first international virtual poker tour. On Sept. 15 at 9:00 p.m. ET, RVP (www.royalvegaspoker.com) will host the weekly online tournament for registered players to compete for a chance to win buy-ins to three 2006 World Poker Tour (WPT) main events.
To sweeten the pot, Royal Vegas will award the winner of this tour event a 46" widescreen HDTV from Sony, featuring picture-in-picture and TruSurround(r) SRS(r) audio. Just in time for football season, this set will make the winner's home the place to be on Sunday afternoons.
The Bluff Poker Tour (www.bluffpokertour.com) consists of weekly Web-based No Limit Hold'em poker tournaments at a selection of the most popular and respected online sites. Designed to find the best online poker player in the world, the tournament operates on a point system with players receiving points for event participation and money finishes.
The top player at the end of the season will receive seats to three WPT competitions. Additionally, top point earners will automatically be entered in a consolation tournament to vie for one buy-in to a World Poker Tour event.
Royal Vegas Poker is known for sending fierce competitors to land-based poker tournaments including the World Series of Poker, The Grand Prix de Paris, Aussie Millions and The World Heads-Up Championship. RVP's participation in the Bluff Poker Tour is a testament to the burgeoning power of online players at land-based events around the world. Undoubtedly, its champion will fare well against the best players on the WPT.
About Royal Vegas Poker
Unlike other online poker sites, RoyalVegasPoker.com is the place where poker players of all skill levels come to learn and play with the best. Hosted by Lou Krieger, author of "Poker for Dummies", Royal Vegas Poker is the site where thousands of players come to play and "Beat the Experts," every Wednesday night. A safe, fun and trusted poker room, Royal Vegas Poker has been nominated for both the 2004 Gold Award and 2004 Silver Award for "Top Poker Site" from Gambling Online Magazine, and is a top rated poker site at Casino Meister.