ONEIDA NATION HOMELANDS, N.Y., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oneida Indian
Nation's Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, N.Y. will host the first-
ever live telecast of a poker tournament final on television. Six finalists
will battle it out live for $1,000,000 in cash on Fox Sports Net, Wednesday,
July 14, 2004 in front a potential audience of over 70 million television
households.
A maximum of 108 players will compete in a three day $10,000 buy-in, No
Limit Hold'em tournament, which will begin at noon on Monday, July 12. The
field will be narrowed to 36 continuing on to Day Two with the final six
players competing LIVE on Fox Sports Net, Wednesday, July 14 beginning at 6 PM
Eastern.
The tournament will be held under the direction of Matt Savage, tournament
director for the World Series of Poker, and many of the stops on the World
Poker Tour. Registration is open to all players at a buy-in of $10,000.
Players can register at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino's Poker Room by
calling 315-361-8676 or by calling Savage at 650-278-0978.
"Poker is fast becoming one of the most watched sports on TV," stated
Savage. "Fox Sports Net's presentation of the first-ever live final to air
nationwide will give our viewers a front row seat to see and hear what high
stakes Poker is REALLY all about."
Ray Halbritter, Nation Representative of the Oneida Nation and CEO of
Turning Stone, praised Fox for its innovative approach to televising poker.
"Poker is exciting by its very nature, but televising it live to millions
of people will make it that much more of a thrill for television viewers,"
said Halbritter. "We're pleased Fox Sports chose Turning Stone to showcase
this exciting new venture."
Turning Stone, which celebrates its 11th anniversary about the time of the
telecast, is located in the rolling hills of Upstate New York about 30 miles
east of Syracuse. It rapidly has grown into the premier golf destination
resort in the Northeast, with the third of three championship caliber courses
opening this summer. In addition, Turning Stone is completing a $308 million
expansion, which has added a luxury all-suites hotel, a 19-story tower hotel
and 5,000-seat events center.
The resort is just one of 15 different business enterprises operated by
the Oneida Indian Nation. Proceeds from all of these businesses are used to
improve the quality of life of Members of the Nation, which was the first ally
of the colonists at the time of the American Revolutionary War.
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SOURCE Oneida Indian Nation
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