June 4, 2018
Poker Central has released the schedule for the second edition of its Poker Masters annual series, a week-long, seven event tournament held at the PokerGO studio in the ARIA Resorts and Casino and culminating in the award of a purple Masters jacket to the man or woman with the most money earned throughout. Last year, […]
January 26, 2018
US poker broadcaster Poker Central and operator 888poker announced the renewal of their sponsorship agreement this week for the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl, along with other marquee Poker Central events through 2019. 888poker will be the exclusive in-show sponsor in the real money online poker category. In addition to renewing the sponsorship agreement of […]
May 23, 2017
On the back of its acquisition of the global and television and digital media rights to the World Series of Poker (see previous report), Poker Central has announced the launch of PokerGO. InfoPowa readers will recall in addition to the WSOP rights acquisition, a further agreement provides Poker Central the exclusive rights to stream any […]
April 5, 2017
The Poker Central dedicated channel in the United States has agreed a deal that will allow NBCSN to air its content on Monday nights this summer, including the $16.8 million prize pool Super High Roller Bowl and other events. The agreement resurrects an association between the two companies that started in 2015 but was not […]
January 17, 2017
Poker Central, POKER PROductions and the Aria Resort & Casino have released details on the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl taking place 28-31 May. The tournament, which is projecting a prize pool of $15 million with a buy-in of $300,000, features seven 7-handed tables and is capped at 50 seats. ARIA will reserve 15 seats […]
December 22, 2016
According to Multichannel News, Poker Central will not renew its Pay TV contracts due to close at the end of this month. The TV channel’s “linear programming stream” is reportedly shutting down while its app content live streaming from the existing network will also end, the report details. A playlist of Poker Central programmes will […]
August 11, 2016
Respected poker professionals Brian Rast, Maria Ho and Tom Marchese have agreed to represent the 24/7 poker television channel Poker Central and will play important roles in engaging with players, creating new tournaments, participating in live and promotional events and contributing editorial content. The trio joins a team that already includes Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu […]
January 16, 2016
Television coverage for the upcoming 12-team Global Poker League clashes has been assured following an important partnership deal between GPL owner Mediarex Sports and Entertainment and the poker-dedicated television network Poker Central. In a joint statement the partnership announced that Poker Central will air both live and recorded GPL matches in primetime twice weekly beginning […]
January 15, 2016
Poker television network Poker Central, in collaboration with Poker Pro Productions and the Aria Resort and Casino, has announced the launch of the second edition of its Super High Roller Bowl tournament. Clint Stinchcomb, CEO of Poker Central, revealed Thursday that the eight all-time money leaders in poker, including Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari and Phil […]
December 7, 2015
The new round-the-clock Poker Central television network dedicated to poker entertainment has signed up the National Cable Television Cooperative, which buys programming for 900 nation-wide television companies, as its first cable provider partner. Poker Central launched in October this year (see previous report) and offers poker-centric programming that includes “100 Greatest Poker Moments,” “Pokerography,” “Doubles […]