Card Player magazine, an influential poker publication, has launched
a new Web site that offers expanded content, customization tools,
and an enhanced version of its proprietary software enabling amateur
and professional poker players to track and analyze their tournament
play results.
The magazine is inaugurating a new monthly freeroll No-Limit Hold'em
tournament with a $1,500 prize and a grand prize competition for the
year's top 100 players. Players automatically qualify for the monthly
tournament by posting to site message boards, shopping at the online
store, or ordering a magazine subscription.
Visitors to the new Web site can register for free membership that
qualifies them to create a personalized home page comprised of modules
tailored to their specific needs and interests. Module choices range
from poker news, a poker odds calculator and a poker room directory
to Player of the Year, World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker
updates. Members will also receive their own free CardPlayer.com email
address, 50MB of storage space and calendaring capabilities.
The site's proprietary Card Player Poker Analyst software provides
a variety of filters enabling users to analyze both their live game
and tournament performance based on whatever data is most critical
to them, including location, placement, winnings and game type.
Content upgrades include a new section that lists and describes every
special tournament, with ongoing updates that will include Card Player
web TV programs, major tournament reporting, player profiles, Card
Player's Poker Schools, a blog section, and a specialized women's
area. Expanded data on World
Poker Tour, World
Series of Poker, amateur poker, and tournament results is also
planned.
"With these upgrades, our Web site will continue to be
the primary destination on the Internet for anyone who loves the game
of poker," said Barry Shulman, publisher of Card Player
magazine. "It is simply the most comprehensive, customizable
and informative online resource dedicated to poker, hands down, and
it's still entirely free."