PocketFives has been named the Official Digital Partner of the DeepStacks Poker Tour. The all-new series, which kicks off on Friday at Mohegan Sun in the forests of Connecticut, will travel across the United States. In addition, the first event will be beamed to televisions across New England. You'll see PocketFives' logos and branding at each tour stop and on any television broadcasts.PocketFives will be promoting DeepStacks in our Live Poker forum as well as our Local pages for any relevant states. As such, PocketFives Co-Founder Adam Small commented in a press release sent out on Tuesday, "PocketFives is excited to be involved in the DeepStacks Poker Tour. We are focusing on our Local poker communities as the core growth area for PocketFives and we expect to see tremendous growth in these Local communities as a result of this partnership."
You can visit PocketFives' Local communities by clicking on the yellow link that says "Local" in the upper left of our site. You'll be taken to the Local community for the location entered in your profile. If you're not logged in or don't have your location entered, your appropriate Local page will be determined by your IP address.
Each Local community is ground zero for local poker players discussing local issues. You'll see the latest forum posts from local players, view new PocketFives members from your area, see live and online poker cashes from local players, and be alerted to any screen name changes. You can also post about anything that's on your mind and local poker players will respond to you.Recently, PocketFives rolled out Local pages translated into Spanish and German, recognizing that English is not the native language in every country. Go ahead and click on "Local" and let us know what you think! Feel free to e-mail any feedback you have to support@pocketfives.com.
DeepStacks CEO Chris Torina shared why PocketFives was a logical fit to be the Official Digital Partner of the DeepStacks Poker Tour: "The partnership is in an effort by DeepStacks to change the way their tournaments and overall event message is being delivered. Our company believes strongly in digital marketing and the footprint that platforms like PocketFives can establish on both a local and national level. We are very excited about this partnership and what it means for our tour and casino partnerships."
Here is the preliminary schedule for the new DeepStacks Poker Tour. PocketFives is looking forward to being integrated with it:
November 23 to December 4
Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Casino
January 28 to January 29
Pompano Park, FL, Isle of Pompano
February 2 to February 11
Lincoln City, OR, Chinook Winds Casino Resort
March 11 to March 17
Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Casino
April 6 to April 11
Wilkes-Barre, PA, Mohegan Sun-Pocono Downs
May 2 to May 9
Aruba, Westin Resort and Casino
May 17 to May 18
Turlock, CA, Turlock Poker Room
The first Mohegan Sun stop has a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool Main Event that kicks off on December 1 and concludes three days later. The buy-in is $2,500 and reentries are allowed for the first three levels. Learn more about the DeepStacks Poker Tour.
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