ANTIGUA, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - World Poker Exchange, one of the world's fastest growing online poker sites, announces sponsorship of the 2006 Worldpx College Shootout tournament at 219 American schools, as part of its initiative to continue recognition of emerging poker talent.
The 399 winners who move through the ranks of poker competition will vie for more than $90,000 in cash and prizes including a mini Cooper, spring break trips for two, scholarships, Dell (TM) computers, and iPod Nanos.
Preliminaries begin Jan. 16, and entrants may register at Collegeshootout.com. Participants must be 18 years of age and enrolled in an American institution of higher learning.
On-site registrations begin Oct. 24 as Worldpx tournament representatives promote the poker tournament on 219 school campuses across the nation to conduct sign-ups. Additionally, potential poker competitors can play for free and practice on the Worldpx.net site until the actual start of the preliminaries.