SOURCE: Ujogo
January 14, 2008 08:00 ET
Go "All In" With Ujogo's Texas Hold'em Poker Application on Facebook® Platform
Competitive Play, No Risk, and Plenty of Reward With Best Online Gameplay
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - January 14, 2008) - Ujogo, a leading free online poker site,
today announces the first free poker application on Facebook® Platform to
offer prizes and rewards combined with full Facebook Platform integration.
Ujogo has reconfigured its fast and slick application to seamlessly tap
into the ultimate online network of users and fully leverage the Facebook
Platform features.
With the new integration, users will now be able to play free, fun and
highly competitive poker, including multi-table tournaments, for actual
prizes in the fast and realistic Ujogo environment, without leaving the
site. In contrast, most free online poker applications do not offer prizes
as an incentive, and consequently, the quality of play is generally not
very high. To showcase its free-to-enter multi-table tournaments within
the Facebook Platform, Ujogo will feature a week of daily $100 prize
tournaments within the next month.
"With the positive feedback we've received on our initial launch of Ujogo
in July '07, it was just a natural evolution for us to extend our more
compelling free poker application to one of the fastest growing, integrated
social communities around," said Eric Gonzales, Ujogo's CEO. "Our players
appreciate how prizes at stake improve the quality and competitiveness of
play in our free, non-gambling platform, and the popularity of interactive
features at Ujogo.com made us realize that utilizing an online networking
environment would be a natural fit."
Two time ladies' World Series of Poker champ Susie Isaacs plays regularly
at Ujogo and commented: "I became a devoted on-line poker player in 2004
and 2005 when I took two years off from playing live poker to write four
books. I tried free sites but it was not rewarding. I play to win but I
want to win more than accolades. Along came Ujogo and I was saved! Ujogo is
a free site but we play for prizes, gift certificates, and eventually I
have heard, buy-ins to major tournaments. When I win on Ujogo, I win! Risk
versus reward is my old way of thinking. Today on Ujogo it is no risk and
great rewards! The more I play, the more I realize that Ujogo is becoming
like a social poker club. I like that!"
To start playing at Ujogo within Facebook Platform, simply search for
"Ujogo," invite your friends to join if you wish, and jump into a game. No
additional registration is required since players are already registered on
the site. All players receive a sign-up bonus of Ujogo Points, which can
be redeemed for valuable items at the Ujogo Store. Additional Ujogo Points
are earned with every hand played, as well as for referring friends,
achieving monthly leaderboard status, and hitting jackpot hands.
In addition, visit www.ujogo.com for more tournaments with even bigger
prizes and one of the most feature-rich poker experiences available online,
complete with a wide variety of educational and training tools, such as
video tips from the pros and statistics to help players analyze their play.
About Ujogo
Ujogo (pronounced "you-joe-go" and derived from the Portuguese word for
"game") provides free, highly competitive and rewards-based online games,
starting with poker, for millions of U.S. enthusiasts. For more
information, please visit www.ujogo.com.
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