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High Stakes EntertainmentPress ReleasesLas Vegas, NV – October 19, 2007 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEESPN TO AIR THE FIRST-EVER HIGH STAKES ENTERTAINMENT GOLF TOURNAMENT“The Doyle Brunson and Dewey Tomko Invitational” – Nine Players, Nine Holes, Nine Million Dollars “Every weekend golfers at courses across America are placing bets on their golf games, but not for this kind of money” says Joe Kreder, the President of High Stakes Entertainment. “The High Stakes Entertainment Golf Tour showcases some of the biggest names in poker, playing a brand of golf that the viewers will be able to relate except for the amount of the wagers. The program will also provide our viewers with an insight into this high stakes lifestyle that exists around the world.” The HSE Golf Tour is a unique television experience that aligns the ever increasing popularity of reality television, combined with a very unique game of golf. “I’ve always wanted to bring together a group of people that represent the high stakes gambling lifestyle,” says Dewey Tomko. “What better way to involve my love of gambling with my love for golf than combining both on national television?” The first event will feature Nine players, each wagering One Million Dollars of their own money to compete in a nine hole team scramble played according to the “Dewey Tomko’s Gamblers’ Rules of Golf”. The inaugural “Doyle Brunson and Dewey Tomko Invitational Event,” is scheduled to premiere on ESPN this Sunday, October 21st from 3:00 pm – 5pm EDST. The competition will continue the following Sunday, October 28, 2007 on ESPN in the same time period. The second event on the High Stakes Entertainment Golf Tour will add nine additional players, including Phil Ivey and Janet Jones Gretzky playing in a “Two Person Team Best Ball” match. Visit www.highstakesentertainment.com for more information on players and details of the tournament. Fact Sheet
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACTMark Braman, High Stakes Entertainment IN THE NEWS up to 3/10/2010October 20th, 2007ESPN looks to cash in on televised poker's appeal with inaugural High Stakes Golf Tour stop in VegasLAS VEGAS, Nev. - What's been discretely occurring beyond the public eye in Las Vegas for decades is about to be revealed to the masses: bad golfers with big egos and a high bank roll putting up millions against each other on the golf course. Read More... By Brandon Tucker, Staff Writer, Golf Publisher Syndications September 3, 2007 - www.PokerNews.comSexton's Corner – Vol87 – Dewey Tomko, Part 2It only seems appropriate the first golfer to tee off on ESPN's spectacular High Stakes Entertainment golf show and lead the way was gambling legend Dewey Tomko. With a huge crowd and all the TV cameras rolling, Dewey coolly teed it up and hit a long perfect drive right down the middle of the first fairway. Pressure??? What's that to Dewey??? This was like another day at the office to him and his famous partner Doyle Brunson. Read More... by Tom Sexton Read More @ PokerNews.com August 27, 2007 - www.PokerNews.comSexton's Corner – Vol 7 – Dewey Tomko, Part 1A movie should be made about the golf, poker, and gambling exploits of Dewey Tomko. He has had an amazing life so far, and is still going stronger than ever! Let's go back in time between 1970 and 1975. After graduating from Salem College in Salem, West Virginia, Dewey taught kindergarten for those six years at Hanes Elementary School in Hanes, Florida. During this period, he began to play in bigger and bigger poker games at night, finding himself winning $5,000 to $10,000 on many occasions. This was amazing to him, as his top annual pay teaching in 1975 was $6,700!! It got to be tough, as much as Dewey loved... by Tom Sexton Read More @ PokerNews.com August 20, 2007 - www.PokerNews.comSexton's Corner – Vol 6 – High Stakes Golf and Janet Jones-Gretzky
by Tom Sexton Read More @ PokerNews.com August 23, 2007 - www.CardPlayer.comBrunson and Tomko Golf Invitational Video on CPTVWatch Interviews With High-Stakes Poker Players Before the Events Begin and Millions of Dollars Are Gambled
To view the video, click here. by by Kristy Arnett Read More @ CardPlayer.com August 16, 2007 -Round One of The Doyle Brunson & Dewey Tomko Invitational a Success."Let's tee it up and get it on!" were the words High Stakes Golf Tour field announcer Mike Sexton chose to usher in the first annual Doyle Brunson & Dewey Tomko Invitational. by Garry Gates Read More August 15, 2007 - www.PokerNews.comDoyle Brunson & Dewey Tomko Hold High Stakes Golf Launch Party at Venetian Last Night$1,305,000 was the amount 2007 Masters Champion Zach Johnson took home for winning golf's most prestigious tournament this past April, and he had to fend off Tiger Woods to do it. Today, nine of the world's highest stakes gamblers are putting up $1 million dollars of their own money to compete in Round 1 of The Doyle Brunson and Dewey Tomko Invitational; a nine hole, three-man team scramble in which they'll be playing for a million dollars per hole. Sorry, Tiger – you're not invited. by Garry Gates Read More @ PokerNews.com |
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You will be wowed when you get to see the High Stakes Entertainment Golf Tour premiere on ESPN October 21st. The inaugural event to be showcased is The Doyle Brunson & Dewey Tomko Invitational. Two Sundays in a row, with a two-hour format each, promises to be mesmerizing to the average viewer. When most of us bet a $20 Nassau bet on the links, these high-stakes poker players will be playing $1,000,000 per hole! There are nine players on three teams playing...
To hang on the golf course with some of the high-stakes poker pros like Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, and Doyle Brunson, it takes a high level of skill, a large bankroll, and a willingness to gamble. The Doyle Brunson and Dewey Tomko Golf Invitational showcased this, and the Card Player TV crew was there to catch up with the players before the action started. |
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