February 16, 2006
Rodriguez and Hellmuth bought several thousand dollars worth of pokerparty .com sit-n-go chips and ended up in a private, high-rollers room playing Hellmuth's favorite game, no limit Texas hold'em. PartyGaming has changed pokerparty forever. After having one of the biggest IPO floats to hit the London Stock Exchange (L.O.S.) in recent years, PartyGaming is once again set to make another bold move when it becomes the first web-based firm to join the Financial Times-Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 Index, otherwise known as "the Footsie," since the dotcom explosion.
The company will replace Hays, a recruitment firm that will drop off the market following the quarterly pokerparty com reshuffle of FTSE. PartyGaming's closing value Tuesday of £4.2 billion is stronger than some of the more established businesses on the FTSE such as British Airways and Dixons, an electrical retailer. PartyGaming's move to the FTSE comes despite warnings from the company of the possible slowing of the future growth of the online pokerparty gaming market. This announcement came despite PartyGaming's reports of successful previous 6 months, which saw the company's revenue increase by 70 percent.
According to chief executive Richard Segal, PartyGaming is going to take steps to stay ahead of other pokerparty sit-n-go sites. "As the rate of growth continues to moderate, we will continue to adapt our marketing strategy and infrastructure to provide greater on customer retention and pokerparty com player value," Segal said. ShareCast.com has also reported that PartyGaming received another sign of positive support early Friday when Germany's Commerzbank upgraded its stock to "buy" from "hold," and gave support to the company by claiming that the pokerparty markets initial reaction to PartyGaming's announcement of a slowdown was one of overreaction considering PartyGaming's results were in line with expectations. PartyGaming has enjoyed enormous success since its June debut on the L.O.S. and has set the tone for the online pokerparty .com gaming industry with its business plan and marketing tactics.
Previous winners of the award include Rob Hollink, 2005 WPT Championship runner up Paul Maxfield, and Andy Black, who took 5th place in the pokerparty main event of the 2005 WSOP. Go to any store and check the toy department you'll find everything from playing cards to pokerparty .com table tops. Wal-Mart's Becca Nolze says, "They fly off the shelves pretty fast. They're hard to stay in stock." Online poker card games have always been popular with kids.
