LOS ANGELES, CA – Sunday, April 25, 2010, Johnny Chan and David Chiu join forces to co-captain some amazing poker players forTeam China.

SAY HELLO TO THE CAPTAINS

Legendary poker pro, Johnny Chan, is known for his 10 World Series of Poker (“WSOP”) bracelets and over $10 million of tournament winnings. His championship win against Erik Seidel was made famous by the movie Rounders, and still collects regular hits on YouTube.com. With Seidel and Hellmuth on Team USA, poker fanatics from all over the world will be anxious to see their reunion with Chan at another final table. Johnny is one of only a handful of players to win back-to-back WSOP championship bracelets and will be using his years of poker experience to co-captain Team China with David Chiu. Co-captain, David Chiu, is a top poker player in his own right. With four WSOP bracelets and a World Poker Tour (“WPT”) World Championship Title, there is no doubt that Chiu is an amazing poker player. Boasting over 80 career tournament cashes, David is considered one of the best limit hold’em players in the world and is one of the most respected tournament players on the poker circuit. Together, Johnny Chan and David Chiu have assembled a great team to play at the WTP in Inaugural event.

MEET THE TEAM

Mr. Winfred Yu has played in numerous Poker Tournaments in Las Vegas and Major International Poker Tournaments across the globe for over 10 years. With a Bachelor Degree in Mathematics for Commerce, Yu is considered among many to be a Poker expert. His experience and knowledge in the game of Poker will be a great asset to Team China. Yueqi “Rich” Zhu has been playing poker since 1996. His main focus is on cash games and seldom plays tournaments. Although he doesn’t consider himself a tournament player, Zhu manages to make the annual pilgrimage to Vegas every summer for the WSOP, where he has made 4 final tables and cashed 22 times to date.

First introduced to poker in college at friendly home games, Maria Ho was quickly hooked on the game. After graduating she decided to pursue a career as a professional poker player with the bankroll and confidence she had built from playing recreationally during her college years. In 2007, Maria was named “Last Woman Standing” in the WSOP Championship Event, finishing in 38th place out of 6,358 people. Maria considers herself a limit specialist and can play a variety of games. More than just a one-hit wonder, in 2009, Maria finished 11th in the WSOP $10K Limit Hold’em Championship Event. Despite the fact that Chau Giang is not one of the most recognizable poker professionals, he is regarded by many as one of the top high-stakes cash players in the world. An all-around player with well-developed skills in all forms of poker, he has spent much of his poker career focusing almost exclusively on cash-game play, with the exception of the WSOP where he has earned three bracelets.

THE INAUGURAL EVENT

The World Team Poker’s Inaugural event will be held at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas on May 19, 2010. The one day event will feature 40 of the world’s top poker pros, representing eight different countries, on five man teams. The filmed-for-television event will be a five table mixed game shoot-out with rounds of Limit Hold’Em, Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Hold’Em. The event is open to the general public, based on seating availability. Registered members of www.worldteampoker.com will be able to watch the event LIVE via streaming webcast from their computers. Membership is free and so is the webcast for registered members. U.S. residents who register on the website before May 1, 2010, will also be automatically entered into a sweepstakes where they have a chance to win a trip to Vegas to watch the event in person and shake hands with the pros at the press party on May 18, 2010. The press party will be held at the Gold Diggers night club, which boasts a view of the Fremont Street Experience (both the people below and the light show on the canopy overhead) from its patio balcony.

ABOUT WORLD TEAM POKER

World Team Poker features a unique concept of team poker with the thrill of international competition between top professional poker players from countries throughout the world battling it out for “Pride, Passion, Country.” World Team Poker’s season will culminate in a World Team Poker Championship Event in the tradition of the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, or Baseballs World Series, where the teams will compete for the ultimate title: World Team Poker Champions!