College Poker Association

WSOP

2007-07-17T12:42:00.000-04:00

A quick note to update you all on our travels. Just got back from the Gaming Life Expo at the World Series of Poker. Got a chance to talk to a lot of great companies about some exciting new stuff we hope to offer you in the near future! And, of course, hung out with some of the best players around. Here's a pic of Chris and the Poker Brat (who is apparently too scared to come play in our legendary home game):

Poker Blogs

2007-06-25T11:05:00.000-04:00

Wow, that was fast. We've already got two great bloggers up and posting for us:

Check out Rich's blog at www.perpetualtilt.blogspot.com for all the action from his weekly poker games and the tables at Foxwoods.

And Jonny Jenq's got the Bentley College poker scene (as well as his own musings) covered over at www.bentleypoker.blogspot.com.

Not quite a full blog yet, but if you're on Facebook, you can check out Mick's notes.

If you'd like to be a CPA Blogger, cover all the poker action at your school, and have access to special bloggers-only freerolls and other promotions, send us a message at management@collegepokerassociation.com.

Thanks,
College Poker Association

Bloggers

2007-06-25T10:07:00.000-04:00

College Poker Association is looking to establish an official poker blogger at every campus around the country. You would cover poker on your campus, online, and wherever else you play. You would occasionally link to our site within the content of your posts. We would feature your site as the official blog for your school on our site and RSS feed your post in to the school pages being developed on our site. Additionally, you would have special access to exclusive College Poker Association tournaments and other exciting events. Most importantly, College Poker Association is currently developing an online/live College Poker Tour and is in discussion with two groups about producing a television series. As a campus blogger you would serve as point of first media contact for your school, covering the action as it unfolds for all your friends to follow online.

If you're interested in blogger about poker on your campus or are already a poker blog and want to find out how you can get involved, please send me a message email us at management@collegepokerassociation.com

We appreciate your time and good luck at the tables!

-CPA

p.s. - As an added incentive, we also have a number of initiatives that will also allow you to monetize your blog...

$2,500 Freeroll

2007-06-18T08:15:00.000-04:00

Our next $2,500 Tournament of Champions Freeroll is schedule for July 1st. Remember that our site is always 100% free. No deposits ever! So register here today to earn your Gold Ticket for our $2,500 Tournament of Champions Freeroll on July 1st.
Thanks,
College Poker Association

Spring Break!

2007-06-14T11:27:00.000-04:00

Ok, so it was a few months later than the rest of you, but College Poker Association just got back from Spring Break!

Here are some of the highights:

Alright, it's no Girls Gone Wild, but we did get a chance to talk with a bunch of different companies and we should be be able to offer some new and exciting features in the near future. So, in the immortal words of Ben Affleck, keep your ear to the grindstone.

CPA acquires CollegePoker.TV

2007-06-06T22:13:00.000-04:00

Campus Poker, LLC announced it's acquisition of CollegePoker.TV today. "We're not disclosing exactly what we've got planned for the site but I can say that we're developing some innovative ways of integrating CollegePoker.TV with our free poker platform" remarked Chris Bartley, CEO of Campus Poker.

CPA Usage Triples In One Week

2007-06-04T11:33:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys, we just wanted to thank you for your interest in College Poker Association. It's turning out to be a big success and use of our new free poker module has tripled in just the past week. We're still teething so let us know if there's anything about the site you'd like us to update/change and we'll take it under consideration. Thanks again.
Chris

Eric Bischoff Poker Tournament

2007-06-01T17:34:00.000-04:00

New College Poker Association Tournament Event!

CPA is proud to announce a new tournament event sponsored by the one and only wrestling legend Eric Bischoff! Eric is sponsoring eight Qualifying Tournaments in which players will have a chance to compete for the choice of either a Playboy or Moneymaker Tournament Grade Poker Chip Set and qualify for the Final Table Event. For the Final Table Event, qualifiers will have the chance to play against Eric Bischoff himself and compete for a 2-night hotel stay for 2 people at the MGM Grand Las Vegas hotel, airfare included!!

Please see below for the schedule and buy-ins for the Qualifying Tournaments and the Final Table Event:

1st - Bischoff Kickoff Qualifier - June 2, 2007 at 7:00 P.M ET (Buy-In: 100 Gold Nuggets)
2nd - Bischoff Kickoff Qualifier - June 9, 2007 at 7:00 P.M ET (Buy-In: 500 Gold Nuggets)
3rd - Bischoff Kickoff Qualifier - June 16, 2007 at 7:00 P.M ET (Buy-In: 500 Gold Nuggets)
4th - Bischoff Kickoff Qualifier - June 23, 2007 at 7:00 P.M ET (Buy-In: 500 Gold Nuggets)
5th - Bischoff Kickoff Qualifier - June 30, 2007 at 7:00 P.M ET (Buy-In: 1000 Gold Nuggets)
6th - Bischoff Kickoff Qualifier - July 7, 2007 at 7:00 P.M ET (Buy-In: 1000 Gold Nuggets)
7th - Bischoff Kickoff Qualifier - July 14, 2007 at 7:00 P.M ET (Buy-In: 1000 Gold Nuggets)
8th - Bischoff Kickoff Qualifier - July 21, 2007 at 7:00 P.M ET (Buy-In: 1000 Gold Nuggets)
Bischoff Kickoff Final Table
July 28, 2007 at 7:00 P.M ET (Buy-In: 1 Bischoff Kickoff Final Table Ticket)

Buy-ins increase as the time gets closer to the Final Table Event, so be sure to get in on the early qualifiers!

Click here for more information.

Miss Deaf Michigan Pageant Association

2007-05-31T18:00:00.001-04:00

CPA is proud to announce that it will be sponsoring the Miss Deaf Michigan Charity Poker Tournament in July. This is the third event we've sponsored this year and our parter EGM has been kind enough to add additional prizes to the prize pools. EGM will be donating one of it's Player Level Hold'em Poker Packages. CPA will be donating Gold Tickets to it's next $10,000 Tournament Of Champions.

If you're interested in having your event sponsored simply email management@collegepokerassociation.com.

Um... it's $1,000,000 people

2007-05-30T23:33:00.000-04:00

Please keep in mind that the Chance at a Million is a limited event. Entries that are won will expire 11:59 ET on June 16, 2007, so be sure to use them before they expire. How can you win? Simply place in the top ten in one of our 4 Daily Freerolls. See you at the tables.
Chris

CPA Goes on Spring Break

2007-05-28T10:30:00.000-04:00

College Poker Association is going to the Casino Affiliate Programs Spring Break Conference June 8th - June 11th. We'll meeting with a number of different companies to find out how we can provide bigger and better prizes on our unique free poker module. Down there we'll also get a chance to meet up with our biggest partner EGM to further discuss the development of our College Poker Tour. Sweet.

Changes to CPA

2007-05-24T20:17:00.000-04:00

$100 Daily Cash Tournament Changes

Starting on Memorial Day - Monday, May 28, 2007 - we are going to take the $100 Daily Prize Pool and spread the winnings across four tournaments throughout the entire day!!

Each tournament will pay $25.00 to the winner and also give everyone at the final table entries for our awesome Chance at a Million event! Please see the following link for the times, buy-ins, and payout schedule for the new format of our $100 A DAY Tournaments

Please keep in mind that the Chance at a Million is a limited event. Entries that are won will expire 11:59 ET on June 16, 2007, so be sure to use them before they expire.

Sponsored Tournaments

We are proud to announce three new Multi-Table tournaments sponsored by Konsole Kingz Urban Gamer Report. These three tournaments will give you a chance to play for Major League Baseball 2K7 for PS3 or Xbox360 and will be held on the next three Sundays, starting May 27, 2007. Registration will start at 6:00 P.M ET and close at 6:57 P.M ET. The tournament kicks off at 7:00 P.M ET.

You can view these tournaments from the Multi-Table Tournaments tab from the poker lobby. Please be sure to visit Konsole Kingz on MySpace

The Daily Player Points

We are also pleased to announce a new Multi-Table tournament that we will be hosting every day at 10:00 P.M ET starting on Monday, May 28, 2007. This new tournament is called The Daily Gold Nugget. At this tournament you will have the ability to play for Player Points!

New Feature from College Poker Association:

We have a new Beta Chat Ignore Feature that has been released to the players. This allows you to add the nicknames of players you do not wish to see chat from. This feature can be located by selecting the My Accounts tab from the website. There you will see a 'Chat Management' Link.

Here is an example on how to use this new feature:
If you do not want to see chat from player 'Thomas' at the poker tables, simply put ‘Thomas’ in the Ignore field and select Submit. Then when you are at the same table as player ‘Thomas’ you will not see chat that is written by this player. Then if you feel you would like release the ignore feature for player 'Thomas', select the name and it will undo the ignore feature.
(Note: You must make sure that you are spelling the player's name correctly or it will not work. I.E - Thomas, not Tomas).

Please keep in mind that this feature is still in a beta phase and we are going to work on making this more “user” friendly in the near future.

Have fun, play well and don't forget to say hi to your friends at College Poker Association.

College Poker Association Sponsors Delta Rho

2007-05-24T10:36:00.000-04:00

Yeah we said it, now we're making good on it. CPA is looking to sponsor any and all legal charity poker tournaments. We were recently contacted by the Delta Rho Alumn association to sponsor the charity tournament to be hosted at the Pennsauken FOP Lodge on June 2nd. We're giving them 5 tickets to our next $10,000 Tournament of Champions Tournament and EGM is donating a free poker set. To find out how you can get your next event sponsored email management@collegepokerassociation.com.

CPA, EGM, and the MTV Movie Awards

2007-05-22T15:08:00.000-04:00

CPA is proud to announce that it's closest partner EGM has been selected to offer it's gaming products as part of the celebrity gift packs at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. Find out how you too can win free prizes by playing our 100% free, 100% legal PokerModule.

UGR Tournament Series

2007-05-21T14:42:00.000-04:00

Hey Everyone, we wanted to let you know that College Poker Association will be hosting three summer tournaments where you can win the video game MLB 2K7 for PS3 and XBox 360. The tournaments will be hosted at cpa.prizewagon.com at 7pm on May 27th, Jun 3 and Jun 10. See you there!
Chris

Sponsorship

2007-05-19T15:16:00.000-04:00

Hey guys, if you're hosting a charity event, charity poker event or any other poker-related event College Poker Association can you help you sponsor it. Send us an email at management@collegepokerassocaition.com to find out more. Also visit cpa.prizewagon.com to play our free poker for real prizes or www.collegepokerassociation.com to join our social network.

More Acclaim

2007-04-08T15:04:00.000-04:00

College Poker Association was just featured by taschen.com in their recent book on the world's top web design studios. The book features Triworks as one of the premier design studio in Portugal and uses the College Poker Association website (www.collegepokerassociation.com for those of you that haven't figured it out by now) as an example of their stellar work. You can find the book here.

Chris

Interested in winning a gold ticket to our Tournament of Champions?

2007-03-21T15:04:00.000-04:00

We're running a March Madness promo to allow our members to win a gold ticket to our next Tournament of Champions. The TOC has a prize pool of $10,000 in cash or prizes each time, sweet. You can participate for free in the NCAA promo here:

http://cpa.prizewagon.com/PokerMadness.aspx

Poker Module Launch

2007-03-14T08:51:00.000-04:00

Well I promised that it would launch today and now it has! You can now play free poker for real prizes through our site. We're running a $100 freeroll each and ever night. Just visit the website www.collegepokerassociation.com, log in and click the Play Poker tab. Nice. Because our games are being served by a third party you'll have to register again with them but it only takes a few seconds. We'll be making updates to the website daily so check back often and tell you friends!

Increase in March Madness Prize Pool?

2007-03-14T08:49:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys,
I've authorized an increase in the prize pool from $500 to $1,000 if we get 2,000 participants in this pool. If we get even more I may make the prize pool even larger. Just invite your friends to the pool and tell them about the free prizes. Sweet. And about registering on the CPA site (www.collegepokerassociation.com) we're updating he website soon to make the registration process as easy as an email address and password. Good Luck, top 20% of finishers win a prize!

Chris

Join the March Madness Pool Here!

$500 March Madness Promotion

2007-03-07T16:47:00.000-05:00

College Poker Association is hosting a free pool or $500. Register at www.collegepokerassociation.com to gain free entry to this pool. After registering (you'll have to register so we know where to send your check!) request to join the CPA Pool and you'll be eligible for cash prizes. Sweet. We're always giving way free stuff at CPA so come see what it's all about.

*College Poker Association is not a gambling site and does not allow real money gambling. The only requirement for winning free prizes is participation.

Poker Module Complete

2007-03-07T11:23:00.000-05:00

Hey Guys,
Our new poker module is finally complete. We've scheduled the launch for next Wednesday. We'll start off by hosting $100 freerolls every night. Sweet. There are more details to come and we'll send out our newsletter with all the latest info before the launch. Thanks for all your support.
Chris

For lack of a better title: More Changes and News

2006-07-07T19:18:00.000-04:00

Welcome back.

Since last we spoke, a lot's been going on both here and over at the main site. (In case you've forgotten the address, it's all over the page, so you shouldn't have to look too far to find it). So, let's talk updates. We have a new entrance page (if you've already visited the site before, you'll have to clear your internet browser's cache first to see it) and all of the blurry fonts on the website are now crisp and sharp and, most importantly, easily readable. Additionally, the username box on the registration page now says "enter valid alumni or school email", just in case any of you thought the program was only for alumni. (But don't worry, you don't need a school or alumni email address to sign up. For now, any email address will do. Although, when the season begins in September, we will have to ask for verification that you actually go (or went) to the school for the team you're playing on.

But wait, there's more...

We added a box that lists all the promotions we're offering now. We had a little bit of trouble with it earlier, but it seems to be working properly now. We've already got a bunch of great promos to offer you guys (including the $7500 Freeroll - July 22nd, save the date! - and the free subscriptions provided by our generous sponsor, ALL IN Magazine) and we'll be adding more in the coming weeks.

We've also added more information to the Contacts page under the About menu, so you can get in touch with us whenever and however you want. We'll be launching the next big feature by Friday of next week. That will allow you to link you profile to other member profiles. Sounds pretty good, no?

But remember, this site is for you guys and we want it to work the way you want it to. So if you have any suggestions for the website, let us know and we'll get working on them.

Oh, one more thing: People are little confused about how the account set-up with OTP works. Right now the system is a little slow but we assure you that you'll have your account set up in time for the Freeroll so you can take your shot at the $7,500 prize pool.

Thanks so much for your patience over the past week as we've been working out all of the bugs. Remember to check back often to see what else we've added and search from your friends' profiles!

-CPA

Confirmation Emails

2006-06-29T01:42:00.001-04:00

Hey guys,

Alex here with a quick update on the site. As those of you also reading the blog at myspace already know, we've been having some problems with the confirmation emails. What can we say? We're a one-of-a-kind, flash-based, social networking site; there's bound to be some "teething problems". But don't worry, we're working on the problem right now and it should be fixed by 9am tomorrow. For those of you that have already registered, we will get the proper confirmation email to you ASAP.

Thanks for the support and suggestions,
Alex

Liftoff!

2006-06-29T01:08:00.000-04:00

Better a little late than never, the College Poker Association website is finally online! Go ahead and check it out... You should all know the website by now, but just in case, it's:

www.collegepokerassociation.com

But first... a couple of things:

This is just the beginning. Right now the features are very limited, but we'll be adding new stuff to the website and fixing problems almost daily. We are basically in the beta-testing phase of the site right now so if you find a problem that needs to be fixed please email us at support@collegepokerassociation.com and we will get it taken care of as soon as possible.

Right now you can register and create a personal profile. Once you've registered on the site, you cab search for other member profiles and leave messages on their posting walls. Additionally, you'll automatically be eligible for our Summer Freeroll Tournament. More details on that will be posted by next Monday...

So, hopefully by now you've already checked out the site and that means you know that it looks totally sweet. You all will be part of the development of this website and so, in addition to reporting any problems, we'd also like you to send any features you'd like to see added to support@collegepokerassociation.com. Here's a taste of some of the features you'll soon see on College Poker Association:

*Private Messaging - Will allow members to send private messages to other members.

*Team Pages - Each team/school will get their own profile and discussion boards.

*Friend Links - You will be able to link your profile to other members' profiles.

*Photo Gallery - We will improve the photo upload and allow you to upload more than one photo.

And, of course, league results, schedules, rankings, and much, much, more...

Thanks,
College Poker Association

P.S. Untold thanks are also due to our amazing PR guru, Jessi Morris, who has provided us with unquantifiable help and support throughout our launch. Please give her cleverly-titled blog a little "link love" as she calls it at:

http://www.WhipperSnaPR.com/blog

Almost ready...

2006-06-28T12:58:00.000-04:00

Apologies to everyone who was expecting the launch of the website yesterday. This is a one-of-a-kind website and you'll understand the delays in the launch when it finally goes up later today. Believe us, it's well worth the wait.

I also want to let you all know that the site is entirely Flash-based and you'll need the latest Flash player to view the website. If you can't load the Triworks page listed in the Links section on the left, then you won't be able to load our page either. But you don't have to wait until our site goes up to fix that problem (you've already had to wait an extra day, why make yourself wait even longer?). You can find it here, at the Adobe site:

Get Flash

Thanks for all the support... the wait is almost over,
College Poker Association

Changes and News

2006-06-25T22:32:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys,

Alex here again. Just making a change to the blog so it matches the look of our website a little better. "Website?" you say. That's right. Our one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line, you-get-the-idea site is set to launch on Tuesday. Only 3 days away! And when we say one-of-a-kind, we mean one-of-a-kind. Our design team has been working day and night to get this thing up and running and it looks hot! Don't believe us? Check out their own site at www.triworks.net for just a taste of what they're capable of doing.

And don't miss the issue of ALL IN Magazine that hits newsstands on Tuesday. Look towards the back for more info on the summer freeroll tournament Chris mentioned in his last two posts. Everyone that signs up gets a free one-year subscription. Can't beat that!

Ok, lots of work to do before Tuesday. See you later,
Alex

Free Stuff

2006-06-15T09:26:00.000-04:00

Hey guys, this is Chris again, most of you know that All In Magazine is sponsoring our first summer freeroll tournament, butt most of you don't know that they've also offered all new College Poker Association registrants a free 1-year subscription. This isn't like 1 free magazine that automatically starts chargning after the first issue, this is 1 full free year and you won't even have to submit your credit card information. You just click the little check box on the registration page and you'll be reading the hottest new poker magazine for free for 1 year. Hope that sounds good. Check out their website at www.allinmag.com to get a feel for the magazine. You can register on our site starting June 27th.
Thanks,
College Poker Association

How about a freeroll?

2006-06-09T08:05:00.000-04:00

How's it going guys? That last guy was Alex. You're hearing from Chris now and I just wanted to tell you all about the summer freeroll tournament we're having to kick things off. Two weeks ago All In Magazine was like "hey, do you guys want a sponsor?" And we said "Sure"; so now they're sponsoring our $7,500 freeroll on July 22nd. You can sign up on our website starting June 20th. So that's pretty sweet. See you then.
Chris

First Post

2006-06-09T02:18:00.001-04:00

Hey guys,

We started this blog a while ago, but as you can see, this is the first chance we've had to post to it. Don't worry, there's a lot more to come both here and at our main website:

www.collegepokerassociation.com

For now, check us out on myspace at:

www.myspace.com/collegepokerassociation

Trust us, it'll be huge!

-CPA