Poker Pro to Launch in July

Posted on April 11, 2005

The first issue of Poker Pro Magazine will be available in major bookstore outlets and 90 airport newsstands nationwide on July 1, 2005. The 80-page glossy will be published bimonthly (July, September, and November) in 2005 and monthly beginning in January 2006. Total initial circulation will begin at 50,000 copies. Targeting beginning to intermediate players of all ages, Poker Pro will provide features and columns ranging from tutorials and instruction from the game's biggest players to poker-related lifestyle articles and coverage of the game's biggest tournaments and Hollywood Stars who play poker.

Poker Pro says it has a close working relationship with the World Poker Tour, giving them an inside track on major events and news from the circuit. The first issue will run with a cover story of poker 'Godfather' Doyle Brunson, one of the most successful poker players in the history of the game.