Crystal Casino Hosts Poker Netcast Heads Up Challenge

Crystal Casino & Hotel has announced the conclusion of the highly successful first ever Poker Netcast Heads Up Challenge, as the winner was crowned on Thursday, February 8th and filming wrapped for the television production.

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Sixty-four of the most successful poker players in the world descended upon the event center at Crystal Casino for this much-anticipated event, and $640,000 prize pool, including pros Mike "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Ted Forrest, Daniel Negeanu, and others. After three days of intense poker action, Bill Edler was crowned the champion and awarded the $215,000 first prize, trophy, and gift package. Edler defeated world-renowned pro Barry Greenstein in a heads-up format that drew poker fans and fellow poker pros, like Erick Lindgren and Gavin Smith, to the audience for the exciting final day.

All of the action was broadcast over the Internet on www.LiveattheBike.com and www.PokerNetcast.com, live webcasts produced and owned by Joker Gaming, LLC. Poker Netcast is the latest innovation from the creative minds at Joker Gaming and specializes in live cash games from around the globe streamed live on the Internet.

Crystal Casino President Mark Kelegian stated that, "We were pleased to host such a high profile event at Crystal and excited by the overwhelming response from the pros to the new look and feel of our casino. We believe the new gaming experience we have created at Crystal is on par with our other Southern California gaming properties and will quickly reclaim its position as a favorite place for all poker players."