ONLINE POKER SITE GOING FULL TILT FOR THE RECORD
24 July 2009
Will FT's numbers online eclipse those of
it's main rival?
To showcase both it's capability and popularity, the
world's second biggest online poker site, Full Tilt
Poker, plans to celebrate its fifth anniversary by
holding the biggest ever online poker tournament,
breaking the record of 35 000 players set by its main
rival Poker Stars (see previous InfoPowa repot).
The attempt will be made this weekend with a $5 buy-in
tourney starting at 15h00 Eastern Standard Time on July
19th; regular players can deploy points to buy-in. The
company has gone a step further than providing a
matching guarantee, sweetening the prize pool pot with
an additional $250 000. The resultant $500 000 minimum
pool on a buy-in of $5 is therefore excellent value for
money.
A company spokesman said that many top
names in international online poker had confirmed that
they would be playing in the hopefully historic event,
including Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer.
Pulling together 35 000 or more players in one venue
would be an almost impossible logistical challenge for
land poker rooms, with the almost nine thousand players
who turned out for the 2006 World Series of Poker main
event in Las Vegas the present land record, which
strained the Rio's capacity to the limits. However, the
capability of major virtual poker operations is
significantly greater, enabling them to accommodate
players from around the planet in massive numbers.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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