In the past few days there have been rumours of a $1 million buy-in tournament with a $50,000,000 first prize on March 30th, 2014, at The Star Hotel and Casino in Sydney, Australia. David Chen, the tournament director behind the alleged high roller tournament, claims that 48 players have enrolled already, including members of the British, Danish and Monaco royal familys who have been selected as a[...] Read more » Royal Poker Challenge: The winner will get $50,000,000...
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"Poker is a true game that cuts across all class and income barriers. It tests skills, nerves and courage in a way that's incomparable to other card games"
LOL
so our good old Chen says poker cuts across all income barriers... and then goes of to make a $1M buyin tournament. epic -.-
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Wow, i thought this day would come, a $50,000,000 tournament!! This is going to attract all the high rollers from around the world and it will be interesting to see the names who actually enter this tournament
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so the stupidity continues- surely it's just a matter of time when we will see our 1st ever $1 billion tournament. oh and it will also break all income barriers with a modest buy-in of $20M. god bless this phenomenon called poker- even random farmer from botswana can become rich in a matter of seconds
Royal families, hollywood stars... Why not the Pope himself? The vatican could easily bankroll him.
I mean dont get me wrong, but these tournaments are everything but a turn on for me. Just because the money is good doesnt mean the ones who are participating generate any sort of interest. Why would I want to see Prince Albert slow rolling Ben Affleck. I couldn't care less.
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lol bowie, u nailed it there
but then again, i heard ben affleck is a reg, so he might get a few bucks (millions) if his bankroll can support this BI. but im sure he has at least 100x BI for tourneys like these... (:
speaking of prince, that would be fun.. to watch him go tilt after a bad beat or something, lol
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Give me less and i;ll be happy to use it for myself. Anyway it is also refreshing that high roller limits are getting pushed every year, should be fun to see millions swapping hands. Lots of security will need to be involve for sure!
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It will be sweet if this would really come to reality, the first prize will be even bigger than the prize that Esfandiari won on that 1 million dollars buy in wsop event.
Considering that not only poker pros will take part it should definately be pretty interesting
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did this tournament really happened ? who are the player who took part ? and who's the winner ?
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