Yesterday the world's largest poker site announced it was upping tournament guarantees yet again.
The Super Tuesday event will go from $300,000 to $400,000, while a total of seven events on Sunday will all be getting a hefty boost in guarantees.
The announcement comes just a little over two weeks after the site increased many of the Sunday tournament guarantees, including most notably the Sunday Million from $1 million to $1.5 million.
Last Sunday the Million brought out...
The Grand tournament takes place at the end of each month and uses a three-day flight structure. Players have the option to play on either Day 1 or Day 2 in order to get into the third day of play.
The buy-in is $1,000+$40, and players will start with a $10,000 chip stack. During the tournament, blinds will go up every 30 minutes.
Players who don't have the bankroll for a direct buy-in can choose from several methods of winning their way in. There are seven daily qualifiers...
Anyone who has ever traveled to Central or South America realizes the enormous potential of one of the world's fastest-emerging markets.
This region could, and many insist will, produce millions of additional poker fanatics. If a viable poker boom occurred in America and Europe, it can certainly occur in Latin America, where competitive passions and a deep-rooted love for games (think soccer) are perhaps unequalled anywhere else.
Fertile ground for poker
Indeed,...
He cursed. He berated. He gloated. He scolded, steamed, and insulted. He drank beer after beer after beer and shouted when they weren't coming fast enough, and Scotty Nguyen did all of this on the way to winning what many poker players consider the most prestigious tournament of the year.......