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$60 million tournament
has anyone seen the details of this? apparently its a 6 player tournament winner take all sponsored by fox sports and one of the internet sites. phil ivey was the only name i saw.
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Re: $60 million tournament
According to http://afr.com/articles/2005/12/13/1134236036596.html
Joe Hachem is invited to play also. |
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Re: $60 million tournament
Wow, thats crazy.
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Re: $60 million tournament
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Six of the world's best poker players will compete for the $80 million kitty, with the winner to take all in a series of elimination matches in July. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Players will pay $US10 million each to buy into the match, he said. [/ QUOTE ] Oh yeah, there's no way they're gonna chop that ish up. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] |
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This is still retarded. Why would even the top pros risk that much when they could have a really bad 6-hour run of cards??
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Re: $60 million tournament
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[ QUOTE ] Six of the world's best poker players will compete for the $80 million kitty, with the winner to take all in a series of elimination matches in July. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Players will pay $US10 million each to buy into the match, he said. [/ QUOTE ] Oh yeah, there's no way they're gonna chop that ish up. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Well there's a 20 million dollar overlay. Presumably they will forbid chopping or you'd probably see a six way chop. With a winner take all format, it's hard to see how they get six players. In Sklanksy bucks, it might make sense, if you figure you win one out of six you're 5-1 to win and getting a 7-1 payday (and a guy like Ivey probably figures he's something like 2-1 against to win), but given the stakes and that there are a limited number of these tourneys, it looks like a proposition few players would be bankrolled or inclined to take on. --Zetack |
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Well there's a 20 million dollar overlay. [/ QUOTE ] Hadn't heard this. A huge overlay is the only way I could see anyone putting up that much money. |
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Re: $60 million tournament
Once you pay taxes on that $60 million how much overlay is left? No way anyone plays in this without a chop beforehand.
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Re: $60 million tournament
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Once you pay taxes on that $60 million how much overlay is left? No way anyone plays in this without a chop beforehand. [/ QUOTE ] Maybe everyone legally emigrates beforehand to a country that doesn't tax gambling winnings [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] |
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