Weekend Online Poker Tournament Pays Big

The hard hitting high rollers, as well as the dreamers, are pounding the halls of the Rio All-Suite Hotel Casino for the next few weeks as they all take shots at the big time during the 2006 World Series of Poker. Some players, however, are taking a shot at the big time from the comfort of their homes by playing online. At online poker rooms like Poker Stars Million Dollar prize pools are drawing in the players, such as a recent event where the winner took home nearly $150 grand. When the field hit five players a deal was struck and each player from 2nd to 5th took home around $70 thousand. The winners survived a field of 2,850.