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And then there were eight. If this statement was attached to an Agatha Christie novel it would mean that some really bad things had happened to everyone but the remaining eight people; and even their future was looking a little on the bleak side. When we are talking about this statement in reference to television poker, it describes where we are in the NBC National Heads-Up Championship. |
When such professionals stick together they are just not able to lose. They created World Poker Tour, the show that gave rise to the US-wide poker mania. |
The Limit Hold’em Championship took place March 24, 2005 at Card Player Cruises in Henderson, Nevada. Seven hundred and thirty five players paid a $10,000+ buy-in to play in the championship tournament, which had a whopping prize pool of $7,430,000. |
The No-Limit Hold’em Championship took place January 27, 2005 at the Gold Strike Casino-Resort (co-sponsored by the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel) in Tunica, Mississippi. The championship event of this $10K buy-in tournament lasted four days, involved a record 512 players, and one of the largest pots ever seen outside of Las Vegas. The entire tournament had 8,702 players, 20 different tournaments, and a combined prize pool of $12,369,522. |
The No-Limit Hold’em Championship took place October 1, 2005 at the Radisson Hotel in Aruba. With a $5K buy-in, 647 players participated in the championship event. (The majority of entrants won their buy-ins via winning online satellite tournaments rather than actually paying the five grand.) The total prize pool was $3,235,000. |
The No-Limit Hold’em Championship took place February 22, 2005 at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California just outside of Los Angeles. Five hundred and thirty eight players paid the $10K buy-in to participate in the championship event. The total prize pool was $5,166,414. |
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