The $1 million tournament buy in

#1 10th June 2011, 4:42 PM

Guy laliberte the cofunder of Cirque du Soleil and hight stakes player has to desided to make the most expensive buy in tournement in the historey
a 1 million doller buy in tournemnt will be held in 2012 in the next WSOP .
well be up to 48 seats in this tournemnt and there is already players that accepted the invite from them Doyle Brunson, Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, Andy Beal and 'Tony G'
the first player will be awarded 17 mill if there is 48 seats ocupied
and they will donated 11.11% of the winning to the one drop organization that provides vulnerable parts of the world with clean water

#2 10th June 2011, 6:22 PM

Pretty cool....can anyone here loan me $1million? Please???

#3 10th June 2011, 6:39 PM

So basically 48 Seats = 48M

11% of 48M is around 4.5M

Now the grand prize of 17M is huge and that's more than x2 what a normal PRO would earn in his life right?

#4 10th June 2011, 8:09 PM

Kinda lame how that basically puts the winner like as the leader for the all time money list...

#5 10th June 2011, 9:25 PM

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Originally Posted by danprince10

Kinda lame how that basically puts the winner like as the leader for the all time money list...

But I guess they would be the 'all-time' money list leader.
I wonder who'll be playing in this?? (Go Alan Cunningham & Eric Seidel!!!)
.... wonder if Russ Hamilton enters this?

#6 10th June 2011, 9:49 PM

I think that was a great idea, $111.100 of every buy in is a very nice money for a good cause.

#7 11th June 2011, 2:29 AM

the funny thing is guys the poeple who will play this tournement doest even need the money that bad

#8 11th June 2011, 9:52 AM

I thought it was kinda lame. Especially given the fact that they will award a bracelet for the event if at least 22 people enter.

#9 11th June 2011, 4:39 PM

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Originally Posted by danprince10

Kinda lame how that basically puts the winner like as the leader for the all time money list...

The all-time money list is already a joke. Plus it's a small-field high stakes tournament so Erik Seidel is obviously going to ship it and he was already basically at the top anyway. So it won't change much.

This is a cool idea, I like it. Sort of makes up for the Onyx Cup falling through.

#10 11th June 2011, 5:10 PM

i wonder what the line up gona be in this tournement what r the 48 players who put the 1 mil i think there will be more busnis mens than pro in this event even most of the proes cant affored to play hight entrey buy in tournemnt

#11 11th June 2011, 5:58 PM

It's a year away, they'll have time to save. Plus even if they can't really afford it (remember that you don't need to worry about BRM for a one-off game) there will be people who won't be able to resist the lure of a potential $17 million payday and play anyway. And $1 million is only five or ten buyins for the cash games a lot of the high stakes players play in.

#12 11th June 2011, 6:16 PM

Its so pointless IMO.
But then again, there are high stakes cash games where they are playing for millions as well, so not so unexpected I guess.

#13 11th June 2011, 6:18 PM

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Originally Posted by only_bridge

Its so pointless IMO.

Public relations and hype = point IMO.

#14 11th June 2011, 6:24 PM

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Originally Posted by OzExorcist

Public relations and hype = point IMO.

Yeah, need more than that to excite me.
Perhaps Carlos Slim vs Bill Gates. HU for whole bankroll.

#15 11th June 2011, 6:26 PM

To be fair, jaded regular poker players are hardly the target audience for a tournament like this - it's all about getting Average Joe excited.

#16 12th June 2011, 5:56 PM

This sounds like a really boring event.

#17 12th June 2011, 9:00 PM

I was thinking it was alot about > charity.

#18 13th June 2011, 11:29 PM

Good for the charities, but I just get bored always seeing the same guys play huge stakes on TV.

#19 14th June 2011, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Jbutcher77

Good for the charities, but I just get bored always seeing the same guys play huge stakes on TV.

Last I checked the TV ratings say you're in the minority - well known players playing for high stakes are one of the few things in poker that result in ratings spikes.

#20 14th June 2011, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jbutcher77

but I just get bored always seeing the same guys play huge stakes on TV.

Well do you want to watch the micro stakes players?

#21 14th June 2011, 3:09 AM

With the right promotion this could attract the billionaire inheritance baby/savvy business tycoon types...good TV.

Paris Hilton VS Mark Cuban HU

#22 14th June 2011, 5:45 AM

It'll be interesting to see the structure in this event. Will they start with 3,000,000 in tournament chips? How long will the levels last?

#23 14th June 2011, 5:51 AM

saving up now...only $999,999 to go....

#24 14th June 2011, 9:33 AM

Looks interesting...I'm thinking it might draw in some of those business type billionaires also. Is it only invite, or anyone can enter?

#25 14th June 2011, 4:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Vfranks

Looks interesting...I'm thinking it might draw in some of those business type billionaires also. Is it only invite, or anyone can enter?

Pretty sure it's open to anyone with a million bucks to burn.

#26 14th June 2011, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tpb221

saving up now...only $999,999 to go....

U better get 2 buyins, so you have good BRM.

#27 14th June 2011, 10:34 PM

Lol, how ridiculous

#28 14th June 2011, 10:43 PM

silly idea i think

#29 15th June 2011, 3:32 AM

M-A-R-K-E-T-I-N-G guys!!! Put on a spectacle that people are interested in watching. That's why the WSOP was started.

Guess the top 200 players in the world could go play in someone's basement or in the backroom of an undisclosed casino instead?

#30 15th June 2011, 3:55 AM

I think its a great idea, with the $2 I made in a freeroll today, Im one step closer

#31 15th June 2011, 8:47 AM

I don't see why its silly. Players with that much money must have a hard time getting 'the rush' they use to feel when they started out. With 17 mil on the line I'm sure the players will have a good time.

Hell if I had 20 mil in the bank, I'd drop a mil to play and see if I can't double what I own up.

Its their money, they can do with it whatever they want.

#32 15th June 2011, 9:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kcanuck

M-A-R-K-E-T-I-N-G guys!!! Put on a spectacle that people are interested in watching. That's why the WSOP was started.

Seems like a good idea to me... shipping 11% (or however much it is) to charity is also very cool (< & great for image of poker to general public)

#33 15th June 2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by FreeRollWannabe

I don't see why its silly. Players with that much money must have a hard time getting 'the rush' they use to feel when they started out. With 17 mil on the line I'm sure the players will have a good time.

Hell if I had 20 mil in the bank, I'd drop a mil to play and see if I can't double what I own up.

Its their money, they can do with it whatever they want.

BRM ftw

#34 15th June 2011, 11:04 PM

That's just the sort of tourny I would love to watch on tv !
Let me know when the $1 satelites begin.

#35 28th June 2011, 3:54 PM

wow i will watch it too... I wish i could play in that tourney!!!! It would be fun.....

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