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Venue |
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After the
interesting debut of this event in the Isle of Man in 2000, the Poker Million
has moved to London's main conference hotel, the Metropole (left).
Well
positioned at 225 Edgware Road, London, W2 1JU, it is 2 minutes from the
nearest London Underground station in Edgware Road (Circle, District, Bakerloo,
Hammersmith & City) and only a 5 minute walk from the Paddington Rail
station.
The playing room vast and a top quality non-smoking and
mobile-phone free space. |
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| Background |
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Poker Million was created by the people at Ladbrokes casinos before
the chain was sold to Gala Bingo. Roy Hougton, the card room manager at the
Russell Square Casino devised many of the ideas that went into the original
tournament that was staged at the Hilton Hotel and Casino, Isle of Man, in the
year 2000.
Since the casino chain changed corporate ownership the new
owners declined to proceed with the tournament ideas and the Poker Million name
carries on by virtue of ownership by a new company set up by
LadbrokeCasino.com, still a part of Hilton, the company originally in charge of
the land based Ladbrokes Casino chain.
Follow the story of the first
event in the year 2000 in our special
section. |
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| Schedule |
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The game played will be No-Limit Texas
Hold'em.
| Date |
Event |
Play to |
| 28/03 |
Day 1 Poker Million |
reception
for entrants and draw at 8pm. |
| 29/03 |
Day 2
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12 hours of
play |
| 30/03 |
Day 3
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12 hours of
play |
| 31/03 |
Final
Table |
12 hours of play to
winner |
| ALL DAYS BEGIN AT 2 P.M.
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During the first two
days each level will last 120 minutes. During the final day each level will
last 90 minutes. Players will start with $5,000 in tournament chips. At any
time during the first three levels of play, each player can receive an
additional $5,000 in chips. In any case, these must be used before the fourth
level starts, otherwise they will be forfeited. There will be a fifteen-minute
break after each level.
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| Champions |
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| Poker Million Champions |
| Year |
Players |
Winner |
Prize |
Runner-up |
Prize |
| 2000 |
156 |
John Duthie |
£1,000,000 |
Teddy Tuil |
£100,000 |
| 2002 |
? |
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£1,000,000 |
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| Famous Faces |
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Devilfish |
Barry Hearn, Jack
McClelland, .... |
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| Betting |
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A
number of Bookmakers will be running a book on this years event. Watch this
space for details on who and the value.
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| Results |
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Results will appear here
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