Update: Phil Ivey to buy-in for $10 million poker tourney
It has just been learned that Phil Ivey, the recent winner of the Monte Carlo Millions and the Full Tilt Poker Invitational tournament, will be one of the six participants in the Mansionpoker.net Pokerdome Series’ $60 million main event.
The $10 million buy-in for the poker event will make it the largest single payday in the history of sports for the fortunate winner. Ivey and the other five players, to be named at a later date, will be dueling it out down under in Melbourne’s Crown Casino.
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Useful poker information:
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
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