Full Tilt To Host Vegas Poker Event

The Full Tilt Poker Global Poker Challenge, held December 15th at the Palms Hotel, will pit one hundred of the best players in the game of poker against one another for money and bragging rights. The Las Vegas hotel will host the $5,000 buy in double shoot out, and ten online entrants will get a shot at a part of the $500,000 prize purse.

In a testament to the power of poker TV, FSN is broadcasting the program in January, where it is expected to be seen in about one hundred million homes, which comes out to a million homes per player.

Full Tilt is partnering with Matchroom Sports as well as United Kingdome producer Barry Hearn to bring the Global Poker Challenge off successfully.. …

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Sun, December 18th, 2005

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