$1 million One Drop poker tournament.

So I am excited to see the upcoming WSOP on tv this summer. I am especially excited to see the the $1 million tournament. Has anybody here been following the talk leading up to the event? I think it will honestly be the most entertaining televised poker game ever produced. I would like to hear what you guys think. It will be so dynamic, because 70 percent of the field will be the best of the best in the world. Also it will have just enough recreational players to make it +ev for the pros. In addition it will also add another element with pros trying to isolate the weak recreational players, and other pros picking up on light iso raises. It should be epic. And not epic like that flop of a show Epic Poker League.

Will be fun to watch.. but none of these guys are buying in 100%. All of these guys have sold atleast 80-90% of action and have sponsors backing them into it. Basically this is for charity and show. These big name players are def making money just off of advertisements by playing but this would be completely different if each players was putting up the million. None of these guys are there only in it for 100-200k and I would be shocked if its even that much. All of these guys have sponsor deals and are getting backed into this. Will still be fun to watch but I guarantee that there will be some pretty horrible play that you would never see if these guys are putting up the one million.

The events start tomorrow with the employess.

I've read something about that tourney...
I think it's going to be great and 111,111$ of the buy-in will be to help a ong

No I think you are mostly correct about the backing. However, guys like Dwan, Ivey, and even the amateurs like the founder of Cirque du Soleil will definitely be buying in with their own money. Even guys like Justin Smith may even buy in for most if not all with their own money.

Sounds like something I might want to watch. Where will it be on tv?

It is actually going to be televised in large part by ESPN. I think in June. It will be so sick. It is going to be capped to 48 people. If it gets 48 people, and it looks as though it will, it will pay over 11 million for first. That would make it the highest first place prize ever in tournament poker history.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by sickread23

No I think you are mostly correct about the backing. However, guys like Dwan, Ivey, and even the amateurs like the founder of Cirque du Soleil will definitely be buying in with their own money. Even guys like Justin Smith may even buy in for most if not all with their own money.

---

Dwan, Ivey and amateurs and even business owners playing in it are not paying the full 1 million buy in. I guarantee dwan and ivey have sponsors and sold action around the MTT poker community. And why the hell would amateurs be sticking a million dollars without selling action when pros are playing for 10%... that would absolutely be the dumb and a waste of 1 million dollars.

Now big time business players are probably putting in close to the million but use some logic and think what they get out of doing this. They receive a HUGE tax write off, they are donating money to charity, plus they get free advertisement throughout vegas, the wsj, and poker communities across the world.

At my current winning projections, I should be available for this tourney in the Year 2089. All I have to do is live this long:) I can see the Headline Now: Oldest living man Wins $1 million buy in and dies of a heart attack while holding the winning hand of 4h 5h! That would be the way of going out on top!...LOL

MP, I know you are wrong. Why would Dwan and Ivey sell action when they both have 50 mill plus? Also, who in the world would stake these amateurs for a 10k buy-in, let alone a million? The amateurs are billionaires. That's 1k million if u didn't know.

LOL Snack Pack...... all the best run-good 2 u.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by sickread23

MP, I know you are wrong. Why would Dwan and Ivey sell action when they both have 50 mill plus? Also, who in the world would stake these amateurs for a 10k buy-in, let alone a million? The amateurs are billionaires. That's 1k million if u didn't know.

---

50 mill plus is no reason to put 1 million on 1 tourney given the swings poker can have being as good as they are. If they can play a tournament like that for just $100,000 wouldn't you think they would?

Wish I had the money to buy-in! Wonder what first place will pay out?

My money is on Seidel! He is going to walk away with this one. Mark my words! Erik Seidel...Winner!

Hey Aces, you must not be all that up on poker news. Dwan just won a $4 million plus pot over in Macau the other day.He may very well be worth more than 50 mill. These guys are so sick that they can afford $1 million, and wouldn't miss a massive score by selling action.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by sickread23

Hey Aces, you must not be all that up on poker news. Dwan just won a $4 million plus pot over in Macau the other day.He may very well be worth more than 50 mill. These guys are so sick that they can afford $1 million, and wouldn't miss a massive score by selling action.

---

I'm more into playing than watching.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by sickread23

Hey Aces, you must not be all that up on poker news. Dwan just won a $4 million plus pot over in Macau the other day.He may very well be worth more than 50 mill. These guys are so sick that they can afford $1 million, and wouldn't miss a massive score by selling action.

---

Your absolutely wrong and I can prove it to you if you need me too. You can do simple research on 2+2 of pocketfives or if your not able to do that I will just send you there and provide you basic a,b,c proof that NONE of these guys are putting up the 1 million. THERE IS NO POINT for any of these guys to do it when they can easily sell 80-90% of it or be backed by sponsors.

The WPT Highroller that was a 100k buy in had 34 players and I can provide you links to 27 of them selling atleast 40% of action on 2+2 marketplace if you would like. I can almost guarantee that the other 7 sold action privately or had sponsors.

Think about this logically and anyone with any idea how the MTT regs poker community you understand and realize that these guys sell anywhere from 40-70% of there action for any given tournament. They sell action to other regs and buy action from other regs and basically just moving money around between each other. If you dont believe me just go look for yourself at the marketplace online/live and see that there are roughly 200-300 marketplace threads with pretty common pros selling action at the wsop.

Im gonna have to watch this on. This should be good.

depends on who plays it would be funny to see the amateur win

How many players are they saying are suppose to be playing in this million dollar tourney ?

Its capped @ 48.

Too bad that where I live poker is not on TV and watching online is so slooooow!

I've seen this movie. The British spy wins with a straight flush.

the tournament is tomorow?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mawoyto

I've seen this movie. The British spy wins with a straight flush.

---

???? where is the spamanator to delete this crap.... thread was actually positive before this post.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Pocus

the tournament is tomorow?

---

no...

woow beautiful turnamet whit a big pot i love this tipe of gamess

Yes this is so beautifull tounament! gOOD lUCK all

I haven't heard that Ivey is in it yet to those saying they are playing. I think itd be around 50/50 if he's going to play or not. And as for the backing, who cares! Its not like them not paying the full buyin will hurt the actual game for the viewers. I think we've seen the 50k and how intense that is. Lets just say people have 100k in it, it will be very intense. And a chance to lead the all time money earnings will be interesting. Even if someone is in there with a 5% freeroll, they are still trying to win close to a million. Cant wait for this event. July 1!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by wwwrungood

I haven't heard that Ivey is in it yet to those saying they are playing. I think itd be around 50/50 if he's going to play or not. And as for the backing, who cares! Its not like them not paying the full buyin will hurt the actual game for the viewers. I think we've seen the 50k and how intense that is. Lets just say people have 100k in it, it will be very intense. And a chance to lead the all time money earnings will be interesting. Even if someone is in there with a 5% freeroll, they are still trying to win close to a million. Cant wait for this event. July 1!

---

It more of a publicity stunt then it is an actual tournament... Trust me these guys would much rather win the 50k players championship or a regular event than this. Sure they want to win but its not near important to these guys than a regular bigger event. This will be a show, charity, and tax write off for 98% of these players.

Spoken in a lot of poker million but i still have not got the million percent of those mine lol

i dont quite undestand this post completely

Lol trudizzle, you have 2 start from the OP. There are some incoherant, retarded posts here that are off topic. Basic jist is a $1 million dollar tourney this year on ESPN.

I think its a bit too much for a tourney
Isildur1 said the same
he wont pay the buy in for that tourney

one million is a good money

why i cant win any gifts:( give me good poker helper book

help me plzzzz

MP is right tho. Most Pros Never have a 100% of there own action, even the biggest names!!