10,000,000$ Buy in SNG hosted by Fox Sports. - Page 3

all the players involved will own like 20% of themselves, max

Australia once again shows it is the hidden powerhouse of the world!

Once again?

I doubt any players will put up their own money. Full Tilt will have paid for Ivey.

On December 13 2005 10:25 cremdrol wrote: AWESOME i live 10 minutes away from where it is being held at.. yahooo i noticed at the casino, half of the room which had roulettes, blackjacks were replaced with poker tables, and it was abeautiful sight, poker tables all over the room, it was great.. now i know why, they're preparing for July $10 mill :D

I doubt theyll be playing in the crown basement... I mean poker room .

On December 14 2005 01:42 byrnesam wrote: I doubt any players will put up their own money. Full Tilt will have paid for Ivey.

yes theyw ill put up 10 million dollars

ROFL : [

no rake from this one ? lol

1 million dollars rake of course!

On December 14 2005 06:19 SpasticInk wrote: 1 million dollars rake of course!

ROFL nice... I don't think this will be played.

what was the result in that match between dolly's team and andy whatshisname?



i've been finding the $10k buy-in for the wsop ridiculously low and outdated (it used to be a ton of money in 1973 when people signed up for it, and they should have gradually increased the buy-in over time), and it really messes the event up, but $10 million? that's just kinda ridiculous lol


maybe this will wake up the WSOP organisors, it's a bit laughable to call your tournament "the world series of poker" if there is an event out there with a buyin that's one thousand times as high.. how many people do they want to play in the WSOP next year? 10,000? god ;( skill is already meaningless in the wsop anyway so why not

They played multiple times, the pros won sometimes and andy beal won a couple times. Overall the pros ended up winning but they didnt win a huge amount for the stakes.

whoever wins will definitely get hunted down

On December 14 2005 15:22 Refrain[FriZ] wrote: whoever wins will definitely get hunted down

just like trump, beal, bellagio, gates, etc, etc get hunted down every day

On December 14 2005 14:25 Mig wrote: They played multiple times, the pros lost sometimes and andy beal won a couple times. Overall the pros ended up winning but they didnt win a huge amount for the stakes.

in other words andy beat kind of held his own? Mission accomplished for him then I think

On December 14 2005 15:32 RiKD wrote: Show nested quote + On December 14 2005 15:22 Refrain[FriZ] wrote: whoever wins will definitely get hunted down just like trump, beal, bellagio, gates, etc, etc get hunted down every day

But they didn't take $10,000,000 from a guy's hands in front of his face. ;D

On December 14 2005 12:46 GroT wrote: what was the result in that match between dolly's team and andy whatshisname? i've been finding the $10k buy-in for the wsop ridiculously low and outdated (it used to be a ton of money in 1973 when people signed up for it, and they should have gradually increased the buy-in over time), and it really messes the event up, but $10 million? that's just kinda ridiculous lol maybe this will wake up the WSOP organisors, it's a bit laughable to call your tournament "the world series of poker" if there is an event out there with a buyin that's one thousand times as high.. how many people do they want to play in the WSOP next year? 10,000? god ;( skill is already meaningless in the wsop anyway so why not

I don't think 10k is "ridiculously low". 10k is still ALOT of money. Most people in the world don't even have an income of 10k a year. There are also very few people that can just throw around that kind of money. 10k is like half a nice car, a whole bargain car, or a downpayment on a cheap house or condo. The reason there are so many players in the WSOP is because a large percentage of them get there through satalites these days.

I dunno, unless you're suggesting it should be like the old days where ~50 people compete for a winner take all prize or something. But I don't think it will ever be like that again simple because of poker's popularity.

I would take place on July 2006 ?

"One ring to own them all"

On December 14 2005 19:07 MaidenFan wrote: Show nested quote + On December 14 2005 12:46 GroT wrote: what was the result in that match between dolly's team and andy whatshisname? i've been finding the $10k buy-in for the wsop ridiculously low and outdated (it used to be a ton of money in 1973 when people signed up for it, and they should have gradually increased the buy-in over time), and it really messes the event up, but $10 million? that's just kinda ridiculous lol maybe this will wake up the WSOP organisors, it's a bit laughable to call your tournament "the world series of poker" if there is an event out there with a buyin that's one thousand times as high.. how many people do they want to play in the WSOP next year? 10,000? god ;( skill is already meaningless in the wsop anyway so why not I don't think 10k is "ridiculously low". 10k is still ALOT of money. Most people in the world don't even have an income of 10k a year. There are also very few people that can just throw around that kind of money. 10k is like half a nice car, a whole bargain car, or a downpayment on a cheap house or condo. The reason there are so many players in the WSOP is because a large percentage of them get there through satalites these days. I dunno, unless you're suggesting it should be like the old days where ~50 people compete for a winner take all prize or something. But I don't think it will ever be like that again simple because of poker's popularity.

10k is nothing to poker players and professionals (lawyers etc.) You cant really compare it to the wider population, trailer trash spend that money on beer and smokes anyway. Its all relative.

i'm not saying it "should be" 50 again (although that would be fantastic in my opinion) but 5000 players sign up these days, it just takes all magic out of the event



back in 1997 i think about 300 people signed up and stu ungar managed to win it


I think up to 500 players is a cool numer