There was a lot of commotion in the online poker world after a leading industry giant, Full Tilt Poker, had announced the start of their new $25,000 buy-in heads-up championship. This tournament is slated to be the most expensive online poker tournament organized ever.

The tournament has a field of pros and high stakes players comprising of 64 highly skilled players. These players are 22 Full Tilt-sponsored professionals and Team Full Tilt members.

It was David Singer, an environmental lawyer who turned into a successful pro poker player who had won the top prize after defeating numerous players in successive heads-up matches.

The other famous finishers include the instructor in CardRunners.com, Brian ‘Stinger’ Hastings. He had finished third, and the American poker professional Andy Bloch who ended up 4^th. These two players had won $168,000 for their high finishes.

In addition to all this, Full Tilt also offers sweat tournaments where ordinary players can enter a reasonable $5.50 heads-up tournament which runs in tandem with the $25K event. These tournaments work as a place for wagering of the outcome of the main event, where the winner gets a share of a $5,000 added jackpot.

Online casino news from whichonlinecasino.co.uk

Posted on Friday, June 20th, 2008 | Filed under Casino News.
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