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Largest Prize Pool Ever Totals in at $42+ Million: Big One for ONE DROP

July 1, 2012

Poker has always been a charitable sport and over the years many poker tournaments have been held in support of various charities, and these tournaments often attract some big name poker players and celebrities. This time though, poker has even outdone itself, as the WSOP will host the biggest buy-in event. Ever. Anywhere. The prize pool totals more than $42 million.

The Big One for ONE Drop, which started a couple hours ago in Vegas is a $1 million buy-in event. Cirque du Soleil CEO Guy Laliberté was the first to register at last year’s WSOP, and many other big business executives, poker players, and philanthropists have since joined him to make for a sold out tournament with 48 entrants. The first place winner will receive the largest prize in the history of poker—$18,346,773. The previous largest payout went to Jamie Gold in 2006 for his WSOP Main Event championship title.

The Big One was initially Laliberté’s idea when he approached WSOP officials about hosting the biggest poker tournament of all time, and his dream came to be reality today. Event #55 is a NLH event is a unique assemblage of the some of the world’s most esteemed millionaires and billionaires. This event will be televised ESPN and streamed live on WSOP.com.

For every registrant, $111,111 will be donated to the ONE DROP charity in hopes of assisting poor nations with accessing clean water. With a full house, the charity will receive $5,533,328. There will be no rake taken during the tournament, so all $888,889 of each player’s entry fee will go to the prize pool. Players started with 3 million in chips, and nine of the 48 will be paid. World renowned watchmaker Richard Mille has designed an exclusive Big One for ONE DROP bracelet for the winner.

Professional poker players registered include Tom Dwan, Jonathan Duhamel, Phil Galfond, Bertrand Grospellier, Phil Ivey, Eugene Katchalov, Ben Lamb, Michael Mizrachi, Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Mike Sexton, noah Schwartz, Gus Hansen, Sam Trickett, and Phil Hellmuth, among many others.

Written by Maria · Filed Under Poker News 

July 2012 PartyPoker Bonus Code

July 1, 2012

Poker Bonus

The summer is just getting started and PartyPoker has an excellent sign up bonus for newly depositing players. Just use PartyPoker Bonus Code 500PS to claim a $/£/€500 bonus when you make your first deposit. Then start playing poker to earn your bonus. Your bonus will automatically clear to your account as you earn PartyPoints. For each dollar bet you make, you’ll earn one PartyPoint. For every dollar you pay in tournament fees, you’ll earn one PartyPoint. Once you start stacking points, your bonus will start clearing to your account in 10 equal installments. If you are playing with US$, you’ll need six times your bonus in points. If you are playing in Euros, you’ll have to earn eight times your bonus; and if you are playing in Sterling, you’ll need nine times your bonus in points to clear your bonus in full. You will have 60 days to clear your full bonus.

Summer Millions

There’s one more month left in the PartyPoker Summer Millions promo. Through August 5th, for as little as $1, you can win your share of the guaranteed $1 million prize pool in the Summer Million Main Event tournament to take place on August 5th.

Freerolls & Other Promotions

PartyPoker has tons of promotions in addition to Summer Millions including the $1.5K freeroll that only costs one penny to enter and more than $100K in additional freerolls every month. Aside from freerolls, PartyPoker players can participate in the Extra Time promo for a chance to win their cut of more than $1K and a football shirt of their choice for only $1. Or compete in the Summer Superstars with $5K worth of daily freeroll prizes and WPT packages for leaderboard toppers.

Written by Marcus · Filed Under Poker News 

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