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Poker Million V
The biggest and richest event in European Poker is about to break records
when it comes to financial prizes in poker tournaments. The fifth year of
Poker Million V will see the largest addition of prize money in any poker
tournament in the history of poker. In additions to adding $1,000,000 in
prize money, this year Ladbrokes are guaranteeing Europe’s largest prize
pool of $4, 120,000 in cash prizes. $2,440,000 will be awarded in the
televised portion of the tournament, with $1,200,000 going to the winner and
$1,680,000 in cash prizes on the online Weekly Final tournaments.
Over four months, 71 players for the televised tournament will be determined
by different means. These players will go to London, England, to film their
heat. The televised celebrity heat will provide the last player for the live
televised stages of Poker Million V. The twelve heat winners will be going
back to London for the semi-finals and the top three finishers in each will
then compete in the Live Final. All will be broadcast on Sky Sports in
December.
Players who wish to qualify for the televised stages of Poker Million V can
go online. From Sunday March 5th, Ladbrokespoker.com will be staging 16
$150,000 Guaranteed Poker Million Weekly Finals online. The top two
finishers from each of these finals will each win one of the 72 places in
the televised stages of Poker Million V. In additions, they will share in a
guaranteed $105,000 in the cash pool. Twelve seats for the tournament have
already been reserved for poker professionals who play at
Ladsbrokespoker.com. Professionals can obtain these seats by competing in a
pro showdown, which will include last year’s Poker Million Champion Toney
Jones.
The original Poker Million took place in the Hilton Hotel in November of
2000. 30 million viewers tuned in worldwide to watch the first final which
was won by John Duthie. The event took a short break and returned in 2003 on
Sky Sports with Jimmy White taking the $150,000 first prize. In 2004,
Donnacha O’Dea took the championship, and in 2005 it was Tony’s turn. He
walked away with $1 million, although he started out as an 8/1 outsider.
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