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Online poker sites are routinely running tourneys for thousands of players
One of the online gambling phenomena that InfoPowa reporters have increasingly noticed is the high value tournament, and this week we took a look at the most popular of at least three different big bucks competitions that have become a regular happening in online poker.
The PokerStars $1 Million Guaranteed tournament attracted "only" 1301 players with its $1.3 million prize pool and $1 000 + $50 buy-in but when the final table had been decided in some intense play, the average stack was well over 425 000.
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At the death, the two final heads up players fought it out for a first prize of $262 151 and some change, the sort of numbers one is more accustomed to seeing in big progressive wins at online casinos. The second placed gambler took home $161 974.50 and of the remaining eight finalists not one was under $18 000 in rewards.
This was not an extraordinary event. It indicates how much action is going on over the Internet at online poker sites on a weekly basis, but is often overlooked in the welter of publicity for giant land and online special events like the WPT, the WSOP and major competitions put together by leading companies.
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