Foxwoods
Friday, July 30th, 2010In more fun poker online news, if you live near the Northeastern Unites States, or will be visiting around the middle of August, Foxwoods casino poker room is holding a special poker event.
The casino is holding a week-long “Mega Stack Challenge” in August that will be hosted by well-known poker pros Chris Moneymaker and Darvin Moon.
The tournament series will be held from August 17-23 with a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. The first event will be a two-day event from August 17-18 with each player starting with 15,000 chips. There is a $125,000 prize pool and a buy-in of $340.
The second event, which begins on August 19, is also a two-day event and also has a $125,000 prize pool. However, players will start with 20,000 chips and the buy-in is $560.
The third event is a three-day Everest tournament, with a guaranteed $250,000 prize pool. The buy-in is $1,650 and a starting chip stack of 40,000.
Moneymaker, the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion, and Moon, the 2009 WSOP Main Event runner-up, will both play in the “Mega Stack Challenge” as well as other daily tournaments, including single table sit & gos.
Bernard Lee, a spokesman for Foxwoods who just cashed in this year’s Main Event, will also compete. FoxwoodsLive.com will be blogging the event as well as providing pictures and video interviews.