How The Million Pound Showdown Started The High Roller Craze
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: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
High Roller events are all the rage these days but who remembers where they all started? The answer is here in the Vic, which hosted a Million Pound Showdown in 2008 — a million quid guaranteed for a £20,000 entry. You could probably guess who won it. That was the year of Jason Mercier. PokerStars Blog looks back.