$100,000 Buy-in Anyone?
Welcome to the largest buy-in event in the world! The $100,000 Super High Roller here at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is one heck of a way to kick off the 2011 tournament circuit and PokerNews is here from the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas to bring you all of the live coverage.
Numbers bounced around the poker community as to how big this event will be. As of right now, about 30 minutes prior to the start of the event, there's over 30 players registered. Team PokerStars Pros Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Humberto Brenes are all set to play. They'll be joined by a who's who of poker including Sorel Mizzi, Phil Laak, NIck Schulman, Eugene Katchalov, Antonio Esfandiari and Justin Smith.
Also confirmed to play, having bought in via the PokerStars online client, are 2010 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel, North American Poker Tour Venetian champion and 2010 Card Player Player of the Year Tom “kingsofcards” Marchese, WSOP $25,000 Six-Handed runner-up Shawn “buck21” Buchanan, 2009 EPT London High Roller champion Matt Glantz, Andrew “good2cu” Robl, Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin, Vivek "psyduck101" Rajkumar and Bryn “BrynKenney” Kenney. Bottom line is, this event is going to be outright sick.
The largest $100,000 buy-in event came in 2008 at the Aussie Millions. That event, with the buy-in in Australian dollars, drew 25 players. With over 30 already signed up, this event is going to blow that one out of the water.
Play kicks off at 12:00 PM local time here on Paradise Island. Be sure to stay glued right here to PokerNews for all the action!