$10 Million Poker Prize For WSOP

Published: Friday, April 08, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

$10 MILLION PRIZE FOR WSOP

Full Tilt Poker lives up to its name in latest promotion

Poker prizes just keeping getting bigger and better, it appears from the most recent announcement by Full Tilt Poke. The US company has launched the richest poker giveaway ever just two months prior to the World Series of Poker with an unprecedented $10 million promo.

Players who qualify for the WSOP Main Event by playing on Full Tilt's site and then going on to win the Main Event, will get an additional $10 million cash prize from the company over and above their winning purse.

This year, the WSOP Main Event is expected to award the biggest cash purse in history, estimated to be a $60 million prize pool. The first place winner is expected to take home as much as $10 million.

There will also be an opportunity for players to sharpen their skills with the Team Full Tilt pros in preparation for the big game. Team Full Tilt, who as a group have 23 World Series of Poker bracelets includes: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Phil Gordon (Co-host, Celebrity Poker Showdown,) Clonie Gowen, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman and others.