Worlds largest online poker tournament

Just when you thought that the prizes in poker could not get any larger, then you are in for a surprise. An international poker tournament scheduled to be held next month will put a world record in terms of the prize money. The players will be contending for a pool of eight million dollars in cash.

Although it may be surprising that such large sums are being played for, let us not forget the popularity of poker in the media. Every where you go nowadays you see poker, whether it is on television, or in the poker clubs sprouting like mushrooms everywhere, there is no getting around it. Poker is here to stay and it is probable that many companies will be sponsoring the event.

What is special about this event however, is that it will be played online from around the world. It will be an online poker tournament played in an online casino. Not the first, but groundbreaking nonetheless because of the prize money. Just goes to show the power that the online casinos are starting to get among gamblers who do not snub them anymore, rather, many gamblers prefer to play in the online casinos because of the convenience.