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Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game sets new record
- 9-19-2009
Full Tilt Poker's sponsored show, the Million Dollar Cash Game has completed filming for its fourth season in London, living up to its reputation as one of the world's richest cash games. This year's event, filmed by Emblaze Productions, featured a pot of more than $1.1 million, the largest pot ever won in a TV show.
Million Dollar Cash Game is an invitation-only show featuring an all-star cast of the world's best poker players, each of whom must put up $100,000 of their own money to compete in the event. This season's line-up includes Team Full Tilt players Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Gus Hansen, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, Patrik Antonius, along with heads up expert Tom "durrrr" Dwan and online pro Justin ‘BoostedJ’ Smith.
Some of the season's highlights includes a huge pot between online foes Antonius and Dwan, who regularly play head-to-head at the highest stakes available online at FullTilt.com. Both players put all of their chips into the pot before even seeing a flop, with Dwan holding pocket Aces against the pocket Kings of Antonius. The flop brought a King for Antonius, giving him a set and a lead in the hand. No help came for Dwan on the turn or river, and a massive pot of more than $500,000 was won by Antonius.
Dwan, who is used to the massive swings of fortune that are part of the high-stakes lifestyle, battled his way back out of the red by winning a half-million dollar pot versus Cyril Mouly, a regular high-stakes player online at Full Tilt Poker. All of which led up to the largest pot ever played in televised poker history.
Down to three-handed play with Dwan, Antonius and Ivey, perhaps the three most prolific high-stakes players in the world, the blinds were at a whopping $1,000/$2,000 with a $200 ante. All told, there was more than $2.2 million on the table.
"After almost 20 hours of play, other players stepped aside as the Million Dollar Cash Game turned shorthanded. Three of the world's elite players; Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan, started playing blinds of $1/$2K. It was great to watch." said James Hopkins, Managing Director of Emblaze Productions.
Dwan was first to act and raised it up, only to be re-raised by Phil Ivey from the small blind. Patrik Antonius quickly got out of the way, and Dwan made the call. With almost $60K already in the pot, the flop came Qc-3d-5c. Ivey bet out $40,000, and was immediately called by Dwan. The turn was a 4h and Ivey bet again, and Dwan raised. After several minutes of deliberation, Ivey moved all in. Dwan called away the rest of his chips, revealing 6h-7h for the nut straight. Ivey revealed Ac-2h, good for a straight, but not good enough to take the hand. A Jh fell on the river, making Tom "durrrr" Dwan the winner of more than $1.1 million, the largest pot ever to be won on a televised poker show.
Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game will be aired on Sky Sports in the UK in January 2010, and features commentary from Full Tilt pro Robert Williamson III, an expert high-stakes poker player.
For more information about the Million Dollar Cash Game, Team Full Tilt and all of the Full Tilt Poker pros, visit Fulltiltpoker.com.
Million Dollar Cash Game is an invitation-only show featuring an all-star cast of the world's best poker players, each of whom must put up $100,000 of their own money to compete in the event. This season's line-up includes Team Full Tilt players Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Gus Hansen, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, Patrik Antonius, along with heads up expert Tom "durrrr" Dwan and online pro Justin ‘BoostedJ’ Smith.
Some of the season's highlights includes a huge pot between online foes Antonius and Dwan, who regularly play head-to-head at the highest stakes available online at FullTilt.com. Both players put all of their chips into the pot before even seeing a flop, with Dwan holding pocket Aces against the pocket Kings of Antonius. The flop brought a King for Antonius, giving him a set and a lead in the hand. No help came for Dwan on the turn or river, and a massive pot of more than $500,000 was won by Antonius.
Dwan, who is used to the massive swings of fortune that are part of the high-stakes lifestyle, battled his way back out of the red by winning a half-million dollar pot versus Cyril Mouly, a regular high-stakes player online at Full Tilt Poker. All of which led up to the largest pot ever played in televised poker history.
Down to three-handed play with Dwan, Antonius and Ivey, perhaps the three most prolific high-stakes players in the world, the blinds were at a whopping $1,000/$2,000 with a $200 ante. All told, there was more than $2.2 million on the table.
"After almost 20 hours of play, other players stepped aside as the Million Dollar Cash Game turned shorthanded. Three of the world's elite players; Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan, started playing blinds of $1/$2K. It was great to watch." said James Hopkins, Managing Director of Emblaze Productions.
Dwan was first to act and raised it up, only to be re-raised by Phil Ivey from the small blind. Patrik Antonius quickly got out of the way, and Dwan made the call. With almost $60K already in the pot, the flop came Qc-3d-5c. Ivey bet out $40,000, and was immediately called by Dwan. The turn was a 4h and Ivey bet again, and Dwan raised. After several minutes of deliberation, Ivey moved all in. Dwan called away the rest of his chips, revealing 6h-7h for the nut straight. Ivey revealed Ac-2h, good for a straight, but not good enough to take the hand. A Jh fell on the river, making Tom "durrrr" Dwan the winner of more than $1.1 million, the largest pot ever to be won on a televised poker show.
Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game will be aired on Sky Sports in the UK in January 2010, and features commentary from Full Tilt pro Robert Williamson III, an expert high-stakes poker player.
For more information about the Million Dollar Cash Game, Team Full Tilt and all of the Full Tilt Poker pros, visit Fulltiltpoker.com.