The Ultimate High-Roller Poker Tour
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:23 PM
If you're a seasoned or established poker pro, you no doubt spend quite a considerable amount of time playing some of the world's largest poker tourneys and circuits, trying to bring in some of the biggest cashes out there available to poker players. For any seasoned or established poker pro or advanced poker players, traveling to all the poker tourneys can be both a very expensive journey and a very busy one, traveling city to city.
For these "high-roller" poker players, your tournament buy-in fees can easily fetch a $10,000 entry fee or higher. The lifestyle too, is very hectic and fast paced. For most players, qualifying in a few tourneys a year can be a very rewarding career and one that can provide a very generous income stretching into the millions.
There are many poker tournaments in the United States and around the world. Many have different rules & structures and also provide different payout schedules, for various preferences per poker player. Most high stakes poker tourneys are classified as: freezeout, knockout or bounty tournaments. Most of the tourneys will payout your typical top 10% qualifiers, but some may vary to 15 or even 20% payout levels. When playing at the high-roller level, most large poker tournaments will attract the biggest poker players in the world, because of the high payouts.
So if you're a seasoned or established poker player with a minimum annual poker tournament bankroll of $120,000 + ....here is our own TOP 12 Listing, of the Ultimate High-Roller Poker Tour live tournaments:
Month || Tourney Name || Casino Property || Buy-In
JAN: PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (Atlantis Resort, Bahamas) = $10,000
JAN: Aussie Millions (Crown Casino, Melbourne Australia) = $10,000
FEB: WPT L.A. Poker Classic (Commerce Casino, Los Angeles CA) = $10,000
MAR: WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star (Bay 101 Casino, San Jose CA) = $10,000
MAY: WPT World Championship (Bellagio Resort, Las Vegas NV) = $25,000
JUL: WPT Bellagio Cup (Bellagio Resort, Las Vegas NV) = $10,000
JUL: WSOP No Limit Hold'em Championship Main Event (Rio Suites, Las Vegas NV) = $10,000
AUG: WPT Legends of Poker (Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles CA) = $5,000
SEP: WPT Borgata Poker Open (Borgata Resort, Atlantic City NJ) = $3,500
OCT: WPT Festa Al Lago (Bellagio Resort, Las Vegas NV) = $10,000
NOV: WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals (Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket CT) = $10,000
DEC: WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic (Bellagio Resort, Las Vegas NV) = $10,000