Poker elite take to the felt for one of the biggest cash games in history
This past weekend, on Sunday 25th of January 2009, the 2009 Aussie Millions opened what is said to be one of the biggest high-stakes games in history. “The Million Dollar Poker Cash Game” has a jaw dropping minimum buy-in of AUD$1 million and is played in head-to-head format, with a variety of poker games.
Naturally, only some of the boldest and most “deep-pocketed” poker pro’s took up the challenge. The games therefore began with none other than two of the world’s most feared online poker players: Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius, who had to carry their stakes to the table in briefcases.
By the time Antonius finished up a little more than $500,000 in play, they were joined by some other big guns on the poker scene such as Phil Laak, Jamie Pickering, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and Tom Dwan, after which the blinds “dropped” to $500/$1,000. By the end the first session, Jamie Pickering made $100,000 profit, whilst Phil Laak was $250,000 down. All in a day’s play….
