MicroMillions to giveaway more than $5 million
In today's Daily Rewind we look forward to MicroMillions 8 and recap the latest WSOP Main Event action.
MicroMillions' added value
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| Big money, small stakes |
PokerStars' latest MicroMillions festival has just been announced and this time around there will be at least $5 million to play for.
Kicking off on July 17th and running through until July 27th, the small stakes festival will boast 100 tournaments, including a $22 Main Event with a $1 million guarantee.
Also on the menu this summer will be a "MicroMillions Challenge". Designed to reward consistency, the challenge will furnish players with a ticket to either a $15,000 freeroll or a $30,000 freeroll.
To earn a ticket players have to play between six and nine events (ticket to the $15,000 freeroll) or 10+ tournaments (ticket to the $30,000 freeroll) during the 11-day series.
Each Challenge Tournament will have an "all-in shootout" format and the top prizes for each will be $1,500 and $3,000.
On top of this promotion, PokerStars will also be running a MicroMillions 8 Leaderboard which will reward the top 100 performers of the series with a slew of Sunday Million tickets.
Arne Riise enjoying the Main Event
The biggest poker tournament of the year got underway this weekend and in amongst the hoards of professional players and aspiring amateurs, Norwegian footballer John Arne Riise was part of the WSOP Main Event.
The former Liverpool FC defender is just getting into poker and explained that so far much of his poker activity has taken place online. However, thanks to his larger than normal bankroll he's using the Main Event as a way to learn the game.
So far this year's Main Event has attracted 2,915 players which is 30 players more than at the some point in 2013 and the organisers are predicting the Day 1C will be one of the largest flights in the tournament's history.
Leading the way after two days of play is Martin Jacobson, but with a host of pros, including Marvin 'xcrash154' Rettenmaier, Vanessa Selbst and Erik Seidel, still in contention he certainly won't have an easy ride on Day 2.
Doyle's ringside seat
The WSOP is a tense time for many poker players in Las Vegas, but it seems that two grinders were feeling the strain more than most recently after they started fighting inside Bobby's Room.
The news came through to the community via Doyle Brunson who merely looked on as the opponent's literally fought for chips.
Although he didn't mention any names, many forum posters have been keen to speculate as to which players might have been involved.
So far Jean-Robert Bellande's name has been mentioned, but one pro's name that (surprisingly) hasn't been added to the list of potential suspects is the man who has already had two fights at the WSOP this year: Brandon Cantu.
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| Doyle avoiding punches |
Question of the Day
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After welcoming 4,496 players, this year's $1,111 Little One for One Drop finally came to a conclusion earlier today and standing atop of the winners' rostrum was Igor Dubinskyy.
The Ukrainian pro was able to outlast the likes of Eric Baldwin and manoeuvre himself into a dominant position as the $637,539 top prize drew closer.
Indeed, by the time only Theodore Driscoll stood in his way, Dubinskyy used his 2:1 chip advantage to edge closer to the title.
After grinding down his opponent, Dubinskyy finally claimed the bracelet after his straight (with 
) topped Driscoll's (2nd - $394,281) trip threes.
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 Daniel Smyth has been working in the poker industry for six years as both a player and writer. He currently has a costly penchant for PLO and provides daily content for PokerStrategy.com. You can learn more about Daniel by clicking here.
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