In a scene reminiscent of the current James Bond film, Casino Royale,
the Manchester United football star Teddy Sheringham was on hand this
week to launch VCPoker.com's massive $10 million Grand Slam tournament.
The football hero flashed a winning smile and poker hand to announce
the debut of the big event, which kicks off on December 3. Splendidly
tailored in a tuxedo and surrounded by a bevy of stunning Grand Slam
Girls, Sheringham cut a dashing figure within the stylish confines
of the VC Players Lounge - London’s newest and biggest poker
room.
The $10 Million Grand Slam is a new tournament series guaranteeing
online poker’s single richest prize. Comprised of 4 poker tournaments
hosted on VC Poker.com over the course of 4 consecutive weeks, the
$10 Million Grand Slam offers in excess of US$20 million in guaranteed
prizes and a breathtaking $10 million first prize to the eventual
Grand Slam Champion.
Inspired by the prestigious Grand Slam events in golf and tennis,
the $10 Million Grand Slam seeks to crown a comparable champion in
the poker realm. Poker players will vie for the overall Grand Slam
title through competition in four consecutive tournaments hosted on
VC Poker.com, each tourney offering its own guaranteed prize pool
ranging from $50 000 to $100 000.
“Until now, the world’s best online poker players
have had to compete in land-based tournaments to win a prize of this
magnitude. With our $10 Million Grand Slam, VC Poker.com is proud
to introduce an event that not only guarantees online poker’s
richest prize to date, but also introduces a unique competition to
find the world’s best player in their preferred online setting,”
says group chief Victor Chandler.
With a first place prize comparable to the land-based World Series
of Poker Main Event, the $10 Million Grand Slam offers player’s
substantially better odds with a maximum field of 4 000 players compared
to the 8000+ competing in the 2006 WSOP finale. In addition to $10
Million, $5 Million & $3 Million prizes on offer for multiple
first place finishes, the $10 Million Grand Slam tournament series
also offers exceptional value to those players looking to realize
dreams of becoming a professional poker player.
“The $10 Million Grand Slam has a lot for poker players
to get excited about," says VCPoker's marketing manager
Lee Ferris. "First and foremost, we can look forward to
the spectacle of the world’s best online poker players competing
for $10 Million and the historic achievement of becoming poker’s
first Grand Slam Champion. In addition, we’re also rewarding
players who simply demonstrate consistency in their play with opportunities
to win as much as $250 000 and a chance to become a professional player
sponsored by VC Poker.com.”
Online satellite qualifiers have already be en running during November
(see earlier InfoPowa reports) with exclusive freeroll and satellite
tournaments on VC Poker.com. Poker players and fans alike can look
forward to 3 December, 2006 when the first of the 4 Grand Slam Tournaments
ushers in a new era for high stakes online poker tournaments.