The PokerStars “Big Game” debuted on the FOX television network earlier this week in what was considered a very successful first episode.
Perhaps the main reason for the successful debut was the fact that many of the world’s best live and internet poker players attended the Big Game. Some of the players who sat down for the Big Game included phil Hellmuth, Tony G, Doyle Brunson, Phil Laak, Daniel Negreanu and Ernest Wiggins who is only an amateur player.
Wiggins, who hails from Washington D.C., was especially interesting since he qualified for the show through a “Loose Cannon” poker tournament at PokerStars. And Wiggins certainly didn’t look like an amateur since he played his poker hands just as good as any of the pros; he even took down a big pot against Phil Hellmuth! The win by Wiggins had the Ultimate Bet pro Hellmuth visibly upset as the other pros joked around about the loss.
The biggest winner of the afternoon was Tony G who somehow managed to make a whopping 95,000 US Dollars after just playing 32 holdem poker handes. For Doyle Brunson, who is the face of Doyles Room and their amazing 33% rakeback deals, it was a tough start as he lost his entire stack by the end of Episode 1.
Due to the success of the Big Game’s first show, it is expected that a lot more people will be tuning in to see how these pros fare in future episodes. There will be stack more people hoping to quality for the show through the Loose Cannon games of poker. Anybody who manages to qualify for the show will have their buy-in paid along with a guaranteed seat in the nationally televised poker show.
If you aren’t lucky enough to have a win at the Loose Cannon event, or earn a bit on the Big Game, you can still earn plenty of money through the VIP program at PokerStars.
Whatever you choose to do, you can enjoy plenty of games of Online Poker including perhaps a game of Party Poker, or maybe PKR Poker – you decide.
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