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Commerce Casino Scores Largest Land-Based Non-WSOP Tournament Ever with First Event in New 'Hold'em Series'.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 17-SEP-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
3,967 Turn Out for Series Opener Which Featured a $753,730 Prize Pool and $164,627 First Prize Claimed by Los Angeles' Moshe Mashiah after Only a $220-Buy-In

Still to Come: $400,000 and $500,000 Guaranteed Tourney, the Knockout Bounty Event and the Ironman!

COMMERCE, Calif. -- Attracted by a unique format that included a three-day start which allowed players to buy back in on subsequent days if they busted out early--plus a $500,000 guarantee-- 3,967 players anted up a $220-buy-in at Commerce Casino to create the largest land-based poker tournament in history outside of the WSOP. It marked the seventh largest event ever in poker--only exceeded by...

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