$1,000,000 Buy-in Tourney at 2012 WSOP - Page 10 - Poker News

Are you a child? Who cares about the "value" or "legitimacy" of WSOP bracelets. They can have a 10 million dollar buyin with only 5 guys and if they want to give a piece of that to charity I would give the winner two bracelets for being so degenerate/generous.

It's just a game and for some it is just a job. Stop making it more than it is.

10-27-2011 , 11:31 PM

#227

riverman2k

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 355

I think its hilarious people think this is a disgusting insult to their current life woes (10k buy in is standard - ask any multi job worker on minimum wage, or sub minimum wage with no benefits/legal standing)

10-28-2011 , 12:01 AM

#228

There Is A Light

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 4,923

I wanna see isildur pony up the one million only to bluff off his whole stack with 6 high in the first level.

10-28-2011 , 12:16 AM

#229

moki

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,051

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael DeMichele

They had a booth for this charity/tournament at the 2011 WSOP. There was hardly any information on this charity other than that it's for providing water. When I checked their website in July, it did not explain what they do with the donations or how they have any method to provide water to 3rd world nations. If Guy sort of owns this charity then I would imagine that they're on the up and up, but they should really disclose some sort of info as to what they do if they're going to be begging poker players for donations.

Really? Seems pretty clear to me:

More specifically, ONE DROP Canada, in cooperation with partner Oxfam and others, develops access-to-water and sanitation projects in countries where access to this vital resource is lacking. In addition, ONE DROP is involved in raising awareness among individuals and communities on water-related issues to convince them to mobilize for universal access to water and urge them to adopt sound habits for managing this precious resource for future generations.

http://www.onedrop.org/en/DiscoverOn.../WhoWeAre.aspx

ONE DROP projects use a tripod approach based on three complementary components:

Technical – To improve access to water and promote responsible use of this resource.
Microfinance – To grant loans to communities in order to launch income-generating initiatives and ensure the longevity of projects.
Social arts and popular education – To raise awareness, educate and mobilize communities on water-related issues in order to promote the sound management of water.
ONE DROP’s strategy is to act in clusters of countries in order to optimize the regional impact and use of resources.

Active projects: Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti, El Salvador and India.
Upcoming projects: Southeast Asia and West Africa.

http://www.onedrop.org/en/DiscoverOn...rApproach.aspx

I'll grant you that their copy writer should be fired, but it seems clear what they do...

10-28-2011 , 12:41 AM

#230

ethan2776

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Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 54

Looks like Le Chiffre is in trouble again.

Are they gonna have Steps tournaments for this? It would suck to bust out after making it all the way to Step 40.

10-28-2011 , 12:59 AM

#231

G-Code

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,311

Quote:

Originally Posted by There Is A Light

I wanna see isildur pony up the one million only to bluff off his whole stack with 6 high in the first level.

10-28-2011 , 12:59 AM

#232

monkeylump

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Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,015

Remember the Onyx Cup? That was a good one.

10-28-2011 , 01:13 AM

#233

synth_floyd

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So is this tournament still going to happen?

10-28-2011 , 01:14 AM

#234

butterfly pony

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Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,201

has anyone considered how this will completely make the 'all time money list' totally redundant?

10-28-2011 , 01:19 AM

#235

monkeylump

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Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,015

Quote:

Originally Posted by butterfly pony

has anyone considered how this will completely make the 'all time money list' totally redundant?

butterfly pony nails it again. Although Jamie Gold did that years ago.

10-28-2011 , 01:30 AM

#236

Blue Rhino

newbie

Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethan2776

Looks like Le Chiffre is in trouble again.

Are they gonna have Steps tournaments for this? It would suck to bust out after making it all the way to Step 40.

hahahahhahahaahhahahaha the pressure would be crazy lmao

10-28-2011 , 01:44 AM

#237

Shavedcoidpurse

grinder

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 434

i will gladly take the under on 40

10-28-2011 , 02:43 AM

#238

Boonce

adept

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,027

I'm going to love watching this on TV and I hope it gets the production quality it deserves. Haters gonna hate.

10-28-2011 , 03:14 AM

#239

sketchy1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by butterfly pony

has anyone considered how this will completely make the 'all time money list' totally redundant?

i mean, it's not like it ever meant anything anyway.

10-28-2011 , 03:24 AM

#240

Carnivore

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Meatballer

If? Really? It's Guy Laliberte...

Well, I guess I had just read Demichele's comment and I'm skeptical about everything these days. Yeah, mostly I think this tournament is great, I'd love to see who can play and who can get staked.

10-28-2011 , 08:06 AM

#241

breadandbutter

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,407

Guy Laliberte is the owner of the One Drop organization. So I guess he's behind this. Having him and the other rich fish play makes up for the 11% rake, don't you think.. I think the top pros love it when they see those 2 in the lineup

10-28-2011 , 08:51 AM

#242

Lucky LITE

old hand

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,382

Quote:

Originally Posted by breadandbutter

Maybe if it was 3 handed and they really were fish. 11% is awful and it's the future of the wsop... so sad because with all the tv time the wsop should be RAKE-FREE

10-28-2011 , 08:55 AM

#243

madlondoner

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Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,515

Surely the charity aspect means nothign to the players because the charity money offsets the taxes that people would pay if they won anyway.

10-28-2011 , 08:58 AM

#244

RangeyMcTriplmerge

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,467

Quote:

Originally Posted by There Is A Light

I wanna see isildur pony up the one million only to bluff off his whole stack with 6 high in the first level.

I would donate $1000 to charity to see this happen. Come on Viktor, do it for the orphans (or whatever this charity is for)!

03-11-2012 , 09:36 PM

#245

The B

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Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,469

@JasonMercier
If heat don't win nba championship. I prolly wont be able to play the "one drop" event. However if they do win, 5-10 other players wont play

Last edited by The B; 03-11-2012 at 09:36 PM. Reason: who are the 5-10?

03-11-2012 , 10:38 PM

#246

THAKID

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Which fish poker pros be betting agains king James ?

03-11-2012 , 11:53 PM

#247

BirdinWater

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Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 85

I suppose rich people can get anything they want with money including a WSOP bracelet. It is a BS tournament that devalues what a bracelet stands for.

03-11-2012 , 11:54 PM

#248

jsmo0th10

adept

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 709

/\ whatever ones actually like winning money

Looks like Mercier won't be playing... sucks hes 1 of my faves and would prob be a huge fav against the bazillionaires

03-12-2012 , 03:03 AM

#249

Kralex

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Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,349

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsmo0th10

/\ whatever ones actually like winning money

Looks like Mercier won't be playing... sucks hes 1 of my faves and would prob be a huge fav against the bazillionaires

Don't understand why Mercier wouldn't look for a bunch of backers. He'll I'd invest 100 dollars in him if I could.

03-12-2012 , 03:16 AM

#250

Cyal8rloser

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Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 539

lol charity. biggest scam ever. think about all the money that goes into the pockets of the CEO/owners/wutevah. no thanks. id rather see the money burned.

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