PartyGammon.Com Breaks Records By Offering Largest Least Of Prizes Ever

For the first time in the history of online gambling the organizers a million dollar prize pool will be offered for an online backgammon tournament. The massive prize pool is being made available through PartyGammon.com which reports to the media this week that they expect their Million dollar backgammon tournament to be soon sold out. This is the tournament that is offering the highest amount of prizes in history for a backgammon tournament. The tournament is to occur in the Bahamas on Paradise Island, at the Atlantis Resort. The dates for the tournament are the 21st through the 25th of January, 2007. Opportunities to compete will soon be completely taken. 

There will be competing both those who will qualify online and those who actually buy in. The number allowed to compete will be only 128 players.

The Dutch player Philip Vischjager, who was world champion for 2006, will be competing, along with number one ranked in America, Nack Ballard. Ballard has confirmed that he will be participating along with a group of other well-known backgammon players who will be traveling from all over of the world. There will be contestants from such countries as Chile, Japan, and Argentina. These are only a few of those who have already registered to play and compete.

A PartyGammon.com spokesperson has reported that the 128 available places for competing in this tournament are going quickly, and will soon be totally filled. He did stress however, that are still some places left and that it would be a good idea to book your flight to the Bahamas, but quickly. The spokesman also said that the quality of those competing is first rate and that they are looking ahead in expectancy at how well those who qualified online will do against the world champions.

There is a guaranteed first prize of half a million dollars. This represents five time the prize being offered by the world championships. The other half a million will be paid out to those who also come up in the top ranks as recorded in the main event and in the consolation event.

Those who are still interested in qualifying may do so online at PartyGammon.com. The cost is as low as $2.50. Those who qualify for the $1 Million tournament will also win a sponsored package valued at $12,500. Included in this amount is the $10 000 buy-in needed for the main event, a 5-night stay at the fabulous Atlantis resort, in addition to $800 to be used to reimburse travel expenses. The tournament is being filmed and will be shown on television networks throughout the world.

Even if you are one of those who goes home with empty pockets, the experience will very much be worth it due to the fantastic setting. Atlantis Paradise Island where it is being held, is an exotically lavish, and world renowned resort. The hotel includes a 34-acre waterscape, the largest outdoor aquarium in the world, 11 lagoons including over 200 species of tropical fish, cascading waterfalls which include a rope suspension bridge, the Predator Lagoon which contains barracudas, sharks, and stingrays, with a 100-foot tunnel for viewing, and a river rafting ride.

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