PartyGammon Million - one week to go
January 14th, 2007
The long awaited PartyGammon Million tournament is soon about to be kicked off. With one week to go, a number of backgammon big name players have already signed up and the final places are soon to be filled in.
The famous Atlantis Resort at the Bahamas will be hosting the first one million backgammon tournament, PartyGammon Million. Starting in one week, January 21st, the players will be playing for a minimum prize money of $500,000 and an an exclusive custom designed watch by the renown Swiss watch manufacturer and event sponsor Marc Rouah. The Consolation Tournament top four will also receive sizable cash prizes.
PartyGammon has recently published tournament and payout structure details, go check them out at PartyGammon.
Many backgammon icons and celebrities will be attending the event. Obviously, the ruling backgammon word champion Philip Vischjager will be there with a free entry, courtesy of PartyGammon. Other big names include Steve Sax, Andreas Humke, Nack Ballard and Peter Jes Thomsen to mention a few. And if you have $10,000 laying around somewhere you can still join this most prestigious backgammon event of the year.
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Update: January 27th, 2007 - The PartyGammon Million tournament is now finished, read the tournament summary.
