WSOP includes A Dream Team Poker event
After two successful events, Dream Team Poker is having a third during the 2009 WSOP.
“After seeing the excellent reply to the the latest Dream Team Poker tournaments in Las Vegas Casino Gambling, we thought a team-based event would be a fun addition to the end of the WSOP,” said Jeffrey Pollack, WSOP commissioner.
“The Dream Team Poker event is one of the new elements supplemented in 2009 that will help make this summer a unforgettable one for all WSOP players and fans.”
In spite of the fact that it’s not a bracelet event, the Dream Team competition will take place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino July 12-13. It has a $560 buy-in per player, or $1,680 per team.
The first 300 teams to register on Dream Team Poker.com will receive personalized jerseys for the contest.
While comparatively new to the poker panorama, Dream Team Poker has displayed quick success with its tournaments in Las Vegas. It hosted its inaugural event in November 2008 and followed that up with a booming event in March 2009.
The inaugural event was by invitation only and sold out within weeks. Justin Bonomo, Eric Morris and Matthew Parvis made up the three-man team that took first prize in the first event while Jason Lilly from Team Flop was the exclusive winner.
The second event was open to the public and had 148 teams fill the Caesars Palace poker room.
Team Aced, led by Jamie Gold, grabbed down the Caesars event. Danny Nelson playing on Team Bikerhaven.net was the individual winner.
Dream Team Poker has a patent-pending team-based tournament structure. Not only are participantsplaying for an individual prize, they’re playing for points for their team to win.
“The WSOP and the Rio have really shown their obligation to the players in continuing to improveand try new ideas,” said Daniel Delshad, Dream Team Gaming CEO.
