does anyone know about phils helmuths tourny in montreal next month

hollywoods17

just wondering cus i seen a add and its called the starlight was wondering if anyone on here will be attending heres the link .


Starlight Children's Foundation Canada Presents: The UltimateBet Starlight Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament

T8urmoney

Seems odd .....final 10 to play in Vegas? Why would you want to play a tourney in Canada, only to make the final table in Vegas.....going from tax free, to taxed heavily.

Also, an extra $250.00 for twice the chips and attendance to a seminar?.....they should do this separately, and not include it with the tourney.

compuease

Don't know anything about this one personally but typically they are so heavily raked (for charity and expenses) as to make them unbeatable in the long run. Unless it is for a charity that I would really support anyways I would avoid it.

actyper

I thought it was top 10 get wsop me seats or something but I read it quickly. Not really my cup of tea for a 4 day tourney

Graham

UB/AP are involved... enough said.

AK-Frosty

Can't find any info for this event on either Starlight or Ultimitebet websites where did you find it?

BlondeFish

Up to 1,000 suckers, I mean players, paying up to $750 each for $750,000 total and a prize pool of only $100,000, taken from all the victims cheated by Ultimate Bet. If you are a rich gambler looking to donate to a charity tournament, wait for Full Tilt Poker's similar annual event, instead of supporting Ultimate scumbags like Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Tiffany "Not cool, yo" Michelle and Joe "Sellout" Seebok.

hollywoods17 wrote: »

was wondering if anyone on here will be attending

screenman

My impression is UB is only the prize sponsor, but I agree with all other comments. It would be a $750 donation plus 4 days expenses in Montreal and a poker game. Not much EV.