Online Casino Amateur Poker Players Make Final Table

Six amateur online casino poker players have defeated thousands of online casinos competitors to reach the final table of the US 500,000 dollar Poker Shoot-Out at a leading online casino poker site. These finalists will represent their countries and their card rooms in London, England on December 1st, 2006. This is the largest prize the online casino has awarded since its founding in 1999.

This will be the first time many of the online casino players have competed for high stakes live. This will create added pressure; they will have to play in front of television cameras while they concentrate on their next move. The online casino poker tournament will be recorded live and televised in the spring.

Two online casino players will represent Finland; one will play from the UK and two from Canada. All six online casino poker players qualified through an on-line satellite tournament. Including bragging rights, the online casino winner will earn the title of ‘International Man of Action’, and will also take home a whopping US 200,000 dollars. Runners-up will share in another US 170,000 dollars. With online casino poker experiencing tremendous growth in the last three years, amateur players regularly win thousands of dollars playing from home, and then frequently go on to win major tournaments. The players at the final table of the Poker Shoot-Outs range in age from 23 to 69 years old, and come from all over the globe.