Poker players who’d love to enter the Million Dollar Game on Hustler Casino Live for far less than the $1 million buy-in can do so via a satellite tournament.
That is, of course, assuming you earn an invite to pay $25,000 to enter the single-day event, which takes place April 27 at Hustler Casino in Los Angeles. Not everyone will be permitted to play in the private tournament, but the feature table action will be livestreamed on YouTube.
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Hustler Casino Live will host its third annual series of $1 million minimum buy-in cash games April 28 to May 2. Five days of some of the biggest livestreamed pots you’ll ever see. Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot, Alan Keating, Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek, and DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang headline the action. A full list of players hasn’t yet been revealed.
At least one other player will join Keating and Airball in the Million Dollar Game for a fraction of the cost to enter. Ryan Feldman, owner of Hustler Casino Live, disclosed some details about the unique opportunity.
The casino will take a $600 rake out of a player’s first buy-in, and two rake-free re-entries are permitted within the first three hours. The high-stakes tournament will have a turbo structure, and those watching will be familiar with many of the competitors who often play on Hustler Casino Live.
The original concept will work assuming the player(s) who win the seats don’t just sit down at the table for the Million Dollar Game and bolt a few minutes later, pocketing the $1 million without risking any of it. Feldman acknowledged the challenge, and is limiting the tournament to invite-only. Only those he is confident will show up and actually play in the Million Dollar Game will get a seat in the satellite.
Keating, one of the show’s most popular players, tweeted at Feldman, “I love this idea. Who knows, maybe someone can run 25k into 3 million in 48 hours.”
The Million Dollar Game, in its first two years, has featured the largest pot in livestream history — $3.1 million — won by Tom “durrrr” Dwan, a $1.1 million bluff pulled off by Ethan “Rampage” Yau, and a “mystery player” who turned out to be embattled attorney Thomas Goldstein mucking the winning hand at showdown in a $540,000 pot.
Moncek, who will again receive much of the attention from viewers during MDG III, will attempt to avenge his $2.2 million loss across two sessions. Peter Wang, on the other hand, would like to repeat his 2024 Million Dollar Game performance with another $4.9 million profit.
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