Dream Team Poker
Posted on March 30, 2009
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A new facet of poker is beginning to open up with the concept of team poker tournaments. Last November, The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas hosted a team poker event. This event was private and only open to the industry, but it had such a following that Dream Team Poker decided to make it a public event. On March 27-29th Caesars Palace will be hosting the event for any team of three that would like to play. The scoring system is different than regular tournaments, as the two top finishing team members accumulate points for their team. The strategy is a little different than most tournaments as well. There might be an advantage to having one teammate play super aggressive in order to gain as many chips as possible. If there is a tough opponent, one teammate might try to play every hand against him in order to try to bust him out. Team poker opens the doors for new concepts of play and strategy.
For their first public event, Dream Team Poker has had an overwhelming response of interest. They’ve even had to close registration three days before the event starts because they have already sold out the capacity of their room. As of now, there are more than 10 teams on the waiting list to be allowed to play the event. This $1650 buy in tournament ($550 per player), is not shy of its celebrity players either. Johnny Chan, Shannon Elizabeth, and Michael Binger are just a few that are signed up on teams so far.
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