ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Trump Taj Mahal will host the largest cash poker game in Atlantic City. Ten Players will buy in for at least $100,000.00 each in cash, beginning at 7:00 PM on October 24.
There will be One Million Dollars in cash on the table in the poker room of the Trump Taj Mahal. Although security will be high, the public is invited to view the event live as it is taped for television.
The Million Dollar cash game is part of a four-day series of events sponsored by the Executive Poker Tour. Wealthy business executives, charity supporters, and poker players will compete for cash in a series of poker tournaments. Preliminary tournaments and satellites start October 24. The main event begins Friday, October 26 and will also be filmed for broadcast at a later date.
Several notable poker players and multi-millionaire business owners have been invited to play in the Million Dollar game, including Rhett Butler, 2006 World Series of Poker fifth place finisher, whose lifetime tournament winnings are in excess of $3.3 million.
The first hand is scheduled to be dealt at 7:00 PM October 24. Play is expected to last until at 2:00 AM.