World's Largest Automated Poker Tournament Held

Casino de Montreal, in Quebec Canada, hosted the world's largest multi-table poker tournament ever run on automated poker tables last week, with only four staff members running the entire tournament.

This inaugural No Limit Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament was held February 12th in Casino de Montreal's new 100% PokerPro poker room, which just opened its doors on January 18th, 2008.

The $225 buy-in tournament was sold-out two weeks in advance, with a record 240 players vying for a piece of the prize pool.

Mohamed Nadim, an engineering student, was crowned house champ after he took down 239 players and walked away with $20,000 CAD. Second place $10,000 prize went to Quebec Sports television and radio host, Pierre Rinfret. The top 20 finishers went home with cash.

"Running a tournament of this magnitude is what we always envisioned for PokerPro. We are pleased with the success of this tournament and proud of our partnership with Casino de Montreal," says Chris Halligan, CEO of PokerTek, manufacturer of the PokerPro tables.

"The Quebecois players have embraced automated poker, as validated by the response to this tournament," he added.

PokerPro installations at both Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia and Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo Michigan each have run PokerPro tournaments with 100 players.

SECOND RECORD BROKEN

The record setting tournament was the second record broken by Casino de Montreal. The first record they set was for having the largest installation of automated poker tables in the world, with 25.

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