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Horseshoe Casino & Hotel and Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi are hosting the Third Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open on January 5 through January 26. The tournament has quickly established itself as one of the most successful poker tournaments in the world and is attended by both nationally and internationally renowned poker players.
This year's Championship Event will be held from January 23 to 26 and features a guaranteed total prize pool of $1 Million ($10,000 buy in), exceeding last year's Championship event purse that was $708,100. There are 19 separate events over the January 5-26 dates that will lead up to the Championship Finale.
Play begins at Gold Strike Casino Resort's well-appointed ballroom with live action and satellites on Saturday, January 5, 2002. All tournaments will be open to the public to persons ages 21 or older, and buy-ins vary from $300 to $10,000 for each event. Each event will be played in normal "freeze-out" style with play continuing until one player possesses all of the tournament chips. Tables will be combined as players are eliminated and the last remaining player at the final table will be declared the winner of the event. With approximately 66 tables available for tournament play, these tables will also be available for live action play after each scheduled event.
World-renown poker consultant Jim Albrecht will be returning as tournament director for the event. Albrecht has managed poker rooms in Las Vegas and served as the tournament director for the World Series of Poker.
Last year's event can be seen on October 27 (ESPN2) at 1:00 A.M. ET, and on November 18 (ESPN) at 3:30 P.M. ET.
Horseshoe Casino & Hotel and Gold Strike Casino Resort are located 15 minutes south of Memphis, Tenn. in Tunica, Miss., the third largest gaming destination in the country.
For more information or for room reservations for the Third Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open, call Teresa at 1-800-303-7463, ext. 5760 or 662-357-5500.
For more information on this event, contact:
- Lee Forbes at Gold Strike Casino Resort at
(662) 357-1184,
- Sheila Stafford at Horseshoe Casino & Hotel at
(662) 357-5582
- Kristi Miller at Horseshoe Casino & Hotel at
(662) 357-5691.
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