With its recent Million Dollar Freeroll, Paradise Poker has raised the stakes for the world of online poker, becoming the first online poker site to award a million dollars in a single prize. After seven hours of final table play, in which the other seven finalists met their match, English chef Lee Biddulph beat Arizona software engineer Mike Darweesh in the final showdown. The final table was comprised of nine expert amateurs who beat 3,900 online players to make it to the land-based finals.

Paradise Poker marketing director Bruce Stubbs noted, "In the end - the $1 Million Freeroll Tournament has been a historic event, lots of fun and ample opportunity for online poker players who want to try out their skills with the best of amateurs. Our second $1 Million Freeroll Tournament is already in progress."

Source:  Poker777 Staff

Wednesday, 28 September 2005