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Ultimate Bet Starlight Poker Challenge in Montreal

Beginning on November 14th, and taking place at the historical Windsor Station in the center of Downtown Montreal, UltimateBet.com and the Starlight Children's Foundation, in conjunction with C3 Events,  will play host to one of the country's largest ever charity poker tournaments; the UltimateBet Starlight Poker Challenge.

Featuring the largest prize pool awarded in a charity poker tournament held in Canada,

the guaranteed 1st place prize of $100,000 will be sought after by 1,000 avid poker players and philanthropists alike in a 4 day poker marathon. If that isn't enticing enough, this World Series of Poker structured tournament will see the final ten players head to fabulous Las Vegas to play out the final table in what promises to be the ultimate poker challenge.

Also headlining the event will be the presence of poker superstars Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth, who will not only partake in the competition, but also offer valuable tips on how players can better their game and make it big in the poker world.

For more information concerning the November 14th tournament,

 please contact the UB Starlight/C3 Events office at

514-282-9292 ext. 233 or sam@c3events.ca

Comments

Re: coming to Montreal

What's the buy-in? Starting chips? Structure?

blinds

WSOP style 60 min. rounds

buy in

$500- 10,000 chips $750- 20,000 chips

great post

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Yeah, g911 is really on the ball

Hey donks. In this day and age you'd think you would include the URL to the tournament's website, http://ubstarlight.com (And you can't even have line spacing in comments. Nice system!)

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