$25k Heads-up World Championship

A major event in online poker is taking place this coming weekend with the second year of Full Tilt Poker’s $ 25,000 Heads-up World Championship. Last year the event was a resounding success with the entrants having to be capped at 64 players, including almost all the Full Tilt pros such as Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and Gus Hansen alongside the internet’s most fearsome players like Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, Di ‘Urindanger’ Dang and David Benefield.

Eventually it was Full Tilt red pro David Singer who outlasted the field, beating Emil ‘whitelime’ Patel in the final to collect a cool $ 560,000.

Full Tilt were criticised last year for capping the field at 64 which meant many players who left it late to register missed out. Hopefully there won’t be the same problems at the weekend however. This time the event is capped at 128, which for a $ 25,000 online tournament in the current economic climate, should be more than enough. If the tournament starts with an imperfect number of players (i.e. not 32, 64 or 128) there will be byes for the first round.

Last year the event was railbird heaven with huge names squaring off against each other constantly. This weekend should be more of the same and promises to have some memorable matchups. One of the first players registered is none other than the UK’s Luke ‘_FullFlush_’ Schwartz, who has been beating up the internet’s biggest stars such as Tom Dwan in the chatbox and on the table all year. We should expect fireworks whoever he plays.

The usual cavalcade of Full Tilt pros and nosebleed regulars are also sure to be in attendance so cancel all the weekend plans and prepare for a long stint sitting in front of your laptop this weekend. If you wanted to play, then Full Tilt are offering satellites to this event starting at $ 500. However, be warned as you can’t then unregister and take the money if you qualify.

The event starts on Saturday 23rd May at 8pm GMT and will reconvene on Sunday 24th May for the semi-final and final at 9pm GMT. We will have full results from the event here at PokerPlayer next week.