Canada hosts largest “automated” poker tournament
February 24, 2008
A casino in Quebec recently held the largest ever tournament held entirely on automated tables. According to a story at pokerpages.com, Casino de Montreal hosted a $225 buyin no-limit Texas hold’em tournament on Feb. 12, with 240 players competing on dealerless electronic poker tables. The casino just opened on Jan. 18. Other facilities with the automated tables, developed by PokerTek, Inc., had hosted tourneys with 100 players previously.
The maker of the automated tables talked with pokerpages.com:
“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.
Mohamed Nadim, an engineering student, won the tournament and earned a $20,000 payday.
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