This group has been created in 1979 by a casino of Las Vegas to reward the best player of the century. And it was a good way as well to attract people with this organisation and proposes some tournaments with one of the Hall of fame players. It is the best association that a poker player can expect. Nowadays, the association is composed of 35 players and every year it is not an obligation to nominate a new player to join this famous group of exceptional players. How could you join this group? Believe me; it is hard to join this group. First you have to be one of the best players of poker in the world. You have to play against the best players in the world and have acquired the respect of your opponents. You have also had to play the High strake in cash game. The nomination depends of the president of the association.

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The 49 entrants in the High Roller Bounty Shootout was diminished down to 1 and a champion was crowned. Ashton Griffin made his way through two tables to take down the $25,000 high roller shootout. For his efforts Griffin was rewarded $560,000 for the first place prize. The 7 players to take down the first sit ‘n’ go and move on to join Griffin at the final table were Hoyt Corkins, Joe Cassidy, Scott Seiver, Faraz Jaka, Brett Richey, and Peter Eastgate. Griffin took down a tough field to take home the trophy and the six figure payday.

The 2010 European Poker Tour in Copenhagen came to a close and like every other poker tournament only one player was left with all the chips. Sweden native Anton Wigg took down the title and the €494,000 first place prize that came along with it. Wigg won his entry into the tournament of PokerStars by winning a €500 satellite, and ended up turning that satellite into a once in a lifetime victory. This was the biggest win for the young 22 year old who found himself almost down and out throughout the tournament.

The second episode of High Stakes Poker season 6 aired last night with a table full of characters. The high stakes table held seats for Tom Dwan, Andreas Hoivold, Gus Hansen, Dario Minieri, Eli Elezra, Antonio Esfandiari, and the best poker player in the world in Phil Ivey. Andreas Hoivold joins Phil Hellmuth on the rail for the rest of the way as Hoivold lost his $200,000. On the flip side of things Gus Hansen was the player to walk away as the biggest winner as he took down the biggest pot of the night on the final hand of the night.