Full Tilt Announces Onyx Cup: High-Stakes Poker Series for Elite Players

Full Tilt has announced the Onyx Cup, a series of six high-stakes poker tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $100,000 to $300,000. The series includes five preliminary tournaments and a Grand Final with a $250,000 buy-in, with an additional $1 million added to the prize pool of the final tournament.

The Onyx Cup series features some of the biggest names in poker. Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan, and Eric Seidel are among the players who have confirmed their participation. The first tournament in the series will take place in Las Vegas on May 11 and 12.

The total prize pool for the Onyx Cup series is $30,000,000, and the tournaments will be broadcast on television in 40 countries and 20 languages. Phil Ivey expressed that the caliber of players is more important than the money in the new series, while Eric Seidel believes that Full Tilt is the only company capable of organizing such a series due to its team of top players.