Online poker is taking the world by storm, with a special thanks to the
overall huge and growing popularity of poker in general at this point in time.
Knowing the power of reach that online poker has PartyPoker.com was smart to
organize the St. Petersburg Open Poker Tournament to help solidify the
popularity of the pastime in the east.
the tournament was a raging success in the Russian setting ,and also produce
the largest win in Russian history with the $84,000 jackpot that a twenty-seven
year-old Moscow player was able to rake in. the whole thing went down at the St.
Petersburg Golden Garden Casino where the total prize pool went as high as
$500,000 over the course of the four day tournament.
But what the online poker site was the most fascinated by was the fact that
out of the six individuals who made it to the final table none of them had
qualified via an online poker room. Also out of the several nationalities that
were represented there was only one British finalist and all the rest were
Russians. This is interesting to the online poker room about the potential of
the vodka infused nation,
"We're delighted to be involved with an event that boasted the biggest prize in
Russian poker history and congratulate Peter on his win. For the first time in a
long time none of the internet qualifiers made the final table. This alone
suggests that Russia could be a poker superpower in the future."
