Antonius, Esfandiari, Biknel, Harman

At the end of January, Macau Billionaire Poker and Poker Central announced a huge HKD 2,000,000 (~ $270,000) Invitational Tournament. The first game day should start on March 20, but there is still no list of participants.

Only Patrik Antonius wrote about the invitation and the intention to play. It is still unclear whether there will be other professionals in the tournament.

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It looks like Patrick will still have a company in the Chinese version of the Super Bowl, since the last few days in Macau there is also a big series from PS (APPT). The schedule includes tournaments for HKD 40,000, HKD 80,000, HKD 200,000 and even HKD 400,000 ($5,000, $10 500, $25,000, $50,000).

The fields are collected quite large. Among the participants are full of "usual suspects", players who have repeatedly declared themselves in the most expensive tournaments in the world.

In a tournament for HKD 80,000, for example, 117 people played. The first prize ($279,000 went to Kristen Bicknell), and the second ($188,000) went to David Peters. The HKD 400,000 tournament brought together 68 fighters ($3 400,000). It was won by Alex Foxen ($964,000), he was also accompanied by Isaac Hexton, Brian Rust, Rainer Kempe, Patrik Antonius, Sam Greenwood and others.

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Former Hollywood stars Jennifer Tilly and Don Cheadle attended Poker After Dark last week. They took part in the drawing of the largest bank of the session and made a significant contribution ($283,000) to Antonio Esfandiari's bottomless bankroll:

Antonio was incredibly cocky in this session. In this video, for example, he wins two hands with 7-2, one after the other:

Fool them once, shame on @MagicAntonio; fool them twice, shame on the rest of the "Moving Violations" lineup. 🤦‍♀️
"The Magician" goes back-to-back with 7-2 and #PokerAfterDark is LIVE on PokerGO!
▶ ️ https://t.co/4E2f3MYHuj pic.twitter.com/jtaqVBsA7b

- PokerGO (@PokerGO) March 15, 2018

And then he makes Jennifer Tilly fold a straight on the river:

Come for the @MagicAntonio bluff, stay for the @JenniferTilly monologue. 🙈😂🗣️#PokerAfterDark 🌟s collide during "Moving Violations" week.
Watch LIVE: https://t.co/4E2f3MYHuj pic.twitter.com/Yqylja4D9U

- PokerGO (@PokerGO) March 15, 2018

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Poker Hall of Fame legend Jennifer Harman decided to help the Lollipop Theater Network and auctioned breakfast at her company.

LTN helps children who cannot get to the cinema due to illness and other troubles to watch new films together with the whole world.

At the moment, breakfast with Jennifer can be bought for only $5,000 https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/1475301.

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All ages are submissive to poker. Last week, 89-year-old grandfather Atilio Bitondo won the WSOPC side event with $350. This was not some kind of veteran tournament, but an ordinary open tournament in which any form of life that turned 21 could register. The victory brought Atilio $16,000.