Ladbrokes Poker have today announced some changes to their popular Poker Million VII televised series making it even easier for players to qualify for this fantastic tournament.

Returning for the seventh year is one of Europe’s richest, televised poker tournaments – the Poker Million – which began in November 2000 on the Isle of Man. Over 30 million viewers tuned in worldwide to watch the Final that saw English Television Director turned poker player, John Duthie take home the $1 Million first prize. Previous Final Table greats include Howard Lederer (Poker Million VI) and Mel Judah (Poker Million V).

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One thousand, two hundred and fifty-one Day 1A and Day 1B survivors combined to play Day 2A of the WSOP Championship in what turned out to be a very fast day of play. It was also very much a day in which the rich got richer and the poor left early. Brian Schaedlich, a special education teacher from Cleveland, was clearly one of the players that parlayed a healthy Day 1 stack into an embarrassment of riches, starting with just over 160,000 and building it to a field-leading 801,000! And 2005 Tournament of Champions final tablist Brandon Adams took his above-average starting stack of 176,000 to over 350,000 in his second day of play. Adams, a Harvard PhD student, played to a deep 69th place in this event last year and is obviously making another run at it.

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