History was made when the first million dollar backgammon tournament was announced, After thirty years of talk, thanks to the folks at Party Gaming, backgammon can boast a million dollar tournament. Bahamas was chosen for the venue, In the Bahamas there is a famous casino and resort: The Atlantis. In an earlier incarnation it was the scene of some ritzy backgammon tournaments, so it was a reasonable choice for this one. This place is so lavish and is equipped with hard money, they have a in board cruiser for water transport.
The original plan was for a bracket of 128 to be filled with an equal number of high rollers paying ten thousand apiece, and online qualifiers who would win their way in through satellite tournaments, but this seemed so hard to manage so they went to the internet, There were 120 players altogether, so early losers were offered the chance to forego playing in the Consolation if they wanted to buy back in for a discounted eight thousand dollars. Some of the satellite qualifiers were not very experienced with live play. This is how online Backgammon effects users, when they get to play from their own venue they do give their best shot. so what good could be there if there was no online Backgammon. Thats why online Backgammon is the future of Backgammon, they are to reach limits of the gammon fraternity.
