Haxton Ready for €1 million Cash Game, Security Concerns for this Year’s WSOP

Biggest Cash Game in EPT History

This year’s EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo is shaping up to be the most impressive ever with tournament and cash game offerings like never before.

Indeed, the latest news to hit the headlines is the possibility of a €1 million cash game. At present the idea of a game with €1,000/€2,000 blinds is still unconfirmed, however, five of the world’ top players have already confirmed their interest.

Isaac Haxton, Philipp Gruissem, Sam Trickett, Paul Newey and Niklas Heinecker have all provisionally booked a seat in the largest cash game in EPT history.

Commenting on the idea of a game with a €1 million buy-in, Isaac Haxton said: “It’s not often you get an opportunity to play in a game this big, so obviously that’s pretty exciting.”

At this point it’s important to stress that the game is by no means guaranteed to take place, however, a TV crew is already primed to record the action and a provisional start time of May 11 at 16:00 local time has been reserved.

The EPT Grand Final kicks off on May 6 and will run through until May 15 when the final champion of the season will be crowned.

WSOP Security Under Review

With the recent bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon causing a wave of panic across the world, the issue of security has now become a source of concern for the organisers of the WSOP.

Over the last few days a number of players, including Daniel Negreanu, have tweeted Tournament Director Jack Effel about the use of backpacks at the WSOP.

In previous years players have been able to freely enter the tournament area with their bags, but that may change this year if more players deem the potential threat a serious concern.

Indeed, provisions to inspect player’s bags at the forthcoming EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo have already been put in place and this is now something Effel is considering.

In a recent series of tweets, Effel said that security is a “legitimate concern“, however, he is keen not to “slow the flow” of traffic into The Rio.

Whether or not a screening system will be implemented at this year’s WSOP, it seems that player’s concerns are being taken seriously and event’s security procedures will be under careful review ahead of the largest festival of the year.