Documentaries about poker have grow to be a bit extra trendy of late. High-stakes professional Phil Galfond and his spouse Farah dropped the Galfond collection this summer time, and The Mouth, a movie highlighting the life and profession of Mike Matusow was launched in May. The BBC additionally unveiled a docuseries this yr known as The Four Rules of the Poker Kings, specializing in Scottish professional Niall Farrell as he hit the circuit for tournaments all over the world.
The World Poker Tour World Championship is now the main target of the most recent poker documentary. The Ultimate Stack is offered on YouTube from Poker Films and has drawn optimistic opinions from gamers and followers thus far.
Producers mentioned they documented the 2023 event in Las Vegas from begin to end “through the eyes of the chips.”
“Beginning with one player, we will continue to follow the opponent that eliminates them until the eventual winner of the tournament,” the manufacturing group notes of the movie. “We will take the viewer on the rollercoaster ride we call tournament poker and educate those who are unfamiliar.”
Average Joe Players Highlighted
Poker followers will acknowledge a number of gamers making appearances together with WPT commentator Tony Dunst, Garrett Adelstein, Chris Moorman, Andrew Lichtenberger, Dan Sepiol, Mike Holtz, Brad Owen, Jesse Sylvia, and extra.
Regular Joe qualifier tales are additionally featured. The occasions start with Patrick Harvey, the winner of a WPT contest from Boston, Massachusetts, who received a $12,000 event bundle.
The championship attracted gamers from all over the world, lots of whom weren’t high-stakes poker gamers and received their method in on-line, at native on line casino qualifiers, and thru different alternatives to win a bundle. Many in all probability wouldn’t have put up the $10,000 to enter the event.
The WPT moved the World Championship in 2022 to Wynn Las Vegas with an preliminary assure of $15 million that was raised to $40 million final yr. The event fell simply in need of its large assured, paying out a $2.4 million overlay to the gamers. This yr, they’ve forgone the assure in favor of a $5 million freeroll.
*Photo by WPT – Drew Amato
