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Large Guaranteed Online Poker Tournaments Smaller but still kicking.

Reported by card player it looks like the Neteller shakeup has had an impact of online poker players playing in the large guaranteed tournaments this weekend. Healthy numbers showed up to the Poker Stars Sunday Million with a prize pool of $1,384,400 and 2,768 players. (Not what it used to before Neteller closed but still a healthy number well over the million guaranteed). Also the Full Tilt Poker $300,000 guaranteed drew 2,115 for a prize pool of $423,000, though the tournament used to be a $400,000 guaranteed tournament Pre-Neteller ban. The first bodog 200,000 poker tournament which was being advertised of having a large overlay had 1,909 and had an overlay of only $9,100 (I am sure bodog was pleased as they probably expected to pick up three times that in overlay with the current situation). Here is to hoping that online poker will go on with Neteller. It looks like thus far it hasn’t effected the online poker community too drastically as people are finding ways to deposit.