There are two reasons for high stakes SnG players to be happy this month. First PartyPoker has declared a flat fee structure for all tournaments over $200 and Full Tilt Poker is running a $25K buyin heads-up SnG championship with an expected prize pool of $1.6 million.
Party’s flat fee structure charges a $10 fee on all SnG’s over $200 going as high as $5000. So at the highest levels a $5000 + $10 SnG at Party is a $90 savings over PokerStars‘ $5000 + $100.
Full Tilt Poker shouldn’t have any problems maxing out the 64 players needed for their event with so many top pros on their Team Full Tilt roster. Players like Ivey, Ferguson, and Lederer are all fierce heads-up players and have already signed up for the event. According to Full Tilt Poker this is the highest buy-in event of it’s kind.