THE LINEUP
The stakes for Poker After Dark are usually $20K per player - not chump change by any stretch of the imagination. But when you collect a group of players like the ones we've gathered for the Mega Match, there's no choice but to raise the stakes. With a $50K buy-in, our pros are playing for a whopping $300K, winner-take-all first prize. Poker phenom Phil Ivey is certainly no stranger to high-stakes play, as he is a regular at the Big Game in Las Vegas. Ditto for Jen Harman, an expert player considered among the game's best, male or female. Allen Cunningham is quite familiar with playing for a big payday, as he was at the final table of the 2006 WSOP Main Event. Frenchman David Benyamine may not a have a perfect handle on English quite yet, but he speaks the language of high-stakes poker flawlessly. Rounding out the table are Barry Greenstein, who turns his winnings into big paydays for charity, and Eli Elezra, nicknamed Mr. Vegas and another regular at "The Big Game." With such shark-infested waters, we are sure to see some bloodshed.
