Taking poker to the Extreme

What is Extreme Poker? Well, so far they have played poker in the Arctic, in a plane and underwater. Now they will play in Sydney, Australia on October 4th, while dangling over a cliff 294 feet above the Pacific Ocean.

The winner will be off to the Caribbean were the Extreme Poker Underwater finals will be held in St Kitts in December, the losers, well according to the press release from Extreme Poker, "Concentration in this game will be near impossible as the rules are simple; lose the game and there is only one way off the table - via the 'express elevator' down to the sea below.

The first extreme event was to play poker underwater and you busted out of the game when you ran out of air, the winner got to pick the next event and that got them to the Arctic and -30° temperatures. The winner of that took them to Las Vegas to play in a plane, when you busted, you jumped.

According to Extreme Poker creator Peter Marcus, "Sydney will prove the most challenging poker game ever with endurance, ability and nerves all being put to the test."

"Extreme Poker is aimed to test the physical and mental limits of even the most seasoned pub poker player and takes the much-loved game of Texas Hold'em to heart racing and exhilarating frontiers," said Marcus.