This tournament is being organized in association with GammonLife’s publisher, Player International Ltd of the UK, headed by Stephen Pearson who will be the Master of Ceremonies. The tournament will be directed by Howard Markowitz, Director of the Nevada Backgammon Association, organizers of the largest live backgammon tournaments in the USA.

The extravaganza will be attended by the world’s top players and famous celebrities. It will also feature special side events and festivities starting on January 21st, all leading up to an amazing final table where one player will roll his way to a cool $500,000 in first-place prize money. The entire proceedings will be filmed for a television series to later be distributed to major TV channels throughout the world.

The concept and idea for this historical tournament is the brainstorm of Stephen Pearson, Managing Director of Player International. This dream event has taken over a year to become a reality, thanks to PartyGammon and the tireless efforts of Stephen and the entire Player International Team; Marketing Director Susana Major, Chairman Tor Svensson, technology wizard Richard Baker and international backgammon consultant Michael Strato Liberopoulos - Editor of GammonLife.

The wait is over! Backgammon is back in a big way and it’s here to stay! The PartyGammon Million tournament will pay out a total of one million U.S. dollars guaranteed! The winner takes home $500,000 – about five times more than the payout of the current largest backgammon event, the World Championship.

The other half a million will be distributed to the Runner-Up, two Semi-Finalists, and four Quarter-Finalists. The top four finishers in the Consolation Tournament will also receive significant cash prizes. Here is the Tournament Structure for the live event:

Tournament Format

Main flight: 128 players

Consolation flight will have 11-point matches all the way through. There will be no Last Chance flight.

The event will be limited to 128 players with 64 buying in direct at $10,000 and another 64 qualifying online in a variety of formats that PartyGammon began activating today.

Those who win their way through a series of sub-qualifiers will participate in final qualifiers that win them a seat in the PartyGammon Million tournament, worth $10,000 U.S. They will also receive an amount of pocket money to cover their expenses – flight, hotel and food.

Players wishing to buy in direct at the $10,000 level should contact Stephen Pearson of Player International as soon as possible for details on how to pay for your seat in this magnificent event. The 64 direct buy-ins are expected to sell out very quickly.