Online Poker Tournament Pays Student Tuition Fees

Students at Cape Breton University are being given the opportunity to win their tuition fees in a free online poker tournament supported by the Students Union.

Mr. Stewart said he gave permission for an Internet gaming firm to post advertising on campus for its poker competition. A message about the tournament was also sent using the union’s Facebook account."There’s nothing to lose and everything to gain," Matt Stewart, the union’s president, said in an interview Monday.

Students play the poker online every week to win prizes, including the $5,660 tuition fee. Mr. Stewart likened the online tournament to a raffle or bursary. There’s little risk for students developing gambling addictions through it because they don’t pay to play, he said.

"It’s like a free competition to me," he said. "If you are good at it, may the best person win."

"There are so many other resources out there to get people gambling, I don’t think a free tournament is going to do it," he said, pointing out that every time students walk into a store, they see lottery tickets for sale.

Recently a student from Ohio won a remarkable $1.2million in an online tournament at The 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker


The 22 year old student from South Carolina otherwise known as Carter King eventually placed 1st in the event; capturing the WCOOP Main Event bracelet in the process, only four months after his 6th place finish in the FTOPS $2,500 event for $101k.

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