PokerStars plans to shake up the live tournament order by creating the $25,000 buy-in PokerStars Players NL Hold’em Championship – the most prominent $25k buy-in event in history.

A woman dressed in black Lululemon gear shifts from left to right, music pumping out of Bose speakers, six women mirroring her every move. The children play tag in the pool. A man, who looks like Santa, sups a Stella in the jacuzzi. In the background, the sun is settling in for the night, too bright for the eyes. Soon to be lost in the mountains. But the eight don’t care.

The eight hide away from the madness and mayhem of the holiday resort where I currently tap away at my keyboard. They’ve cornered a table, commandeered a dealer. The game is Texas No-Limit Hold’em.

“The game you see on TV,” says one of the players.