3: Barrels of a live tournament flavour including David Eldridge winning the Main Event at the partypoker MILLIONS in Montreal, Sam Greenwood winning the High Roller at WPT Amsterdam, and Joseph Cheong bagging a third gold ring at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop at Harrah’s Cherokee.

Poker’s high roller scene should be deader than snail racing, and yet it’s the most vibrant thing about poker. Investors have found a way to make some money while having fun. The circus performers exchange millions of dollars while walking along the tightrope. The scene has shot a few of them out of a cannon. No net. That’s the end of that. But invariably, the beasts are slicing melons, not wasting time thinking about how to crack coconuts.

And what a time it is for poker’s higher echelon.

PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has a few juicy buy-ins, as does partypoker’s POWERFEST. The Triton Poker Series is offering five days of big buy-in events in Montenegro. The European Poker Tour (EPT) will do the same in Monte Carlo. The Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) follows, and then the World Series of Poker (WSOP).