Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates has declared his intention to appear at the Microgaming Poker Network’s Poker Tour stop at Tbilisi, and 138.com open an online poker site on the same site.

What value does the appearance of a major poker personality bring to an event?

The Microgaming Poker Network Poker Tour (MPNPT) is about to find out. Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates is heading to Tbilisi.

The MPNPT has partnered with the online gaming giant Adjarabet to bring live poker to the Georgian capital 28th – 31st May. The star attraction of the three-day festival is a $550 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE) Main Event, with a $400,000 guarantee, a sum of money that Cates can win in a single session of online cash games.