MBA Tournament to Take Place 

MBA Tournament to Take Place

Future Businessmen Will Battle It Out Future suits and ties will descend on Harrah’s Caesars Palace in Las Vegas next month to determine the best poker player at the country’s best business schools. The World Series of Poker MBA Championship will take place January 13-15. More than 500 MBA students are expected to play in the tournament in 2006, the first year the competition will carry the World Series of Poker brand and offer the winner a seat in the 2006 World Series of Poker main event. During the three-day tournament at Caesars Palace, players will compete for thousands of dollars in prize money and a $10,000 seat at the 2006 World Series of Poker. As in past years, a percentage of the prize pool will be donated to charity. Harrah's and other sponsors will be actively recruiting during the event and many players will leave with much more than a cash prize. The tournament was launched in 2003 in Las Vegas for students and alumni from top MBA programs, with proceeds going to charity. The following year, more than 200 students and alumni from schools including Wharton, the University of Chicago, Dartmouth (Tuck), Duke, Harvard, Berkeley, Kellogg, and UCLA participated in the event and raised $25,000 for charity.