Archive for the ‘Poker Tournaments’ Category
PokerHub on May 11th, 2009
Full Tilt Poker is now hosting two of Europe’s grandest tournaments, Late Night Poker and the Poker Million. Leading up to these events, Full Tilt Poker will be running numerous satellites and qualifiers giving online players a chance to compete in these big-money land-based events and to appear on worldwide TV.
FullTilt is running four qualifiers for Late Night Poker – on June 7 and 21, and July 5 and 19 – all for a $300 + $22 direct buy-in. FullTilt is running six qualifiers for the Poker Million – on August 2 and 30, and September 6, 13, 20, and 27 – all for a $500 + $35 direct buy-in. The prize pools for each of these events tops $1 million.
Both of these tournaments are widely broadcast on both U.S. and European television, giving its winners – in addition to all their prize money – international bragging rights.
To find out more, go to Full Tilt Poker and, in the News & Promos category, browse to “Play Poker on TV”.
PokerHub on April 25th, 2009
Hollywood Poker Bubble Insurance Gives WSOP Assurance
Hollywood Poker has announced that it will provide something called Bubble Insurance Coverge to its players at the 2009 World Series of Poker, By “its players” we mean to say those players who won their seat in the 2009 WSOP through a satellite or qualifier on HollywoodPoker.com. By Bubble Insurance Coverage we mean that to every HollywoodPoker player who winds up on the bubble in this year’s WSOP Main Event, the site will purchase a buy-in to the Main Event at the 2010 WSOP.
For those who don’t know, “on the bubble” means placing in one of the top 5 spots in the final table. It’s not an easy feat to achieve, but the HollywoodPoker bonus makes it all the more enticing, as the buy-in to the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event is priced at $10,000. This on top of whatever money these “on the bubble” finishers win from the WSOP itself for their accomplishment.
As for those satellites and qualifiers into the 2009 WSOP Main Event in the first place – Hollywood Poker is running them now, promising to give away at least 22 Celebrity Class All-Inclusive Main Event Packages, worth $17,000 each.
PokerHub on April 10th, 2009
Want to know all the places running satellite qualifiers for seats in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event? Well look no further. For your convenience, we’ve listed below the hottest free tickets to the 2009 WSOP running. Check all the schedules and then schedule your time accordingly so as to participate in the most number of chances to win your way in that you can.
Full Tilt Poker: They’ve got $10 Million Main Event Mania, a 150 Seat Guarantee, Weekly Cash Qualifiers, regular Main Event Shootouts, and a 100 Seat Giveaway. Full Tilt Poker 2009 WSOP Satellites
Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker: These sites run corresponding Series 2009 Promotions, 3 opportunities each to win–through the 10-step STEPs Tourneys, through daily satellites and weekly $500 +$30 Sunday Super Satellites, and through a June 21st Guaranteed Tourney.
All 3 of the above sites are giving away a bonus $10 million if one of their players wins the 2009 WSOP main event.
PokerHub on March 27th, 2009
The second instlalment of Hollywood Poker’s Grand Series of Poker is coming up soon (April 12 – May 3 to be exact) and that means its time to get ready for the qualifiers for the May 3rd Grand Slam Final main event.
With an estimated $3 million prize pool, this promises to be the biggest Hollywood Poker Grand Slam yet. Starting on April 12, players have 3 ways they can try and satellite their way into the big event. From April 12 to May 2 there will be an ongoing leaderboard running for the 16 GSOP II events leading up to the main event Finals.
While the winner of each event (barring event #13, the special Grand Tournament Finals) will win a free ticket into the May 3 Grand Slam Final, 2nd through 10th place finishers will compete for another free ticket, as will 11th through 30th place finishers, and those placing 31st through 100th, making 4 tickets in all available through this route.
In addition will be qualifiers running every day of the series at 3 pm ET, with varying buy-ins as low as $10 + $1, the winner of each one guaranteed a free ticket into the main event.
And finally, 3 more tickets will be made available through a $50 + $4 Last Chance Qualifier on Sunday May 3, the day of the main event itself.
PokerHub on March 13th, 2009
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker – All Stakes with $30 million guaranteed in cash prizes is coming soon–April 2-12, to be exact. And satellites for free entry into many of its 22 poker events, not least of which is the $5 million guaranteed high stakes main event, are already underway.
Satellites for the PokerStars SCOOP, as it’s also called, are being held in the from of FPP reward points qualifiers, STEPS qualifiers, Sit & Go qualifiers, and cash ring game qualifiers. All of these satellite tournaments can be reached by going to your PokerStars lobby and clicking on “Events” and then clicking on “SCOOP”. There you’ll see the full SCOOP satellite schedule.
This year’s SCOOP is particularly exciting as there are really 66 events and not just 22. To explain, we point to the term “All Stakes” added to the end of the annual events usual name, referring to the fact that each event will will actually consist of three different levels: Low Stakes, Mid Stakes, and High Stakes–so that players in every different income bracket can afford to join in on the fun.
Of course, if you win your way into the high stakes events through a PokerStars SCOOP satellite then you don’t really have to be concerned with how much money it costs to buy-in, now do you?
PokerHub on February 23rd, 2009
Jamie Gold, winner of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, has just been signed by AcedPoker (at Aced.com) as the site’s latest celebrity poker pro endorser.
Gold, who prior to winning the big prize in the 2006 WSOP was a successful Hollywood talent agent and producer, signed a multi-year contract with Aced.com. The reported deal, somewhere in the range of $2 million, includes buy-ins at many of the most prestigious live poker tournaments around the world. Rumor has it that this is the most lucrative endorsement contract between a poker pro and online poker room in the history of internet poker.
Sponsoring Gold was a big move for little-known Aced Poker, who has only been hosting live poker tournaments since last September as is one of the flagship sites of the up-and-coming Merge Network. Gold has been patiently waiting for just the right sponsorship opportunity to come around, turning down numerous endorsement offers since winning the $12 million top prize in the 2006 WSOP main event and, shortly thereafter, parting with former sponsor Bodog.
PokerHub on February 12th, 2009
The Irish Open, a €3 million guaranteed series comprised of 5 tournaments over 5 days, may not be taking place until April 2009, but CakePoker is already running massive satellites to give players as many opportunities to win their way to the Dublin, Ireland event for free.
With daily semi-qualifiers and R&A satellites leading to weekly semi-finals and finals, the number of players Cake Poker is prepared to provide free entry into the Irish Open is limited only by the number of players entering. That’s right–the more players who enter these events, the more free seats being awarded.
Satellite buy-ins start as low as $3.30 or 4 Gold Chips. Players who want to skip all the preliminary stages and jump right to the finals for $215 or 18,400 Gold Chips.
The Irish Open takes place from April 9th to the 13th. The CakePoker Irish Open Package includes a free seat in the main event, 4 nights free accommodations at the CityWest Hotel, and $1,400 spending cash.
PokerHub on January 26th, 2009
This week and weekend, Bodog Poker is running some super-big events in honor of the Super Bowl XLIII, including satellites to some super-big tournaments, both online and offline.
The first big event is the “Media Day Combo Qualifier” taking place on Tuesday, January 27, starting at 9:43 pm ET. This will have a buy-in of $27+$2 and a guaranteed prize pool of T$488 (promising a minimum of two prizes of T$244 each. In addition, for every $244 accumulated in the prize pool, one player will win entry into both the “Special Flight Club Semifinal” and the “Super Bowl Special – $20K Added”.
The “Special Flight Club Semifinal” takes place on Saturday, January 31 at 4 pm ET and has a buy-in of $125+$10. For every 48 people entered into the tournament, one player will win a prize package worth $6,000 including a seat in the March 18-20 LAPT Event in Uruguay.
And finally, on Super Bowl Sunday itself, February 1, also at 4 pm ET, Bodog Poker holds the “Super Bowl Special – $20K Added”, with a buy-in of $100+$9.
admin on January 25th, 2009
You can go skiing by day and play high-stakes tournament poker by night if you attend the 2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine. And you can attend for free if you win one of PokerStars satellite tournaments awarding free entries into the 2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine set in Austria’s Saalbach-Hinterglemm mountains from March 21-28.
PokerStars will run 3 satellites per week–on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays–with a weekly final qualifier for the winners on Sundays (all held at 2 pm EST). And not one but two winners at each Sunday’s final will be awarded a prize package worth €6,000 that includes free entry to two events (the €1,500 main event and Event #4, a €300 Pot Limit Omaha tournament).
It also includes accommodation at the 5-star Alpine Palace ski resort with private helicopter transfers to and from the airport, daily ski passes, 2 vouchers each good for a 1-hour sauna, some traveling money, and an invite to the Team PokerNews Party.
PokerHub on December 18th, 2008
Satellites are now underway for the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
PokerStars is running both cash qualifiers and FPP qualifiers, so whether you’ve got the money or the comp points, as long as you have the inclination (and the desire to fly to the tropical and exotic Caribbean to participate in an official European Poker Tour event).
The 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure prize package includes not only a buy-in into the Main Event but hotel accommodations and expense money too. The total prize package is worth $14,300.
In addition to the regular FPP and cash qualifiers awarding entry into the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, PokerStars is also hosting what it calls “Steps Sit & Go” satellites, costing as little as $7.50 in cash or 500 in FPP credits to enter.
The Steps satellite series consists of 6 stages (or “steps”); 6 tournaments that players can buy into directly or win their way into by winning the step previous. Win the 6th step and win your $14,300 PCA prize package. Lose at any step, and you can still try again at the same step or the one below.
