Year-round, Aced runs daily satellites for whatever World Series of Poker is next (even if it’s 11 months away); these take place at 1:10, 3:10, and 5:10 pm “Aced Time” and have a $10 + $1 buy-in. Current $10 WSOP satellites are for the 2010 WSOP.

Aced also runs $5 Sunday Guaranteed satellites several times daily, as well as ongoing $2 Sit-n-Go’s into a $15,000 guaranteed finals. For Aced VIPs (which is all Aced Poker players enrolled in the site’s loyalty and rewards program), there are Daily VIP Satellites and a $50,000 Guaranteed VIP Satellite every day at 6:50 pm “Aced Time”. And among Aced.com’s Daily Sit ‘n Go Satellite Tournaments are 10-seated, 6-seated, and heads-up tourneys with VIP points for buy-ins.

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.