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MELBOURNE-SYDNEY TRANSIT 2009 SYDNEY CHAMP JARRED GRAHAM 27.08.2010 As Australian Poker Weekly goes to press this week, the fifth event of the 2010 Victorian Poker Championships is underway. So far it has been a great campaign, with each of the first four events receiving fantastic turnouts. The first event saw 519 hopefuls take the felt, aiming for a share of a healthy $103,800 prize pool. Since I am still in Sydney, I note that whenever I am playing, most of my usual playmates are absent from their usual poker headquarters because they are in Melbourne. Hopefully, I shall join them in the southern state by Saturday to take part in the main event. The results of Vic Champs so far are as follows: Event 1: Opening Event NLHE Roland Hawkins-$21,500 Event 2: Pot Limit Omaha Mark Blechman-$6,860 Event 3: Teams Event NLHE Tinh Au-$8,300 Event 4: Terminator NLHE Stevan Chew-$11,350 The State Of Origin game was won by South Australia. Congratulations to James ‘Andy McLeod’ Obst and his team for a fantastic effort. Congratulations also to captain Eric Assadourian and his team from New South Wales who came so close to taking the title but unfortunately had to settle for the position of runner-up. All the players now in Melbourne will return to Sydney immediately after the Victorian Championships, to take their seats in Sydney Championships which runs from 31 August-12 September. The cream of Australian poker talent will be at Star City for the second season of Sydney’s own tournament. Last year’s champion Jarred Graham is looking to make it back-to back main event wins. Unfortunately for Jarred, Australia has an abundance of talented tournament poker players who will endeavour to make his road to success a hard and rocky one. May your pocket aces always hold up   Thirteen straight days of poker  The engine behind Star City’s Sydney Championships, from left to right: Deb Rillo Star City Poker Manager, Jason Wicks Star City Poker Tournament Administrator and Scott Colvin Star City Poker Marketing Manager. 27.08.2010 A few of years ago, Star City Casino did not have a single tournament series as part of its poker program. However its a different story in 2010, where the Big Game Poker brand goes from strength to strength. September is going to be a busy month at the Sydney Casino, with the second season of Star City Sydney Poker Championships to be held from 31 August to 12 September 2010. The Casino has put together a sophisticated schedule combining an array of satellites with a new event being introduced. Jarred Graham ‘Flip Fest’. Read the contents of event 5 on this page to find out how ‘Flip Fest’ works. The series culminates with the $1650 Sydney Championship No Limit Hold’em Main Event which is expected to attract a full run of players over 2 Day 1 flights. All events are detailed on biggamepoker.com.au with a pdf entry form also available for download. Star City is also offering special accommodation rates for players in the Championships. Accommodation details are also available on the website. Any further queries can be directed to the Star City Poker Host Desk on 9657 8787. 2010 BIG GAME POKER SYDNEY CHAMPIONSHIPS TOURNAMENT LISTING August 31, 2010 EVENT 1-NLH Opening (Flight 1) A Main Event-like experience to kick off the 2010 Sydney Championships for a fraction of the price. A 10,000 starting stack, 40 minute levels and for the first time at Star City, utilising the Repechage format, every player will have a chance to buy back into the Tournament on Flight 3 should they bust in Flights 1 or 2. As an added extra, if you find yourself short-stacked (you have your starting stack or less) at the end of Flight’s 1 or 2 you’ll be able to forfeit these chips and buy back in on Flight 3, or if you’re feeling brave, play Flight 3 only and chance your arm without a safety net. Date: Tuesday 31 August, 12:30 PM Buy in: $550 ($500 + $50) Starting Chips: $10,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 40 minutes September 1, 2010 EVENT 1-NLH Opening (Flight 2) Date: Wednesday 1 September, 12:30 PM Buy in: $550 ($500/$50) Starting Chips: $10,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 40 minutes September 2, 2010 EVENT 1-NLH Opening Event (Repechage) Date: Thursday 2 September, 12:30 PM Buy in: $550 ($500 + $50) Starting Chips: $10,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 40 minutes September 4, 2010 EVENT 2 - Omaha 4 cards rather than 2, twice the excitement, double the chance of spiking a miracle on the river or seeing the nut hand you flopped reduced to second, third or last as the turn and river play out... Not for the faint-hearted, get ready for the swings and adrenalin rush that is... Omaha. Date: Saturday 4 September, 12:30 PM Buy in: $770 ($700 + $70) Starting Chips: $8,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 30 minutes September 5, 2010 EVENT 3 - 6-Handed NLH Very popular with both live and on-line players, this short-handed format generates different play to the standard full table play. 6-handed play is by nature, more aggressive and not for the timid. Date: Sunday 5 September, 12:30 PM Buy in: $1,100 ($1000 + $100) Starting Chips: $8,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 40 minutes September 6, 2010 EVENT 4 - Bounty Semi-Shootout This event is a combination of many factors. Every player has a bounty on their head, the Tournament begins as a standard event playing down to 50 entrants at which point it reverts to the Shootout format with the top 2 from each table making it through to the final table... Multiple factors and disciplines. Date: Monday 6 September, 12:30 PM Buy in: $1,100 ($800 + $200 (bounties) + $100) Starting Chips: $8,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 40 minutes September 7, 2010 EVENT 5 - Jarred Graham 'Flip Fest' The 2009 Sydney Championship Main Event winner apart from collecting just over $121,000 also won the right to have a Tournament named after him and here it is and it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before... Every player will start with 10,000 in chips with a reserve stack of 10,000 (which they’ll receive if they bust out in the first 3 levels, or receive at the end of the third level if they have not been knocked out). Action will be fast and furious with the first three blind levels (20 minutes in length) starting at 500/1000, moving down to 300/600 in the 2nd level and then to 200/400 in the third. When the dust settles after the first hour, the blind levels extend to 30 minutes in length for the remainder of the Tournament, the other thing to remain static will be the blinds at 100/200... yes the blinds don’t change from Level 4 onwards...what does change is the amount of the antes that start in level 5... No sitting on your hands in this one folks... ’Flip Fest’ is here so you’d better get busy chipping up or you’ll get left behind... Date: Tuesday 7 September, 12:30 PM Buy in: $550 ($500 + $50) Starting Chips: $10,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 20/30 minutes September 8, 2010 EVENT 6 - PokerNews High Rollers Is there anyone who can keep the young brigade away from the trophy... With three of the past four winners of Star City High Roller events under the age of 25, one has to wonder if this has become a young man’s game... An event featuring the cream of local Poker talent... Will there be a new name on the trophy? Date: Wednesday 8 September, 12:30 PM Buy in: $10,200 ($10,000 + $200) Starting Chips: $20,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 45 minutes September 9, 2010 EVENT 7-Main Event (Flight 1) Last year Jarred Graham was able to eventually run over the final table coupling an aggressive approach with the right amount of luck when needed. Jarred picked up over $120k and his own named event in this championship. Who’ll put their hand up this year and claim the trophy? Time will tell but beware. Jarred has a habit of defending his titles at Star City. Date: Thursday 9 September, 12:30 PM Buy in: $1,650^ ($1,500 + $150) Starting Chips: $20,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 60 minutes September 10, 2010 EVENT 7 - Main Event (Flight 2) Date: Friday 10 September, 12:30 PM Buy in: $1,650 ($1,500 + $150) Starting Chips: $20,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 60 minutes September 12, 2010 EVENT 8-Lifestart Charity The final event of the Championships and a chance to give a little whilst being able to win as well. The Lifestart Charity organization is dedicated to helping children with various developmental issues and easing the burden on their families wherever possible. $150 from every entry will be donated to Lifestart which includes what would have been the entry fee. So come along and not only participate in the closing event but know at the same time your contribution will go to making someone’s life a little bit better. Date: Sunday 12 September, 12:30 PM Buy in: $400 ($250 + $150) Starting Chips: $6,000 in non-value tournament chips Blind Level Duration: 30 minutes  Maklouf on track for ANZPT Player of the Year  27.08.2010 BY DANIELLE ADAMS-BENHAM As a manger in fleet services at CityRail John Maklouf has honed a range of skills, including a heightened level of patience and practical analysis that have served him well in the cut-and-thrust environment of tournament poker. This brilliant Aussie has been playing poker for around six years, starting online, as many players do, on play money tables. It was only a short time after his initial online poker venture that John moved into the real money games. “I had been playing for just a few months and in that time read a [poker strategy] book and realised I had some good skills,” he replied when asked what had prompted his move into playing poker for real money. A combination of his natural skills, further extensive reading and many hours of playing had prepared John for the transition. Even so, there was no way that John could have predicted the spectacularly rapid development of his game, from untried rookie to his current status as leader of the Season 2 ANZPT PLAYER OF THE YEAR. Born and bred in Sydney, 31 year-old John rates himself a pretty good player; one who has invested a lot of time into his game to ensure continued improvement. John takes his game more than seriously. He has been playing mostly live over this ANZPT season but also plays online regularly on PokerStars when he is not on tour. He has registered some wonderful online tournament results, taking down multiple tournaments and thousands of dollars as both a live and online player. John is also a cash game player; but of late has been working primarily on his tournament play. He plans to see out the coming seasons of the ANZPT and would love to make poker his full-time career. After consistent runs on the table John has dashed past last year’s ANZPT Player of the Year Tony Hachem. He has made the final table at the ANZPT Sydney, ANZPT Canberra, ANZPT Queenstown and cashed at ANZPT Gold Coast. This run is a remarkable feat for any player and demonstrates an obvious consistency. John Maklouf has become good friends with on-the-felt rival Tony Hachem, as well as many other players we have read about in Australian Poker Weekly over the past year. He thrives on life as a poker player and the friendships he has made. Asked how it felt to pass Tony; John explained that he “doesn’t think too much about the other players” or his own status in the rankings, but focuses on his game at hand. As this edition of APW goes to press, John will be in Melbourne for the Victorian Poker Championships main event at Crown Casino. “If I keep up my good form I should run well,” he said. “I am also hoping to be at the Aussie Millions,” he replied when asked about the up major tournament scheduled for January. ANZPT PLAYER OF THEYEAR POINTS RANKING SEASON 2 1st-John Maklouf-193.80 2nd-Tony Hachem-181.65 3rd-Andrew Scarf-164.50 4th-Aaron Benton-164.45 5th-Michael Spilkin-152.90 6th-Rennie Carnevale-149.55 7th-Ricky Kroesen-138.65 8th-Angelo Hamataj-133.70 9th-Vesko Zmukic-126.10 10th-Jason Gray-116.50 11th-Dale Marsland-113.55 12th-Joel Dodds-113.50 13th-Adam Cameron-110.25 14th-Peter Aristidou-108.30 15th-Liam O'Rourke-108.05 16th-Julian Cohen-105.00 17th-Bradley Bower-102.50 18th-Daniel Neilson-101.40  James Obst leads South Australia to State of Origin crown  JAMES 'ANDY MCLEOD' OBST 27.08.2010 By Tim Duckworth After two intense days of shootout format poker, the South Australian team emerged victorious in the 2010 Victorian Poker Championships State of Origin Event. Seven teams were represented in the third instalment of the State of Origin after the late withdrawal of The Territories side. However their loss was all soon forgotten as the not-so-friendly banter and occasionally unpleasant egos were unleashed in a titanic State versus State and Mate versus Mate battle. Following some early mishaps from Western Australia and Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and reigning champions New Zealand soon joined them on the outer watching as South Australia and New South Wales transformed the event into a two-horse race. As the night wound up, New South Wales and South Australia managed to continue their early dominance by establishing a stranglehold of the final table with three and two members respectively as Tasmania (2) and New Zealand (1) rounded out the final eight. Arriving for the final table, all the focus was on the Blues of New South Wales and the Reds of South Australia, as one looked to claim their maiden victory, while the other looked to collect their second title while underlining their poker motto of being the home of poker. Play started slowly, but once Ben Richardson (Tasmania) and Phillip Willcocks (New Zealand) made their way to the rail, things began to loosen up as both South Australia and New South Wales jostled for position to collect the maximum points available. Unfortunately the New South Wales campaign took a big hit when Nick Velcic and Joel Dodds fell next to leave just four players; two of which included South Australians. South Australia were a near certainty for victory holding the majority of chips, but with eliminations falling their way, New South Wales still stood with a chance. Jarred Graham exited at the hands of Grant Levy, but the New South Welshman would end all chances of victory when he made a call to dispatch of Tasmanian Heath Chick in third. The near-even heads-up battle would be over quicker than most thought as James Obst quickly ended Levy's run with a well deserved victory after capturing the chip lead early on the final table and never releasing it. With Obst collecting the $11,000 first prize, it also cemented South Australia's victory in the 2010 State of Origin, capitalising on their victory in the inaugural year of 2008 as the eight team members will share the $28,000 first prize equally. Final Points Standings South Australia - 500 points New South Wales - 435 Tasmania - 270 Victoria - 260 New Zealand - 220 Queensland - 140 Western Australia – 130 Final Table Results 1st James Obst - $11,000 2nd Grant Levy - $5,700 3rd Heath Chick - $3,900 4th Jarred Graham - $2,200 5th Joel Dodds - $2,200 6th Nick Velcic - $2,200 7th Phillip Willcocks - $2,200 8th Ben Richardson - $2,200 Big chip chop games at Jade Tavern, Mr B’s Hotel and Haymarket Hotel  27.08.2010 BY STUART COOPER The Chip Chip format has taken all before it in recent months in the Sydney pub poker scene. If you're playing in a poker game and it's not a multi-table No Limit Holdem tournament, you're almost certainly playing in a Chip Chop. It's very rare to play a Sit and Go these days. While most of the Chip Chops have modest buyins of $33, $44 or $55, there's two big chip chop games in the city where the action is bigger. The original big Chip Chop game is at the Haymarket Hotel, George Street, on Tuesday nights. It's coming up to its first anniversary soon. I won the $110 Sit and Go they had on opening night (which is probably the first and last Sit and Go ever played then, after that one it's been Chip Chops all the way). The action starts around 7:30, with a buyin of $110 to $220. Like most Chip Chops, a 10% rake applies on the buyin, so $100 in chips costs you $110 and $200 in chips costs you $220. Blinds are $1/$1 for the whole game. After two hours, there's a break in which you can cash out and leave. If you want to stay for the second half, you have to keep your chips on the table and resume with the same amount - there's no ratholing down to a smaller amount than you have. After the second half, around 11:40pm, everyone cashes out and again players have the chance to leave. The last game, starting around midnight, has a bigger maximum buyin of $550. Sometimes some Star City dealers and players will turn up late for this game, they appreciate the bigger buyins. Depending on player demand, Pot Limit Omaha is often played, again with $1/$1 blinds. The Tuesday night Chip Chop has been so successful that a second night of big Chip Chops has started, this one on Wednesday night at Mr B's Hotel, the old Mandarin Club on the corner of Pitt and Goulburn Streets. Mr B's hotel is open until 4am, so there's a very late game scheduled in the early hours of Thursday. They're also scheduling a guarenteed late Omaha game, which looks like becoming the standard PLO game on Wednesday midnight. Like Haymarket, Mr B's poker room is in an opulent basement room, with a good feel of luxury to it. I like poker areas that look the part. With the best tournaments usually being on Thursday, Friday and the weekends, the big Chip Chops fill an important part in a poker player's schedule. Also the late running times of the game mean that it's possible to do other activities in the city and still get some poker action afterwards. Ermington Hotel had some big late night Chip Chops going, often with Dealer's Choice, but that room abruptly closed last week. The big Chip Chop action in now in the city. The poker at both Haymarket Hotel and Mr B's Hotel is run by Sin City, the same people behind Jade Tavern's poker room. There's still action at Jade seven nights a week, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays the bigger action is at these Chip Chops. One great thing about the game is a provided dealer. The dealers run a great table and exercise good common sense in their game control. SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION RATES FOR SYDNEY CHAMPS PLAYERS  SPECIAL HOTEL RATES FOR ALL SYDNEY CHAMPS POKER PLAYERS Applicable rates for this event will be: Superior Pyrmont View Hotel Rooms $265.00 per night room only Deluxe Pyrmont View Hotel Rooms $290.00 per night room only. Contact Star City Reservations on 1800 700 700 (tollfree within Australia) and speak to any of the reservations staff to make your booking. Please quote the reference SYDNEY CHAMPS to obtain access to the discounted rates for this event. Rooms and rates are subject to availability at the time of booking. WCOOP Poker Quiz offers $5,200 Main Event seat  27.08.2010 By Brad Willis Now, you can play the World Championship of Online Poker $5,200 buy-in Main Event for nothing. You don't even have to play poker to get your seat. All you have to do is take the PokerStars WCOOP Poker Quiz and be the first person to score 100%. Ready? Set? Wait! You're not ready, are you? Do you really think you can answer all of these questions off the top of your head? Nay, you cannot. How do I know this? Well, I've been writing PokerStars articles for five and half years. I started to take the test and missed more than one question in the first ten. There are 101 questions, folks. For instance, do you have any idea where this photo was taken?  No? Well, figure it out, because that is the kind of thing you're going to have to know if you want to win the WCOOP seat. This thing is NOT easy. You are going to need every resource at your disposal. You will need the PokerStars blog. You will need PokerStars.com. You will need, verily, verily, the powers of Google. You know why? If you get one question wrong, you are out of the running for the grand prize. Your first entry is your only entry. You cannot save your answers and come back later. If you miss one little question, you will be forced to actually play poker for a chance at a Main Event seat. Yeah, PokerStars isn't that cruel. If you happen to miss a question about the brand of toothpaste Greg Raymer uses (I don't think that question is in there...), you still have a chance at getting into WCOOP. All the people who get 90% or more of the questions correct will be entered into a WCOOP freeroll on September 18th. It's not a bad little deal. Here are the prizes: 1. WCOOP Main Event seat worth $5,200 2. WCOOP seat worth $2,100 3. WCOOP seat worth $1,050 4. WCOOP seat worth $1,050 5. WCOOP seat worth $1,050 6. WCOOP seat worth $1,050 7. WCOOP seat worth $530 8. WCOOP seat worth $320 9. WCOOP seat worth $215 Now, this little quiz is open to all PokerStars players, but we like to think readers of the PokerStars Blog have a better shot at winning this thing. Why? Well, the writers of the blog have spent nearly six years chronicling all things related to PokerStars. I'd venture to guess that a majority of the questions on the quiz can be answered by reading the PokerStars blog (but, surely not all, so make sure you use other resources). Don't email questions, because we can't answer them. Don't stop us at an event and beg for an answer, because we will be forced to run away and hide in the coat closet. Don't find us at a poker table and promise to dump a stack to us if we... Well, you get the point. You have until September 14th to submit your entry. Ready? Set? Go. http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/wcoop-quiz/ Full Tilt Poker Promotions - September 2010  27.08.2010 NEW PROMOTIONS MiniFTOPS XVII Play in MiniFTOPS this September for your chance to turn a small buy-in into a huge score. Get in on the action of the 34 FTOPS XVII events at a fraction of the price. There is $6 million in guaranteed prize money up for grabs. Starting on Wednesday, September 8th, MiniFTOPS features the same events as FTOPS, but all at approximately 1/10th of the buy-in. Series highlights include: The MiniFTOPS Two-Day Event, featuring a $200 + $16 buy-in and $600K guaranteed The MiniFTOPS Main Event, with a $70 + $5 buy-in and $1 million in guaranteed prize money Six Rush Poker* Tournaments, including Event #33, a $20 + $2 NLH Rush Rebuy with $350K guaranteed MiniFTOPS events feature large starting fields and great tournament structures, giving you a lot of play for a little money. See For more information on MiniFTOPS, please see http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/mini-full-tilt-online-poker-series The Doubles Poker Championship Pick your favorite team in each show of Full Tilt Poker’s Doubles Poker Championship to win entry to our series of Freerolls, where you can play for your Maserati GranTurismo. The top professional poker players in the world clash at the felt, competing in pairs to win the $1 million grand prize in the televised tournament. Premiering on Saturday, August 14th at 21:00 ET on Game Show Network (GSN), this 13-week television series showcases the action from the Doubles Poker Championship at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. All Freerolls take place at 20:30 ET on Sundays, from Sunday, August 15th, 2010, through Sunday, November 14th, 2010. Freerolls award direct entry to the Final Freeroll at 20:30 ET on Sunday, November 14th. For more information on the Doubles Poker Championship, please see http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/doubles-poker-championship The Doubles Poker Championship promotion is only open to players from the USA and Canada. ONGOING PROMOTIONS The Big Little Tournament The Big Little Tournament continues with a series of $100,000 guaranteed tournaments featuring buy-ins of just $2+$0.20. With a guaranteed first prize of $9,000, it is your chance to turn a small buy-in into a huge score. These Turbo No-Limit Hold ‘em tournaments will run on the following Sundays: September 12th September 26th October 10th October 24th For more information on the Big Little Tournament, please see http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/big-little-tournament Face the Pro Win a shot at over €100,000 and the crown of Central Eastern European Poker Champion, absolutely free, with Face the Pro. Play our Freeroll Qualifiers to earn your seat to the live, televised tournament series, where you can play heads-up against Team Full Tilt’s Gus Hansen for the top prize. For more information on Face the Pro, please see http://www.facethepro.net/en/ This promotion is only available to players in Central and Eastern Europe. Late Night Poker You can win your way to play the world’s best poker players for a share of over $500,000 on Late Night Poker: Late Night Poker – Compete for your slice of the $500,000 prize pool in one of Europe’s biggest tournaments. Freeroll Qualifiers are running now, with a $300 + $22 direct qualifier tournament running on October 3rd. For more information on Late Night Poker please see http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/late-night-poker Full Tilt Poker Series – España Play in our Full Tilt Poker Series – España Qualifier tournaments to win your seat in the best poker tournament series in Spain: the Full Tilt Poker Series – España. There’s €1 million in guaranteed prize money over four live events – you can qualify online exclusively at Full Tilt Poker. You’ll have three opportunities each week to win a $3,200 prize package to the final event at the Gran Casino de Barcelona on December 2nd to 5th, with buy-ins ranging from $200 + $16 to $500 + $35. Buy-in directly to any of these tournaments or satellite your way in for as little as $5. For more information go to http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/full-tilt-poker-series-spain Full Tilt Poker Spanish Masters Series Win your share of $100,000 and the title of Spanish Poker Champion with the FTP Masters Series. Qualify through Full Tilt Poker Series – España to play Spain’s best and brightest in a televised live tournament series. Full Tilt Poker is staging a three-day live event, testing a range of essential poker skills, to find the most complete poker player in Spain. The field will consist of 32 players in total – the top 16 players from Full Tilt Poker Series – España will be joined by players who qualify exclusively through Full Tilt Poker. For more information on Full Tilt Poker Spanish Masters Series, please see http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/masters-series MORE ONGOING PROMOTIONS Full Tilt Poker Academy Learn from pros like Andy Bloch, Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer at Full Tilt Poker Academy. Improve your game using a library of free multimedia content including video, podcasts, interactive quizzes and tests. Start by taking Lessons on strategy and watching live Sessions to see the theory in action. Then take an online Pro Challenge or interactive Sit-N-Learn to test your knowledge. It’s free to join and registration is quick and easy. If you already have a Full Tilt Poker account, log in using your username and password to get started right away. For more information and to enroll for free, go to http://academy.fulltiltpoker.com Player Achievement Badges Show off your achievements at the tables with Full Tilt Poker’s Player Achievement Badges. Earn each of your four Achievement Badges every month by completing challenges while playing in your favourite games. As you earn your badges, you’ll have the option of displaying them on your avatar. Earn all four in a one-month period to show the competition your range of skills at the tables. For more information on the Player Achievement Badges, please see http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/player-achievement-badges Big Money Sundays Every Sunday there’s more than $1 million in combined guarantees up for grabs. Start your day with the Sunday Brawl at 14:00 ET and fight for your share of $250K in guaranteed prize money. Play in the $750,000 Guarantee at 18:00 ET for your chance to grab a piece of our largest guaranteed weekly prize pool. Finish your day with the $150K guaranteed Sunday Mulligan at 19:05 ET. Satellites to these events start at $1 or 50 Full Tilt Points. More information can be found here: http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/big-money-sundays $1,000,000 Monthly Guarantee One Sunday every month, we up the ante on the $750,000 Guarantee to $1 million. Running at 18:00 ET on the first Sunday following the 15th of each month, buy in for $500+$35, or satellite your way for as little as $1 or 50 Full Tilt Points. Iron Man Challenge The Iron Man Challenge rewards you for dedicated play with exclusive gear and prizes, plus the chance to play in Bonus Freerolls and win up to $100K each month. Earn a set number of Full Tilt Points in order to reach Bronze, Silver, Gold or Iron status and you’ll receive Iron Man Medals for use in the Iron Man Store. Get your hands on exclusive Iron Man gear, Satellite tokens or even cash bonuses. Reach one of the status levels and you’ll gain entry to one of four Bonus Freerolls. Win your Freeroll and play the other three Freeroll winners in a winner-take-all Sit & Go for $5K. If you win the SNG, you’ll get to play heads up against three Full Tilt Poker pros for up to $100K. More information can be found here: http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/promotions/ironman Rush Poker* Tournaments Experience the world’s fastest poker tournament with Rush Poker * Tournaments – available exclusively at Full Tilt Poker. As with Rush Poker* ring games, when you play a Rush Poker* Tournament you’ll join a large player pool and face a different table of opponents every hand you play. When the final table of the tournament is reached, the tournament will switch to the “standard” tournament mode and hands will be played one at a time until the tournament is complete. *Patent pending. Rush Poker The evolution of poker is here. Rush Poker is the world’s fastest poker game, designed to minimize the wait between hands – and it’s only available at Full Tilt Poker. Unlike a standard ring game, when you play Rush Poker you’ll join a large player pool and face a different table of opponents every hand. When you fold, you’ll immediately be moved to a new table for your next hand. To play even faster, use the Quick Fold button to fold your hand right away – even if it’s not your turn to act. Be warned: Rush Poker is the most intense poker experience in the world. For more information on Rush Poker please see www.fulltiltpoker.com/rush-poker 888poker launches partnership with London Poker Circuit  888poker, the poker offering from award-winning 888 Holdings plc., announces their partnership with the London Poker Circuit. The new relationship will offer members of both 888poker and the London Poker Circuit an extended poker experience that integrates online poker and live poker to bring larger prize pools and bigger poker events. To launch the new partnership, LPC and 888poker have created a monthly 888poker Super Stack poker event. The tournament will take place at the end of every month at Kensington Close Hotel and will boast a prize pool of £30,000. Members of the LPC and 888poker can qualify for the 888poker Super Stack by playing online qualifiers at 888poker.com and live super satellites at Kensington Close Hotel. In addition to the new 888poker Super Stack, a new integrated leader board will be offered to players. Players will receive points for their tournament play both online and live, which will go towards the final leader board. Top 10 on the board will win a private sit n’go and three course meal at the Kensington Close Hotel. Gareth Edwards, Director of Global Strategy, stated: “The London poker circuit is the preeminent destination for live poker. 888poker looks forward to adding our online offering to the LPC experience. Together we will be able to provide a quality and unique poker experience that will engage all the forms in which you can play the game.’ |
