One Million Dollar Prize Pool. Win a Car! FPP Buy In.
Pokerstars is offering online poker players an amazingly high value tournament once a month on the last Sunday of the month. The FPP Turbo Takedown kicks off each month at 15:30, but you’ll want to register very early, here’s why:
$1,000,000 Turbo Takedown Pays 5000 Places!
The Turbo Takedown event is limited to just the first 25 thousand players. Which at first seems like quite a lot. T
he event pays the top 5000 places. Wow! Right?
Not only does the Turbo Takedown pay 5000 places, the guaranteed prize pool is nothing short of a cool million dollars. Imagine, another shot at a Million dollars on a Sunday at Pokerstars, but this time, with no cash buy in!
The first place winner of this event will be awarded a brand spanking new Audi. Additionally, every single player that cashes in the event will win a $100 bonus. If you win a second time, you win another bonus, this time $200. Keep up the run, and win a third time in a row for $300. This keeps right on going until you receive a $1000 bonus. The bonus monies clear five times faster than any other bonuses at PokerStars, and add all that up. ..
If you can grind your way into the cash 10 months in a row (10 events) that’s 5500 in free poker bonuses!
Additionally, this is a pro bounty tournament! Knock out a Pokerstars pro, win a $100 bounty! How’s that for an FPP tournament?
WSOP-C Schedule Announced for 2010-2011
The World Series of Poker has announced the release of the 2010-2011 WSOP Circuit Schedule.
The action at the Rio All Suites Casino in Las Vegas during the WSOP each year is amazing. A huge party with tons of action through the casino, in fact the action spills over throughout most of Las Vegas. After it’s over, the players seemingly fade off into the night. Or well, not exactly.
The first WSOP Circuit event kicks off just after the WSOP Main event ends in August. The event is held in Iowa at the Horseshoe Council Bluffs.
Including that first stop at the Horseshoe in Iowa, the WSOP Circuit tour which is in it’s seventh season features at least already scheduled 12 tournaments in various locations. In addition to the 12 tour stops already announced, more are promised to be released in the coming months.
According to a report by the WSOP, this years tour features some noteworthy improvements:
One such improvement is a cumulative ranking system. This new system will award players points for each WSOP-C Ring event. The top 100 ranked players will then play in a season finale event at Caesars Palace. The winner will win a share in the $1,000,000 prize pool and a customary WSOP Gold Bracelet.
For further details, and to check out the schedule in its entirety, check out wsop.com.
Day 7 of the WSOP – down to 27
More than 70 poker players bellied up to World Series of Poker tables today, many for the last time in 2010. Play was set to ensue until there were just 27 poker players left in the main event.
Bryn Kenney was the player that made that happen.
In the final hand of the night Kenney tangled with Pascal LeFrancois, who he’d been involved in a few hands with previously. During one hand, LeFrancois slow rolled a set, carving out a pretty decent chunk of Kenney’s stack and leaving him short. In the final hand of the night, Kenny was all in before the flop, LeFrancois had him covered. They turned over their cards and Kenney had the worst of it for sure.
Kenny showed a pocket pair of two’s, and he’d come up against LeFrancois’s pocket aces. He’d need to hit trips, make a straight, or hope for a miracle from God to stay in the game at this point.
The flop did bring the trips, however, it was an ace, not a deuce that landed on the felt, giving LeFrancois the nuts on the flop.
The turn and river were both bricks, and the field was finally down to 27. Play resumes tomorrow at 12P.M. and will continue until only 9 players remain and the final table is set.
PokerStars Announces Preliminary Schedule for 2010 WCOOP
PokerStars has announced the preliminary schedule for the upcoming 2010 World Championship of Online Poker. This year’s series will feature more events than last year’s series and hopefully even larger guaranteed prize pools.
Last year the series had forty five tournaments take place and over $50 million in guaranteed prize money. This year the series is going to have sixty two events and even though the guarantees have yet to be released, one would imagine they would be worth over $50 million since there are more events this year than last year.
The series is set to begin on September 5th and the first day will see three events taking place. The first event is the $215 no limit hold’em six max event and next will be the $10,300 no limit hold’em high roller tournament. The last event of the day will be the $215 two day event.
The WCOOP tournament series is expected to have a large variety of games and formats in the various tournaments for players to enjoy. These games include: Five Card Draw, Omaha, Razz, Eight Game, Badugi, HORSE, Single Draw and Triple Draw.
The main event is set to take place on September 26th at 17:00 ET and have a buy-in of $5,200. The main event is one of the highlights of the series and many top pros will be trying their hand at winning the event. Last year the event was won by Yevgeniy Timoshenko and he earned $1.7 million for winning the tournament.
Below is a list of the preliminary schedule. Changes can be made in the future and the guarantees are expected to be released soon:
Sunday, September 5th
13:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
15:00 ET: $10,300 No Limit Hold’em High Roller
17:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Two-Day
Monday, September 6th
14:00 ET: $320 Pot Limit Omaha
17:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Shootout Six-Max
20:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Turbo with Rebuys
Tuesday, September 7th
14:00 ET: $215 Pot Limit Five Card Draw
17:00 ET: $215 TBD
20:00 ET: $1,050 No Limit Hold’em 15-Minute Levels
Wednesday, September 8th
12:00 ET: $265 Pot Limit Omaha Knockout
14:00 ET: $320 No Limit Hold’em Ante Up
17:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Two-Day
Thursday, September 9th
12:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em
14:00 ET: $265 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max Knockout
17:00 ET: $215 Razz
Friday, September 10th
14:00 ET: $215 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max
17:00 ET: $215 No Limit Single Draw
20:00 ET: $109 Eight-Game 10-Minute Levels
Saturday, September 11th
13:00 ET: $109 No Limit Hold’em 10-Minute Levels
17:00 ET: $215 Limit Hold’em
Sunday, September 12th
13:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em
17:00 ET: $530 No Limit Hold’em Two-Day
Monday, September 13th
14:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Four-Max
17:00 ET: $320 Stud
20:00 ET: $215 Pot Limit Omaha Turbo Cubed
Tuesday, September 14th
14:00 ET: $320 Mixed Hold’em Six-Max
17:00 ET: $320 Limit Badugi
20:00 ET: $1050 No Limit Hold’em 15-Minute Levels
Wednesday, September 15th
12:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Cubed
14:00 ET: $530 No Limit Hold’em Triple Shootout 10-Max
17:00 ET: $320 Eight-Game
Thursday, September 16th
12:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
14:00 ET: $320 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max Cubed
17:00 ET: $320 Limit Triple Draw 2-7
Friday, September 17th
14:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys
17:00 ET: $530 Limit Omaha High/Low
20:00 ET: $320 No Limit Hold’em 10-Minute Levels
Saturday, September 18th
13:00 ET: $530 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Two-Day
15:00 ET: $25,500 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up Two-Day
17:00 ET: $320 HORSE
Sunday, September 19th
13:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em
17:00 ET: $1,050 No Limit Hold’em Two-Day
Monday, September 20th
14:00 ET: $320 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max with Rebuys
17:00 ET: $320 No Limit Hold’em 2X Chance
20:00 ET: $265 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Knockout
Tuesday, September 21st
14:00 ET: $320 Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha
17:00 ET: $530 Stud High/Low
20:00 ET: $1,050 No Limit Hold’em 15-Minute Levels
Wednesday, September 22nd
12:00 ET: $215 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max
14:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Big Antes
17:00 ET: $320 Pot Limit Omaha High/Low
Thursday, September 23rd
12:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
14:00 ET: $530 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys
17:00 ET: $2,100 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max
Friday, September 24th
14:00 ET: $530 No Limit Hold’em Cubed
17:00 ET: $1,050 Limit Hold’em Six-Max
20:00 ET: $215 No Limit Omaha High/Low 10-Minute Levels
Saturday, September 25th
13:00 ET: $530 Pot Limit Omaha Heads-Up Match Play
17:00 ET: $2,100 HORSE
Sunday, September 26th
13:00 ET: $215 No Limit Hold’em
15:00 ET: $10,300 Eight-Game High Roller
17:00 ET: $5,200 Main Event Two-Day
Full Tilt Poker Announces FTOPS XVII
Full Tilt Poker is one of the most popular online poker sites on the internet today. Thousands of players log on to Full Tilt Poker everyday to enjoy the various poker games and tournaments that the site has to offer. One of the most popular options that Full Tilt offers is their Full Tilt Online Poker Series. The Series is about to start again and Full Tilt has announced the schedule of events.
This year the Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVII will begin on August 4th. The tournament will continue until August 15th and have thirty four events taking place. The total guaranteed prize money up for grabs will be $19 million but hopefully so many players will sign up to compete that the prize money for each tournament will surpass its guarantee!
Included on the schedule are six Rush Poker tournaments as well as knockout and shootout tournaments. There will also be a Bouncebackability Free roll which will be for those who end up being Bubble Boys. If you just miss the cash bubble in an event then you will be entered into the free roll. You will then have the chance to win a seat to the FTOPS XVII Main Event.
Even though the schedule has been announced it has not been told as to who will be hosting each event. I’m sure Full Tilt is still figuring out which star will host which event so we should find out in the near future who will be hosting the events.
The online poker series will kick off with a $200 plus $16 No Limit Hold’em event which will have a guaranteed prize pool of $750,000. Next up will be a $240 plus $16 Pot limit Omaha hi/lo knockout rush tournament which will have a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The events with the larger prize pools are the $300 plus $22 no limit hold’em event which takes place on the 8th. This event has a $1,250,000 prize pool as well as the $1,000 plus $60 no limit hold’em tournament which has the same guaranteed prize pool. This event takes place on the 9th.
There is also going to be a $2,000 plus $100 no limit hold’em tournament ante from start which is a two day six max event. This tournament will have a guaranteed prize pool of $2 million dollars. And of course no one could forget the main event. The main event will have a buy-in of $600 plus $40 and be a no limit hold’em tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $3,000,000.
Of course if you don’t want to pay the buy-in you can try your hand at satellites that Full Tilt will be holding. Players can earn their seat to the tournament events by participating in the various satellites with varying buy-ins to earn their seat to a FTOPS XVII Event. Players can check out the FTOPS XVII page at Full Tilt to check out the full schedule of events.
