Dip into the Deep Poker Tournament Stack

Prize Pools are growing to outlandish Numbers!

We only have to scan the millions of dollars that have been claimed by veritable poker rookies at the recent World Series of Poker to understand the magnitude of the sport. In only six years the guaranteed cash up for grabs at the WSOP grew exponentially from $1.5 million in the year 2000 to an unbelievable $12 million in 2006, and these caches of crispy, crunchy dollar bills have been claimed by just one player – the last man standing at the heads-up of the main event!

In the past two years we have seen a surge of new poker tours that have effectively cornered most national and regional poker markets including Latin American and the Asian Pacific region. These tours are guaranteed to succeed as they are backed by powerful poker-sector sponsors that have the money, expertise and credibility to attract the best poker players in the world, not only the hundreds of online qualifiers that make their way to the big time each year.

Seats are currently up for grabs at a diverse range of online and land-based freeroll and satellite events, for the reputable poker tours planned for the rest of 2008/2009, so jump onto the poker tour bandwagon and get playing as soon as possible ‘cos there is simply no reason why you can’t become the next Joe Hachem or Jamie Gold!

Upcoming Freerolls and Satellite Events

• Bwin, Carbon Poker and the Poker Room are running freerolls from 5-7 August where packages of between $5000 and $7000 are up for grabs for the PokerNews Cup Australia. The signature tournament is planned for 12-20 October at the Crown Casino in Melbourne and packages include the main event entry, entry to Event 1, 10 days accommodation at the Crown Promenade Hotel together with selected tours and hard cash for travelling expenses!
• PokerStars is offering players the opportunity of contesting the EPT Barcelona that is scheduled to take place from 10-14 September at Casino Barcelona. The top two finishes in the freeroll tournament of the 17 August will each receive a $16 700 package that includes the entry to the main event, accommodation and cash to cover travelling expenses.
• On 13 September PokerStars will be holding a freeroll for the APPT Auckland and the top five finishes will be sent to New Zealand to take part in the Event planned for 9-12 October at the Sky City Casino in Auckland.

So if you are in the mood to play a quick game of poker - why not dip into the deep poker stacks on offer.