PokerTube $3000 WSOP Package at 888 Poker
9 years ago
20 May
It’s getting towards World Series of Poker time of the year and here at PokerTube we’d love to help you join the fun in Las Vegas person!
So, as we are jolly fine people, we have joined up with some other good folks – the 888poker.com squad – to offer you an exclusive opportunity to win a $3000 package to the bright lights and the big time!
The Package
One lucky winner of our PokerTube/888poker.com satellite will find themselves playing in the inaugural 888.com sponsored event #54, nicknamed “Crazy Eights”. The special $888 buy-in WSOP Gold Bracelet Tournament appears for the first time, and the 8-Handed No Limit Hold'em event will have a guaranteed $888,888 to the first place winner.
Here’s what the satellite victory will cover:
- 4 nights stat at the RIO
- $888 side event tournament buy in
- $1,400 for travel and expenses
- 888live poker kit
A prize of a lifetime, and nothing to stop you fighting your way through the other 888poker satellites to see if you can add some other tournaments while you’re there.
888poker.com
As one of the world’s leading online poker providers, a renewed sponsorship and content agreement with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will make 888poker a leading sponsor of the 2016 WSOP in Las Vegas this summer, for the second year in a row!
The expanded deal will guarantee that 888poker is the only online poker operator running official online WSOP satellite qualifiers and themed promotions (outside the USA, Canada, France and Italy).
How to book your spot
Of course you have to be in it to win it, so let’s see how to get you started…
The Satellite:
As usual with such satellites you’re going to have to use a new account created through this link: Sign Up Here and support are always on hand to guide you through any difficulties.
- Tournament ID: 80201994
- $5.50 buy in
- Sunday June 5th, 20:00
- 3000 starting stack, 15/30 starting levels and a 10 minute clock.
- Found under the special tab on 888poker.com
What to expect…
888poker.com have plenty of experience in looking after their charges, having sponsored 128 of last year’s Main Event, including the eventual winner of the November Nine final table, Joe McKeehen.
The lesser-known, but equally amazing Tommy Yates, a British ex-pat, earned his ticket to the Main Event via a one cent satellite entry, so there's every chance that some lucky player will be able to follow in his spectacular steps.
Even today, the story of how he fought his way through online qualifiers to win a $13,000 package to Vegas is the stuff poker legends are made of. Tommy eventually finished in-the-money, with an incredible $19,500 cash payday, after being busted by eventual champion, Joe McKeehen.
Senior Vice President & Head of B2C at 888 Holdings, Itai Pazner said:
The World Series of Poker is the pinnacle of the poker calendar and during the Main Event, the eyes of the poker world are on the action in Las Vegas. In 2015, we made dreams come true for Tommy Yates and renewing our partnership will help to get more 888 players from all over the world to the WSOP again this year. The sponsorship is fantastic for the 888poker brand, for 888 players, and for the poker community more generally.”
Crazy Eights
The $888 Crazy Eights event, named by USAToday as one of the five best tournaments for first-time players will be the first time in WSOP history that a sub-$1,500 buy-in event will be run eight-handed.
The event schedule is as follows:
- Flight A – Friday, July 1 at 10:00 am.
- Flight B – Friday, July 1 at 4:00 pm.
- Flight C – Saturday, July 2 at 10;00 am.
- Flight D – Saturday, July 2 at 4:00 pm.
Players will start each flight with 5,000 chips and play eighteen 30-minute levels. If a eliminated, a player may elect to re-enter any remaining flight (max. one entry per flight).
Survivors from all four flights will then return for Day 2 on Sunday, July 3 at 2 pm. for 10, 60-minute levels, after which two more days of action will take place with the event expected to conclude on Tuesday, July 5.
888poker.com and PokerTube at the WSOP
As part of their wide-ranging agreement, 888poker will continue to receive a lot of publicity via live reporting on WSOP.com and through the WSOP Main Event television programming on ESPN, as well as throughout the summer during the WSOP.com official live streaming of gold bracelet event final tables.
888 is an important part of the WSOP family, both domestically and around the globe,” said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. “We applaud 888’s commitment to market the game with unique offers and incentives around the biggest poker festival on the planet, and hope many online qualifiers have their dreams dealt in Las Vegas.”
PokerTube will be bringing you all the best of the action and as many of the big stories from the event as you can handle, including the exploits of our exclusive super-satellite winner.
The World Series Of Poker 2016
The 47th Annual World Series of Poker will take place from 31st of May to the 18th of July 2016 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. In 2015, the event attracted 103,512 entrants from 111 different countries and awarded more than $210 million in prize money.
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