Series Features 14 Events, Including One Two-Day Tournament
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is back tomorrow with its fifth installment, and the series will pay out more than ever to its participants — at least $7 million over 14 events.
In addition to the newly upped total guaranteed prize pools (the FTOPS IV, held in May, had guaranteed prize pools totaling $4 million), Full Tilt is heavily promoting its $2,620 buy-in two-day no-limit hold'em tournament. While a two-day event for an online poker room is nothing new, it is a relatively new undertaking for one of the major sites, especially for a high-profile series like the FTOPS. The poker tournament has a $600,000 guarantee (meaning Full Tilt expects at least 240 entrants) and satellites into the event are running for as little as $55. Single-table $357 buy-in sit-and-gos are also being run in which the first-place finisher gains entry into the event and second place earns $395.
The FTOPS main event is also bigger this time around. The main event of the FTOPS IV had a guarantee of $1.5 million while the FTOPS V main event guarantees 33 percent more at $2 million. Last year's main event ultimately had a prize pool of $1,899,000 generated by its 3,798 entrants, and first-place finisher John_McClane17 pocketed $336,000. Download poker wallpapers.
Full Tilt will also be awarding each event winner with an exclusive golden FTOPS jersey avatar, as usual. Other prizes being given out include limited-edition FTOPS baseball caps for all players & women poker players who finish in the money in any event and FTOPS baseball caps and jackets for all players who reach a final table.
The games featured in this runthrough of the series include Omaha, seven-card stud, H.O.R.S.E., and, of course, lots of hold'em. The series also has plenty of shorthanded and rebuy events on the schedule. Play $500 match poker bonus.
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Inaugural All-Star Poker Tournament Slated for October 13 and 14; Deacon Jones, Bo Jackson, Lightweight Boxing Champ Jorge Paez, Jr., Gabe Kaplan, Murray Langston, U-92 FM DJ Ant Dogg, and Coachella Mayor Eduardo Garcia
The stars will shine bright in the Coachella Valley this October when Spotlight 29 Casino presents the inaugural All-Star Poker Challenge! Scheduled for October 13 and 14, the All-Star Poker Challenge gives everyday players & women poker players a chance to play with their favorite celebrities.
So far, scheduled to appear are Football Hall of Fame inductee Deacon Jones, sports legend Bo Jackson, lightweight boxing champ Jorge Paez, Jr.; TV comic legends Gabe Kaplan and Murray Langston (aka the Unknown Comic); and Coachella Valley notables DJ Ant Dogg from U-92 FM and Coachella Mayor Eduardo Garcia.
The All-Star Poker Challenge action begins at 2 p.m. on October 13, and the final table will be held at 12 p.m. on October 14. The tournament is No-Limit style, and rounds are 30 minutes long. Adding to the excitement is the chance of a player winning a new Chevrolet/Cadillac/GMC. If the winning hand at the final table is a Royal Flush, the winner will also receive a new car!
Buy-ins for the All-Star Poker Challenge are available now at the Spotlight 29 Casino Box Office or through the Gift Shop Buy-ins and are $560 each ($500 to prize pool, $50 to the house and $10 to dealer gratuity). Players will each receive $10,000 in tournament chips. Play route 66 poker.
All players at all levels are welcome to register to play and discover why Desert Sun Queen of Hearts columnist Jill Cohen says, "Spotlight 29 is one of my favorite places to play poker!"
As part of the All-Star weekend, Kaplan and Langston are performing in the Spotlight Showroom on October 12. All entrants into the tournament receive two free tickets; individual tickets for the comedy concert are available for $35. Online poker.
What's more, a silent auction will benefit the Native American Land Conservancy. Items in the auction include a wide range of autographed sports memorabilia. The auction takes place in the Spotlight Showroom.
The All-Star Poker Challenge is presented by Pepsi and Spotlight 29 Casino.
Of course, the Poker Room has tournaments and fun for everyone every week. Go all in every Friday at 6 p.m. for the MVP Poker Challenge, with an easy $60 buy-in to play. Saturday nights is the $2,000 Poker Payoff, where players can win cash in hourly drawings that start at 5 p.m. and go through midnight. Sundays join the $20/$5/$5 No Limit Texas Hold'em tourney. Download poker wallpapers.
Or sit in on the daily Sit & Go Tournament. This winner-take-all tournament takes just nine to ten players and occurs spontaneously throughout the day. Contact the Poker Room for more information.
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Everest Poker announced 13 more players who've qualified for the Avalanche online final Sept. 15, bringing the total qualifiers up to 161.
These players qualified Monday during a bi-monthly satellite for the online poker final. They move on to the online final for the Everest Poker Avalanche that would have set them back $5,000+$300 for direct entry into the tournament.
The qualifiers are:
* The_SeS, Netherlands * Michele.serp, Italy * M.A.M., Germany * LadySus, Germany * Tkwein, Germany * Pocketjoe, Netherlands * C@Ernesto@G, Belgium * Cima-ryo-, Japan * Dizzydarts, Sweden * NEW-PHOENIX, France * Ymanzana13, France * OliveGeneve, Switzerland * Alex-fr, France
It's still possible to win your way into the online final. The next bi-monthly Round 3 Satellite is Aug. 11 with the final Round 3 Satellite taking place Aug. 25. Play $500 match poker bonus.
The Round 3 Satellites cost $530+$50, but there are plenty of less expensive ways to get to that stage as well. The Round 2 Satellites run daily at 9 p.m. and cost $56+$5. From there, players & women poker players win their way into Round 3.
There are two choices for Round 1 Satellites to get into Round 2 as well for even less money.
The daily $11+$1 Round 1 Satellites run at 12:15 a.m., 9 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 5 p.m. The second option is the daily $3+30¢ re-buy Round 1 Satellites that run at 3:15 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
The players that make it to the final will be vying for a $1 million prize pool with the winner receiving $200,000. The online final will wrap up once play gets down to the final 10. Play route 66 poker.
Those final players will all win free trips to play out the final table live aboard a cruise liner in the Mediterranean.
Series Features 14 Events, Including One Two-Day Tournament
