By now, pretty much every online poker room has seats at the World Series of Poker main event up for grabs. Whereas WSOP buy-ins once constituted a rare opportunity, today, poker sites need to proffer a bit more to turn heads. Bet365 Poker is doing its part to one-up the competition by awarding one player buy-ins to not only the WSOP main event, but also to all WSOP 2006 events with buy-ins of $10,000 or less. The only WSOP 2006 event that doesn't fit in this category is the inaugural $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event.

In addition to providing the winner with buy-ins for all approximately six weeks worth of WSOP tournaments this summer, Bet365 Poker is also covering roundtrip airfare to Las Vegas, 60 nights accommodation in the City of Sin, as well as $3,500 to spend there. The total value of such a bounty? Just about $165,000. Despite the staggering proportions of the prize, online poker players can buy into qualifying satellite tournaments for as little as $11+$1. The satellite tournaments will run up until the competition's grand final, which is scheduled for May 20.

Source:  Poker777 Staff

Monday, 27 February 2006