Join Team Moneymaker on PokerStars and go to the WSOP
Jun 2, 2008By: G.L. Hodges It was just five years ago that an unknown accountant with a moniker perfect for poker fame qualified in a $39 online satellite for a seat in the WSOP Main Event.
Chris Moneymaker proved his last name was gold when he won the whole enchilada! Because of that amazing victory, Chris along with his last name, have become one of the biggest names in poker.
Ever since he qualified on PokerStars in 2003, Chris has been a terrific spokesperson for the game of poker and for PokerStars. No doubt about it, PokerStars and Chris make a great team and now you too could be part of it all with Team Moneymaker!
To celebrate the five-year anniversary of Moneymaker’s long shot victory, PokerStars has announced the Team Moneymaker promotion. This exclusive team will be comprised of just 15 players, who along with Chris himself will try to repeat Chris’s amazing achievement of winning the big one.
The top 15 players in the Team Moneymaker final will be off for Las Vegas to cash in their prize package which includes:
• $10,000 buy-in to the World Series 2008 Main Event.
• The Palms Hotel accommodation
• $2,500 for expenses.
• Dinner with Chris Moneymaker and the Team.
• Very-limited-edition Team Moneymaker merchandise.
• Special Team Moneymaker feature in the PokerStars Blog.
All you have to do to make the team is to take part in PokerStars twice-daily Team Moneymaker $39 tournaments. Then finish at the top of the heap and you’ll be awarded a ticket to the Team Moneymaker Final. The places paid (awarded a ticket) varies according to how many entrants there are for that event. Then when you finish in the top 15 of the Final, you are on The Team!
The Team Moneymaker $39 Qualifiers are running NOW, every day at both 3:00 PM and 9:00 PM (ET). And, the odds for winning are amazing as 1 in 6 entrants will advance to the Team Moneymaker Final.
The Team Moneymaker Final will be held on June 15 at 3:00 PM ET with a direct buy- in offered for $215. To find these tournaments and get on the team, look in the PokerStars lobby under "Events" then "WSOP" and "All".
Not signed up at PokerStars? Then download PokerStars now and get ready for fame – and fortune!
