Satellites to the Melbourne Poker Championship
Mar 18, 2008By: G.L. Hodges One of the biggest events of the year in Australia is fast approaching, the Melbourne Poker Championship. Many online poker sites are showing their support for this live event, by offering players the chance to go to Melbourne, and Pacific Poker (888Poker) is one of them.
Pacific poker has announced an extensive satellite schedule which will start with Freerolls. Pacific Poker will be offering TWO Freerolls to be held at 8 p.m. on Wednesday March 12th and Sunday April 6th.
The lucky winners of these Freerolls will each receive a Main Event entry to the Melbourne Poker Championship main event, worth $1,100! The only requirement to enter is a player must be a resident of New Zealand or Australia.
Players in other parts of the world can still qualify for a very small investment with Pacific Poker’s Daily sub-qualifiers. These Daily sub-events start at a buy-in of only $5.50 and one in five winners will advance to the next level, the Daily Qualifier.
The Daily Qualifiers are $23+$2 buy-in satellites and will run at 9 P.M. nightly. The next level is the Weekly Qualifier, The Super Satellite, which runs at 8 p.m. every Sunday. The weekly Super Satellite event is a $105+$10 buy-in, where one in ten players will win an entry to the Melbourne Poker Championship $1,100 Main Event!
With Pacific Poker s huge satellite schedule, they are making it easy for players to enter for a chance to go to the Melbourne this year and attend the Poker Championship event, which will be held at the beautiful Crown Poker Room. Thanks to Pacific Poker, you could be in Melbourne this year, claiming your share of the $500,000 prize pool and a chance to be crowned the next Melbourne Poker Champ.
