Chilipoker.net in collaboration with PokerLeague.ch is running its first Swiss League which will give away a total of over $15,000 in prizes with 3 packages to attend the WSOP 09.
Chilipoker.net, the free version of the leading European online poker room Chilipoker.com, recently became a partner of the Swiss Poker League official web site, PokerLeague.ch. They will be running from March and until the end of 2008 a set of over 30 tournaments where they expect around 3,000 participants, that will award a total prize of $15,500 worth in poker items, cash and great packages to a total of 18 players.
As Chilipoker has now got us used to having the cherry on the cake this time couldn’t be different and they will award $4,000 WSOP 09 packages for the first 3 places! The packages will comprise of $1,500 buy-in for one WSOP side event and cash for flights and expenses.
The events are 100% free and are mostly played in the variant of Texas Hold’em NL although players will also have the opportunity of playing in some special freerolls where Omaha PL or Texas Hold’em PL will be played. Those freerolls will award a total of $3,000 in cash prizes to the winners.
With an average of 3 to 4 tournaments per month the big final will be played on the 7th of December by 744 qualifiers from the tournaments played throughout the year and where only 18 of them will be the lucky ones.
The Swiss Poker League has been successfully running since 2007 when they awarded 2 WSOP packages. Nicolas Martin and Sylvian Girard winners of the first Swiss Poker League edition won a package each for the WSOP 2008 that they will enjoy very soon.
When both winners were interviewed by PokerLeague.ch Nicolas Martin expressed “It must be incredible to play a tournament in Las Vegas, the capital of entertainment” while Sylvian Girard admited that he couldn’t believe it that his dream is coming true and he will be in the middle of professional players.
All Swiss players have now the opportunity to play for free at Chilipoker.net in this exclusive second edition and, thanks to Chilipoker get 3 WSOP packages instead of two. Chilipoker has also created daily freerolls tournaments specially dedicated to Swiss poker players.
However we will need to wait until the end of 2008 to know the names of the next happy winners.
Chilipoker has created a unique strategy of partnerships with poker associations, local clubs and online communities to promote poker in its nicest approach: competitions between players in order to reward the most skillful ones.
Chilipoker.com, the online poker room launched in 2006, offers exclusively to its players $7,000 packages to relax for 10 days in Marrakesh with the added value of playing in a tournament which has an expected prizepool of €1M.
Chilipoker is offering to all its players the unique opportunity of taking a break from their daily routine and spending 10 incredible days with a guest in Marrakesh, Morocco. Moreover, the vacation package not only includes half board accommodation for 2 and money for flights and expenses, but also comes along with entry to five $500 satellites plus one $500 freezeout tournament.
All the tournaments included in this awesome promotion will be hosted at the legendary Casino de Marrakesh, and the five exclusive satellites will give you the chance to play in the €600,000 guaranteed prize Main Event, that is expected to reach a €1M prizepool.
To qualify for this promotion Chilipoker will be running online satellites and super satellites during April and May and, as if this was not enough, they will also host online freerolls that will give you access to this amazing offer completely free of charge.
Marrakesh, the second largest city in Morocco after Casablanca, represents a reverberating collision of Africa and Europe, west and east, bohemia and high culture, Arab cities and Berber villages. The city is one of the world’s most enchanted places where time becomes suspended making it the perfect place to have a full vacation in the company of your confidante and to enjoy playing the passionate game of poker.
This is the first time that Chilipoker has promoted a trip of this kind so they have been very careful in choosing the perfect location and venue in order to offer only the best to its players.
Chilipoker.com has been one of the leading online poker rooms since its launch, bringing new weekly and monthly promotions. Marrakesh is amongst the many exclusive scheduled offers they promote in order to enhance its players’ poker experience and to reward the loyalty they show to them day after day.
Chilipoker.com offers $20,000 WSOP Vegas Package to winner and guest!
Release – March 25, 2008
The leading European poker room Chilipoker.com is promoting a new exciting offer with a $20,000 package that will allow the winner and his/her guest to visit Las Vegas to mark the occasion of the World Series of Poker.
Due to the World Series of Poker, Chilipoker is giving its players a new chance to be a part of the most important of all poker tournaments. With this new $20,000 package, all players will significantly increase their odds of attending this major event live.
As we have previously stated Chilipoker is already offering a $14,000 package to attend a Super Satellite Main Event and a $6,000 package to two No Limit Hold’em Side Event Super Satellites.
Well, to the surprise of all, they are now promoting a new offer stackable with the other two, where they will give away $20,000 packages to the winners and their guests to attend the WSOP Main Event and be treated like authentic poker stars. Moreover, if a player wins two different packages he will be entitled to cash out one of them!
The awesome package will cover 14 nights accommodation, “Blue Man Group” show, travelling money and many other surprises.
You can also find other Jackpot Sit & Go’s at Chilipoker such as Rio, Dirty Dozen, Maui and Fort Knox Jackpot Sit&Gos, which can award you thousands of dollars. An excellent example of these are the Fort Knox Jackpot Sit&Go’s that give away a $2,000 Jackpot prize every time a player wins 4 consecutive Sit&Go’s.
From 1st April until 19th June, this completely new way of qualification will give all of Chilipoker’s players the chance of getting this incredible prize. All they need to do is play and win four consecutive $20 + $4 “WSOP Executive – Jackpot Sit’n’Go” tournaments.
Apart from this fantastic package, we can’t forget the extra emotion of winning the jackpot prize which increases progressively according to the amount of players.
The WSOP has been held in Las Vegas, Nevada, since 1970. It is comprised of over 50 events and is the largest poker tournament in the world. The whole set of tournaments which last for over a month is a must for the best poker players.
This year is the 39th time that The Entertainment Capital of the World will see the poker stars in this hard battle. The $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold ‘Em is the main attraction and a dream for many poker players, as it gathers together the very best for the 13 difficult days that the Main Event lasts for.
The WSOP 2007 attracted 54,288 total registrants, the most in World Series of Poker history. The Texas Hold’em Main Event began on July 6th with 6,358 players and was completed on the morning of July 18th, crowning Jerry Yang as the new World Poker Player Champion with a prize of $8.25M.
Thanks to all the promotions that Chilipoker is and will be running, this 39th edition will be more accessible for all poker players and we just hope that some of Chilipoker’s players can see their dream come true.