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.