Welcome to Part 1 of the World Series of Poker promotions round-up. Over the next couple days we will be taking a look at some of the promotions and ways some of the major online poker rooms are sending their players to the WSOP 2009! Today we take a look at what types of fun things Full Tilt and Party Poker are offering their players.
Full Tilt Poker - WSOP Promotions
$10 Million Main Event Mania
At Full Tilt Poker, if you qualify for the main event and eventually win, they will pay you $10 million above and beyond your prize money.
Shootouts
Daily 81-player Shootout tournaments are run for a chance to win a $12k Main Event prize package.
Weekly Cash Qualifiers
Five weekly qualifier tournaments are run for a chance to win a 12k Main Event prize package.
150 Seat Guarantee
Play in their Main Event Guarantee for a chance to win one of at least 150 Main Event prize packages worth $12k.
100 Seat Giveaway
Race to the Main Event and you can win one of 100 free seats to the 2009 Main Event.
Race for Bracelets
Daily Race for Bracelets gives you a chance to win a $2k prize package that you can use in any 2009 Series tournament.
Mini Series of Poker
Full Tilt Poker has a neat idea here. They have a mini series of poker where you can participate in tournaments with 1/100th the buy-in for each of the 57 WSOP events.
What are you waiting for, WSOP 2009 has already started, get cracking and start earning your spot! Play Full Tilt Poker now! If you need more information, check out our full review.
Party Poker - WSOP Promotions
Party Poker offers their players a variety of ways to progress through stages to reach the WSOP 2009 Prize Package. The prize package, worth $12,000, includes a Main Event Buy-in, 7 nights Accomodation and $2000 in spending money to live it up a bit in vegas.
Stage 1
Freeroll
Monday-Friday @ 14:15EST
The Top 50 players gain entry to the $2 WSOP Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy
Stage 2
WSOP Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy
$2 - Daily
Every $70 in the prizepool yields an entry to the next WSOP Sattelite.
WSOP Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy
$4 - Daily
Every $70 in the prizepool yields an entry to the next WSOP Sattelite.
WSOP Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy
$8 - Daily
Every 10 players awards an entry to the next WSOP Sattelite.
WSOP STT Sub Qualifier
$8 - 24/7 On Demand
The winner progresses.
WSOP Sub Qualifier Special
$47 - Daily
1 in 4 players gain entry to the next WSOP Sattelite Qualifier Special.
Stage 3
WSOP Sattelite Qualifier
$64 + $6 - Daily @14:45ET, 20:10ET Sunday@10:45ET, 20:10ET
Every 10 players that enter, another entry to the next WSOP Sattelite is awarded.
WSOP Sattelite Qualifier Special
$172 - Daily
1 in 4 players will win entry to the next WSOP Sattelite.
WSOP STT Qualifier
$70 - 24/7 On Demand
The winner progresses.
Stage 4
WSOP Sattelite
$600 + $40 - Wednesdays @22:05ET, Fridays @18:10ET, Sundays @14:15ET
For every 20 players, the main event package to the 2009 WSOP is awared. Worth $12k!
At Party Poker even your only 4 steps from a freeroll to the World Series of Poker, but even you better get started soon. Play Party Poker now! If you need more information, check out our full poker room review for Party Poker.
This concludes part one of our Win your way to the 2009 World Series Promotion Round-Up. Check back soon for part two where we will look at what the next two sites are doing for promotions!
Related Article: Part 2 - Poker Room WSOP 2009 Promotion Round-Up