(PRESS RELEASE) -- For players looking to
grind their way through the holidays,
Everygame Poker has added several special events to its busy poker tournament schedule. Players can win their way to the $3,000 GTD Christmas Day event in satellites on 20 and 25 December, and win up to $480 cash prizes for collecting bounties in this week's
Bounty Hunt contest. Also this week, the guaranteed prize pool for the daily Wipeout Series tournaments is increased to $2,000.
"Let's face it, what poker players want for Christmas is -- more poker!" laughed Everygame Poker's manager. "Ho ho ho! This week's Bounty Hunt and Wipeout tournaments are a good warm-up for the big C-Day tourney!"
Satellites for the $3,000 GTD Christmas Day tournament begin today. Players can
buy-in to one of the daily satellites for just $1.05 and win their way to the main event.
$3,000 GTD CHRISTMAS DAY TOURNAMENTSaturday, 25 December, 2:10 pm Eastern
Buy-in $25 + $2.50
3000 starting chips, 8-minute blinds. Rebuys available for the first 12 levels. 6000
chip add-on available at the end of the rebuy period.
SATELLITESEach awards one seat to Christmas Day tournament
Monday, 20 December, 5:05 and 7:05 pm Eastern
Saturday, 25 December, 10:05 am and 12:05 pm Eastern
Buy-in $1.00 + $.05
Add-ons and
re-buy available.
BOUNTY HUNTER CONTESTEverygame Poker offers various bounty tournaments every day, both classic and progressive formats. Over the holidays, they're adding a bonus. Players that knock-out the most players between 20 December and 6 January will win prizes in addition to their bounty. The top 30 players will win cash prizes and the player that collects the most bounty will win $480. The Bounty Count leaderboard will be updated daily.
WIPEOUT PRIZE POOL INCREASEDNext week, the guaranteed prize pool will be increased from $1,250 to $2,000 for the Wipeout Series tournaments Monday to Sunday evenings.
$2,000 WIPEOUT XL27-31 December 8:30 pm Eastern
Buy-in $20 + $2. 10-minute blinds. Starting stack 3,000.
It's been awhile since the poker room has been able to send tournament winners to compete in live events in Europe or the Caribbean, but satellites for the WSPOC Caribbean begin 5 January.