Betfair Offering 2011 WSOP Prize Packages
This was published 12-04-2011Betfair Poker is following Bwin Poker’s example and has announced that it is also offering dozens of World Series of Poker entry packages through their online satellite tournaments.
The Wild West-themed $70,000 Points Race promotion at Betfair Poker is entitled “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” and the site will be putting $15,000 in World Series of Online Poker buy-ins up for grabs. The promotion started on Friday, 1st April, 2011 and will run over an eight week span until Friday, 27th May, 2011.
The four best scores of each player every week during the period of the promotion will determine their overall position on the leader board with the top 3 players being awarded one of 3 $10,000 Main Event seats. Those players who finish 4th to 150th will get to share the remaining $40,000.
A 6-Shooter promotion is also being offered at Betfair Poker where players will have an opportunity to earn as many 6-shooter tournament tickets as they can during this month and May. Six events in all will be held and each event will award two $5,700 World Series of Poker side event packages to the top players.
The standard $2,500 Welcome Freeroll event that is usually available to new members is to be changed by Betfair Poker. Whereas the event previously stood as a daily guaranteed freeroll as an incentive for new sign ups, Betfair Poker has announced that the event will occur every two weeks during April and May with a $5,700 prize pool. This prize pool includes $1,400 in World Series of Online Poker satellite tickets as well as a $3,600 World Series of Online Poker ticket for a side event.
Between 15th April and 27th May, there will be weekly freerolls running at the site which is by invitation-only offering a $250 prize pool and a $54 World Series of Online Poker satellite entry ticket.
Players who generate 100 VIP points after making a deposit will also be offered a $2,000 freeroll by Betfair on 3rd June. This is also an invitation-only event.
