Win A WSOP Package With Poker770 And The 2011 Battle Forum
Do you fancy jetting off to Las Vegas and taking part in the 2012 World Series of Poker? Do you want to win one of 10 WSOP packages just for playing your usual cash games and multi-table tournaments? If so we have just the promotion for you over on Poker770.
From now until the end of April 2012, you can take part in the Battle Forum on Poker770 simply by playing cash games and taking part in the Circus tournaments. In order to participate you must be representing a poker forum or a club, so why not represent PokerNews in the Battle Forum?
How Does It Work?
Each month you can earn points by playing in cash games and the Circus MTTs on Poker770. The top 40 point earners progress to the live final on May 5 at the Casino de SPA in Belgium. Ten WSOP packages are up for grabs! On top of progressing to the live final, the top 10 point earners in each month's leaderboard will win prizes ranging from a $22 token up to $500 in cold, hard cash!
How Do You Earn Monthly Leaderboard Points?
There are two ways to accumulate monthly leaderboard points, through playing cash games or participating in the Circus tournaments held on Poker770.
Cash Games
Simply sit down at any real money cash game tables on Poker770 and you will automatically pick up points. The calculation of these points is based on a player's winnings, with points being awarded to the best 60 players each month.
| Position | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 60 |
| 2nd | 50 |
| 3rd | 46 |
| 4th | 40 |
| 5th-10th | 30 |
| 11th-15th | 25 |
| 16th-20th | 20 |
| 21st-30th | 12 |
| 31st-40th | 8 |
| 41st-50th | 4 |
| 51st-60th | 2 |
Circus Tournaments
The Circus tournaments are available in a number of different poker variants and buy-ins including no-limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, six-max and heads-up. Each Circus tournament is played with an excellent deep-stack blind structure.
Points are allocated in Circus tournaments by taking the square root of your winnings and multiplying it by 20.
What Else Can You Win?
Along with your winnings from the cash tables and Circus tournaments you also stand the chance of picking up some cash prizes and tournament tokens. Finish in the top ten of any of the month's leaderboards and you will win a prize as shown in the table below:
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $500 |
| 2nd | $300 |
| 3rd | $150 |
| 4th-5th | $55 Token |
| 6th-7th | $33 Token |
| 8-10th | $22 Token |
Battle Forum Live Finale
The live finale will take place at the fantastic Casino de SPA in Belgium on Saturday 5 May, 2012. There will be a maximum of 240 players registered and Poker770 is putting up 10 World Series of Poker packages up as prizes! Each package, worth $3,000 consists of:
- A $1,500 buy-in
- $1,000 for transport
- $250 for accommodation
- $250 spending money
There will also be one package available to the forum who accumulates the most points during the qualifying period and this will be given away to the winner of an exclusive online tournament that Poker770 will hold for members of that particular forum.
This promotion is open to everyone on Poker770 as long as you are representing a poker club or poker forum but if you download Poker770 through PokerNews you will be eligible for a massive 200% up to �1,400 first deposit bonus. You will also be able to participate in any current and future promotions we hold with Poker770 including our $15,000 Xmas Tournament. Just download the Poker770 software and use the bonus code PKRNEWSEN.
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