The PokerStars download has long been thought of as the best in online poker. Their team is always looking for new ways to spice up their promos and attract new players. If you have played poker for a while, you might know all about the World Cup of Poker.
The World Cup of Poker gives the average player a great chance to represent their country in a tournament versus other countries. People that love sandy destinations will be happy to hear that the big event takes place on Paradise Island during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA).
The World Cup of Poker gets its name from soccer, of course. As such, there are different positions on each country’s team inspired by the great sport. To gain one of the coveted four open spots on a team, a player needs to get the poker download and play on PokerStars, and place first in an holdem poker online qualifier. These satellites were schedule for August 20th and 21st, which means they have already taken place.
The first three positions were open to any and all players. The goalkeeper position was a freeroll. The defender position was a $1.10 buy-in. Furthermore, the midfielder position required an $11 buy-in. No Limit Hold’em was the featured game in all the events.
Striker was the last remaining position, but it wasn’t open to everyone. To gain access into your country’s tournament for that position, you would have been required to place in the top ten of the yearly TLB for your country last year.
All the spots have been filled, so now the countries are allocated into one of seven groups and pitted against each other. Within each group, players of the same positions will be scheduled to battle each other in poker tournaments. To advance to the live final in the Bahamas, a country must do the best in their group. One team from each group will make it, which means seven teams total.
At the PCA, every team will get a Team PokerStars pro added to their team as their captain. The live final has a total of $290k to be won, with $100,000 for the winning team to share.
If you haven’t already advanced to the next round of the World Cup of Poker, you’re unfortunately out of luck for 2011. You shouldn’t feel too badly, however. 2012’s World Cup of Poker is just a year away, and it means that you can rack up the poker winnings in the meantime.