Sportingbet’s major challenger for the online poker business and its rewards, Paradise Poker.com is set to launch a series of major tournaments this Saturday (April 1st)
The series has a serious twist for those used to playing in online tournament series on the web. The final table of the main event of the Paradise Masters will happen live, and in person, in the Bahamas.
Beginning on Saturday, April 1st with a $500 Freeze out No Limit Hold Em tournament, the Masters series has over $4 million in prize guarantees, and this tournament sets the pace with a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000.
The culmination of this series of events is the $1 000 000 guaranteed Main Event, which plays on Sunday, April 9th with a $1,000 buy in. The action will take place on Paradise Poker until the final table is reached, and once the final table is established, the chip counts will freeze, and the final table players will re-convene in May in the Bahamas for the final confrontation live before spectators and TV cameras.
The winner of the main event will also receive a $12 000 WSOP Paradise Poker prize package.
The full schedule for the Paradise Masters looks like this:
April 1 – $500 NL Hold Em
April 2 – $200 NL Hold Em (rebuys)
April 3 – $300 NL Hold Em (shorthanded)
April 4 – $300 Pot Limit Hold Em
April 5 – $200 Pot Limit Omaha
April 6 – $300 Limit Hold Em
April 7 – $500 NL Hold Em
April 8 – $200 NL Hold Em (rebuys)
April 9 – $1,000 NL Hold Em (Main Event)
As might be expected, Paradise has an extensive choice of satellites, allowing players to get into all these events for very low buy in rates.