Eliminator Challenge
On February 13th SunPoker will be launching a brand new exclusive to SunPoker promotion called the Eliminator Challenge. This promotion is something very unique and going to be a lot of fun. So how does it work?
On the 1st day of the promotion (February 13th) you will need to play a minimum of 250 raked hands or 15 MTT/SNG's to advance to the next day. All players who play 250 raked hands or 15 MTT/SNG's will advance to day 2 which will be held on the 14th. This process will carry on day after day as more players are dropped by not playing the minimum requirement. The last player standing will take home the full prize pool, or in the case of a tie, the prize pool will be divided evenly between the number of players remaining.
Read more here: Eliminator Challenge
Everyone is eligible for this promotion and it does not matter what limits you are playing or what the buy-in is for your SNG’s all you have to do is either meet the 250 RAKED Hands or a combination of 15 MTT’s or SNG’s. It’s as simple as that!
This promotion is new so there is going to be great value in it until it grows in popularity! Are you going to be the last man standing?
 Mega Poker Series Nottingham, 2012
Just a few more weeks to the Main Event of 2012 Mega Poker Series Nottingham and SunPoker has three more packages up for grabs.
Monday, February 13th at 20:00 GMT is the first of the last three packages will be awarded during the Super Satellite for a buy in of only €80 + €8. Register now to secure one of the final packages and join at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker club/Casino in Nottingham from March 7th – March 11th 2012.
The winning package is valued at €1,500 and includes;
- €700 + €70 Buy In to the Main Event. 77,000 chips.
- €300 for 5 nights’ accommodation at the Park Plaza Nottingham
- Check in: March 7th, 2012. Check out: March 12th, 2012.
- €30 for handling fees
- €400 for flights and spending.
- Players party on March 8th, 2012.
Connect to www.sunpoker.com and your SunPoker account to register for the Super Satellite or make your way up the ladder through the series of satellites on going daily.
Looking forward to seeing you in Nottingham for a tournament closer to home!
Steps Tournaments Continue
Speaking of steps…we wanted to remind you that there are even more ways to earn extra cash through SunPoker’s Steps Tournaments!
A friendly challenge amongst players internally as to who can climb to the top, the fastest and who will cash in the $200,000 Guaranteed first!
What step will you start at? Take the first step for only $0.16 and work your way to the top of the mountain for a $215 token to the $200,000 Guaranteed Tournament or would it be at a higher step getting you that much closer to top!
Either way, reaching for $200,000 has never been cheaper or this much fun with SunPoker’s Step Tournaments!
These tournaments are 10 player Sit 'N' Go’s every time you win a tournament you will receive a token to the next step, now of course players can buy in directly to any Steps Tournament at any level, which means you don’t need to start at the bottom!
The tiered structure of Steps Tournaments gives you the opportunity to work your way up from Step 1 to 7; the tournaments are designed to keep you in the game!
If you don’t proceed to the next Step, don’t panic, you can win a token either to repeat the same step or at a lower step. Alternatively you can use any winning tokens, from Step 2 on, to buy in to any of the tournaments listed in the table below with an equivalent buy-in amount.
Your Goal Conquer the 7th Step to win the top prize and play your way to cash in the $200,000 Guaranteed! So get your step on!
These tournaments can be found under the “Steps Promotion” tab on your SunPoker software.
Vadzim Kursevich wins EPT Deauville Main Event
When you have a final table of five Frenchmen and Pro Luca Pagano it’s easy to see why Belarussian poker pro Vadzim Kursevich was overlooked heading into the final day of the 2012 EPT Deauville Main Event, despite entering the day second in chips.
But by the end of the day, the underdog was the talk of the town, after a dominating performance that saw the young poker pro pick up his first major tournament victory, along with the €875,000 in first-place prize-money.
Now with an EPT title on his resume, Kursevich is likely to get the star treatment at virtually every poker tournament from here on out, and considering his success over the past year it looks like he has a very bright future ahead of him!
The final hand between Kursevich and his heads-up opponent Paul Guichard saw the two get all the money into the middle with Guichard holding Pocket 5’s for a flopped set, and Kursevich holding a flush-draw and a double-gutted straight-draw with the 3/6 of Hearts –The board read Js-7h-5d-9h. an 8c on the river made Kursevich’s straight, and with a slight chip-lead over Guichard to begin the hand gave him the EPT Deauville title.
As for Pagano, his seventh EPT final table ended much like the rest, with a disappointing (disappointing for him) 7th place finish. The Italian poker legend can take solace in the fact that the nearly $150k in prize-money was enough to put him over the $2 million mark in career tournament earnings, putting him in 5th place on the all-time Italian Money-List (and passing Allesio Iaia in the process).
Here is a look at the final table payouts from the 2012 EPT Deauville Main Event:
1. Vadzim Kursevich – €875,000 ($1,150,000 US)
2. Paul Guichard – €557,000 ($731,000 US)
3. Vuong Than Trong – €328,000 ($430,000 US)
4. Yorane Kerignard – €260,000 ($341,000 US)
5. Bruno Jais – €200,000 ($262,500)
6. Olivier Rogez – €155,000 ($204,000 US)
7. Luca Pagano – €110,000 ($145,000 US)
8. Mick Graydon – €67,200 ($88,200 US) |
