Carbon Poker’s two month promotion, the $100,000 Race for Riches, that started in July continues into and concludes in August.
Awarding a guaranteed $100,000 prize pool across 8 week long races, the Carbon Poker Race for Riches tracks players progress earning Race Points on a leaderboard, with the top 250 finishers on the board at the end of each week winning cash prizes. At each race $12,500 of the $100K total guaranteed prize pool will be awarded.
The August 2013 Carbon Poker $100,000 Race for Riches race periods are as follows:
Thursday, August 1 to Thursday, August 8
Friday, August 9 to Thursday, August 15
Friday, August 16 to Thursday, August 22
Friday, August 23 to Friday, August 30
Races start at 00:01 on the given start date and end at 23:59 on the given end date.
First prize in each race is $2,000; second is $1,400; third is $1,000; fourth is $700; fifth is $500 and down from there. Every in the top 20 gets at least $100. Every one in the top 250 gets at least $5.
Players can also earn multiplier tournament points by playing in selected games during any given race week. For each of the specified tournaments that you enter (visit the Carbon Poker promotion’s page for the full details list, including start dates, times, and buy-ins) Carbon Poker will give you a 0.1 multiplier bonus to apply to your Race points earnings. The list of tournaments awarding multiplier points includes one daily event, the 19:00 High Roller $25K GTD Deep Stack event, one event each day of the week, Monday through Sunday, with two additional events on Sundays as well.