This August, 2011, Cake Poker introduces the $60,000 Gold Club Tournaments Series, comprising dozens of tournaments with big prize pools and Gold Card buy-ins. The total cash prize pool guaranteed in the Gold Club Tournament Series over the course of the month is $45,000 with an additional $15,000 Finale Freeroll open to all Cake Poker players who compete in at least 10 of the series’ events.
There will be no cash buy-ins for any of the tournaments in this series; only Gold Cards. More, only Gold Cards suited clubs are eligible for entry into these events. It only takes one Gold Card to enter any given event, but it has to be the right Gold Card. Sometimes the Gold Card Series matters as well, with some entries open to Gold Cards from all series (such as any year’s 7 of clubs) and others open only to Gold Cards from a certain year (such as the ’09 series 7 of clubs).
All Gold Card tournaments start at 22:00 GMT, or 6 pm EST. The festivities begin on Thursday, August 4 with a $5,000 guaranteed tournament with a buy-in of any series 2 of clubs Gold Card. One Gold Card Tournament Series event takes place every day, seven days a week, after that, through the end of August, with each Wednesday’s event being another $5,000 guaranteed. The $15,000 Finale Freeroll then takes place on Friday, September 2.The prize pool in the $15,000 Finale Freeroll will be divided evenly among the top 3 finishers, each getting $5,000 for their efforts.