Meet Chris Moneymaker at Poker Stars Eureka Poker Tour

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Winners of satellite tournaments into the latest Eureka Poker Tour, Eureka Zagreb, will not only get a free seat in the live event worth €1,400. They will also get to meet 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event winner, and the man who paved the way for online poker amateurs to take on professional live championship poker, Chris Moneymaker. What’s more, one of these lucky satellite winners will also get the chance to play against Chris Moneymaker heads-up in a €1,000 buy-in event.

Poker Stars is giving away four Eureka Zagreb prize packages. Freeroll and cash entry satellites into the Weekly Final satellites at which the prize packages will be awarded are running around the clock at the site. In addition, all players to reach one of the weekly finals will also be invited back to play in the Grand Final, at which the heads-up seat opposited Chris Moneymaker will also be awarded. In addition the Grand Final has a €2,000 guaranteed cash prize pool, which the regular weekly finals also have an added €1,000 cash prize pool.

Players can enter one of the Weekly Finals in one of several ways. The freeroll path runs Mondays through Saturdays, July 25 through August 12 with the top 50 winning seats in the Freezeout Qualifier. The Freezeout Qualifier has a €1.10 direct buy-in and runs Mondays through Sundays, July 25 through August 13, awarding the top 9 finishers seats in the weekly final. Alternatively, there’s a €3.30 Rebuy Qualifier running the same days, with the same guaranteed awards.

Eureka Zagreb weekly finals take place Sundays, July 31 and August 7 and 14, while the grand final takes place Tuesday, August 16.