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Party Poker Hosts WPT Amneville Satellites

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Party Poker is now hosting satellite tournaments awarding seats into the next World Poker Tour stop in Amneville, France, otherwise known as WPT Amneville.

Each satellite awards $8,000 prize packages that include the $5,000 buy-in into the WPT Amneville main event, hotel accommodations during your stay November 1 – 6, and $1,100 in spending cash to use as you see fit.

The WPT Amnéville Satellite takes place every Sunday at 15:20 ET for a direct buy-in of $425. Party Poker guarantees they will award at least one prize package at each of these events, although the actual number of packages to be awarded at each of these events in one for every 25 players competing.

Players can avoid paying the $425 buy-in and instead win a seat in the satellite for only $46 at one of Party Poker’s WPT Amnéville Satellite Qualifier, held every day at 13:45 ET, with Sunday’s event being a Turbo event. One in 10 players from each of these events will win seats in the satellite.

To win a seat in the satellite qualifier, you can either pay $5 to enter a daily Sub Qualifier Speed event from which one in 8 players will win satellite qualifier seats or pay $2 to enter a daily Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy event from which one player for every $35 in the prize pool will win a seat in the satellite qualifier.

You can even win a seat in the sub qualifier speed rebuy event and avoid paying buy-ins for this series altogether by winning a daily WPT Amneville Freeroll tournament.

Party Poker World Poker Tour Borgata Satellites On Now

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Starting August 1 and continuing through September 4, Party Poker is hosting satellite tournaments into the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open taking place September 18 -22, 2011 in Atlantic City, NJ.

The PartyPoker WPT Borgata Poker Open prize package is valued at $7,000 and includes the $3,500 ticket into the main event, a 7-night stay at Atlantic City luxury accommodations, a voucher worth $100 to spend at the hotel’s restaurant or spa, and $2,000 cash to spend as you like.

As is standard for Party Poker’s World Poker Tour satellite series’ players can start out on the road to Atlantic City for free, with daily freeroll tournaments, each awarding the top 25 players seats in the sub qualifier speed rebuy event. That event, also daily, has a $1 buy-in and awards one seat in the qualifier for every $40 in the prize pool. There’s also a $5 + $1 daily sub qualifier speed event with no rebuy that awards 1 in every 8 players seats in the qualifier. The WPT Borgata Open qualifier is also daily event, with a $37.50 + $2.50 buy-in. On Sundays, this event is a Turbo event; the rest of the time a normal paced tournament. One out of every 10 players in the qualifier will make it to the $350 + $25 weekly satellite, held Sundays and awarding at least one WPT Borgata Poker Open prize package guaranteed.

Last year’s WPT Borgata Poker Open saw the prize pool top $2 million, with the winner taking $750,000. There’s no telling how high the prizes will go this year.

Party Poker Holds WPT Paris Satellites

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So far we’ve told you that 888 Poker and Cake Poker are sending players to the World Poker Tour WPT Grand Prix de Paris this year. But there’s still another site running WPT Paris satellite qualifiers and it’s Party Poker, with prize packages up for grabs worth $15,000 a piece.

The Party Poker WPT Grand Prix de Paris satellite series runs from June 20 to August 21. It includes freerolls tournaments that each give out 25 seats in a $3 speed rebuy sub qualifier that in turn sends one player to the satellite qualifier for every $75 in the prize pool. Alternately, there’s an $8 sub qualifier that’s not a speed event, which awards 1 of every 10 players a satellite qualifier seat. Similarly, the WPT Grand Prix de Paris Satellite Qualifiers, taking place twice daily except Sundays when they’re held only once and as a Turbo event, also send 1 in 10 finishers to the final event of the series, the WPT Grand Prix de Paris Satellite, in which 1 of every 20 finishers will get a $15,000 WPT Paris prize package, at least one package awarded at each satellite. These satellites take place on Sundays and have a $750 direct buy-in.

Each $15,000 Party Poker WPT Paris prize package includes, in addition to the $10,800 ticket into the main event, hotel accommodations while you’re in Paris (valued at $2,200), and $2,000 cash to spend as you see fit. The 2011 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris takes place at the Aviation Club de France from September 5th to September 10th.

Cake Poker Qualifying Players for WPT Paris

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Cake Poker is now qualifying players for the World Poker Tour event coming up in Paris this September. Qualifiers for the WPT Grand Prix de Paris start on the 4th of July and go through August 28, 2011. On two of the dates in that period – July 31 and August 28, Cake Poker will give away at least one prize package valued at $12,500 into the WPT Paris main event.

These WPT Paris $12,500 Final satellites have a direct buy-in of $268 and will give out one prize package for every $268 in the pot. Each prize package includes the €7,500 seat in the WPT Grand Prix de Paris main event along with some expense money to spend as you like.

Instead of paying the $268 direct buy-in into the Final, you could win your seat there through a WPT Paris Semi-Final costing only $30 to buy-in. These take place thrice daily and award one final seat for every $268 in the pot. Alternatively, you can win your seat in the Semi-Final through a WPT Paris Satellite, costing only $5.50 to buy-in. These take place six times daily and give out one Semi-Final seat for every $30 in the pot.

Or you can win your seat in the Satellite through a WPT Paris Super Satellite costing only $1 to enter. These take place every four hours and give out one Satellite seat for every $5.50 in the pot. Lastly, you can win your seat in the Super Satellite through a WPT Paris Super Super Satellite costing only $0.20 to enter. These take place every two hours and give away one Super Satellite seat for every $1 in the pot.

Party Poker WPT Slovenia Satellites Running Now

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Party PokerParty Poker is now holding satellite tournaments into the World Poker Tour main event happening in the Slovenian city of Portoroz, known for its bustling nightlife and relaxing beachside resorts. The WPT Slovenia main event takes place July 17th through 23rd, 2011 at the Grand Casino Portoroz and costs €3000 + €300 to buy-in.

Satellites and qualifiers into this event run from June 13th through July 3rd, 2011. You can win seats in the WPT Slovenia main event for as little an investment as nothing at all, with freeroll qualifiers running daily, each leading into the $1 WPT Slovenia Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy events. There are also regular Speed Sub Qualifiers for $6 buy-ins. These lead to the daily Satellite Qualifiers with direct buy-ins of their own of $42 which in turn lead to the actual WPT Slovenia Satellite, held every Sunday for a $390 buy-in, where at least one seat in the Portoroz main event will be awarded.

Each Party Poker prize package for the WPT Slovenia main event is worth $7,700 and includes hotel stay and some expense money on top of the buy-in into the event.

This marks Season 10 of the World Poker Tour, with Party Poker regularly running satellites and qualifiers into many of the series’ main events. Coming up after the WPT Slovenia is the Legends of Poker at the The Bicycle Casino in Las Vegas, held August 25th through 30th, 2011, followed by the WPT Grand Prix de Paris and its High Rollers counterpart, both at the Aviation Club de France, Septemer 5th through 11th, 2011.

Adam Sternberg Takes Down The Bay 101 Shooting Star Tournament

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The World Poker Tour hosts some excellent tournaments, including the Bay 101 Shooting Star.  The World Poker Tour is now in Season 9, and part II of the major tournament aired this past Sunday.  The tournament had 415 entrants and ran from March 14-18 with an incredible prize pool of $3,942,500.  The main reason that this tournament draws so much interest is because of the excellent $5,000 bounties on each “Shooting Star” that is competing in the field.  A Shooting Star is one of the many poker pros who compete in these events.  Part I of the Bay 101 Shooting Star event featured the host Mike Sexton competing in his first ever World Poker Tour final table.  Sexton made a very impressive run, and was definitely a fan favorite, but he was unfortunately eliminated in sixth place; but took home an solid $148,000.

Going into the final four of the Bay 101, the four players remaining were Steven Kelly (4,554,000 chips), Alan Sternberg (3,722,000 chips), Vivek Rajkumar (2,374,000), and Mike “The Mouth” Matusow (1,802,000 chips).  As play continued to press on, Mike Matusow made a few moves with a big bluff, which unfortunately didn’t work, but doubled up after that.  Vivek Rajkumar was knocked out in fourth place, making this his second appearance at a WPT final table in a row, with the last being the Los Angeles Poker Classic.  Matusow was then the next to go, as Alan Sternberg raised to 180,000 and Matusow shoved over the top for 1.2 million more, and Sternberg called.  Matusow turned over 9/2o against Sternberg’s K/Qs.  This then left us two with Steven Kelly taking on Alan Sternberg.

The hand which won the tournament for Alan Sternberg was when he got Steven Kelly all in with his 10/8o against Kelly’s A/Qo.  Kelly and Sternberg both hit a pair on the flop, with Sternberg flopping an 8, and Kelly’s queen putting him way ahead.  The turn was a 7 to pair the board and eliminate even more outs for Sternberg.  In a shocking river though, Sternberg spiked an 8 and took down the Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament, as well as $1,039,000.

Phil Ivey Final Tables Bellagio Cup VI

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Phil Ivey did not need to play the first two days of the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup VI. In a unique situation, The Bellagio Cup held late registration into the third day of play. Many pros waited and signed up on that day. They sat in with only 20 big blinds, but that was more than enough for Phil Ivey to drive his way to the final table of the event. He is, after all, Phil Ivey.

The final table of the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup VI will begin play today July 15, 2010 at 4:00 pm local (pacific) time. thats 7:00 pm you people on the east coast. Because of the late registration available, this tournament attracted 353 players who paid up the $10,300 buyin. The prize pool of $3,424,100 was distributed to the top 50 players. Maybe the WPT is following an online lead here, but that 14% payout is a bit more than the standard 10% you see at most live tournaments. The more people paid means that the lowest payout gets only $13,594. The WPT used to have one of the more top heavy payout structures in live tournament play. They used to always try to make sure that the winner would pocket $1 million. They seem to have changed that approach by paying more of the field and only awarding $875,150 to the winner.

Of course, the real prize is getting to that six-handed TV table. That is where the exposure might get you a better deal from sponsors, or your play could garner you some instant fame. Your six players pursuing that dream and their chip counts:

1 John Caridad 5,120,000
2 Moritz Kranich 2,750,000
3 Justin Smith 2,100,000
4 Robert Akery 1,980,000
5 Phil Ivey 1,595,000
6 Eric Afriat 620,000

Though Phil Ivey’s stack is small in relation to the 30,000-60,000 blinds, he does have 26 big blinds to play with. Heck, that is more than the number that he began the tournament with. Good Luck gentlemen. Make sure you shower and dress well for your big date with the TV lens.