- Nassau, Bahamas May 15, 2006 -- MonkeyBet.com, a leading online poker, sports betting and casino gaming destination announces a new online poker tournament, with a record-breaking guaranteed prize pool of $5 million, and at least $1 million to the final winner. This will be the largest-ever guaranteed prize for an event that starts online. Players can proceed through various levels, which start at $1.
Live Tournament Final in Barcelona, Spain
When the online final is down to the last 45 players, the tournament will freeze and then will continue live at the beautiful Casino de Barcelona during the weekend of September 30th to October 1st, 2006.
All players qualifying for the live event are guaranteed to be in the money. Players will keep their chip stacks accumulated in the online phase, and all winnings paid out will be to the players' online accounts.
Blinds will be adjusted according to chip stacks to facilitate a two-day final event. In addition to the prize winnings, the 45 qualifying players will also win a package containing airfare, luxury hotel and accommodation for the weekend in Spain.
Online Qualifiers
The only way for a player to participate in the live tournament is to be one of the top 45 players in the online tournament, which players can signup for at MonkeyBet.com. This is not an ordinary qualifier to a live tournament where anyone who pays the entry fee in Barcelona can participate.
The buy in for the online final is $5000+200 which can be bought in directly or won through our qualifiers. The online final is planned to take place three weeks before the live event, on Saturday, September 2nd. See MonkeyBet.com for more details.
