Willemstad, Curacao-September 27, 2004 -
The line between online virtual poker and the land based version just became a bit
hazier as SunPoker.com
is now bridging the gap from 'face to computer', to 'face to face' poker, with
the announcement of the 1st annual 'Caribbean Poker classic' No Limit Texas
Hold 'Em tournament.
The televised event which will be staged December 5 -11, 2004 at the Maho Beach
Resort in sunny St. Maarten, boasts an approximate prize pool of
$1,000,000.00. It has already begun to attract some of the largest? names in
poker, as well as Hollywood celebs looking for their piece of online poker
immortality.
The tournament is now open to the public. Seats to the tournament event can be won in the many satellite tournaments
at SunPoker.com. Simply
download the SunPoker.com software, log in, and on the
Multi-Table Tournaments tab, you will see the qualifying satellites named
"CARIBBEAN", at 4:00 PM EST, and 9:00 PM EST.
Winning a qualifying tournament online at www.SunPoker.com
means more than just the $5100 buy-in for the championship event ...... the package
includes your round trip flight, six night's hotel accommodation, entry to the
VIP welcome party, and a private party for the tournament winners.
For more information, visit www.SunPoker.com
About SunPoker.com
A licensed online poker room through Peak Entertainment N.V., SunPoker.com is part of
the Cryptologic (NASDAQ: CRYP) Online Poker Network, which has become one of the
largest poker rooms on the Internet according to Poker Pulse, an independent
website that monitors the activity of most of the big name poker rooms on the
Internet. SunPoker.com has thousands of poker players from all over the world that
participate in a friendly environment playing Texas Hold'em, Seven Card
Stud, Omaha High-Low, and hundreds of tournaments each day, including
Multi-Table tournaments.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR CARIBBEAN POKER CLASSIC
December 5th, Sunday
Welcome Party 7-9 PM
No Limit Hold'em 10 PM $230 buy-in
December 6th, Monday
Satellites begin 3 PM
No Limit Hold'em 6 PM $230 buy-in (one re-buy)
December 7th, Tuesday
Satellites begin 3 PM
Super satellite 6 PM $125 buy-in (re-buys and add on)
December 8th, Wednesday
Championship event 2 PM
$5100 buy-in No Limit Hold'em 8 PM $125 buy-in (re-buys and add on)
December 9th, Thursday
Championship - Day 2 2 PM
Play down to final nine No Limit Hold'em 8 PM $125 buy-in (one re-buy)
December 10th, Friday
Championship final table Noon
No Limit Hold'em 1 PM
$230 buy-in Awards Banquet 9 PM
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