PokerStars.com Summer Games 08
The 2008 Olympics are currently underway in Bejing and Poker Stars.com is looking to have their own summer games. Poker Stars has announced they will be running the Poker Stars Summer Games with 8 different poker games including hold'em, omaha, draw and stud.
The Summer Games tournaments will be played everyday and is free for players from the United States and Canada. They will be giving away cash prizes in every tournament along with sending the top 50 players to round 2 and the top 5 players will get entry to the $100k finale.
Round 1 Qualifiers:
- Aug 22 to 28 for Limit Texas Hold-em
- August 29-Sept 4 for 7 Card Stud
- Sept 5 to 11 for Short Handed NL Texas Hold'em
- Sept 12-18 for Pot Limit Omaha
- Sept 19 - 25 for Pot Limit Texas Hold'em
- Sept 26-Oct 2 for 5 Card Draw
- Oct 3-9 for Omaha Hi/Lo
- Oct 10-16 for No Limit Texas Hold'em
The top 250 places get $5 dollars in round 1 events with players allowed to play in a summer games qualifier once every week.
The top 140 places in the weekly round 2 events will take home $20 dollars and top 5 get to go to the finale.
The finale will take place with a bunch of heads up matches with each player receiving $500 dollars. The winner gets an additional $500. If your team wins the event you will take home an additional $500. If from the all around summer games your team wins you get an additional $500 dollars!
