It’s most poker players dream to win a live tournament and at Cake Poker players have the opportunity to do just that. Cake Poker is currently hosting satellite poker tournaments to both the Super Poker Event of Europe 2012 and the Irish Open 2012. Each of these tournaments are high profile events where poker players striving to make a name for themselves can do so. Qualifying for either event is straight forward, you just have to qualify through one of the poker satellites available at Cake Poker. Learn more about each event below:
2012 Super Poker Event of Europe
This tourney, dubbed ‘Super 2012′is expected to be the biggest poker event to ever occur in Europe. There is expected to be over 4,000 players participating in the tourney that will take place in Dublin, Ireland on February 25th and 26th. The tourney has an estimated prize pool of €1.2 million and this is from buy-ins of just €300. The tournament plays down to a final 8 players on the 26th, but the final table takes place at a secure location on March 31st with all of the action streamed live on the internet. This is a great tournament for players hoping to get noticed.
Cake Poker is giving players the opportunity to win $1000 prize packages, which include the €300 entry buy-in and cash to help with travel and accommodation expenses. There are still two Super Poker $1000 Final satellites that you can participate in (January 15th and February 12th). Each of these satellites has a $50 buy-in and awards as many $1000 prize packages as possible. There are also 3 smaller buy-in “step like” satellites that you can participate in if you don’t want to shell out the $50 for one of the finals.
2012 Irish Open
The Irish Open will not have as large a player pool as the Super Poker Event of Europe, but the buy-in and prize packages are much larger. The buy-in for the event is €3500 and the prize packages being awarded by Cake Poker are for $6000, which includes the event buy-in plus spending money for expenses. The Irish Open is set to take place in Dublin in early April at the Burlington Hotel.
You can win the prize packages every other Sunday in the Irish Open $6K Finals, which are $200 + $15 tournaments where at least one package to the Irish Open is guaranteed.
Both of these tournaments are going to be high profile tourneys that could launch a player into poker stardom. Visit Cake Poker now to start attempting to qualify for the events and be sure to use Cake Poker sign up code SIGNUP600 to receive the 110% matching bonus up to $600!