The Ongame Network Poker Classic is a
tournament with a record-breaking guaranteed prize pool of
$5 million and at least $1 million for the final winner.
This will be the largest-ever guaranteed prize for an event that
starts online. It is an exclusive event open to Full Contact Poker
players.
Sit & Go and Scheduled
tournament-based qualifiers start on Monday, March 27th. Players can
proceed through various levels which start at $1 – and who knows, $1
could lead to $1 Million.
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 (http://www.casinobarcelona.com/ing/)
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. The value of each package will be approximately $5,000 and
will not come out of the prize pool.
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. 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.
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Scheduled Qualifiers |
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Stage 1: $6+1 |
Runs 12 times per day, pays out
1 ticket to Stage 2 for every 9 entrants. One ticket guaranteed. |
| Stage 2: $50+4 |
Runs 2 times every day (2:00 pm
and 8:00 pm EST), pays out 1 ticket to Stage 3 for every 7
entrants.
One ticket guaranteed. |
| Stage 3:
$300+20 |
Runs once a week (Saturday at
3:00 pm EST), pays out 1 ticket to the online final for every 18
entrants.
One ticket guaranteed. |
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Sit & Go Qualifiers |
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Turbo sub qualifier: $1+0.10 |
one ticket to Stage 1. |
| Stage 1: $9+1 |
one ticket to Stage 2 and 2nd
place gets ticket to
Stage 1 + $7. |
| Stage 2: $68+5 |
one ticket to Stage 3 and 2nd
place gets ticket to
Stage 2 + $7. |
| Stage 3:
$580+20 |
one ticket to the online final
and 2nd place gets ticket to
Stage 3 |
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Multiple Sit & Goes for 20 and
30 handed will follow. |
Preliminary schedule in
Barcelona
Thursday, September 28th:
Arrival in Barcelona.
Friday, September 29th:
• Leisure day for players to enjoy the city of Barcelona and
rehearsal of tournament walkthrough.
• Opening night reception with cocktails and buffet.
Saturday, September 30th:
• Tournament begins and is played out until we have a 9-handed final
table.
• Dinner break in the evening for 90 minutes.
Sunday, October 1st:
Final table with a dinner break in the evening.
Disclaimer
Ongame Network reserves the right to alter or modify details
relating to the Ongame Network Poker Classic Promotion whether it
could be, but not limited to, changing the location of the live
tournament, online tournament structures, starting times and dates,
and guaranteed prize pool amount.
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