Satellite Tournaments Bring Low Stakes Players To WPT

Poker News - January 14th, 2010 - Written By Bonnie

Online Poker players around the world are excited to get an opportunity to participate in two of the main events in the World Poker Tour, the Main Event of WPT LA Poker Classic or World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship. The World Poker Tour is one of the most exciting annual poker events around and falls right along side with the World Series of Poker, for having a large number of events and some of the largest prize pool ever offered.

The action for this years WPT started back in December of 2009, but there is still plenty more chances to get in on all the poker action on the tour. To earn your spot in one of the many World Poker Tour events, Full Tilt Online Poker Room will be hosting WPT Qualifiers through February 28th, 2010, in which a number of prizes will be awarded, including several prize packages worth $12K. These prize packages will not only include your buy-in to the main event worth $10K, but players will also receive $2000 to be used for travel expenses as to take a seat at the World Poker Tour Main Event.

The days to be part of the Full Tilt poker action start on December 6th and run through February 28th, on every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. The buy-ins range from $300, up to $1000, depending on which event you take part in. The good news is that no matter which WPT Qualifier tournament you participate in, you are automatically registered for the chance to win a spot in the WPT Celebrity Invitational Freeroll.