PokerStars.com, one of the leading poker websites, has declared that its 7th World Cup starts from the last weekend of November 2010. The tournament offers gamblers from more than 50 nations a chance to compete for prize money of $290,000. But, this time the world cup of poker will differently work, giving all players a fair shot to make it to their team. Mentioned below are the ways it works.
Stage One: Make it To the National Team
PokerStars doesn’t care where a person is from. To make it through, the player just has to qualify for his or her nation’s four-player team. Interested people can qualify for a spot on their countries team by doing well in a series of qualifiers which started on November 27 and featured buy-ins of one dollar.
Stage Two: Divisional Finals
Stage two requires players to fight against other teams from other countries to move on to Stage Three.
Stage Three: Live Grand Final
The Grand Final of the world cup will take place from January 9 to 16, 2011. The teams that qualify to the Grand Final will get a prize package that comprises travel and lodging at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in the Bahamas.
The Final Table is going to be a “Tag Team” event where every team will revolve in and out of play till one team wins comprehensively. They will get the prize money of $100,000 along with the title World Cup of Poker VII Champions!
There’s a huge sum on the line. But there is only one country which can claim it, national pride, and hundred thousand dollars prize money for first place at the final in Bahamas. Poker cannot get any exciting than this. PokerStars.com declared that every team will contain four players of the same country. Each team will then fight in one of the seven divisions, with the champions receiving prize packages which comprise of accommodation and travel in The Bahamas and a spot in the final.
The grand final will take place as a part of the Caribbean Adventure of PokerStars.com. To end things in style, every player who played in 1 FPP and $1 qualifier tournaments for the World Cup of Poker 7 will be invited to play the $100,000 Freeroll. This tournament will take place after the end of the Final on January 30, 2011, Sunday. This is a fantastic way of celebrating the country’s World Cup win.
The start time of the tournament will be decided to suit the nation which wins the title, so the viewers have to keep checking for details.
Last year in this tournament, the Chinese were crowned as the champions. They defeated about eight other teams during 16 hour poker from across the world. The match was held in the beautiful surroundings of the PCA, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in Bahamas. They took the first place with prize money of $100,000 that equals about $20,000 per player. In addition, the title of World Cup of Poker VI Champions and trophies were also provided.