Category: Tournaments

Freeroll your way to WSOP 2009

The Road to Vegas this week will see a WSOP prize package worth $3.5k given away without any risk to your bankroll! The Premium Freeroll will take place on Sunday with players buying in directly for 20,000 PKR points or via a number of qualifiers costing just 50 points a shot.

The winner will walk off with a seat to the $2k buy-in no limit hold’em event of their choice at the 2009 WSOP. The generous package will include all traveling and accommodation expenses to ensure that when you sit down at the table, you’re in tip top condition.

Satellites have already started running on a daily basis and will continue to do so until Sunday evening. The schedule for the qualifiers will be as follows:

  • 15.55 Freezeout – 500 points
  • 20.35 Freezeout – 2,000 points
  • 12.50 Rebuy – 100 points

Sunday Classic gets bigger

The Sunday Classic on 15th February will be even more special than usual – and that’s becuase PKR have just announced that they will be raising the prize fund from $30,000 to $50,000.

The buy in will remain at $65 (giving players even more value for cash), and there will still be plenty of low cost qualifiers for those who can’t buy directly into the final tournament.

The Sunday Classic is the biggest game of the week at PKR and kicks off every Sunday at 19.00 GMT

Qualifiers have already started, so if you haven’t got an account yet, grab a bonus code and head on over to www.pkr.com for some great value poker.

Those of you who already play your poker there, can buy in to the final tournament directly or start getting seats in the qualifiers via the Tournaments tab in the lobby.

PKR Masters guarantees $100k

It’s coming up to the last Saturday of the month, which can only mean one thing: it’s time for the PKR Masters again.

The Masters is PKR’s big monthly tournament which guarantess that $100,000 will be given away in prize money. Even better news is that PKR have just announced that the overall winner of the tournament will get his/her hands on at least $25,000 and this is likely to increase should all the seats be taken.

I’d have thought a full tournament will be pretty much guranteed, mainly because PKR deliberately try to keep the field relatively small in order to give everyone a good shot of getting involved in the cash.

Those of you wanting to get involved can buy in to the final table for $250. If that sounds a bit rich for you, then don’t fear PKR have set up a load of satellites costing a lot less in order to ensure that everyone can have a fair shot at landing some serious cash.

If you’re a Sit & Go player, qualifiers will cost $27 and come with a guarantee that one in ten players will qualify for The Masters. If that’s still a little too much for you to be spending, then there are daily MTT qualifiers where the entry fee is just $1 … or you can also get through via a number of one handed satellites costing just 52 cents.

To get involved, simply log in to PKR and then hunt out the qualifiers in the lobby’s Tournament tab. The Masters itself is also now available from the lobby, so those of you looking to buy in directly can now do so.

If you’re not currently a member at PKR, then this seems as good a time as any to get signed up. And if you’re going to be depositing some cash in order to play in the Masters, have a look through our PKR bonus code page to ensure that you get some free cash when you register.

The tournament will be taking place on Saturday 31st January at 20:00 GMT.

Weekend of tournaments at PKR

If you’re playing on PKR this weekend, make sure you bring your killer instincts with you because there are a lot of tournaments going on and not a whole lot of room for sentiment!

For starters, PKR offers all its players the choice of six and ten seat SnG tournaments as well as the option to play heads up with an opponents. Buy in levels range from $1 right up to $500 with some pretty big prizes on offer for those who manage to get down to the final few.

If you’re looking for something a little unique, then check out the number of Phase tournaments which will running where players can earn up to $700 for as little as a 25 cent buyin.

On top of that there will be the the normal number of ring games and Bounty tournaments going on too.

If you’re not already signed up, maximise your bankroll by choosing the right PKR bonus code for you and you can double your first deposit it with the site.

See you at the tables!

PKR Masters to be televised this weekend

This Saturday will see PKR make the jump from your computer monitor to your TV screen as the PKR Masters is televised across Europe.

The tournament has a guaranteed prize fund of $100,000 with the eventual winner taking home a minimum of $25,000 as the first prize.

Players who have not yet reserved their seat in the Masters tournament will have one last chance to qualify on Saturday in a number of “Speed Qualifiers”.

Oktoberfest comes to PKR

Munich’s Oktoberfest may now be over, but the good news is that PKR‘s Oktoberfest is just about to start!

PKR are running a serious of guaranteed tournaments over the course of the next ten days, to give away $270,000. These tournaments will inlcude a number of different poker flavours (including Omaha) and will be run across various tournaments formats such as Pot Limit, Terminator tournaments and bounty games. There will even be a free roll giving away an impressive $5,000 that players will gain entry to just by finishing in the top 50 in any of the other Oktoberfest events.

And if that wasn’t enough, if you get far enough into the field, you may find yourself appearing on TV in front of 15 million people across Europe as PKR are broadcasting several events on their own TV channel.

Most events have their own satellites meaning that players can get involved for a fraction of the regular buy-in price.

Existing members of PKR will simply need to look out for these tournaments in the lobby. Players currently not with PKR will need to visit http://www.pkr.com and register their details there.

The event will start tonight at 19.00 GMT with a Guarnateed No Limit Hold’em event.

The Oktoberfest tournament schedule is as follows:

Monday, 20 October: 19:00 GMT
$10,000 guaranteed Deep and Steep no limit hold ‘em.
Buy-in $25.

Satellites: 01:15 & 15:30 GMT

Tuesday, 21 October: 19:00 GMT
$10,000 guaranteed pot limit Omaha.
Buy-in $40.

Satellites: 01:15 & 15:30 GMT

Wednesday, 22 October: 19:00 GMT (TV)
Ongoing sit & go qualifiers
$17,500 guaranteed no limit hold ‘em with six $200 Bounties –  Take down any PKR bounty player win an instant $200!
The final table of this tournament will feature on PKR TV.

Satellites: 01:15 & 15:30 GMT

Thursday, 23 October: 19:00 GMT
$7.5K guaranteed limit hold ‘em.
Buy-in $25

Satellites: 01:15 & 15:30

Friday, 24 October: 19:00 GMT
$15,000 guaranteed Terminator.
Buy-in $40

Satellites: 01:15 & 15:30 GMT

Saturday, 25 October: 19:00 GMT (TV)
$100,000 guaranteed Masters.
Buy-in $250.

Satellites: Regular scheduled satellites running daily. Current members should check their Tournament Schedule

Sunday, 26 October: 20:00 GMT
$25,000 guaranteed no limit hold ‘em, six seater.
Buy-in $50

Satellites: Running daily from 20th October. Current members should check their tournament schedule

Thursday, 30 October: 20:00 GMT
$5,000 Exclusive Freeroll!
Entry is gained by finishing in the top 50 of any other Oktoberfest events

Sunday, 02 November: 15:00 GMT (TV)
$5,000 Tournament of Champions!

A field of just 20 players will compete for another $5K freeroll. The twenty players will consist of the ten Oktoberfest event winners plus the ten highest leaderboard finishers. The final table of this tournament will feature on PKR TV.

To get involved with PKR Oktoberfest, click here»

Tell a friend, head to Vegas

Over the next 33 weeks, PKR will be running a series of promotions that will give away a number of WSOP 2009 packages.

This week’s promotion is aimed at those people who are already playing the poker at PKR. The challenge is to refer as many of your friends to PKR as possible. The 50 members who refer the most friends to PKR will compete in a freeroll tournament with the winner walking away with a $3,000 WSOP package including a seat in the $1,500 No Limit Freezeout Event to be held in 2009.

If you’re going to be referring friends, be sure to give them one of our bonus codes so that they can maximise their bankroll and get the most out of PKR!

PKR planning birthday bash

This Sunday will see PKR celebrating their second birthday in style.

Since its inception, PKR has become the fastest growing online poker site in the UK. Six months ago the online poker room announced that it had served 10,000 players simultaneously for the first and the growth has continued since then.

As way of a celebration, PKR will be handing out a few presents:

  • Three  special freerolls will be hosted. Each one will have a prize pool of $500 to be won.
  • Ten bounty tournaments will run throughout the day with each player trying to take down opponents in order to win some pretty impressive cash prizes.
  • Those of you looking to enter more tournaments for free (or maybe even pick up a few pieces of PKR merchandise from the shop!) will be pleased to hear that players will earn double PKR points between 15.00 and 19.00 GMT.

All in all, Sunday should be a pretty good day. PKR have come a long way in a very short space of time and if they keep growing at this rate, then next year’s birthday could be even more spectacular!

To take advantage of these promotions, new players will need to register their details at www.pkr.com

Tournaments grow at PKR

The amount of cash up for grabs in PKR’s regular tournaments are increasing with immediate effects … which can only be good news for those of us who are regular players.

The monthly prize fund is increasing to a guaranteed $2.5 million. That means that the prize pool for the PKR open has gone up to $12,500 (from $10,000) and the $4,000 guaranteed daily has been replaced with a $7,500 Guaranteed ‘Grand Prix.’

The best news though is that the buy in amounts for all these tournaments remain the same.

To take advantage of these larger tournaments, you will need to register your details at www.pkr.com

Click here to register to sign up for PKR’s new, bigger tournaments»

PKR’s last WSOP offering

Those people still hoping to play in this year’s WSOP Main Event will have a final chance to win their seat in Vegas thanks to PKR this Sunday evening.

There are only two satellites left for Sunday’s Grand Final – and they will be played this Thursday and Saturday. Those players who want to buy into the final directly will be asked to pay $625 +$40 to be in with a chance of winning one of the 12 prize packages on offer. Each package will include travel to the WSOP in Vegas, accommodation during your stay and most importantly a $10,000 seat in the biggest poker tournament in history.

Those players looking to stake their claim will need to need to register their details at http://www.pkr.com.