888poker Increases January 15 Baby Whale Guarantee to $500K
This was published 13-01-2017888poker celebrated the fifth anniversary of its Mega Deep tournament in November 2016 by increasing its guarantee to an amount of $500,000 and the online poker giant is now doing the same for the Baby Whale tournament taking place on Sunday, 15th January 2017.
The Baby Whale $320 buy in tournament runs every other Sunday and complements the larger $600 Whale also running on alternate Sundays. The Baby Whale boasts a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool on a normal Sunday but in order to celebrate the New Year, 888poker will be offering a whopping $500,000 guarantee on this Sunday’s tournament.
The buy in for this monster-sized Baby Whale tournament will be the same amount of $320 as any other time it features in the 888poker lobby. However, late registration will be extended from 180 minutes to 250 minutes while the freezeout format will be altered in order to give each player a chance to re-enter once.
It is quite possible that the $500,000 Baby Whale will overlay, despite these changes, as the tournament, in its standard form, is inclined to attract between 300 and 400 entrants.
There are a number of satellites running around the clock that feed into this special edition of the Baby Whale. One of these, that guarantees 50 seats, kicks off a few hours prior to the Baby Whale shuffling up and dealing.
Jan “hownorez” Nakladal won a $100,000 Baby Whale in April of last year that saw him walk away with an amount of $26,334 for his victory. Nakladal revealed that he is a fan of the Baby Whale due to its deep structure and the number of recreational players who compete.
The former champion also said that should he play this $500,000 edition of the Baby Whale, he will use a similar strategy as when he approached the standard $100,000 version.
Nakladal went on to say that he is pretty certain that he will play the special edition because it will attract a lot of recreational players. He added that his strategy will be the same strategy he applies for deep-stacked tournaments with good structures – just to be tight before antes come into play, to wait for his spots and then start to open up more while using his tight image to steal pots.
