American Cardroom Pays Out Record Amount
This was published 29-01-2013American Cardroom, theUSfriendly online poker room, has announced that its $1 million guaranteed online poker series,OSS11, has paid out a record sized prize pool of $1.3 million.
According to the site, the $1.3 million in prize pool money that was awarded to players by theOSS11 was over $220K more than the organizers of this poker series had guaranteed.
TheOSS11 is American Cardroom’s signature online poker series and incorporated 82 thrilling online poker tournaments that offered a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million.
According to Michael Harris, a spokesman for American Cardroom, the past two weeks have been exceptionally lucrative for their players. Harris added thatOSS11 was their most satisfying tournament series to date.
The OSS11 series commenced on Sunday, 13th January, 2013 and continued until Sunday, 27th January, 2013 with 82 recorded tournaments and daily tourneys totaling an average of $45K. Weekend tournaments worth $100,000, $150,000 and $200.000 were also included in the series. The guarantee was greatly exceeded in almost every event in the series.
Due to a tremendous response to the tournament series, the final total prize pool increased from the guaranteed amount of $1,088,000 to $1,308,702.49 (an additional $220,000). The $75,000 Beast tournament which was held duringOSS11 and the 100-seat satellites that were guaranteed for the $100 K, $150 K and $200 K tournaments paid out an additional $64,500 worth of tournament seats.
Michael Harris also congratulated WiVil for taking home the first place prize of $38,220 in their $200K Guaranteed Tournament.
American Cardroom points based on how many tournaments players entered and how well they performed, were awarded to those players who participated in one of the over 80 online poker tournaments.
Players can still find lots of action at American Cardroom with several promotions and special offers still taking place as well as an opportunity to enjoy excellent online poker on the Winning Poker Network.
