New UK Online Poker Series from SkyPoker.com
This was published 13-10-2011Following a very successful year in the live poker area, online poker room Sky Poker, has revealed details of a new virtual tournament series.
The new UK Online Poker Series (UKOPS) is set to feature over £140,000 in guaranteed prize pools and is due to get underway on October, 31st.
The tournament will comprise of eight events which will take place over one week and culminate in a £40,000 guaranteed main event on November, 6th.
The first UK Online Poker Series which takes place on October 31st will be a £110 buy-in bounty hunter event that will commence at 8 pm and offer a £20,000 guaranteed prize pool as well as 4,000 starting chips and twelve-minute blinds. Each player that players knock out will entitle them to claim 75% of the bounty while the remainder 25% will be added to their own heads.
The direct buy-ins to the UKOPS events range from £50 to £500 and will generate some of the hugest prize pools ever seen on Sky Poker.
There will also be a £55 buy-in-pot-limit Omahacontest taking place on November 1st commencing at 8 pm with a similar format and re-buys that are available immediately and offering a £10,000 prize pool.
Wednesday, November 2nd will see the third event of UKOPS with a £110 buy-in no-limit hold’em double stack competition with 8,000 starting chips, twelve-minute blinds and offering a prize pool of £10,000.
A £25,000 guaranteed £530 buy-in no-limit hold’em high-roller event featuring 10,000 starting chips and 15-minute blinds is the fourth event which will take place on November 3rd.
On November 4, a £55 buy-in no-limit hold’em re-buy competition will take place with a total prize fund of at least £15,000 and unlimited re-buys.
November 5th will see a £22 buy-in £10,000 guaranteed no-limit hold’em turbo competition take place while on November, 6th, the Sunday main event for UKOPS will take place from 7 pm at SkyPoker.com at a cost of £220 for the 8,000 starting chips and 15-minute blinds.
Team SkyPoker.com players will be playing throughout the UKPS series.
