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We've seen the tournaments available at six different card
rooms so far; let's take a look around at a few more before wrapping up our
list of satellites and other tournaments available online in September.
Doyle's Room
Doyle's Room is running a single-table tournament promotion this month that
could net you a good chunk of extra cash. If you manage to win three
consecutive single-table tourneys with a $5 or higher buy-in, you'll win a $25
bonus. Win 4 in a row, and you'll get an extra $250. Win 5 in a row, and
you'll score an extra $2,500. If you can't take 1st in every tournament, but
manage 1st or 2nd at 5 straight tables, you'll still win $100 for your
efforts.
Doyle's Room has satellites for three big events running in September. The
first of these is the European Poker Tour's stop at the Merrion Club in
Dublin, Ireland, on the 29th and 30th of October. Super satellites for this
EPT tournament cost $54+2.70, and are held at 3:00 PM ET every Tuesday. If you
don't want to buy into the super satellite directly, you can win a seat in a
daily 5:00 PM ET multi-table satellite at a cost of $3+.15. Your other option
is to win a single-table satellite for $6.30+.63. The prize package for the
Dublin EPT tournament is worth $6,000, and includes the $5,200 tournament
entry plus $800 for expenses.
Satellites are also available for the Heads-up Poker Circuit event at Hit
Casino Park in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, held from November 30th to December 5th.
Super satellites for this tournament are held every Wednesday at 5:30 PM ET,
with a buy-in of $54+2.70. You can also win your way into the super satellite
through a daily multi-table tournament for $3+.15, or through a single-table
tournament for $6.30+.63. The prize package for the Slovenian stop of the
Heads-up Poker Circuit is valued at $4,500, including the $3,150 tournament
entry and $1,350 in expenses.
The most prestigious tournament with satellites running at Doyle's Room this
month is no surprise. The Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championships, a
WPT event, will be held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas from the 18th to the 21st
of October. Unlike the other the other tournaments held at Doyle's Room this
month, there is no option of winning your way to the big show through a
single-table tournament. If you want a chance at the WPT seat, you only have
two options: win a daily multi-table tournament at 5:45 PM ET, with a buy-in
of $3+.15, or buy directly into the October 1st super satellite for
$198+19.80. Making your way to this prestigious tournament cheaply will be
difficult, but if you manage to win you'll be rewarded with the $10,200
tournament buy-in and $2,300 in expenses.
Finally, Doyle's Room is also running a special tournament to benefit the
American Red Cross in its efforts to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
The prize pool for the rebuy tournament is guaranteed to be at least $10,000,
and has an entry of $25+5. All the fees collected will go directly to the Red
Cross. This tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, September 6, at 4:00 PM ET.
Party Poker
If you thought Australia only discovered poker when Joseph Hachem won this
year's WSOP Main Event, you've probably never heard of the Australian Poker
Championships. Held in Melbourne in January 2006, the APC is the biggest poker
event in the southern hemisphere. Party Poker has begun running satellites for
the first big poker tournament of 2006, and for as little as $8 you could find
yourself heading down under to play your favorite game with some of the
world's best.
Sub-qualifier tournaments for the APC are available for $7+1. These
single-table tournaments, available in either limit or no-limit hold'em, pay
out entry into the $30+3 Aussie Qualifier tournaments for 1st and 2nd place.
The $30+3 Aussie Qualifier is also a single-table tournament, and is also
available in either limit or no-limit hold'em. The 1st place finisher wins
entry into the $210+15 Aussie Qualifier super satellite, while 2nd and 3rd
place receive a freeroll into another $30+3 Aussie Qualifier. If the
multi-table route to the super satellite is more your style, you have two
options. The $20+2 Aussie Qualifier, held daily at 12:20 AM ET, awards one
seat in the $210+15 super satellite for every 12 entries. The $40+4 Aussie
Qualifier, held daily at 9:10 AM ET, awards one seat in the same super
satellite for every 6 entries. There's also a Party Steps route of qualifying,
which is discussed in detail
here.
If you manage to make your way through the single-table or multi-table
qualifying routes, you'll find yourself with an entry into the $210+15 Aussie
Qualifier super satellite. These tournaments, held every Sunday, Tuesday, and
Thursday at 11 PM ET, award one entry into the Australian Poker Championships
for every 53 players. The total prize package for the APC includes the $10,500
AUD tournament entry, eight nights in a top-class Melbourne hotel for two
people, and $2,000 in spending money. Full details on the prize package and
qualifying tournaments are available
here.
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