To poker newbies, watching thousands of people pack the Rio in Las Vegas for the $10,000 buy-in Main Event can be a confusing experience. Where did they all get $10k to blow on a poker tournament? Even if it is the most important event of the year? The answer is that a whole bunch of them qualified for a seat online. If you’re looking for a similar route to the World Series this year there’s no better place to do it than at Bovada.
The reason you should satellite in via Full Tilt is very easy to understand. It looks exactly like $10,000,000.
2011 sees the return of Main Event Mania at Bovada, a promotion which could mean an even greater pay-day should you win the biggest prize in poker. Any player who wins a 2011 WSOP Main Event prize package on Full Tilt Poker is automatically entitled to the receive the Main Event Mania bonus. This pays out an extra $10 million to any player who can win the Main Event, having qualified for the tournament via Full Tilt.
$10 million is very likely to be higher than the first place prize for the World Championship, meaning that you will more than double your winnings if you succeed off the back of a Full Tilt satellite.
Only one player can win the Main Event, but Full Tilt has extra prizes in store for anyone who wins entry. All Full Tilt players will get access to the Pro Choice suite, where members of Team Full Tilt will hang out during the series. Rubbing shoulders with Phil Ivey is a pretty sweet sounding deal and there’s more on tap for players who manage to make the money. If you cash in the 2011 WSOP Main Event you’l automatically be given free entry to the 2012 Main Event.
You can start qualifying now in a variety of different tournaments and formats. You can even get going for $0. Round 1 Main Event Race Sit & Go Freerolls are running until June 25th. A good performance in this first gauntlet will win you progress to Round 2, from which you can earn entry into the Main Event Race Final Freeroll, and from there on to the World Series of Poker and 10 million extra dollars.