Microgaming's $400K Poker Sponsorships

Published: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 Online-Casinos.com

$400 K IN POKER TOURNEY SPONSORSHIPS FROM MICROGAMING THIS WEEK

If you're aiming to finance big tournament play with satellite sponsorships this could be for you

Following a bumper week of satellite tournament action on the Microgaming Poker Network, the software provider has revealed that 34 satellite winners from 17 poker rooms on the network have scooped a total of $400 000 worth of buy-ins to some of the biggest land-based tournaments in the world.

In the last week, 20 players from eight different card rooms won $9 000 packages to the EPT Dortmund event - starting this week, while ten more packages, valued at $16 600 each, were won to the EPT Monte Carlo event (28 March - 1 April). And Sunday (4 March) saw the conclusion of the first of a number of online finals for the WSOP main event, where four more lucky winners picked up packages worth $15 000 each.

Microgaming Poker Network is also running satellites to six further WSOP events, offering a first prize of $50 000 worth of buy-ins (to be spent on the player's choice of tournaments), up to 60 days worth of 5-star accommodation, two return flights to Vegas and a useful $3 500 spending money.

Roger Raatgever, CEO Microgaming says, "We believe it's not enough for a network to just offer buy-ins to the best land-based tournaments in the world, which is why all our operators' players are personally looked after by our dedicated Microgaming event team. Every one of their needs is catered to, from travel and accommodation through to on the ground support at the tournaments themselves. This is just another of the many reasons why more and more operators are choosing to move to our network every month. We wish all our players the best of luck in their upcoming tournaments."