Most people jump up and down with joy and have the sort of feelings that usually end with "gasm" if their favorite poker room makes 5 or 10 seats available for the World Series of Poker. When an online poker room gives away over 200 WSOP seats in one night this is a reason for the sort of ecstasy among poker players that may be hazardous to their health. This is exactly what PokerStars is doing: making this insane number of seats available to their customers. Either they love us or they are trying to drive us into the sort of brain aneurysm that only unfettered excitement can bring about.
On June 15th, PokerStars.com validates its billing as the world's largest poker tournament website by holding what can only be termed as the Lollapalooza of poker tournaments. In one night these guys will give away at least 200 seats to World Series of Poker Main Event. Satellites to this Death Star of all tournaments will be running two weeks before the actual event. The buy in for the June 15th tourney will be $370 and sport a guaranteed prize pool worth at least 2.5 million dollars.
Not only will those winning their way to the sport's grandest stage get their $10,000 buy in covered, but they will also get travel, two-week's worth of accommodations, and $2,500 dollars in spending money. People can get into a lot of trouble in Vegas with that much free money in their wallet, but that may be the point.
This is an amazing opportunity for those of us who don't have a sponsor or an extra ten grand sitting in the bank. Good luck to anyone who signs up for this tournament.
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