Late Night Poker Ace 2 + Poker Masters PartyPoker.com is giving 32 top amateur players* from around the world a chance to join the poker hall of fame in front of TV cameras this summer.** Late Night Poker Ace 2, the eagerly awaited follow up to Late Night Poker Ace, brings the cream of online talent to the small screen in the hunt for the world’s best amateur poker player.
$160,000 at stake. 32 international amateurs. $50,000 to the winner. Non-stop action… This is one tournament you won’t want to miss!
Late Night Poker Ace 2
Package worth $7,500
Winner takes $50,000
$160,000 prize pool
32 amateur online qualifiers
Channel 4 TV coverage
Late Night Poker Masters
$250,000 prize pool (inc. $90,000 top-up cash)
Winner takes $100,000
Eight top amateurs vs. 24 big name pros
Channel 4 TV coverage
The player who takes the title, plus the seven top finishers, will then go on to the ultimate showdown with 24 pros in Late Night Poker Masters. $250,000 is up for grabs, with the winner taking home $100,000.
Can an amateur qualifier take down the likes of Dave ‘The Devilfish’ Ulliott, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Marcel Luske, Ken Lennaard or Willie Tann?
Could that amateur be you?
The competition
Daily qualifiers and satellites will run from April 10 to May 27, 2006. Winners from the daily qualifiers will get a freeroll entry into the $145 Satellites. Eight players from each of the following four regions will be make the cut for the televised final:
United Kingdom, France, Holland and Germany
The Americas (incl. US, Canada, and South America)
Scandinavia (incl. Finland)
Rest of the world
Those who get through will earn a package worth $7,500:
$5,000 to cover the buy-in
$1,000 to cover accommodation
$1,500 toward travel expenses (deposited in your PartyPoker.com account)
See table below for complete satellite and qualifier details
The Last Eight
The top eight finishers from Late Night Poker Ace 2 will graduate to the PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Masters tournament, also to be aired on Channel 4. Qualifiers will take on 24 top professionals for a $250,000 prize pool.
The Filming
Both the PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Ace 2 and the PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Masters will be filmed in Cardiff, Wales from June 5-10, 2006. The programmes will be produced by trailblazing production outfit, Presentable, the company that brought poker to TV sets around the world with the original Late Night Poker series.
* Entrants must be amateur players who are not recognized by poker governing bodies or organizations as being a professional player; they must not play on the poker tournament circuit or earn a living from playing poker. PartyPoker.com will have the right in its sole and absolute discretion to disqualify anyone whom it does not consider to be an amateur player.
** Players must be over 18 years old
Terms and conditions apply.
SATELLITE and QUALIFIERS
LATE NIGHT POKER ACE 2 MULTI-TABLE SATELLITE $145 ($130+$15)
When: Every Saturday at:
6:53 p.m. [for all territories]
One entry to the Late Night Poker Ace 2 for every $7,500 in the prize pool. We will give away as many packages as possible. Extra money will be paid out to the next three places in a 50% - 30% - 20% ratio.
Max players: 4,000
$6 ($5+$1) MULTI-TABLE QUALIFIER FOR SATELLITE
When: Sunday to Friday at 00:35 a.m. and 4:03 p.m. and 10:43p.m.(ET)
One seat in a satellite for every 29 players
If the prize pool is not a multiple of 145, the remaining money will be awarded as per our standard payout structure
Max players: 4,000
$11 ($10+$1) MULTI-TABLE QUALIFIER FOR SATELLITE
When: Sunday to Friday at 12:25 p.m. and 8:03 p.m. (ET)
One seat in a satellite for every fifteen players
If the prize pool is not a multiple of 145, the remaining money will be awarded as per our standard pay-out structure
Max players: 4,000
$11 ($10+$1) MULTI-TABLE SIT&GO QUALIFIER FOR SATELLITE
When: Daily 24/7
One seat in the satellite for 1st and 2nd places
3rd place gets $10
Max players: 30
$22 ($20+$2) 1-TABLE QUALIFIER FOR SATELLITE
When: Daily 24/7
One seat in the satellite for 1st place
2nd place gets $55
Max players: 10
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