Carbon Poker Reveals New Tournament Series
Starting March of 2012 Carbon Poker is going to run the first ever tournament series.
“We are confident this will be a massive event and it is something that players have been asking for consistently for a while now,” a spokesperson for the company advised Gambling911.com on Wednesday.
The event will be called Poker Maximus and will officially start on March 4th 2012. Satellites will start running for the events in late January 2012.
Here is a brief overview of the details with more information available on the Carbon Poker website here:
Dates - March 4-25th
Satellites - Will start early to mid January and run until completion. Players who have existing tournament entry coupons will be able to use them throughout Poker Maximus. Poker Maximus specific satellite tickets will need to be used between March 4 - 25.
Main event - $109 entry - $150,000 Guaranteed NLH Freezeout. Players receive 5000 chip starting stacks and the tournament will run 15 minute levels commencing at 10/20.
Other bonuses / Awards - Tournament Leaderboard Champion (players of the series paid to 1st, 2nd and 3rd) and a Tournament of Champions event.
Schedule: Starting from the 4th March, there will be a minimum of three tournaments per day with buyins for daily tournaments ranging from $3 to $200.
- $85,000 Guaranteed Poker Maximus High Roller Main Event ($215 Buyin)
- Poker Maximus $530 Deepstack Main Event ($100,000 Guaranteed)
- Minimum $200,000 Guaranteed Main Event ($109 Buyin, with at least $50,000 Guaranteed to the winner)
- A Tournament of Champions for all Poker Maximus Tournament Winners
- Over $1.5M worth of guaranteed cash and prizes
- Buyins ranging from $1.10 to $530
- Unique accolades for event winners and leaderboard places.
- Over $25,000 in bonus prizes for those who finish in the top 100 on the leaderboard or play in the tournament of champions.
- Players Choice tournament – an event decided by the players!
New Satellites
- $5.60 - Winner take all, Super Turbo Shorthanded. Winner receives a $33 Coupon.
- $1.91 - Winner take all Super Turbo Shorthanded. Winner receives a $11 Coupon.
- $11.20 Winner take all Super Turbo Shorthanded. Winners receive a $33 Coupon.
- $10.19 Winner take all Super Turbo Shorthanded. Winners receive a $60 Coupon.
- $1.05 Super Turbo Satelllites - Winners receive $33 Coupons.
- $2.20 Super Turbo Satellites - Winners receive $60 Coupons.
- $60 Monthly Superstack Freezeout Satellite - Winners receive $530 tournament entry coupons. Running daily at 21.00 server time ($60 coupon ticket eligible)
- $33 Monthly Superstack Freezeout Satellite - Winners reveive $530 tournament entry coupons. Running daily at 22.00 server time ($33 Coupon ticket eligible)
