Online poker qualification underway for European Masters of Poker Grand Final Malta
Free packages worth €2,500 up for grabs as online qualification gets into full swing for EMOP Malta
The final leg of the European Masters of Poker tour will see the five-city festival land in Vittoriosa, Malta from September 23 to 26 where up to 500 players will compete in the €1,500 + €150 buy-in main event. In this event players will start with 15,000 in chips compared to the regular 10,000.
Qualification for the Maltese grand final is now underway across the Entraction network where poker players can qualify for as little as €2 or 200 VIP-points. The premium partner for the European Masters of Poker is Pinnacle Sports Poker
There are four main satellites each week:
Monday 19:40 CET with €100 buy-in and 2 packages guaranteed worth €2,500 each.
Wednesday 19:40 CET with a €100 buy-in and 2 packages guaranteed.
Thursday 19:40 CET with a €200 buy-in and 4 packages guaranteed.
Sunday 19:40 CET with a €200 buy-in and 4 packages guaranteed.
Daily super satellites to all main qualifiers are available.
Additionally August sees a number of ways to win free packages worth €2,500 (€1,500 + €150 buy-in plus €850 in expenses).
Players who earn 2,000 VIP points before the end of August 28 will be able to register for a restricted freeroll on August 29 at 6:30 p.m. BST, Two packages will be given away to the winners of the €150,000 Guarantee — August 30, 8 p.m. BST and Sunday €50,000 Guarantee — August 23 at 8 p.m. BST. Finally three packages will be given away for the winners of the August sit & Go leader boards — one for the winner of each of the Low, Medium and High leader boards.
Players can also buy in directly to the live event in Malta for €1,650.
An additional benefit of the European Masters of Poker is the leader board competition where players can win additional prizes beside the regular prize pool. Five percent is taken from each tournaments prize pool and is placed in the leader board prize pool. The top 15 overall players will receive cash prizes after the five tournaments are completed.
The estimated first prize is €25,000. In addition to this, the winner will receive a watch worth €10,000 if the player has earned 25,000 VIP-points from January 1st 2009 until the start of the last tournament.
Anton Wigg from Sweden topped the field of 399 players at the European Masters of Poker in Casino Barcelona last month taking down €55,502 for his victory. The EMOP Barcelona event attracted the largest field of the tour so far.