25 March, 2009

Betfair Poker - WSOPE Free Million Dollar Game

Betfair Poker is proud to announce the first event of WSOP Europe 2009, The Free Million Dollar Game: your exclusive opportunity to represent your region at a live final table and come back home a millionaire.

How to become a Betfair Poker millionaire:

Starting Monday 13th April and for 18 weeks, we are hosting daily freerolls for 15 different regions. The top 18 in each Daily Regional Freeroll win a seat in a Weekly Regional Qualifier; the winner of the Weekly Regional Qualifier moves on to a Live Regional Final*. The winner in each Live Regional Final will represent his/her region at the WSOP Europe Free Million Dollar Game final table. Win this one and go home a millionaire!

5 Steps to crown the WSOPE Free Million Dollar Game Champion:

Step 1: Find your regional freeroll

Find your regional freeroll in the Betfair Poker client lobby, be one of the first 750 to register for the daily freeroll.

To participate you must have logged in to Betfair Poker in the previous 7 days and before 11am (UK time) on the day you want to play.

Step 2: Daily regional freeroll

Daily Regional Freerolls
Top 18 of each Daily Regional Freeroll go through to the Weekly Regional Qualifier.

Prizes:
Top 18 – Win seat in Weekly Regional Qualifier.

Step 3: Weekly Regional Qualifier

Weekly Regional Qualifier
The winner in each Weekly Regional Qualifier (there are 18 Weekly Regional Qualifiers per region) goes through to the Live* Regional Final.

Prizes:
1st – Wins Live Regional Final seat (includes cost for travel and accommodation for 1 night – T&Cs apply)

Step 4: Live Regional Final

Live Regional Final
The winner of each Live Regional Final wins a trip to London for the first event of WSOP Europe 2009: The Free Million Dollar Game.

Prizes:
1st – Wins WSOP Europe Free Million Dollar seat (cost for travel and accommodation for 2 nights’ stay included)
2nd - $1,500
3rd - $750
4th - $500
5th - $250

Step 5: The Free Million Dollar Game Final

$1,000,000 to the winner of the WSOPE Europe Free Million Dollar Game.

Prizes:
1st - $1,000,000 (USD)
2nd - £10,000 WSOPE 2009 Main Event seat
3rd - £5,000 WSOPE 2009 Pot Limit Omaha seat
4th - £1,000 WSOPE 2009 No Limit Hold’Em seat
* 2nd – 4th place winners have the option to choose the cash equivalent to be paid to their Betfair account.

* The date, time and location (if a live game) for each Regional Final will be confirmed at a later date.

UNLIMITED ACCESS UNTIL 3RD MAY

To launch the WSOP Europe Free Million Dollar Game, entry into the daily regional freerolls is unlimited until the 3rd May 2009. From the 4th May, all users will have one entirely free entry, but any subsequent entries will be dependent on earning Betfair Poker points. Full requirements will be confirmed before the end of April.

15 Regions. 1 Live Final Table. $1 Millionaire. Unlimited entries available now. Don’t miss out.

Terms & Conditions

1. All Betfair Poker players are eligible to enter the qualifying games for the first WSOP Europe event of 2009: The Free Million Dollar Game.

2. To participate in the Daily Regional Freerolls you must have logged in to the Betfair Poker client at least once in the previous 7 days and before 11:00 (UK time, BST) on the day of the first freeroll in which you want to play.

3. One daily freeroll will be hosted per region from Monday to Saturday from Monday 13th April 2009 until Saturday 15th August 2009. The start times for each region’s freeroll will be the same each day, please check the client lobby for confirmation. Please note there is a cap of 750 players per freeroll, on a first entry basis.

4. You will be automatically allocated to a region based on the details recorded at the time of your registration with Betfair and not your current country of residence whether notified to Betfair or not.

5. The Free Million Dollar game regions are defined as follows: Region Countries in this region
United Kingdom England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Ireland Ireland
Greece/Cyprus Greece, Cyprus
DE/AUT/CH Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Spain/Portugal Spain, Portugal
Italy Italy
Eastern Europe Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia
Denmark Denmark
Sweden Sweden
Norway Norway
Finland Finland
France/Belgium France, Belgium
Russia Russia
Rest of World (ROW) Rest of World
Canada Canada

6. Betfair staff are not allowed to participate in The Free Million Dollar Game.

7. Until Monday 4th May 2009, you may play in any number of Daily Regional Freerolls (unless you qualify for the Regional Final). After that date there will be a minimum Betfair Points requirement to participate in a daily regional freeroll. The full details will be announced before this date.

8. Top 18 players in each daily regional freeroll qualify for their region’s Weekly Freeroll Final on the following Sunday.

9. The winner of each Regional Weekly Freeroll Final goes through to the Regional Final hosted at the end of August/beginning of September 2009. The date, time and location (if a live game) for each Regional Final will be confirmed at a later date.

10. The cost of travel and accommodation for 1 night to attend a Regional Final can be claimed from Betfair Poker up to a maximum of $250. This applies to travel within the region only and only where there is a live Regional Final.

11. Prizes will be awarded as follows in the Regional Finals. 1st place – wins a seat at the WSOP Europe Free Million Dollar Game in London. 2nd place – wins $1500. 3rd place – wins $750. 4th place – wins $500. 5th place – wins $250. All prize money will be paid to the player’s Betfair account.

12. The WSOP Europe Free Million Dollar Game Final will be hosted in London on 17th September 2009.

13. The cost of economy class travel to London and accommodation in an approved hotel for 2 nights to attend The WSOP Europe Free Million Dollar Game Final will be covered by Betfair Poker.

14. The winner of WSOP Europe Free Million Dollar Game Final wins $1,000,000 (USD).

15. The runners up in the WSOP Europe Free Million Dollar Game Final win prizes as follows: 2nd place – wins a £10,000 WSOPE 2009 Main Event seat. 3rd place – wins a £5,000 WSOPE Pot Limit Omaha seat. 4th place – wins a £1,000 WSOPE No Limit Hold’Em seat. Prize winners can choose the cash equivalent paid to their Betfair account.

16. Any queries about WSOP Europe Free Million Dollar Game should be e-mailed to WSOPeurope@betfair.com

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