The PokerStars download has long been credited as one of the most exciting money poker downloads of all time. However, this has not stopped them from continuing to seek out new ways to satisfy existing players and attract new ones. Long time users of the site should be familiar with the World Cup of Poker.
The World Cup of Poker puts countries from around the world against each other at the poker table. Perhaps the most enticing detail is that the event is held in the Bahamas during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA).
The World Cup of Poker gets its name from soccer, of course. As such, there are different positions on each country’s team inspired by the great sport. To gain one of the coveted four open spots on a team, a player was required to download PokerStars and place first in an online qualifier. These satellites were schedule for August 20th and 21st, which means they have already taken place.
The first three positions were open to any and all players. To win the goalkeeper position, tournament was a mere freeroll. Players had to pay $1.10 to compete for the defender position. The midfielder position was filled in an $11 tournament. All of the events were No Limit Hold’em.
The striker position was the final position, but it was only available to a select group of people. To gain access into your country’s tournament for that position, you would have needed to get top ten in the yearly TLB for your country in 2010.
All the spots have been filled, so now the countries are allocated into one of seven groups and pitted against each other. Within each group, players of the same positions will be scheduled to battle each other in poker tournaments. To advance to the live final in the Bahamas, a country must place number one in their group. In total seven teams will make the cut.
At the live final, every team will get a member of Team PokerStars added to their team in the position of captain. The live final has a total of $290k to be won, with $100,000 for the winning team to share.
If you’re not already part of your country’s team for the World Cup of Poker, 2011 isn’t going to be your year. That doesn’t mean you should give up, though! You don’t have to wait THAT long for next year’s World Cup of Poker, and you should just work on your game in the meantime. You can practice on the William Hill Poker download!