£250k guaranteed DTD Monte Carlo starts today
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Dusk Till Dawn will be the centre of the UK poker universe for the next days with a host of tournament and cash game action.
Top of the bill is the £1,000 buy-in Monte Carlo tournament with the first of two opening days for the £250,000 guaranteed event starting at 2pm today. Five seats for the Irish Open will be given away in a special satellite on Saturday evening with £50,000 guaranteed in a £500 side event also on Saturday.
For those with more limited bankrolls there's the regular £10k guaranteed Super 50 with a £50 buy-in on Sunday with £750 guaranteed in £15 freezeouts at 7.30pm tonight and tomorrow.
The full tournament schedule is as follows:
Thursday 14th April
2.00pm £1000 + £90 Monte Carlo Day 1A £250,000 GTD
7.30pm £15 Freezeout, £750 GTD
8:00pm Monte Carlo Satellite: £50 Rebuy, 10 x Monte Carlo Seats GTD
Friday 15th April
2.00pm £1000 + £90 Monte Carlo Day 1B £250,000 GTD
7.30pm £15 Freezeout, £750 GTD
8:00pm Side Event Satellite £30 Rebuy, 10 x £500 Seats GTD
Saturday 16th April
2.00pm Monte Carlo Day 2
3.00pm £500 Side Event Day 1 £50,000 GTD
8:00pm Irish Open Satellite £100 Rebuy, 5 x €3,500 Seats GTD
Sunday 17th April
2.00pm Monte Carlo Day 3
2.30pm £500 Side Event Day 2
5:00pm Super 50, £50 Freezeout £10,000 GTD
The award winning Nottingham venue will also be the venue for PartyPoker.com's 48-hour cash game marathon known as The Big Game. The £25/£50 no limit hold'em action gets under way at 8pm on Friday and will run non stop until 8pm on Sunday. A host of top names are set to play including the likes of Tony G, Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz, Dave ‘The Devilfish’ Ulliott, Sam Trickett, David ‘Viffer’ Peat, Annette Obrestad, Bruno Fitoussi, Neil Channing, Jennifer Tilly, Roberto Romanello, Robert Williamson III, Toby Lewis, Andrew Feldman, Alec Torelli, JP Kelly and Dusty Schmidt.
Viewers will be able to follow all the action as it happens as well as being given the opportunity to eliminate players from the game courtesy of the live stream on the PartyPoker blog.
A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “The innovation of introducing streaming and evictions will make for engaging viewing. This is no ordinary poker live stream, you will get hole cards, graphics and the tv commentary from Jesse May and a variety of co-commentators over 48 hours – it will be like watching it on TV. Who’s a nit? Who don’t you like? You have influence! The only exceptions to eviction are that statistically the most active player is exempt and that each of the ‘PartyPoker.com Wildcard’ online qualifiers are guaranteed four hours play.”