2013 Genting Poker Series Less Than a Week Away

2013 Genting Poker Series Less Than a Week Away

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

The Genting Poker Series makes a very welcome return next week with the Genting Club at Star City, Birmingham the venue for the opening leg of the 2013 season.

The five-day, £400+£40 buy-in event gets underway on Thursday 6th February with a guaranteed prize pool of £100,000.


“To be honest, given the way the Series grew in popularity throughout last year, I would be very disappointed if the opening leg didn’t smash last year’s Star City prize fund of £146,000,” said Gentingpoker.com manager Gary Oakes.


“We enjoyed some sensational poker last year and the format remains largely unchanged with 60 minute levels and a starting stack of 25,000 chips. It means every player should see plenty of action, no matter what the standard of their game.”


Qualifiers are already up and running, with seats to be won at Genting Poker, Poker Encore and Circus Poker. In-club qualifiers are being held across all Genting Casinos poker rooms. Players can register for a Genting Poker Series Main Event, or indeed any side event in many of the groups casinos across the UK. More information can be found at www.gentingpokerseries.com.


The 2012 GPS easily exceeded expectations with the prize pool over the entire season topping the £1.3m mark. This season is set to be even bigger with a total of eight legs scheduled including maiden visits to Southend and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.


The full series schedule is as follows:


6th to 10th Feb 2013
Genting Club Star City Birmingham
£400 + £40
£100,000


21st to 24th March 2013
Genting Casino Newcastle
£400 + £40
£100,000


15th to 19th May 2013
Genting Club Sheffield
£400 + £40
£100,000


14th to 18th August 2013
Genting Club Westcliff Southend
£400 + £40
£100,000


11th to 15th September 2013
Genting Club Stoke on Trent
£400 + £40
£100,000


9th to 13th October 2013
Genting Club Fountainpark Edinburgh
£400 + £40
£100,000


17th November 2013
GentingPoker.com
£400 + £10
£100,000


12th to 15th December 2013
Genting Club Sheffield
£800 + £700
£200,000


Former Dusk Till Dawn dealer Ruslan Vlasov won the Birmingham leg of the 2012 Genting Poker Series, outlasting a field of 355-runners to walk away with a first prize of £16,600.



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