Online poker series
The winner of each tournament will be awarded, in addition to the prize
money from the tournament itself, a seat at the Online Series of Poker
$100,000 Championship, to be held on October 8, 2005, at the Trump Taj
Mahal Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. The prize package will also
include roundtrip airfare from anywhere in the world, airport transfers,
accommodations at the Trump Taj Mahal hotel, and meal vouchers. The winner
of the Championship will take home $30,000, but even tenth place receives
$5,000, so everybody will enjoy a healthy payday. Last year's champion,
Chris Moneymaker, entered the tournament in a similar way. He paid $40 to
enter an online tournament and won a seat in the World Series of Poker
before going on to win last year's top prize of $2.5 million. The
28-year-old Tennessee accountant's Cinderella story is credited with
transforming the game. The Online Series of Poker (OSOP) is underway. This
is the first time in the history of online gaming that a tournament has
been held across multiple online poker rooms. Poker players worldwide now
have the opportunity to win a share of $100,000 in free prize money by
qualifying through online tournaments at participating internet poker
rooms.
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