For those Players Interested
Friday, March 5th, 2010For those players interested in playing a one of the more prestigous tournaments out there, there are satellites for the 2010 Los Angeles poker classic coming up.
While the LAPC No Limit Hold’em Championship does not start until Feb. 26, many players will begin their journey to that event on Jan. 15 when single table Satellite play begins. Opening Satellite games feature $40 buy-ins with winners moving on to higher stages, topping out at $1,000 buy-ins, throughout January and February with LAPC Championship seats guaranteed. Supersatellites at Commerce Casino will run from Jan. 20 to Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. with $225 buy-ins and $200 rebuys. Seats at the Main Event and WPT Celebrity Invitational are guaranteed to the winner of each Supersatellite. Of course, poker players will also have a chance to jump in on the action Feb. 23, Feb. 24 and Feb. 25 with $1,050 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Megasatellite games that feed into the marquee event at Commerce Casino. More than 100 seats to the LAPC Championship were awarded last year through satellite play.
Similar 2010 Megasatellite programs will be conducted earlier in the LAPC schedule that feed into other high-interest events taking place during the poker online tournament’s nearly 40 days of action. The first such event takes place Feb. 12 with $230-buy-in Megasatellites for the following day’s $1,065 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys that includes a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Then there is the $1,050-buy-in H.O.R.S.E. Megasatellites on Feb. 16 and Feb. 17 that support the Feb. 18 LAPC H.O.R.S.E Championship. This $10,000-buy-in event paid $341,000 in 2009 to winner Scotty Nguyen.
Two qualifying events are on the schedule this year that funnel into the LAPC Heads Up Championship on Feb. 23. The first such event will be held Feb. 21 and is a $1,300-buy-in Heads Up 8-Handed Qualifier. The second event is scheduled for Feb. 22 and is a $2,550-buy-in Heads Up 6-Handed Qualifier. The winner of each event earns entry into the $10,000 Heads Up Championship.