Online Poker $500,000 Series Marks Black Friday With Liberty Weekends
As the poker world gets ready to mark the 1-year anniversary of Black Friday later this month, it appears that online poker has changed for the better—at least at one US-friendly online poker site. Americas Cardoom's Liberty Weekends promotion is proving to be an incredible success, with hundreds of poker players joining the tables for the kickoff weekend of the $500,000 series.
Last Saturday, Americas Cardroom kicked off Liberty Weekends, five weekends of online poker tournaments featuring half-a-million dollars in guaranteed prize pools. The inaugural event, a $10,000 Guaranteed, saw its prize pool propped up to $13,400 thanks to the 140 players who registered for the tournament. Online poker player alamutt1 took first place for $3,082.
The $50k on Sunday was equally impressive with a field of 178 battling for the $50,000 Guaranteed prize pool. Online poker player nowitsover ended the game as the last man standing for $11,250.
To accommodate even more poker players, the Sunday tournaments have been pushed back by an hour. The No Limit Hold'em online poker tournaments will now get underway at 7:00pm ET. The $50k Guarantees will also award 1,000 points in this month's $60k Points Race, while the $10k tournaments at 9:00pm ET on Saturdays will award 200 points in the $60k Points Race.
Liberty Weekends reach their highpoint in a $250,000 Guaranteed poker tournament on April 15th at 7:00pm ET, the anniversary of Black Friday. Online poker players can win their seat right now through a satellite, or buy directly in. The $250k will award 7,500 points in April's $60k Points Race.
For those who are all about waiting until the last minute, Americas Cardroom is holding a 250-Seat Super Satellite on April 13th for the Liberty Quarter Million. All players who enter the satellite will earn 1,000 points for April's Points Race.
Full details on Americas Cardroom's satellite structure for all 10 Liberty Weekends tournaments can be found at Americas Cardroom.
Americas Cardroom joined the Winning Poker Network in 2011. The Winning Poker Network has one of the longest and trusted online names in the industry and has been in existence since 2001. Americas Cardroom accepts players from the US market and the rest of the world. Rated first place for payment processing and cashout reliability in 2012, Americas Cardroom offers outstanding customer service and a friendly environment for all poker players around the world.
