Day 1 of $1 Million Guaranteed Americas Cardroom’s OSS II Sees Over $236,000 Paid Out

Written by:
Payton
Published on:
Jan/14/2013
Day 1 of Americas Cardroom’s OSS II series

San Jose, Costa Rica – January 14, 2013 – If Day 1 of Americas Cardroom’s OSS II series is any indication, the $1 million Guaranteed online poker series will see its total prize pool surpass the $1 million prize mark well before the 2-week series has wrapped. On Sunday, the first day of the online poker tournament series, a total of $236,850 in prize money was paid out through seven online poker events. The number eclipsed the $205,000 in money that had been guaranteed.

“We’re only into our second day of the Online Super Series and we’ve already paid out more than what we guaranteed in the very first series back in 2011,” said Americas Cardroom spokesperson Michael Harris. “This is an amazing start to 2013 for Americas Cardroom players and we can’t wait to reward a record number of tournament players over the next two weeks.”

The seven events saw 5,990 collective entries, and every single event featured a final prize pool bigger than what had been guaranteed. Event #4, the $100,000 Guaranteed tournament, saw its prize pool of $100,000 jump to $110,000 as 550 buy-ins pushed the total prize pool higher. SugarSprinkledWalrus took down the tournament, winning the first place prize of $21,450.

But it wasn’t just the large events that attracted a record number of players. Event #2, a $5,000 Guaranteed tournament, saw its prize pool almost double to $9,370 as 937 buy-ins contributed to the prize pool.

OSS II is Americas Cardroom’s signature online poker series. The $1 million guaranteed Online Super Series features approximately 90 events spread out over two weeks. The series will culminate in a $200,000 guaranteed tournament, with $75k, $100k, and $150k tournaments thrown into the mix, too. OSS II also includes leaderboard competitions with extra prizes on the line for the top performers in the series. The online poker tournament series runs from January 13th through January 27th, and low buy-in qualifiers are now running.

OSS II resumes today at 7pm with a $10,000 Guaranteed event. The tournament costs $100+9 to get into and low buy-in qualifiers are now running for poker players who want to get into the tourney for less.

 

 

Name

Buy-in

Total Prize Pool

Players

OSS II - $3,000 GTD 1R+1A - Event 6

$25+2.50

$        5,125

106

OSS II - $5,000 GTD - Event 5

$5+0.50

$        6,840

1368

OSS II - $100,000 GTD - Event 4

$200+$15

$     110,000

550

OSS II - $15,000 GTD - Event 3

$100+$9

$       26,100

261

OSS II - $5,000 GTD - Event 2

$10+$1

$        9,370

937

OSS II  $2,000 GTD - Event 1

$3+$0.30

$        3,765

1255

 

In all, Americas Cardroom is guaranteeing $45,500 in prize pool money today, spread out over five tournaments. Full details on OSS II can be found at AmericasCardroom.com

 

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