PokerStars Americas Cup of Poker
Pokerstars Americas Cup of Poker (ACP) is a brand new team poker competition that will culminate in a live final in Argentina. The prize pool will be worth $250,000 but the players will also be playing for their national pride. Online poker qualifiers are now taking place at PokerStars and participation is open to players in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the USA, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Players in any of those countries can participate in various Americas Cup of Poker daily tournaments that are being held right now at PokerStars. They can enter a freeroll or pay $0.20 or $5.50 to enter paid tournaments, and their aim is to score as many points as they can for their team.
Competing nations have been divided into four groups and when all group matches have come to an end the top two nations from each group will progress to the live Americas Cup of Poker live final in Argentina. The five online players who contributed the most points to each of the eight advancing teams will be invited to play for their country (Wildcard countries are dealt with slightly differently so check the rules at PokerStars for clarification). A PokerStars Pro will be added to each team to bring a welcome dash of tournament expertise to the event.
As we said at the outset, the live Americas Cup of Poker final will have a prize pool worth $250,000, and each of the eight participating teams will take a slice of that sum. The top prize for the eventual winner will be $100,000 and prizes for teams finishing in second, third and fourth place will be $60,000, $30,000 and $20,000 respectively. Teams finishing in 5th-8th place will win $10,000 for their efforts.
Those of you who are lucky enough to live in a qualifying country should have a go at qualifying for the Americas Cup of Poker today. And those of you who aren’t able to participate can console yourself with a slew of alternative tournaments that are currently taking place at PokerStars. Good luck!
25/05/2010 17:17:52
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