23 Nov 10

Up to $65,000 Worth of WSOP Packages To be Won on bet365

The five PokerStrategists who collect the most StrategyPoints on bet365 this December will be awarded with WSOP 2011 packages worth up to $13,000 each. Read on to find out all the details.

Besides having one of the best customer support on iPoker and a solid VIP system that offers cash and tournament token rewards, bet365 will up the ante this December and offer five WSOP Side Event packages exclusively to PokerStrategy.com players.

On top of that, if any of the top 5 exceeds the pre-set 125,000 StrategyPoints target, they will earn an upgrade to the WSOP Main Event package worth $13,000 each.

If you don't have a bet365 account yet, sign up now to be eligible for this promotion. We will also throw in a 200% up to $600 first deposit bonus.

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Chance to upgrade to the WSOP Main Event package

Five PokerStrategists who collect the most StrategyPoints in the WSOP StrategyPoints race will be rewarded according to the payout below:

• 1st & 2nd - $3,500 WSOP Side Event package ($1,500 entry fee* + $2,000 expenses)
• 3rd to 5th -$1,500 WSOP Side Event package ($1,000 entry fee** + $500 expenses)

Notes:
*This means that you can play in any WSOP event that has the buy-in set to $1,500. bet365 will initially pay the player $2,400 in his real money account on the 2nd of February 2011. To receive the remaining $1,100, the player will need to purchase his WSOP seat and send bet365 a scanned copy of the receipt.

**This means that you can play in any WSOP event that has the buy-in set to $1,000. bet365 will initially pay the player $1,000 in his real money account on the 2nd of February 2011. To receive the remaining $500, the player will need to purchase his WSOP seat and send bet365 a scanned copy of the receipt.

For any of these players that manages to earn more than 125,000 StrategyPoints during this race, their packages are automatically upgraded to the $13,000 WSOP 2011 Main Event package, which consists of $10,000 for the tournament buy-in and $3,000 for other expenses.

If you finish in the top 5 in December and you would like to apply for this upgrade, then you will have time until the 31st of January to earn at least 125,000 StrategyPoints.

In case you win one of these packages and decided not to take make the trip to the WSOP, the packages can be exchanged for cash prizes of $1,000, $2,400 and $10,000, depending on the package won. You can find the full terms and conditions of this promotion here.

We will keep you up to date with the standings from this race in our forum. We will post updates twice a week in our thread below:

Exclusive: 5 WSOP packages up for grabs at bet365

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About the WSOP

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the world's largest poker event series in the world. Each summer, thousands of players travel to Las Vegas to take part in one of the approximately 60 events with buy-ins ranging from $1,000 to $50,000. The 2010 WSOP Main Event champion was Canadian Jonathan Duhamel, who outlasted a field of 7,319 players to take down a cash prize of almost $9 million.