- Full Tilt is looking to its two remaining headline Team Pros, “The Professionals,” to headline a heads up promotion. Gus Hansen and Viktor “Islidur1” Blom will lead two teams in a series of heads up matches.
- There are eight slots in each team, and they can be won via separate Team Gus and Team Viktor flip freerolls.
- To qualify for the freerolls Full Tilt is following the recreational player feature of setting a list of “achievements” for players to complete.
Devoid of “Durrrr”, Full Tilt is looking to its two remaining headline Team Pros, “The Professionals,” to headline a heads up promotion. Gus Hansen and Viktor “Islidur1” Blom will lead two teams in a series of heads up matches.
The “Team Pro” promotion culminates in a Team Viktor and Team Gus face off where the qualifying members of each team play each other heads up and Viktor and Gus engage in a “battle of the titans.” The team which wins most heads up matches wins $2,000 per player.
There are eight slots in each team, and they can be won via separate Team Gus and Team Viktor flip freerolls. Each has a $5k prize pool, and follows the format established by PokerStars where players do not need to turn up for the freeroll to win. The structure is set so that blind and ante sizes are large enough to put every player all-in every hand until the finishing order is determined. A relatively standard payout structure awards prizes in what is in effect a lottery.
To qualify for the freerolls Full Tilt is following the recreational player feature of setting a list of “achievements” for players to complete. There are seven achievements in total, and the completion of any four of them is rewarded with a freeroll ticket.
Only one achievement per day qualifies, and players must choose whether to use their ticket to join the flip freeroll for Team Viktor or Team Gus. The four achievements must be completed between March 10 and March 16, so players can only qualify for one team. Teams will be comprised of the eight players who finished at the top of each freeroll tournament.
Although described as “training” for the final series of heads up matches, there is in reality a bonus prize. Each of the eight team members will get to play a heads up match against their Team Pro captain, with Full Tilt contributing a $1,000 prize for each match.
