PartyPoker has announced the schedule for its spring Pokerfest online poker tournament series. This year it comprises 47 tournaments with a guaranteed total of $3.5m in prize money and a Main Event with a $1m guarantee.
Although overshadowed by SCOOP, PokerStars’ spring tournament series with prize pool guarantees in the tens of millions, the Pokerfest is still one of the year’s big MTT series. The final event is scheduled to start on the same day that SCOOP begins, so it offers a good warm-up for MTT fans.
It is only the second time Party will run a big MTT tournament series. The inaugural Pokerfest I was in October 2011, with a similar format and $3m in guaranteed prizes, so it seems Party is making this a bi-annual event to coincide with SCOOP and WCOOP.
The tournaments will be mostly No Limit Hold’em, but there are six Pot Limit Omaha and three Fixed Limit Hold’em events. Twelve events will be rebuys and the buy in for one event each day will be in Party Points.
A leaderboard will track players over the whole series and share out prize money at three buy in levels. Leaderboards can be tracked on PartyPoker and WPT Poker websites.
PartyPoker is offering a number of additional prizes specific to this promotion. There are jackpot prizes for players who finish in the money in 10 and 20 tournaments; final table 5 or 10 events; and a WSOP package for any player who wins 3 events.
There will also be two $1 buy in side event tournaments every day. PartyPoker is advertising that each one of these will have a twist which will be announced each day in the lobby.
Jackpot Prizes
$20,000 + WSOP* 2012 package worth $14,000 – for winning any 3 tournaments
$15,000 + iPad – for making the final table in any 10 tournaments
$7,500 + iPad – for making the final table in any 5 tournaments
$5,000 + iPad – for finishing in the money in any 20 tournaments
$2,500 + iPad – for finishing in the money in any 10 tournaments
Leaderboard Prizes
Points buy-in: $2,500 prize pool; 250 places paid; $250 to the winner
Low buy-in ($6-$33): $15,000 prize pool; 500 places paid; $1,250 to the winner
High buy-in ($55 and above): $32,500 prize pool; 500 places paid; $1,250 to the winner
Points will be calculated based on the formula (√Buy-in/2 + √wins)
Full Pokerfest II Schedule
Sunday, April 22nd
Event – 1: 13:30 ET, $350,000 Guaranteed NLHE, $215 buy-in
Event – 2: 14:00 ET, $2,500 Guaranteed NLHE, 20 Points buy-in
Event – 3: 14:30 ET, $35,000 Guaranteed NLHE, $22 buy-in
Event – 4: 15:00 ET, $250,000 Guaranteed NLHE, $530 buy-in
Monday, April 23rd
Event – 5: 14:00 ET, $500 Guaranteed NLHE Speed, 5 Points buy-in
Event – 6: 14:30 ET, $12,500 Guaranteed NLHE Rebuy Speed, $6 buy-in
Event – 7: 15:00 ET: $75,000 Guaranteed NLHE Rebuy Speed, $55 buy-in
Tuesday, April 24th
Event – 8: 14:00 ET, $500 Guaranteed PLO, 10 Points buy-in
Event – 9: 14:30 ET, $5,000 Guaranteed PLO, $11 buy-in
Event – 10: 15:00 ET, $40,000 Guaranteed PLO, $99 buy-in
Wednesday, April 25th
Event – 11: 14:00 ET, $500 Guaranteed NLHE, 10 Points buy-in
Event – 12: 14:30 ET, $10,000 Guaranteed NLHE, $11 buy-in
Event – 13: 15:00 ET, $75,000 Guaranteed NLHE, $99 buy-in
Thursday, April 26th
Event – 14, 14:00 ET, $500 Guaranteed FLHE, 10 Points buy-in
Event – 15: 14:30 ET, $4,000 Guaranteed FLHE, $11 buy-in
Event – 16: 15:00 ET, $25,000 Guaranteed FLHE, $99 buy-in
Friday, April 27th
Event – 17: 14:00 ET, $1,000 Guaranteed NLHE, 10 Points buy-in
Event – 18: 14:30 ET, $17,500 Guaranteed NLHE Rebuy, $11 buy-in
Event – 19: 15:00 ET, $100,000 Guaranteed NLHE Rebuy, $99 buy-in
Saturday, April 28th
Event – 20: 14:00 ET, $1,000 Guaranteed NLHE Six-Max Speed, 10 Points buy-in
Event – 21: 14:30 ET, $10,000 Guaranteed NLHE Six-Max Speed, $11 buy-in
Event – 22: 15:00 ET: $75,000 Guaranteed NLHE Six-Max Speed, $99 buy-in
Sunday, April 29th
Event – 23: 13:30 ET, $350,000 Guaranteed NLHE, $215 buy-in
Event – 24: 14:00 ET, $2,500 Guaranteed NLHE, 20 Points buy-in
Event – 25: 14:30 ET, $30,000 Guaranteed NLHE, $22 buy-in
Event – 26: 15:00 ET, $450,000 Guaranteed NLHE, $1,060 buy-in
Monday, April 30th
Event – 27: 14:00 ET, $750 Guaranteed NLHE, 5 Points buy-in
Event – 28: 14:30 ET, $10,000 Guaranteed NLHE Rebuy, $6 buy-in
Event – 29: 15:00 ET, $75,000 Guaranteed NLHE Rebuy, $55 buy-in
Tuesday, May 1st
Event – 30: 14:00 ET, $500 Guaranteed PLO, 10 Points buy-in
Event – 31: 14:30 ET: $5,000 Guaranteed PLO Rebuy, $6 buy-in
Event – 32: 15:00 ET: $40,000 Guaranteed PLO Rebuy, $55 buy-in
Wednesday, May 2nd
Event – 33: 14:00 ET, $750 Guaranteed NLHE Six-Max Deep, 10 Points buy-in
Event – 34: 14:30 ET, $7,500 Guaranteed NLHE Six-Max Deep, $11 buy-in
Event – 35: 15:00 ET, $70,000 Guaranteed NLHE Six-Max Deep, $99 buy-in
Thursday, May 3rd
Event – 36: 14:00 ET, $700 Guaranteed NLHE, 5 Points buy-in
Event – 37: 14:30 ET, $10,000 Guaranteed NLHE Rebuy, $6 buy-in
Event – 38: 15:00 ET, $70,000 Guaranteed NLHE Rebuy, $55 buy-in
Friday, May 4th
Event – 39: 14:00 ET, $1,000 Guaranteed NLHE, 10 Points buy-in
Event – 40: 14:30 ET, $15,000 Guaranteed NLHE Rebuy, $11 buy-in
Event – 41: 15:00 ET, $100,000 Guaranteed NLHE Rebuy, $99 buy-in
Saturday, May 5th
Event – 42: 14:00 ET, $1,000 Guaranteed NLHE, 20 Points buy-in
Event – 43: 14:30 ET, $17,500 Guaranteed NLHE, $22 buy-in
Event – 44: 15:00 ET, $100,000 Guaranteed NLHE, $215 buy-in
Sunday, May 6th
Event – 45: 12:30 ET, $5,000 Guaranteed NLHE, 30 Points buy-in
Event – 46: 13:00 ET, $50,000 Guaranteed NLHE, $33 buy-in
Event – 47: 13:30 ET, $1 Million Guaranteed NLHE, $640 buy-in
