{"id":1271,"date":"2016-11-22T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2016-11-22T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T12:11:09","slug":"888poker-celebrates-fifth-mega-deep-event-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/888poker-celebrates-fifth-mega-deep-event-anniversary","title":{"rendered":"888Poker Celebrates Fifth Mega Deep Event Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"
The world\u2019s second biggest online poker site, 888poker<\/a> has announced that its popular $215 Mega Deep event will have a special anniversary edition. <\/p>\n Planned for Nov 27, the event will offer a fabulous prize pool that is sure to attract a large number of poker players. 888poker\u2019s Mega Deep event<\/strong> had its start in 2012 when it was launched as an online tournament for poker enthusiasts. As it grew in popularity, the event was converted into a weekly affair, consistently attracting some of top poker players of the world<\/a>. In the five years since, it has become hugely popular with each week attracting a significant number of entries. <\/p>\n The games usually have a guaranteed prize pool in the range of $100,000 and $150,000 but this special anniversary event will have a huge pot of $500,000.<\/p>\n 888poker<\/strong><\/p>\n The Nov 27 event will also have the usual $215 buy-in and provide players with 10,000 in chips and offer 20-minute blinds and one re-entry that give players a second shot at the $500,000 prize. Satellites<\/a> for this special event are already ongoing at the site with buy-ins as low as $0.01. These qualifiers make it possible for even those on a budget to have a crack at winning an entry to the special Mega Deep anniversary event.<\/p>\n The last Mega Deep event was held on Nov. 13 this month and had a regular buy-in of $215. The event saw a total of 660 entries generating a prize pool of $132,000, a full $12,000 more than what was expected by the tournament organizers. The event was won by a poker pro with the handle \u2018que_te_crio<\/em>\u2019 who went on to win $24,750 as first prize.<\/p>\n One of the poker greats who is confirmed to join the mega event is 888poker ambassador Chris Moorman<\/a>. The poker pro has so far notched winnings of $4.4 million in live tournament winnings and a whopping $13.7 million through online games.<\/p>\n In a statement, Moorman said, <\/p>\n With the amazing structure allowing for great flexibility of play, the Mega Deep has always been one of my favourite tournaments of the week. Upping the prize pool to half a million dollars makes this a must-play for any aspiring or professional poker player.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 888poker has continued to come up with innovative promotions and tournaments in an effort to close the gap between the company and PokerStars<\/a>, the biggest online poker provider in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The world\u2019s second biggest online poker site, 888poker has announced that its popular $215 Mega Deep event will have a special anniversary edition. Planned for Nov 27, the event will offer a fabulous prize pool that is sure to attract a large number of poker players. 888poker\u2019s Mega Deep event had its start in 2012…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n