The World Series of Poker Satellites
Every year a number of poker players win their position to join the challenge on the WSOP through a satellite hosted by one of the major online poker rooms like PokerStars, Party Poker or Full Tilt Poker. Players just like yourself challenge the opportunity and dream to become the next Chris Moneymaker. In this section you will have the opportunity to find all major poker satellites hosted by both big and small online poker rooms and gain a seat for as little as $10. Additionally poker rooms host freeroll events which players can join by exchanging FPP’s or VPP’s (poker points) for entry and gain lead to a free satellite position for a WSOP qualifier. Each section below presents the satellite events hosted at each poker room respectively at which players can gain their seat on the upcoming WSOP event.
During the 2009 WSOP PokerStars has given away more than 750 seats to WSOP events; PokerStars has gone in history as the poker room that has changed the way people face participation on a WSOP event when it sent Chris Moneymaker to the 2003 WSOP before a $40 buy in to a qualifier event at pokerstars.com. Moneymaker ended up as the winner taking away more than $2,500,000 from his participation and is officially the man who has created the so called Moneymaker effect. WSOP poker satellites at PokerStars start at approximately $4 and announcements of qualifiers usually begin in the second trimester of the year. PokerStars has a reputation of sending the most players to WSOP events every year and this is the place to qualify for a seat. Conquer your place in the biggest poker tournament in the world! The Road to Main Event of World Series of Poker starts from here and PokerStars is one the best site to win your seat in 2009. Satellites for Cash and FPP’s for the World Series of Poker are in progress every year during the second trimester. The qualifiers come in a wide range of buy-ins that give all poker players the chance to qualify for a prize package worth €9,000. Fly to Vegas and win millions of dollars similar to Chris Moneymaker in 2003 during the biggest poker tournament of all. Over the years the victory has gone to Team PokerStars Pro’s Chris Moneymaker, Peter Eastgate, Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer and other Pro’s endorsing pokerstars.com who have won the title of the Main Event. More than 1826 players in total have earned their place at the WSOP 2009 by playing on PokerStars. PokerStars also sponsored celebrities, athletes and professional poker player, bringing the total number of participants to1100 – about 1 / 5 of the total. 113 PokerStars players prize went to the Main Event, earning over 7 million dollars.
- Standard Packages at PokerStars Consist of:
- $ 10,000 for the entry into the Main Event
- $ 2500 for expenses
As the runner up largest poker room of the world Full Tilt Poker circulates impressive packages to WSOP events which can be claimed through Full Tilt Poker WSOP satellites which are hosted directly at fulltiltpoker.com. Similar to pokerstars.com, players maintaining accounts or players that have previously signed up at full tilt poker can use their FPP’s to join freeroll events with WSOP satellites qualifiers. Full Tilt Poker has sent more than 650 poker players to the 2009 WSOP with buy-ins for the satellites starting as low as $4.50. Players have the opportunity to claim all inclusive WSOP packages which will cover travel, accommodation, buy-in and pocket money expenses. It is important to understand that players qualifying for WSOP satellites will have the opportunity to play under the Full Tilt Poker team which gives them a fair chance to join the Full Tilt Poker Pros team.
As the largest stand alone European poker room, partypoker.com hosts annual satellites to WSOP events; during the second trimester of the year players will be able to claim positions on Party Poker WSOP satellites or Party Poker WSOP freerolls with satellite sub qualifiers which will gain them entry to direct satellites which can gain them free buy in or all inclusive packages to WSOP events. Players will are able to sign up at Party Poker with the Party Poker Bonus Code clear their bonus and work on their status all year around to accumulate points which they can exchange for freeroll entry through which they can gain free qualifiers to WSOP sub qualifiers. All information regarding Party Poker WSOP satellites and freerolls can be found in this section. Players interested in signing up at Party Poker can look through the Party Poker Rakeback equivalent section or the Party Poker Bonus Code section we have prepared on luckyroom.com
Below you can view the 2010 WSOP Rules as posted at the official WSOP website; the document can be downloaded to your computer by following the link below; click on the image to enlarge image;