August 3rd, 2006
World’s largest online poker tournament in history rescheduled to accomodate more players
In order to give more players a chance to participate in this special event, Ongame Network has rescheduled the Ongame Network Poker Classic (ONPC), a tournament with a record-breaking guaranteed prize pool of $ 5 million and at least $ 1 million for the final winner. Several new poker operators will be joining the network shortly – including bwin Poker – and their players all want the chance to become millionaires.
The ONPC will be a “flight” tournament starting online on 4 November and pausing when 45 players remain. They will then be flown to Barcelona, Spain, for a live final where they will battle each other face to face on the green felt for at least $ 1 million – continuing with the same chip stacks they had when the online tournament paused. The final will take place at the prestigious Casino de Barcelona during the weekend of 2-3 December 2006.
Now with an additional $ 50,000 freeroll, the world’s largest online poker tournament will also have the world’s largest overlay! In addition to the tickets they have to the ONPC final on 4 November, players who qualify by midnight ET on 2 September will also receive tickets to the exclusive $ 50,000 freeroll scheduled for 4.00 p.m. ET on 3 September. This extra value is being offered as goodwill to players who may be inconvenienced by the event’s new dates.
The ONPC will have the largest-ever guaranteed prize for an event starting online. The online event will have a $ 5,000+200 entry fee, but there is also a tiered satellite qualification system where players can now gain entry through numerous scheduled MTT and SnG events. Players can only enter this exclusive event through qualifying rounds held on Ongame Network operators’ websites. Ongame Network´s operators are working together to host this innovative event for all their players. A full list of their websites can be found below.
Poker players who want to participate can progress through qualifiers starting at $ 1 – so the final winner stands to get a one million percent return on his or her initial buy-in. SnG and MTT qualifiers are now running.
To participate in the Ongame Network Poker Classic, players should register an account with one of the network’s operators. Qualifiers are already under way on the following sites:
AmericasCardroom – www.AmericasCardroom.com
Betsson – www.betsson.com
Bet24 – www.Bet24.com
Canbet.com – www.Canbet.com
CaribSports – www.Caribsports.com
Check n Raise Poker.com – www.checknraisepoker.com
Cherry Casino – www.CherryCasino.com
Coral – www.coral.co.uk
Euro Casino – www.CasinoEuro.com
Ecardroom.com – www.eCardRoom.com
EuroPoker.com – www.EuroPoker.com
Eurobet – www.Eurobet.com
FullContactPoker.com – www.FullContactPoker.com
Gaming Corp – www.casino.co.uk
HoldemPoker.com – www.HoldemPoker.com
HollywoodPoker – www.HollywoodPoker.com
Interwetten – www.interwetten.com
PAF – www.PAF.fi
PokerLoco – www.PokerLoco.com
PokerRoom – www.PokerRoom.com
About Ongame Network:
Ongame Network is a leading provider of business-to-business online and mobile gaming solutions, with a focus on poker. Windows, Java and mobile poker and casino games are provided to global partners, who differentiate their own brands, technologies and promotional strategies. The Poker network consists of 20 operators, and over 20,000 players can be found playing concurrently at peak times every day. This makes Ongame Network the world’s largest poker network, offering operators and their players a wide variety of exciting ring games and tournaments to choose from every hour of every day. Ongame Network is part of the bwin group, one of the world’s leading providers of online gaming entertainment. Further information about Ongame Network can be found on the Internet at www.ongamenetwork.com.
About bwin:
The bwin Group has over 10 million registered customers (including 7 million “play money” customers) in over 20 core target markets. Operating under international and regional licences in countries like Gibraltar, Kahnawake (Canada), Belize and Germany, Italy, Mexico, Austria and the United Kingdom, the Group has set itself the goal of becoming the number one address for sports betting, games and entertainment via digital distribution channels. The parent company bwin Interactive Entertainment AG has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since March 2000 (ID code “BWIN”, Reuters ID code “BWIN.VI”). Further information about the company can be found on its investor relations website at www.bwin.ag.