Caesars Palace Launches New Winter Poker ClassicEvents Include a Satellite into the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship |
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Caesars Palace will debut its new Caesars Winter Poker Classic Tournament series January 17 through February 4 inside the Caesars Palace Poker Room.
Tournament buy-ins for the 27 different events will range from as low as $120 up to $550 for the championship event. One special event on the schedule is the Oklahoma Johnny Hale Seniors Event on Jan. 29. The winner of this event will receive a cash prize and entry into the 2011 World Series of Poker Seniors Championship Event. A ladies event will also take place on Jan. 22.
The event that is expected to garner the most attention is a satellite into the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The $230 buy-in tournament is open to everyone and begins Feb. 1 as a traditional multi-table tournament. However, once the field is down to 16 players, action will stop and those players will return the following day to play in a bracketed heads-up freeze out format. The winner of it all will earn a $20,000 seat into March’s invitation-only NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship to play against the game’s brightest stars on national television and have a chance at winning the tournament’s $500,000 top prize. Last year’s NBC National Heads-Up champion was Annie Duke.
Here’s a look at the first-ever Winter Poker Classic schedule:
Date | Event | Game | Buy-in |
Jan. 17 | 1 | NLHE | $120 |
Jan. 18 | 2 | NLHE | $230 |
Jan. 18 | 3 | Omaha 8/b | $120 |
Jan. 19 | 4 | NLHE | $340 |
Jan. 19 | 5 | PLO | $120 |
Jan. 20 | 6 | NLHE | $120 |
Jan. 21 | 7 | NLHE | $230 |
Jan. 22 | 8 | Ladies NLHE | $120 |
Jan. 22 | 9 | NLHE | $340 |
Jan. 23 | 10 | NLHE | $230 |
Jan. 23 | 11 | 6-Handed NLHE | $120 |
Jan. 24 | 12 | NLHE | $120 |
Jan. 25 | 13 | NLHE | $230 |
Jan. 26 | 14 | NLHE | $340 |
Jan. 26 | 15 | NLHE Heads-Up | $120 |
Jan. 27 | 16 | NLHE | $230 |
Jan. 28 | 17 | NLHE | $340 |
Jan. 28 | 18 | Omaha 8/b Championship | $230 |
Jan. 29 | 19 | NLHE | $230 |
Jan. 29 | 20 | Seniors NLHE | $120 |
Jan. 30 | 21 | NLHE | $230 |
Jan. 31 | 22 | NLHE | $120 |
Jan. 31 | 23 | PLO Championship | $230 |
Feb. 1 | 24 | NLHE | $120 |
Feb. 1 | 25 | NBC National Heads-Up Qualifier | $230 |
Feb. 2 | NBC National Heads-Up Qualifier – Day 2 | ||
Feb. 3 | 26 | NLHE Championship | $550 |
Feb. 4 | NLHE Championship – Day 2 | ||
Feb. 4 | 27 | NLHE | $120 |
Feb. 5 | NLHE Championship – Final Table |