Ultimate Poker Championship Series Kicks Off Thursday, October 10Series Features Over $250,000 In Guarantees |
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The Ultimate Poker Championship, open to anyone with an Ultimate Poker account in Nevada, kicks off Thursday, Oct. 10 with the first of 11 events. The series features over $250,000 in guarantees, including a $100,000 guarantee for the $300 buy-in main event on Oct. 20.
A number of no-limit hold’em variations are being offered, included turbo, six-max, deep stack and mega stack. There are also two limit hold’em tournaments being spread as well.
Players who wish to get in cheap can take advantage of a number of satellites starting at just $10 that take place the day before the event. Additionally, there will be daily $10 satellites to the main event running at 7:30 p.m. from Oct. 10-19.
Each of the 11 champions will receive a custom Ultimate Poker watch. The best players from the series will battle it out on the UPC 1 Leaderboard, where the overall winner will earn free entries into all UPC 2 events.
Here is a look at the complete series schedule.
Date | Event | Buy-In | Tournament Type | Guarantee |
10/10/13 | 1 | $75 | NL Hold’em | $10,000 |
10/11/13 | 2 | $50 | Limit Hold’em | $5,000 |
10/12/13 | 3 | $200 | NL Hold’em 6-Max | $25,000 |
10/13/13 | 4 | $200 | NL Hold’em Deepstack | $25,000 |
10/14/13 | 5 | $100 | NL Hold’em | $10,000 |
10/15/13 | 6 | $100 | NL Hold’em Turbo | $10,000 |
10/16/13 | 7 | $200 | NL Hold’em 6-Max | $20,000 |
10/17/13 | 8 | $100 | NL Hold’em | $10,000 |
10/18/13 | 9 | $100 | Limit Hold’em 6-Max | $10,000 |
10/19/13 | 10 | $200 | NL Hold’em Deepstack | $25,000 |
10/20/13 | 11 | $300 | NL Hold’em Megastack | $100,000 |
*All events begin at 6:00 p.m. and feature one-hour of late registration.
If you’d like to compete, but don’t have an Ultimate Poker account, deposit today.