Kick Goals This World Cup on Betfair Poker

by kane posted May 23rd 2010 at 22:16PM

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The World Cup is the largest sporting event of the year and Betfair Poker has made sure to offer some exciting football themed promotions for your players to.

To celebrate this once in every four years spectacle, Betfair Poker will be running a number of tournaments and promotions for all players to ensure that even if they cannot make it to South Africa; they can still be a part of the fun and excitement.

Including

$125,000 Points Chase
$10K GTD Opening Ceremony
Sit n Go Five-A-Side Special, and
Half-Time Ultra Turbos

$125,000 Points Chase:
Here is something for the keen poker player; a two-tier target-based points promotion giving 10% Value Back.

Players just need to opt in to their preferred bonus of either $50 or $100 and hit their points target between 11thJune to 11th July 2010 which is:

$50 Bonus: Opt in from 31st May, earn 6,500 PP’s to get $50 bonus
$100 Bonus: Opt in from 31st May, earn 13,000 PP’s to get $100 bonus

Qualifiers will be credited each Monday. For more information please see this link

$10K GTD Opening Ceremony:
Kick off the World Cup activity on 10th June by participating in this MTT with a buy-in of only £11. Besides a $10,000 GTD prize pool, the winner will also receive a $2,000 Man U/Barça package for next season! There will also be a “$10K GTD Closing Ceremony” happening on 12th July. Click here for more details.

Sit n Go Five-A-Side Special:
Football Frenzy hits the Sit n Go tables at Betfair Poker as they give your players the chance to win a share of $10K via our Sit n Go 5-A-Side Special. From 15th May - 10th June your players need to simply win 5x Sit n Go's at any stake level in a rolling 24 hour period. The final will take place on Monday 14th June at 19:15 (UK Time). Click here for more details.

Half-Time Ultra Turbos:
Fancy a quick poker game to kill some time before the next half of football begins? We are offering MTT Half-Time Turbos during the half-time of every World Cup Game with $110 ADDED. The 1st - 10th get an $11 seat to the $10,000 GTD Closing ceremony. The Freeroll kicks off 5 minutes after the scheduled Half time break for every game. Full details available here .

Cool offer specifically for new UK players:
If the UK is one of your main target markets, all your UK players will be delighted to know that Betfair are giving away £1,050 worth of free bets in our World Cup UK Exclusive Poker tournament. This $2 buy-in tournament takes place on Wednesday 16th June at 19:30 (UK time), and is open to all new UK customers signing up between today and the 11th June. All qualifying players will be notified by email closer to the date.

Betfair declining French Players:
Due to a recent change in French legislation Betfair will no longer be accepting business from customers located in France with effect from 14th May 2010. Customers have been advised to withdraw outstanding funds and contact the Helpdesk for assistance in doing so. French affiliates targeting solely French customers have also been asked to remove any Betfair Poker Media. Should you be targeting any French players we ask that you kindly remove any links to Betfair Poker.