10 February 2009
PKR.com has announced that its hugely popular land based festival PKR Live will return to London’s Loose Cannon this spring.
Taking place between April 17-19, the highlight of the three day festival will be a $500 buy-in main event with an expected prize pool of $75,000.
The inaugural PKR Live took place in November 2008 and proved a huge hit with players coming from as far a field as Canada and Russia to meet the faces behind the avatars. The community spirit at the event was unparalleled, and was a recurring theme throughout the hundreds of positive player comments the event received. Such was the atmosphere, Stacked Magazine Editor Rick Dacey said: “I’ve been to tournaments in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas, the Bahamas and Barcelona, but I’ve never experienced such a sense of goodwill and enjoyment as I did at PKR Live.”
Participation in PKR Live II is strictly limited to satellite qualifiers and invited guests. A range of satellites are now running at PKR.com, allowing players to win $1,000 packages that include buy-ins to all three tournaments running over the weekend. $600 ‘seat only’ packages – providing entry to all PKR Live II tournaments only – are also available. The complete satellite structure can be viewed here.
Simon Prodger, Marketing Director at PKR.com said, “We’re delighted to announce our return to the live arena! PKR Live was great fun to be a part of and showed that PKR has the most vibrant poker community anywhere online. We look forward to providing another 150 of our players with a weekend to remember!”
A full list of player comments following the first PKR Live can be found in the PKR Live forum thread, and official photos can be viewed in the online gallery.
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