This poker tournament has a $0 entry fee and US $25 in prizemoney! Our sponsorship depends on the number of people who join our facebook group, so to maximize the amount on offer please invite your friends to join the group.
Everyone over 18 is welcome to play in this tournament, no matter what country they are from (except, because of legal reasons, the United States of America) or how experienced at poker they are. It’s a great tournament for beginners to take a shot at, because they can obtain experience without having to pay for the privilege.
The tournament venue is the online poker site Lucky Ace Poker. Lucky Ace Poker is one of the biggest and most reputable gaming rooms on the internet, and a member of the Pacific Poker Network (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/888.com#Pacific_Poker).
The time and date of the tournament is 9:00am GMT/UTC Sunday November 20th 2011, which converts to the following times in other locations:
Sunday November 20 2011 2:00am: Vancouver.
Sunday November 20 2011 4:00am: Bogota, Kingston, Lima, Mexico City, Winnipeg.
Sunday November 20 2011 4:30am: Caracas.
Sunday November 20 2011 5:00am: Havana, La Paz, Santiago, Toronto.
Sunday November 20 2011 6:00am: Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo.
Sunday November 20 2011 9:00am: Casablanca, GMT/UTC, Reykjavik.
Sunday November 20 2011 10:00am: Algiers, Dublin, Lisbon, London.
Sunday November 20 2011 11:00am: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belgrade, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Cairo, Copenhagen, Johannesburg, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Oslo, Paris, Podgorica, Prague, Rome, Sarajevo, Stockholm, Tirana, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zurich.
Sunday November 20 2011 12:00pm: Athens, Baghdad, Beirut, Bucharest, Helsinki, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Kiev, Nairobi, Sofia, Tallinn.
Sunday November 20 2011 1:00pm: Dubai, Moscow.
Sunday November 20 2011 1:30pm: Kabul, Tehran.
Sunday November 20 2011 2:00pm: Islamabad.
Sunday November 20 2011 2:30pm: New Delhi.
Sunday November 20 2011 3:00pm: Almaty, Dhaka.
Sunday November 20 2011 4:00pm: Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta.
Sunday November 20 2011 5:00pm: Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Perth, Singapore, Taipei.
Sunday November 20 2011 6:00pm: Seoul, Tokyo.
Sunday November 20 2011 7:30pm: Adelaide, Darwin.
Sunday November 20 2011 8:00pm: Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney.
Sunday November 20 2011 9:00pm: Auckland, Christchurch.
If your location is not listed please click the following link to see 9:00 GMT/UTC converted to other locations: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=20&month=11&year=2011&hour=9&min=0&sec=0&p1=0.
Here’s how to join the tournament:
STEP 1. If you have facebook, go to http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72864040041 and join the host group “FREE poker tourneys with REAL PRIZES!” If you don’t have facebook you can skip to STEP 3.
STEP 2. Now go to http://www.facebook.com/events/231198523611928/ and confirm you’re interested in attending the event. If there’s a 1% or greater chance that you’ll play, please click “Attending” and not “Maybe attending”. If it turns out that you’re not able to attend, you don’t need to let us know.
STEP 3. If you haven’t already joined Lucky Ace Poker, go to http://www.luckyacepoker.com/bonus and enter the code “devrim” (don’t type in the quote marks). Entering this code allows you to participate in the tournament, and it also means that you’ll get a special bonus if you ever deposit money into Lucky Ace Poker. But it is not compulsory to deposit any money.
STEP 4. Download and install the Lucky Ace Poker software.
STEP 5. Run the software, select a nickname to play under, and also provide your real name when requested. We can’t stop you from entering a fake name, but if you do that you won’t be able to claim your prizemoney should you win any.
STEP 6. Once you’re in the Lobby of the poker room, click on “Money Play” -> “Hold’em” -> “Tournaments” -> “Restricted”. Look for and enter the tournament called “FreePokerRealPrizes Sunday Freeroll”. To make it easier to find you may wish to click the “Name” tab, which will then sort the tournaments into alphabetical order.
If you’re doing this before the 15th of November it’s possible that the tournament won’t yet be advertised on the site, so check back again in a day or two. Places are strictly limited, so to avoid disappointment enter as soon as as you can!