Gutshot London Open (GLO)

Saturday June 12th/Sunday June 13th 2010 – The International Club, London N1.

Gutshot Poker and The International Club have teamed up once again to bring you a brand new addition to the London live poker scene - the 1st Gutshot London Open.

This 2-day, 200-man, $200 tournament has an estimated prizepool of $40,000 and guaranteed 1st prize of $10,000!

Online buy-ins and satellite qualification is exclusively through Gutshot Poker (www.gutshotonline.com) and there are many ways to get your seat - you can buy in directly, freeroll through the satellites, or even win a rake race.

Gutshot have also thrown in a bunch of extras for this event, and will be hosting a rake race between May 1st and June 10th in which players can qualify for tournament extras including additional chips for starting stacks. There is also $25,000 cash to be won for knocking out their sponsored pros, and the tournament’s top performers will even have a chance to win Gutshot Pro contracts themselves!

Details

Venue: The International Club, 53-55 East Road, N1 6AH
Time: 2pm
Buy-in: $225 ($200 + $25)
Capacty: 200 players
Estimated Prize Pool: $40,000
Guaranteed 1st Prize: $10,000
Starting Stack: 20,000
Blind Levels: 45 minutes

Ways to Qualify

Direct Buy-in – Players can enter the tournament on the Gutshot Poker client for $225 by emailing support@gutshot.com to reserve their place

Monthly Satellites ($44+$4) – Cash satellites on May 3rd and May 31st at 8:00pm with a $44+$4 buy-in – 1 $225 seat for every 5 entrants.

Weekly Feeders ($6+$0.50) – Weekly feeders into the Monthly satellites every Sunday at 7:00pm with a buy-in of $6+$0.50 – 1 seat for every 8 entrants

Freeroll Qualifiers ($0) – Daily super satellites run every Monday-Friday at 9:00pm where the top 3 finishers will get a $6.50 seat in our weekly freeroll final.

June Rake Race – There will be a week-long rake race from June 1st – 8th where the top raker will receive a $225 seat.

Last Chance freeroll – In the week leading up to the tournament we hold a last chance freeroll for the remaining 2 available seats in the tournament with a rake requirement.

Tournament Extras

In the 6 weeks leading up to the tournament, starting from May 1st and running until June 10th, Gutshot Poker will be hosting an online rake race where you can qualify for extras in the tournament.

Rake $50: Become eligible for the Bounty Prizes (see below)
Rake $100: If you win the tournament, you will win a year-long pro sponsorship deal worth up to $30,000
Rake $250: Receive 1.5k extra chips
Rake $500: Receive 3k extra chips
Rake $750: Receive 4.5k extra chips
Rake $1,000: Receive 6k extra chips and If you finish in the top 3 you will win a year-long pro sponsorship deal worth up to $30,000.
Rake $3,000: Receive free entry to the tournament, along with all the above extras

Bounty Prizes

Gutshot Poker will have 3 Sponsored Pros playing in the GLO, and there will be bounty prizes on their heads which all qualified players can win. Knock out 1 pro and win $250, knock out 2 and we’ll bump it up to $2,500. If you manage to knock out all 3 of our seasoned professionals, we’ll write you a fat cheque for $25,000!