Rapidly growing CakePoker will be sending more people to the WSOP this year than ever before. Here's how you can be one of them.

It's W'SOP at Cake

World Series of Poker* 2008

W'SOP? We'll tell you w'sop. It's the World Series of Poker* at CakePoker. Earn your poker street cred by winning your way to the world's largest poker event.

A place where one hand can turn you in to a multi millionaire. Where it's acceptable for men to wear bracelets. Where you may get the chance to play heads up with Jesus. And its coming early this year. Join Team Cake in Vegas to take on the world.

CakePoker's WSOP* 2008 Prize Packages

We're layering on the WSOP* action with two prize packs up for grabs.

• Cake $12,000 Prize Package

  The big one. This year's $10,000 WSOP* Championship main event offers four starting flights to begin a gruelling poker endurance test to the July 16th televised feature table.

  $10,000 NL Seat in Event #54 July 3rd to 16th, 2008 + $2000 spending cash

• Mini Cake: $2000 Prize Package

  Whet your chops before the main event with the final $1500 NL event playing days before the kick off of the WSOP* main event.

  $1500 NL Seat in Event #52 June 30th, 2008 + $500 spending cash

Pay your Way: Cake Cash Qualifiers

Start your WSOP* climb to the top with a $2 cash satellite or jump in at the top layer for $215. The choice is yours. All Cake WSOP* Satellites will run under our Events tab within Tournaments.

• FINALS

  Cake WSOP Qualifiers: $2000 Prize Package

  When:	Buy in:	Value:
  Wednesday 7:30 PM ET	$10 R&A (+$1)	One Cake WSOP* $2000 prize package will be awarded for every $2000 in the prize pool.
  Saturday 5:00 PM ET	$10 R&A (+$2)	One Cake WSOP* $2000 prize package will be awarded for every $2000 in the prize pool.

• Cake WSOP Qualifiers: $12,000 Prize Package

  When:	Buy in:	Value:
  Sunday 5:00 PM ET	$200 (+$15)	One WSOP* $12,000 prize package will be awarded for every $12,000 in the prize pool. One prize pack per 60 players registered in the event.

• SEMI FINALS

  When:	Buy in:	Value:
  Sunday 2:30 PM ET	$30 (+$3)	One entry to our WSOP* $12,000 Final for every $215 in the prize pool.

Cake Rewards

Make your way to the WSOP* on us, with Cake Rewards. We’re making it a piece of Cake to claim a piece of WSOP* action with our Gold Chip and Gold Card satellites and ShareCake Program

Check under our Gold tab within Tournaments for a complete Stallite Listing

• Gold Chips

  Gold Chip Satellites

  When:	Buy in:	Value:
  Daily	5 GC - R&A	Top 10 will advance to WSOP* $12,000 Final

• Gold Cards

  Gold Card Daily Lottery

  We'll pave your way to the 2008 WSOP* in Gold. This WSOP* season, the Gold Card Daily Lottery will award 50 WSOP* 2008 prize packges to Event 52. As with all our Lotteries, you won't know when your Gold Cards will hit or miss, so check back daily for our Lottery announcements. In case you missed it, they are announced, well, daily.

• ShareCake

  Always be Caking

  Sell CakePoker to friends and you could earn a $10,000 WSOP buy in.

Win a WSOP* Main Event Seat by Sharing Cake

We know what you're thinking. What does Cake Poker and the flick GlenGarry Glen Ross have in common? What's the association? We don't know. We'll leave those questions to large corporate marketing people. People that make air quotes with their fingers when they use words like 'proactive', 'synergistic', and 'call to action'. We don't have any of those people.

Bodog is also committed to sending a bunch of players to this year's world series of poker. Here is how to win your seat on their site.

How to Qualify


Qualifying Schedule

Yesterday we ran through what PokerStars had to offer for World Series of Poker qualifiers. I forgot to mention that you can also buy directly into events with your FPPs. You need to be PlatinumStar and the number of FPPs required increases with the tournament buy-in. Check the VIP store for the specifics.

The number two kid in the online poker scene is Full Tilt and they will be sending a horde of people to the WSOP as well. They have many of the same qualifiers as PokerStars with the big exception being the Bracelet Race Events. These are tournaments with a $2K prize good for entry into a $1500 WSOP event + spending money.

The 2008 WSOP at Full Tilt


-$10 Million Main Event Mania-

Think you have what it takes to be the WSOP* Main Event Champion? Win your Main Event seat through Full Tilt Poker and you could have an extra 10 million reasons to smile.

For the fourth year running, we’re the only place where you can find $10 Million Main Event Mania – the world’s biggest poker promotion. Qualifying for this incredible opportunity couldn’t be easier – just win your WSOP* Main Event entry through our site and you’re in the Main Event and in the race for $10 Million in extra cash free from Full Tilt Poker.

Go on to win the Main Event after earning your tournament entry on our site and you’ll take home the first-place prize money plus $10 million more. To earn your shot at this amazing prize, just play for your entry to the Big Dance in any of our great qualifier tournaments, including the:

• 150 Seat Main Event Guarantee
• Race to the Main Event Giveaway
• $200 Tuesday Main Event Guarantee
• $300 Wednesday Main Event Guarantee
• $1K Thursday Main Event Guarantee
• $500 Sunday Main Event Guarantee

We’ll award at least 15 $12K Main Event prize packages each week through June 22nd, so there’s plenty of opportunity for you to win your way to the biggest poker tournament in the world. Take your seat in Vegas and you could leave the table with the first-place prize money and an extra $10 million courtesy of Full Tilt Poker.

With so many ways to win and our $10 Million Main Event Mania, you’d be crazy to play for your Main Event entry anywhere else. -Rules-

-Race to the Main Event Giveaway-

Lace up your running shoes and get ready to Race to the Main Event because Full Tilt Poker is offering you the chance to win one of 50 completely free seats at the world’s biggest poker tournament.

Full Tilt Poker's exclusive Race to the Main Event begins on Saturday, March 1st when we'll start holding daily Freeroll tournaments that will run through Sunday, June 22nd. By the time our race ends, 50 players will have won free seats at the 2008 WSOP* Main Event.

To claim your free $10,000 tournament entry, just look for one of our Main Event Race – Round 1 SNGs running around the clock. Win one of these SNGs and you’ll qualify to play in one of our Main Event Race – Round 2 Freerolls running four times each day.

Take either first or second place in one of these daily Preliminary Freerolls to advance to our Main Event Race – Finals Freerolls held each Sunday at 16:30 ET (21:30 GMT). Reach the podium in one of these tournaments by placing first, second or third and we’ll reward your performance by giving you a completely free WSOP* Main Event entry worth $10,000.

SPRINT to the Main Event

Take a Shortcut

Looking for a shortcut to the Main Event? Just make your first real money deposit on our site or refer a friend to Full Tilt Poker and we’ll give you a direct entry good for one of our four daily Main Event Race – Round 2 Freerolls.

Remember, when you open a real money account on our site, you’ll also be eligible for our 100% Deposit Bonus, up to $600, which is money you can use to play in our wide variety of Main Event qualifiers. Your friends get the same great bonus along with $25 extra Bonus Dollars when they start playing for real money at FTP, while you can receive up to $100 Bonus Dollars for each friend who signs up based on your referral.

Sprint for Your Seat

Because not everyone's a marathon runner, we're offering you the chance to bypass both the Main Event Race - Round 1 SNGs and the Main Event Race – Round 2 Freerolls, and sprint for your Main Event seat by starting your race in one of our weekly Main Event Race - Finals Freerolls.

To receive your free Main Event Race - Finals Freeroll entry, just earn 3,000 or more Full Tilt Points in a qualifying week. There’s no limit to the number of Main Event Race – Finals Freeroll entries you can earn and, if you’d rather not play in a Main Event Race – Finals Freeroll, you can redeem your tournament entries for 75 Iron Man medals each.

The Main Event will be here before you know it, so don’t waste any time getting your game into shape. Start competing for your free tournament entry today and leave the competition in the dust.

-Race for Bracelets-

What to qualify for the 2008 World Series of Poker? Here is what PokerStars has to offer.

Our standard prize package is worth $12,500, made up of the following:

• $10,000 Main Event buy-in
• $2,500 for expenses

But that’s not all. We’re also giving each player the opportunity to be a part of The PokerStars Experience. This includes the following additional features*:

• Free hotel accommodation at the Palms, for 8 nights from July 2-9 (or a cash alternative of $1,000**). The qualifiers that chose to wear PokerStars gear, who are still playing in the main event on July 10th will have their accommodation extended until July 15th.
• Hotel suite upgrades for Supernova and Supernova Elite VIP members.
• Shuttle bus service each day to the Rio.
• Cash bonuses of up to $50,000 for qualifiers that make a TV table***.
• Additional bonuses of up to $1,000,000 for players that make the final table***.

How to win your prize package
Not only are we giving our players the best World Series prize package around, we’re also providing the most chances to win one:

• Buy-in directly to any of our cash qualifiers
• Use your Frequent Player Points in our FPP qualifiers
• Battle your way to the Main Event with Steps Sit & Go Satellites

Cash Qualifiers:

Players can win a seat at the Main Event by entering one of our cash satellites. There are several qualifiers running each day, with a wide range of buy-in’s, starting from just $2. See the diagram below for more details.

Entry into these qualifiers is available at any time. To register: open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Events’, ‘WSOP’ and then ‘Cash Satellites’.

FPP Qualifiers:

Our World Series FPP satellites are a great way for you to turn your hard earned Frequent Player Points into a seat at the Main Event. Qualifiers start from as little as 40 FPP credits. See the diagram below for details.

Entry into these qualifiers is available at any time. To register: open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Events’, ‘WSOP’ and then ‘FPP Satellites’.

Steps Qualifiers:

In addition to our cash and FPP qualifiers, PokerStars has an exciting new way to win a Main Event prize package. Steps Sit & Go satellites start with a buy-in of just $7.50 or 500 FPP credits. Players that finish in the top two spots of any step will win entry to the one above. Any player who makes it to Step 6 will get the chance to play for that all important prize package. If you don’t finish in the top two places of an individual step, you could still win another ticket to that same step. Players can also buy-in directly to any of the step levels.

With so many chances to win, Steps Sit & Go qualifiers give everyone a shot at glory. See the diagram below for details of how the Steps path works.

Entry into Steps Sit & Go satellites is available at any time. To register: open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Events’, ‘WSOP’ and then ‘Sit & Go Satellites’.

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