Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The best poker hands will be reunited in Spain  

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From 24 to 27 September was held the eighth stage of the IV Spain Poker Championship, a tournament in preparing for scoring points to get the national championship.

The Grand Casino Rincon de Pepe Murcia hosts from Thursday 24 September the eighth stage of the IV Spain Championship Poker (CEP), which will bring together the best national players of poker. The grand final is getting closer so this is a crucial tournament for players to add points towards achieving the national championship later this year. But scoring points in the overall ranking of the CEP is not the only incentive for players, it can also bagged major awards based on their ranking in this tournament.

The registration fee is 660 euros, although players can also qualify via online satellites and freerolls free EuroSuperPoker organized, consisting of qualifying tournaments with a purchase price far less than the main event.

The Gran Casino Murcia is located in the historic city center, a prime location for its Mediterranean climate and environment in which players can test their skills with the cards, as well as enjoying the attractions this area . In the last edition, this phase of CEP recorded a full house to cover the 120 seats offered by the Casino. The winner was the Italian Alfredo Moretti, Tenerife resident for twelve years, who pocketed a prize of 22,612 euros.

At present, the classification is led by Noel Prat, with 38 points, followed closely by Bruno Ortuño, with 36, and Rodrigo Martin with 33. It was only on Sunday 27 September to see who gets the CEP de Murcia and see if there are changes in the overall ranking, which has been changing throughout the tournament, for any of the participants can be kept an ace up sleeve and turn it over to the classification.

Championship Structure

The tournament will be played in 4 days (Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday), targeting the first-Thursday 24 September to celebrate the supersatélite to qualify for the main event. On Friday 25 and Saturday 26th will play the main event, while the Sunday September 27th will take place in the final.

One of the most important improvements of the CEP 2009 is the doubling of the initial stack of players, passing from 10,000 to 15,000 points, maintaining the same levels and times in the 2008 edition. This change actually delays the items, an incentive for participants, since for the same price during registration can enjoy more time playing poker.

Another novelty introduced in 2009 is that the casinos have more freedom to organize tournaments and satellites parallel classification to the championship for him. The only condition imposed on the casinos is the registration fee for the main event, set at 660 euros for this edition.

As in previous years, will be allocated 4% of total collections of entries in each of the major tournaments for a general ranking, which is distributed among the 10 best players in the last tournament to be held in December in the Casino de Villajoyosa (Alicante). Thus, 10 participants with the highest score at the end of the year will receive a proportionate share of the proceeds according to their ranking, the former accounting for 35% of the total.

EuroSuperPoker repeats as sponsor

The online poker room EuroSuperPoker continues as an official sponsor of the event and maintains a special award called "Matador", a distinction that gets the player who eliminates most opponents throughout the tournament. El Matador 2008 was Bruno Ortuno EuroSuperPoker regular player, so do not have to pay registration and expenses for travel and accommodation in any of the tournaments that are being disputed in 2009.

The changes for this new edition also affect the structure of the freerolls (free tournaments) and online satellites to qualify through the web EuroSuperPoker. Throughout the year will take place twice daily freerolls where the two top finishers of each tournament will go to two other daily rebuy $ 10. These tournaments will ensure two tickets to the final week, lowering its price to 55 euros, which ensures a place in the corresponding phase of CEP. In addition, other online poker rooms may hold satellite tournaments to qualify for the Championship of Spain of Poker 2009.

Game mode

The poker is attracting a growing interest in Spain and each time with more professional players. Therefore, the best casinos Spanish organized since 2006 Spain Championship of Poker, with a league format of points that does not require players to participate in all tournaments. The matches are played in the form of Poker No Limit Texas Hold'em (a player can put into play all their points in one round), which is the most widespread form of poker in the world and which are played most international tournaments.

You can find more information about the championship at:

- Http://www.eurosuperpoker.com
- Http://www.campeonatopoker.es

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