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Valentine's Day Tournament 12 February
A sweet deal for a sweet holiday!
Valentine's Day Tournament at 4PM Eastern, Sunday the 12th of February.
100 Million Guaranteed prize pool plus 50 million added.
A minimum of the top 10 finishers will share in the prize pool.
Participate in a Valentine's Day Subscriber Sit'N'Go satellite at 550K+55K from 31 January through 12 February to win your seat or buy-in directly for 1.5 Million plus 150K when registration opens one week in advance of the event.
Here is your chance to top up your balance!
Bonus Hand Bonanza
Win your seat for the Bonus Hands Bonanza tournament at 4PM Eastern Saturday 11 February by winning an eligible bonus hand in ring game play from 04 February - 10 February.
75 million guaranteed prize pool paid to a minimum of 10 players.
Eligible Bonus hands as follows:
Royal Flush - must use at least 1 hole card in Hold'em or Omaha
Straight Flush - 5 suited cards in order, must use at least 1 hole card in Hold'em
Set of trips loses to bigger set - both players must have a pocket pair in Hold'em
Pocket Aces loses to any pocket pair in Hold'em
Quads with Pocker Pair in Hold'em
Quads loses the pot - 4 of a kind loses (must have pocket pair as part of the quads) in Omaha Hi and HiLo
Pocket Kings loses to pocket Aces in Hold'em
*All hands must be played to the showdown at bet limits $200-$400 FL & Above or $100K NL, PL & Above.
You must be a subscriber and you will be automatically registered for the Bonus Hands Bonanza tournament within 24 hours of winning. Only one seat in the tournament per player is permitted.
Terminator Tournaments Tuesdays & Thursdays
For each player you “terminate”, you receive the prize pool portion of their buyin!
The Terminator tournament are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:30 PM Eastern. Buyins are $300K+30K on Tuesdays and $1 Million +$100K on Thursdays. Good luck!
High-Roller Bonus Program
Skillride High-Roller Bonus Rewards
We are rewarding our high-roller players! Each subscriber making total purchases of $100 or more in the calendar month will receive a percentage of their total purchases in bonus tokens as follows:
$100 to $500 - 20% of the their total purchases in tokens.
$501 to $1000 - 30% of the their total purchases in tokens.
Over $1000 - 40% of the their total purchases in tokens.
Examples:
| Total Purchases in the Calendar Month |
% of Purchases | Tokens Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| $100 | $20 | 4,000,000 |
| $300 | $60 | 12,000,000 |
| $650 | $195 | 39.000,000 |
| $1200 | $480 | 96,000,000 |
The bonus tokens will automatically be awarded to your account between 1st and 3rd of the following month.
Secret Bounty Tournaments
Each Friday in February, we will be conducting a secret bounty tournament. Each tournament will have two secret bounties designated by management at the tournament start time. The player eliminating either of the secret bounties will receive 2 million tokens while the player designated as the secret bounty will receive their tournament buy-in back. Should a secret bounty player win a tournament, they win the bounty award of 2 million tokens.
Secret bounty winners are announced as the bounty players are eliminated. Registration opens to all subscribing accounts 48 hours in advance.
Following are the Secret bounties schedule:
Friday the 27th of Jan at 4PM Eastern
Friday the 3rd of Feb at 3PM Eastern
Friday the 10th of Feb at 2PM Eastern
Friday the 17th of Feb at 4PM Eastern
Friday the 24th of Feb at 3PM Eastern
Bust the FloorMan - Win the Prize!
The FloorMan will be in the cardroom playing in single table Bust the FloorMan Sit'N'Go tournaments. Simply bust him out and collect Poker Gear Package or 3 million tokens. Available prizes will be announced in the cardroom when the Sit'N'Go is announced for signups. Open to subscribing accounts only.
The Sit'N'Go will be run in the cardroom at sometime during the following windows:
Tuesday the 31st of January between 2PM-4PM Eastern
Thursday the 2nd of February between 4PM-6PM Eastern
Thursday the 9th of February between 3PM-5PM Eastern
Thursday the 16th of February between 5PM-7PM Eastern
Thursday the 23rd of February between 4PM-6PM Eastern
Additional Bust the FloorMan Sit'N'Go events may happen at random times.
Subscriber FloorMan Bounties!
15 Million Token Guarantee with a 5 Million Bounty on the FloorMan
Buy-in to one of the subscriber bounty events for 300K+30K tokens. In addition to a guaranteed prize pool of 15 Million tokens, the player who eliminates the FloorMan will receive 5 Million tokens.
Scheduled events are:
Wednesday the 25th of Jan at 3:00PM Eastern
Wednesday the 1st of Feb at 2:00PM Eastern
Wednesday the 8th of Feb at 4:00PM Eastern
Wednesday the 15th of Feb at 3:00PM Eastern
Wednesday the 22nd of Feb at 2:00PM Eastern
Wednesday the 29th of Feb at 4:00PM Eastern
Weekly Holdem NL Cardroom Championship
Want to be the reigning cardroom champion for the week?
Qualify for the Saturday main event by winning your seat in a daily satellite qualifier held:
Sunday-Friday at 3:30AM Eastern, 2:45PM Eastern and 7:45PM Eastern
Saturday only at 8:15AM Eastern and 11:45AM Eastern.
The weekly championship tournament is held at 3:45PM Eastern each Saturday and is closed for registration to all players except those qualifying through a satellite entry to ensure it is a tournament of worthy opponents. The final tournament features a 30 Million token guarantee prize pool and entry into the following week's final.
Bad Beat Jackpots
We have added bad beat jackpots to the cardroom! All Hold'em NL tables 100K and above are eligible for the Bad Beat Jackpot. Play any of these tables for your chance at a portion of the monster pot.
Click here for Bad Beat Jackpot Rules. The rules are also accessible by clicking on the Jackpot Rules button on any bad beat table.
Recent winners are posted on the Announcement Board.
FloorMan Trivia Contest
The Floorman will be in the cardroom every week with his bag full of prizes for the players who correctly answer trivia questions.
The FloorMan will broadcast six trivia questions to the cardroom. After each question, we will determine the winner by the first subscriber who correctly types in the answer in chat and broadcast the winning player's nickname to the cardroom who will be credit with 1 Million tokens.
Keep an eye on the announcement board for dates and times.
Notices
Press Release (27 February 2007) - Skillride.com Launches Fun Play Poker Service. Today AceKicker.com Holdings Inc. of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada announced the launch of Skillride.com, the first internet game play site to offer a pure play for fun poker site. This service allows players to participate in play for fun poker games and poker tournaments. Skillride.com will focus on providing customers with a sense of community where players can accumulate tokens for bragging rights amongst their peers.
An AceKicker.com spokesperson said, "The demand for high quality multiplayer non-gambling games is increasing as consumers seek more realistic entertainment value. Customers want to compete at a level where they are separated from the millions of casual surfers that tend to dilute the true game playing experience. Skillride.com will offer consumers the opportunity to develop their skills in a realistic game environment without gambling or competing for money."
Skillride.com uses AceKicker's world-class poker system to provide the cardroom service as an initial offering. Skillride.com customers can expect more value and entertainment in the future as new games and competitions are launched.