O-Poker

Haven’t received my Pokershare funds via Fedex yet, but I’ve already spent way too much time on the Pokershare debacle (see previous two posts), so on to much happier and more positive things….

I need to spend some more time trying to qualify for the WPT Pokerstars Bahamas tourney.  I have been so busy at work and at home that I haven’t been able to spend the time trying to win my way to the Bahamas.  I will do everything I can for the month of November to focus on winning a seat.

With the Bahamas in mind, I have found my 2nd chance backup plan, if I don’t win a seat to the WPT Pokerstars Bahamas tourney.  Party Poker has also decided that Atlantis at Paradise Island in the Bahamas is a great place for a poker tourney in February.  For some reason they are having the Canadian Poker Championship (CPC) on a Caribbean Island.  Usually when you think of a country’s Poker Championship, you would think that it would be played in that country.  It would be kind of like playing the US Open (golf) in Mexico.  You can’t blame the Canadians for wanting to get out of Canada in Feb. though.  I’m Florida born and breed and if the CPC was in Canada, I wouldn’t even consider it.

So, I withdrew $200 from Pokerstars of the money that I have earmarked for trying to win a seat to WPT Pokerstars Bahamas event and deposited it at Party Poker to try to win my way into the CPC.  I am going to try to go the $850 satellite route (entry to this sat. can be won through a series of smaller sats.)  All the information about the events from Party Poker’s website is posted below.

Event Details:
Canadian Poker Championships (CPC)
Nassau, Bahamas
January, 29 - February, 04 2006

Our CPC Package includes:
$5,000 Buy-in to the Canadian Poker Championships
6 nights in the Atlantis Resort, Nassau
$1,100 spending money

CPC Satellite $200 + $15 (several smaller sats to this sat)
When: Wednesday @ 10 PM EST
Format: NL Hold'em
Buy-in: $200 + $15
One CPC Package will be awarded for every 40 players. Any extra money will be paid to the next three highest finishers on a 50%, 30%, 20% ratio.

CPC Special $800 + $50 (several smaller sats to this sat)
When: Saturdays @ 2 PM EST
Format: NL Hold'em
Buy-in: $800 + $50
One CPC Package will be awarded for every 10 players. Any extra money will be paid to the next three highest finishers on a 50%, 30%, 20% ratio.

All the details can be found at http://www.partypoker.com/news/events/cpcpage.html

Now that I have two options, hopefully I will wind up at Atlantis sooner or later.