Betfair.com is one of the leading online poker sites. It caters
mainly to players from European countries. In order to capture
the summer holiday traffic Betfair.com is offering an
interesting promotion titled Summer Slam. The Summer Slam is
described as a summer poker road trip. The ultimate destination
of the trip is the Grand Slam Final, which will be held on July
3.
There are a number of routes available to reach the Grand Slam Final at the online poker site Betfair.com. The most interesting one is through a series of qualifier online poker tournaments. The basic qualifier tournament is the Summer Slam Freeroll. Three tournaments will be held daily starting from June 3 and the top five players in each freeroll will move to the next stage.
The next stage in the Summer Slam at the online poker site Betfair.com is the Micro Slam Finals. There will be two such events, the first one being on June 15 and the second one on June 22. The qualifiers from the Summer Slam Freerolls will obviously get to participate. In addition players who earn 1 PP between June 3 and June 9 and between June 10 and June 16 will qualify. The Micro Slam Finals at the online poker site offer a prize pool of $1,000 each. The top 100 players in each event will move to the next stage.
The next stage in the Summer Slam at the online poker site Betfair.com is the Mini Slam Final. This will be held on July 2. The qualifiers from the Micro Slam Finals will obviously get to participate. Players who earn the specified PPs in the various schemes offered will also get entry to the Mini Slam Final. The Mini Slam Final has a prize pool of $5,000 and offers the top 50 players a seat in the Grand Slam Final.
The Grand Slam final will be held on July 3 with the qualifiers through the Mini Slam Final and those who qualify through the PPs schemes. It offers a prize pool of $10,000 that consists of items such as Rayban sunglasses, iPad2, Xbox 360, 24” HD monitors and much more. All players at the online poker site Betfair.com will have their eyes set on the Summer Slam promotion.