The High Roller Monday poker tournament is a 10-handed No Limit Holdem event.

Before the big ‘shuffle up and deal’ on any given High Roller Monday is a High Roller Monday Satellite, held on Monday as well, in just enough time for the winner to grab their seat alongside all the other high-rollers. The buy-in for the Holler Roller Monday Satellite is $50 + $1.

On a day when there’s not much going on in the online poker world, especially after the big majors have their usual big money Sundays, a high-stakes, high-rolling event like this on a Monday is a rare gift to that rare breed of online poker player who wants to put some real money on the line.

The Contender Tournament series, sponsored and hosted by the UK’s biggest online gambling site, including an online casino and online sportsbetting and horse race betting, in addition—of course—to online poker, guarantees its winners cash rewards for earning a particular amount of Market Points per month, in any given month.

That’s right. The Bwin Poker Contender Tournaments are not just a one-shot promotion, but an ongoing part of the monthly Bwin Poker schedule. There are 5 different tiers of accomplishment in these events, 5 separate classes of freeroll tournament.

Heavyweight tier contender tournaments are $2,000 guaranteed events that you must earn a minimum of 75,000 Market Points in a single month in order to enter.

Cruiserweight tier contender tournaments are $1,000 guaranteed events that you must earn 30,000 Market Points in a single month in order to enter.

Middleweight tier contender tournaments are $500 guaranteed events that you must earn 15,000 Market Points in a single month in order to enter.

Welterweight tier contender tournaments are $350 guaranteed events that you must earn 1,600 Market Points in a single month in order to enter.

Flyweight tier contender tournaments are $100 guaranteed events open to any and all new players at Bwin Poker the month that they join the site.

To earn Market Points toward these Contender Tournaments, you must register not only with Bwin Poker but with the site’s b’inside player rewards program.

All contender freeroll tournaments take place the 3rd Thursday of every month at 20:00 GMT.

The Reload Bonus will be paid out in increments of $5.00. You will need to earn 250 VIP Points per $5, that’s just 50 VIP points per $1. This is our easiest bonus ever!

Example:

If you use the Reload Bonus Code: RELOADED and deposit $100 you will receive a deposit bonus of $100 added to your account. You will be paid $5 for every 250 points you earn! You have 60 days to complete the bonus.

This bonus offer has the following play requirements:

• Any deposit & one use only
• Min. Deposit Amount: $20.00
• Bonus paid in $10.00 increments
• $1 earned every 50 VIP Pts
• Any unused bonus expires on withdrawal

Side Games: The games listed below are considered to be side games, VIP points earned from these games are not counted towards clearing your bonus

• Blackjack
• Roulette
• Caribbean Stud
• Video Poker
• Backgammon
• Euchre

One of the main differences between these two great online poker series is the fact that the PokerStars WCOOP occurs only once per year, while Full Tilt usually offers up their FTOPS series a couple times per year.

Both online poker championships offer huge guaranteed tournaments.  The WCOOP in 2008 guaranteed $30 million in prize pool money.  The FTOPS series has anywhere from $15 million and more in guaranteed prize money per FTOPS series.  The May FTOPS series will feature $18 million in guarnanteed tournament prize money.

One of the great features of the Full Tilt Poker FTOPS is that each tournament is hosted by one of the many professional players who play at Full Tilt Poker.  Players include former online pro’s Jordan Morgan and Cole South as well as some of the most famous poker pro’s in the world Erick Lindgren and Howard Lederer to name a few.

Both online poker tournament series offer players many ways to get involved in each tournament.  Satellite tournaments run on both poker rooms in the weeks leading up to the tournament series and players can qualify for each tournament series via satellites as cheap as $2.

PokerStars WCOOP and Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS tournament series offer players a great way to get involved in large tournaments when they can’t make it to the largest tournaments of them all the World Series of Poker.

CLICK HERE to play in the next Full Tilt FTOPS XXII in May, 2009.  Use bonus code PAW114 to make sure you receive your full $600 bonus when signing up at Full Tilt.

From regular qualifiers starting at only $2 to single-table tournaments and freerolls, you can start your journey to the WSOP today regardless of your budget. You can even book your place direct through the PartyPoints Store .

Party Poker also offers up two unique prize packages, so all our winners will be able to choose the dream trip that’s perfect for them

The Main Event Package includes:

• Main Event Buy In
• 7 nights Accommodation
• $2K Spending Money

Party is also offering a great Vegas Experience Package which includes:

• Return Flights for 2 people
• 7 nights accommodation
• Limo Transfers
• $1,500 toward side event Buy In of your choice.
• 1 Vegas Activity for 2 people from: Grand Canyon Trip, Hover Dam Trip, Speedway Experience, Red Rock Canyon Tour, Las Vegas Night Strip Helicopter Tour, Dune Buggy Tour

So don’t delay, get over to Party Poker and qualify for this years WSOP.  Use Party Poker Bonus Code – 3116052 – when you sign up for your new account in order to receive your bonus of up to $500!