Bigger Prize Pools Than Expected in High Five $350,000 Guaranteed | IXGAMES
(Press Release) San Jose, Costa Rica – November 22, 2013 – It turns out the High Five series at Americas Cardroom is leading to some pretty tall bankrolls. The online poker site today announced that all five guaranteed events on Wednesday and Thursday surpassed their guarantees. Tonight, the High Five Guaranteed continues, with five tournaments on the docket including a $25,000 guarantee at 7:00pm ET. “The High Five Guaranteed is turning out to be highly lucrative for online poker players at Americas Cardroom,” stated Michael Harris, spokesperson for Americas Cardroom. “On the first day alone, we total prize pools of more than $25,000 what had been guaranteed. This isn’t just good news for players seated in High Five events. The increased traffic means more volume in our other tournaments and cash games, too.” Most impressive on the schedule was Wednesday’s High Five $20,000 guarantee at 7:00pm, which saw a total prize pool of $33,525. CURIOSITY took down the event, besting a field of 447 entries. The $25,000 guarantee from last night had a $60+6 buy-in and featured a prize pool of $26,160 with nashpred22 conquering a field of 436 entries. The High Five Guarantee runs from November 20th through 24th and is packed with tournaments ranging from $1,000 to $150,000 guaranteed. Games offered include Texas Hold’em and PLO, with re-entry, re-buy, hypers and bounty tournaments, add-on options available in many tournaments. Americas Cardroom has also made it easy to get into the tournaments. Buy-in start as low as $3+0.30, and a packed schedule of satellites run constantly to help players win their seat in big guaranteed events for as little as $2+0.20. There’s even a High Five Main Event Passport freeroll running daily that pays out seats in a nightly satellite, which leads to Sundays $150,000 Main Event.