bwin Poker has announced the 5th installment of its beloved Grand Series of Poker, along with the lower stakes but equally anticipated Mini Grand Series of Poker.
The GSOP 5 is a 15-day long online poker marathon with a total guaranteed prize pool up for grabs of $2.5 million. Of the 15 main events in the bwin Poker Grand Series of Poker 5 is the Grand Slam, a deepstack event boasting a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000.
bwin Poker is now hosting a wide range of Daily Qualifiers and Last Chance Qualifiers for the various main events in GSOP 5 with separate Grand Slam Qualifiers and Leaderboard Qualifiers (also for the Grand Slam deepstack tournament).
In terms of the leaderboard, bwin Poker will be tracking players’ progress throughout the event, and the player who earns the most points calculated by a careful formula gets a free Grand Slam ticket. The remaining top 100 players get to compete against each other in one of 3 Grand Slam Leaderboard qualifiers on October 9, at each one the winner receiving a seat in the Grand Slam.
The 15 GSOP 5 main events run from September 19 to October 3, with the Grand Slam taking place October 10 for a direct buy-in of $5,000.
Mini Grand Series of Poker 5
The Mini GSOP 5 is, just as it sounds, a miniature version of the GSOP, with lower cost buy-ins and smaller prize pools. The Grand Slam Mini deepstack event, for example, has a guaranteed prize pool of $30,000.
There are qualifiers into the GSOP Mini just as there are for the regular GSOP, including a separate leaderboard tracking players’ progress for one of four Grand Slam Mini tickets being awarded that way. The direct buy-in for the Grand Slam Mini is $525.
The GSOP 5 Grand Slam starts at 20:00 GMT and the Mini GSOP 5 Grand Slam Mini starts at 20:00 (GMT + 1), or 21:00 GMT.