Falls biggest online poker festival touches down at PKR

The hugely anticipated Oktoberfest 2008 kicks off on Friday! PKR.com players will be treated to twelve high-octane events with $270,000 in guaranteed prizes to be won.

With a wide range of games on offer, the second annual Oktoberfest is designed to appeal to all types of player with Hold’em and Omaha, deep stack and six-seater tournaments included on the schedule. The twelve days of intense tournament action will be crowned with the popular ‘PKR Masters’ which is expected to payout the biggest guaranteed sum in PKR.com history.

Satellites are up now on PKR.com and will run throughout the series with new lotteries offering the chance to qualify for as little as $3. In addition, final tables of several events are set to be televised, as is now customary for PKR.com, so players can vie for the extra incentive of TV stardom!

Cardroom manager Neil Wright said, “We’re really excited as this will make our seventh festival on PKR.com. Our players really enjoy them and they keep getting bigger and better as a result. We also try to make sure we cater for everyone, which is reflected in the wide range of events and affordable buy-ins.”

Check out the Oktoberfest 2008 schedule for full details.

PKR OKTOBERFEST 2008 SCHEDULE

DAY EVENT TIME (GMT) BUY-IN

Friday 17 October TV Friday – $20K GTD 19:00 $40

Saturday 18 October Deep Stack (6-seater) – $25K GTD 19:00 $75
Sunday 19 October TV Sunday – $30K GTD 19:00 $65
Monday 20 October Deep and Steep – $10K GTD 19:00 $25
Tuesday 21 October PL Omaha – $10K GTD
19:00 $40
Wednesday 22 October TV Wednesday – 17.5K GTD (plus 6 x PKR Bounties) 19:00 $30

Thursday 23 October Limit Hold’em 7.5K GTD
19:00 $25
Friday 24 October Terminator – $15K GTD 19:00 $40
Saturday 25 October TV Saturday – ‘The PKR Masters’ $100K GTD 19:00 $250
Sunday 26 October NL Hold‘em 6-seater – $25K GTD 20:00 $50
Thursday 30 October Freeroll 20:00 $0
Sunday 02 November TV Sunday – ‘Tournament of Champions’ 15:00 $0

*All tournaments are regular No Limit hold‘em unless otherwise specified

About PKR Online Poker

PKR is a revolutionary new concept in online poker that has changed the way that online poker is played.

Featuring stunning real-time 3D graphics and a uniquely engaging and immersive gaming system, PKR brings an unparalleled and previously unseen level of realism to online poker.

Developed by some of the brightest stars in the video games and poker industries, PKR was founded in 2005 by President Jez San, one of Europe’s most respected technology entrepreneurs and the first person to ever be awarded an O.B.E for services to the computer games industry.

For more information on PKR, visit http://www.pkr.com

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