June 9, 2014 — St. Johns, Antigua (Press Release) – Olay, olay, olay, The Intertops Poker World Cup Leaderboard contest is bringing football fever to the popular online poker room. Special poker tournaments beginning 90 minutes before each World Cup group game will award tickets to a $10,000 GTD at the end of the festivities in Brazil.
But first, Intertops’ World Cup celebrations begin with a $1000 Freeroll:
World Cup Brazil $1000 Freeroll
Tomorrow, June 10, 20:00 GMT (3:00 pm Eastern)
Each World Cup Leaderboard tournament will reference the name of the World Cup group that is being played. There will be six tournaments per group and each group will have six different tournament types: NLHE Freezeout, NLHE R&A, NLHE Wild West, NLHE Deepstack Freezeout, PLO Freezeout, PLO8 R&A.
The Top 10 on each Leaderboard will receive tickets for the knockout phase. The winner will win a seat at a $10,000 GTD tournament to be held July 12th (buy-in $55). Second to fifth place players will each receive a Semi Final Step ticket and sixth to tenth place players in each tournament will receive a Quarter Final Step ticket.
On the days in which World Cup knockout games are played, Intertops will run a special series of scheduled step tournaments that lead into the $10,000 Guaranteed event taking place on the Saturday before the World Cup Final. Players can step the whole way from the last 16 to the Final, getting a ticket for potentially one tenth of the final buy-in. It will also be possible to buy in directly at any step level.
Germany Free Bet Tournament
June 14, 20:00 GMT (3:00 pm Eastern)
Top 5 finishers will receive $15 free bet on Germany vs. Portugal game June 16th.
Full contest details are available under the Promotions tab on the Intertops Poker website.
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