by Mario Alfonsi | Published on Jan 16, 2012 | Updated on Jan 16, 2012
On alternating Sundays, 888 poker will be hosting 2012 World Series of Poker qualifiers. The buy-in is not too cheap at $525. If you do not want to drop $500 on one buy-in, there are satellite games that are cheaper and also give you an opportunity to qualify. The less expensive satellite games are a far cry from $525 and they cost a meager $1+.10. The way satellite qualifiers work is that 1 player will advance for every $25 in the stakes. This basically means that 1 out of 25 players will make it past the satellite. This is a stage 1 event; there are 3 stages total. Another stage 1 event has a buy-in of $5+.50 and that advances 1 out of every 5 players to the next stage.There is only one way to make it through the second stage, and buy-in to that satellite will cost you $23+2 and in this stage 1 in 5 players will advance to stage 3. To immediately buy-in to the third stage’s satellite it will cost a player $105+10 and 1 out of 5 players will go through to the 2012 WSOP 888 qualifier.The 888 qualifiers will ensure the winner a $15,000 prize pack that is primarily consistent of the $10,000 buy-in to the WSOP. $2,000 will be given to you in order to pay for any and all travel costs. $500 more dollars will be given as spending money and 8 nights of hotel stay will be taken care of. You will even get a VIP invitation to an 888 sponsored party.With a total cash prize amount that approaches $200 million, there are not many poker players who would up on an opportunity to play in the World Series of Poker. There are even less people who wouldn’t pay a little over a dollar for a chance to make it there either. 444k1q
