DUBLIN, Ireland -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The European Masters of Poker makes its fifth stop on the current season three tour in Barcelona, Spain from September 29 to October 2, 2011 and players have a great choice of ways to qualify cheaply on the Entraction network during September.
The popular Iron Man freerolls for the €1,000 + €100 buy in main event get underway on September 2 and run until September 18. There is one package to EMOP Barcelona guaranteed worth €2,000 in each
freeroll.
Each package consists of the tournament
buy-in of €1,100, €550 for accomodation and €350 in travel contribution that is credited to the player’s poker account. Only one package can be won per player – see terms and conditions for further details.
Simply earn VIP points to qualify for each freeroll. The September EMOP Iron Man schedule is:
Sept. 2: Iron Man EMOP Barcelona 1 — VIP1
Sept. 4: Iron Man EMOP Barcelona 2 — VIP25
Sept. 6: Iron Man EMOP Barcelona 3 — VIP50
Sept. 8: Iron Man EMOP Barcelona 4 — VIP100
Sept. 10: Iron Man EMOP Barcelona 5 — VIP250
Sept. 12: Iron Man EMOP Barcelona 6 — VIP375
Sept. 14: Iron Man EMOP Barcelona 7 — VIP500
Sept. 16: Iron Man EMOP Barcelona 8 — VIP750
Sept. 18: Iron Man EMOP Barcelona 9 — VIP900
Elsewhere players can qualify for as little as €2 or 200 VIP points through one of the 24 daily satellites feeding into the main weekly qualifiers on sites such as 24hPoker, Club4Aces, NoIQ, Pokerihuone, Victor Chandler Poker, and Irish Eyes Poker.
The weekly finals schedule is:
Each Tuesday at 20:40 CET - £100 buy in, 4 packages worth €2,000 each guaranteed
Each Thursday at 20:40 CET - £100 buy in, 4 packages worth €2,000 each guaranteed
Each Sunday at 20:40 CET - £200 buy in, 6 packages worth €2,000 each guaranteed
Finally the full side event schedule has been released:
Sept. 26 -- €100+15
no-limit hold’em, 19:00 CET
Sept. 27 -- €50+10 pot-limit
Omaha, 18:00 CET
Sept. 28 -- €100+15 no-limit hold’em, rebuys, super
satellite to EMOP, 18:00 CET
Oct. 1 -- €500+50, no-limit hold’em, two-day event, 19:00 CET
Oct. 2 -- €50+10, no-limit hold’em, turbo, 17:00 CET
Last year in Barcelona, Matias Knaapinen beat the largest EMOP field to date – 431 players - to take home €93,000.