Designer/Developer Poker Tournament Signup

Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 in the Poker category.

Signups are officially closed. All of those who have signed up will be recieving an email from me within the next couple days regarding info for the tourney. Thanks!

It’s my pleasure to announce the 2005 Designer/Developer Poker Tournament. It took me a while to find a place to host this tournament, but I finally found a friend who has connections at UltimateBet, to get them to host it. So, without further ado, below are the details…

The Details

When: July 13th, 2005, 9pm EST – Thats exactly 3 weeks from today
Where: UltimateBet – ( download here ) if you want to put a referrer in, use the username joshdura :D
The Game: No Limit Texas Hold Em. This will be a Multi Table tournament, with 10 people per table. You will start with 1500 in chips. No rebuys.
Who: Any Designer, Developer, etc. that wants to play. Just leave a comment in this entry, with your UltimateBet username, and I will get you signed up.
Cost: This is a Freeroll. Free to Enter, Free to Play.
Prizes: Well, as of now, the only thing I have to give is a Timbuktu Flash MX 2004 Bag, and a couple DRK CD’s. If you would like to donate a prize, please contact me
Why: Why not? It’s FREE! If you don’t know how to play, follow the links below to learn the basics of Texas Hold-Em, and then sign up. There is no reason to not try :)

Links to Hold-Em Tutorials…
Basic Hold-Em Rules
Lessons from Pros
Jeff Croft’s Beginner Tips
Andrei Herasimchuk’s Poker Articles

This will be a Freeroll, meaning it is Free to enter. We might be having a $5-10 buy-in tournament in the future, but I figured I would start this out with a Freeroll to allow people to be able to learn, etc.

Ultimate Bet

I wanted to make sure to write a section here about Ultimate Bet, as I am sure there are some people that are skeptical about the software. First things first, it is PC only. Unfortunately the only people that offer a Mac compatible software is Poker Room, and that is Java based. They don’t offer Private Freerolls, so that was a no-go. Second, Ultimate Bet is by far one of the leaders in the online poker industry and can be trusted. You don’t have to give them any personal information (other than email) to signup for a free account. So you have no excuse :) If you have any questions, please post them in the comments.

Publicity

My blog gets a decent amount of traffic, but not enough. Lets get this thing advertised, and get at least 100-150 people in this thing. If you don’t mind, post an entry on your blog linking to this post.