The Many Exciting Tournaments Offered at Sky Poker

Jan 6 2010

If you're an online poker player in the UK, you've probably heard of Sky Poker, the well established poker website run by BSkyB. Sky Poker hosts tournaments of all levels, from beginner amateur showdowns to the World Series of Poker! Want to learn more about the various intense and exciting tournaments offered at Sky Poker? Keep reading!

Every Sunday, the popular Primo tournament happens at 8PM GMT. Why is this tourney so popular? It could have something to do with the massive prize pool of £15,000 - and that's guaranteed every week! To play for part of this £15,000 prize, all you need to do is buy in directly for the reasonable sum of £33. Each player starts with 3000 chips, and blind levels increase every five minutes. The top 20% of players - or one in five - win seats to the Primo Semi Final.

The Primo Semi Finals happen every night during the week, Monday through Thursday, at 8PM GMT. The top 20% from the first game will compete to win places in the Friday Primo Final game - in the end, 1 in 5 players from the semi-final will go on to the final.

And then comes the Primo Final each Friday, where the top four percent from the original games will compete for the fab £15,000 jackpot! It's certainly exciting to be a part of the Primo Final game, but it's also thrilling to be a spectator as well!

Want to be seen on live TV playing poker? Then enter Sky Poker's "The Open" tournament, which takes place on Saturdays and Sundays and is shown live on Sky Channel 865. This exhilarating tournament starts at 8PM GMT on each night and becomes televised at 9PM when the action gets hot. During these games, celebrity poker guests comment on the gameplay and sometimes even play themselves! If you are seated at a table with one of the celebrity guests and manage to eliminate them from the game, you can win a generous cash prize in addition to any poker winnings. And the best part - buy in for this tournament is only £10!

These are only two of the many exciting tournaments offered at Sky Poker - check the site for more!