Commerce Casino's annual California State Poker Championship returns May 5 for three weeks of affordable buy-ins, high payouts, and unique tournaments. More than $1,000,000 in prize money is guaranteed, beginning with a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool, $220-buy-in, four-day-start no-limit hold 'em event. The series opener, which allows people to buy-back in each day if they bust out, is the largest guarantee in poker for a low-stakes tournament.
Tournament Director Matt Savage stacked the schedule with new offerings in response to player requests for more diverse low-buy-in events.
After the $500,000 guaranteed opening event, poker players will also encounter:
• Two eight-game mix events ($335 buy-in on May 11 and $1,065 on May 17).
• Two knockout bounty events ($335 buy-in on May 14 and $1,575 on May 19).
• Two Double-Starting-Stack events ($335 on May 10 and $545 on May 17).
• Single-Elimination heads-up play on May 18 with a $345 buy-in that will be capped at 256 players. The winner of this also gets a $3,085 seat in the Main Event.
• Two one-day turbo no-limit hold 'em events with 20 minute levels and $50,000 guarantees ($220 buy-in on May 13 and May 18).
• Four events featuring one $3,085-seat added for main event. One seat added to each mega satellite, and one seat guaranteed for each of the evening super-satellites from May 5 through May 14.
In addition to these featured events, there will be a full slate of poker tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $120 to $335 that players have come to expect at the Cal State Championship: limit hold 'em, HORSE, six-handed no-limit hold 'em, omaha-8, pot-limit Omaha, seven-card stud and no-limit hold 'em shootout. Several mega satellite events for the main event are also planned.
The full event schedule and starting times can be seen at www.CommerceCasino.com.
