Poker: Poker Tournaments

Major Tournament Schedule for April 2005

Date Tournament Name Casino, Location
April 30, 2005 Elbow River Late April Freeze-Out / CPT Event Elbow River Inn and Casino
Calgary, AB
Canada
April 26 to May 10, 2005 Harvey's Lake Tahoe Poker Tournament - An ESPN WSOP Poker Circuit Event  Harvey's Resort Hotel & Casino
Stateline, NV
United States
Notes: Other World Series of Poker Events Circuit with ESPN are happening at:
Harrah's New Orleans Bayou Poker Challenge
Harrah's Atlantic City Poker Tournament
Rio Las Vegas Poker Tournament
Harrah's Rincon Poker Tournament

2% of the total prize pool of the Championship Event will be withheld for entry fees
3% of the total prize pool will be withheld for tournament staff

April 23 to 24, 2005 Cavendish Classic  Cavendish Club
Belfast, Co. Antrim
Ireland
April 19 to May 17, 2005 World Poker Classic Plaza Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, NV
United States
April 18 to 24, 2005 3rd Annual Turning Stone Classic  Turning Stone Casino & Resort
Verona, NY
United States
Notes: Best All Around Player receives a trophy, and $500 Cash
April 18 to 24, 2005 Torneo di Poker  Hit Casino
Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Notes: **Three percent from the prizepool of each tournament will be taken for the overall winners. **The Poker room will open every day at 2 p.m. for cash games and satellites
April 16, 2005 CPT Major Event Cash Casino - Red Deer
Red Deer, AB
Canada
April 16 to 17, 2005 Jewell of the Desert  Aladdin Resort Casino -Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
United States
April 15 to 25, 2005 PPT No Limit Hold'em $500,000 Freeroll Bellagio
Las Vegas, NV
United States
Notes: You must be a PPT qualified player to participate
April 14 to 17, 2005 Lithuanian Open Lithuanian Poker Championship  Olympic Casino Lietuva at Reval HOtel
Vilnius, Lithuania
April 14 to 16, 2005 Women's Poker Club (WPC) Showdown  Trump Taj Mahal
Atlantic City, NJ
United States
April 12 to 17, 2005 Southern Classic 2005  Grand Casino Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
United States
April 11 to 17, 2005 Springfest  Grosvenor Casino
Luton, Bedfordshire
United Kingdom
April 10 to May 1, 2005 Stars and Stripes Bicycle Casino
Bell Gardens (Los Angeles), CA
United States
Notes: $15,000 added to Best All-around point playoff
$10,000 added to point playoff prize pool, $5,000 to be paid out to the top 3 point leaders. 1st $2,500, 2nd $1,500 and 3rd $1,000
5 points need to qualify
Each player gets $500 in chips plus 5 times their point total in additional starting chips.
April 7 to 10, 2005 Spring Tournament Grand Casino World
Vilnius, Lithuania
April 4 to 25, 2005 Five-Star World Poker Classic - WPT Championship Season 3  Bellagio
Las Vegas, NV
United States
Notes: World Poker Tournament Championship April 18-25 $25,500 Buy in and Entry fee, Pays 50 Places Estimated Prize Pool $6,500,000, Based on 260 Entries 1st Place over $2 Million, 2nd Place over $1 Million, 50th Place almost $26,000 PLACE % 1st 32.5 2nd 16.5 3rd 8.5 4th 5.5 5th 4.0 6th 2.8 7th 2.0 8th 1.6 9th 1.4 10th 1.2 11th - 15th 1.0 16th - 20th 0.8 21st - 30th 0.6 31st - 40th 0.5 41st - 50th 0.4
April 4 to 10, 2005 Coral-Gutshot European Series of Poker   The Gutshot Poker Collective
London, United Kingdom
April 2 to 3, 2005 WSOP Qualifying Tournaments Spirit Lake Casino
Spirit Lake, ND
United States
April 2 to 3, 2005 Women's Poker Network Hold 'em Tournament  Reno Hilton
Reno, NV
United States
Notes: Poker Semainar led by Linda Johnson and Jan Fisher at 10AM on Sat, 4/2/05
March 30 to April 10, 2005 Sport Of Kings  Hollywood Park Casino
Inglewood (Los Angeles), CA
United States
Notes: 1. Tournament Hosted by Celebrity Poker Showdown Tournament Director Robert Thompson 2. Trophy for the winner of each tournament. 3. Final Table gifts. 4. Satellites begin on Tuesday, March 29-Sunday, April 10. 5. T-shirts and hats given away on several events. 6. Best All Around Player. $10,000 awarded to the top five point earners. 1st $4,000, 2nd $2,500, 3rd $1,500, 4th $1,000 and 5th $1,000. 7. Each tournament entrant receives a $5 food coupon. 8. $49 room rates are available to tournament players at Crystal Park Casino. Players can call 1-877-631-3838 and use code: (SOK2005) to make reservations. 9. Tournament held on newly remodeled California floor 10. $500,000 estimated prize pool. 11. Call Robert W. Thompson II or John Ross with questions at 1-800-888-4972 ext. 2077.
March 28 to April 3, 2005 European Poker Classics  Grosvenor Victoria Casino
London, United Kingdom
Notes: Registrations close at 7:15pm
March 28 to April 11, 2005 New England Poker Classic  Foxwoods Resort Casino
Mashantucket, CT
United States
March 22 to April 2, 2005 Poker Round Up Spring 2005  Wild Horse Casino & Resort
Pendelton, OR
United States
March 10 to April 1, 2005 World Poker Challenge / WPT Event  Reno Hilton
Reno, NV
United States
Notes: Super Satellites run nightly at 9pm March 11-19 and 25-27. Buy in will be $100 with $100 re-buys

Book before Jan 15th for $30 rate, after Jan 15th, rooms are $39.