Chinook Winds Casino has officially announced their first ever Pro Football Poker Celebrity
Tournament. The tournament will take place on November 3, 2012 at 2pm. Every player entering the event will pay a $220 Buy-In. That’s $200 for the prize pool and a $20 house fee.
Players will each be given 5000T for their initial buy-in, however, players can then pay a $10 dealer appreciation for an additional 1,000 in tournament chips.
The top ten players in this event will win a portion of the prize pool. The first place finisher will win $4000.
This event is limited to the first 60 players to register.
Here’s how it’s going to work:
There will be 7 National Football League celeb’s playing in the tournament, they’re listed below. If a player knocks out a celebrity poker player, that player will win not only $100, but the Jersey right off of the players back as well.
NFL Players in the Chinook Winds Poker Tournament
- Darryl Williams – Bengals/Seahawks
- Doug Cosbie -Cowboys
- Mark Lee – Packers
- Mervyn Fernandez – Raiders
- Michael Jackson – Seahawks
Randall Morris – Seahawks - Ron Fellows – Cowboys
The tournament will consist of 20 minute blind rounds per the schedule below:
- One 25-50
- Two 50-100
- Three 75-150
- Four 100-200
- Five 150-300
- Break (10 min) race off $25 chips
- Six 200-400
- Seven 300-600
- Eight 400-800
- Nine 500-1000
- Ten 700-1500
- Break (10 Min) race off $100 chips
- Eleven 1000-2000
- Twelve 1500-3000
- Thirteen 2000-4000
- Fourteen 3000-6000
- Fifteen 4000-8000
- Break (10 min) race off $500 chips
- Sixteen 5000-10000
- Seventeen 7000-15000
- Eighteen 10000-20000
Chinook Winds Casino – NFL Poker Tournament Prize Pool
- 1st Place $4,000
- 2nd Place $2,000
- 3rd Place $1,500
- 4th Place $1,000
- 5th Place $800
- 6th Place $700
- 7th Place $600
- 8th Place $500
- 9th Place $500
- 10th Place $400
For further details, contact the Chinook Winds Casino Poker Room. Chinook Winds Casino is located in Lincoln City, Oregon at 1-888-CHINOOK you can also visit their website at www.chinookwindscasino.com.
