How to Qualify
Grand Series of Poker II will take place April 12 - 26, 2009, where we will run a series of poker tournaments, all leading towards the big main event on May 3 - the Grand Slam Final. This edition will also include some special features, such as GSOP SideBet function and more GSOP events than ever before.
How do I get to the Grand Slam final?
You can qualify to the Grand Slam Final by either win one of the 16 GSOP events, use the cheap daily qualifiers, go through the leaderboard or buy-in directly. Regardless of what stakes you favor you will have multiple choices of getting an entry to the Grand Slam Final!
Qualifiers
Qualifiers in all different price ranges to the different GSOP events will be starting prior to one month before the first GSOP event, leaving you with plenty of chances for you to gain entry into the different events no matter your bankroll.
During the GSOP period there will also be one scheduled daily qualifiers to the Grand Slam Final. These qualifiers will have a buy-in range from as little as $10 to $30. All of these will be re-buy qualifiers and guarantee one Grand Slam Final ticket worth $5,000 each. Lastly, there will be one final chance to qualify to the Grand Slam with a juicy $50 GSOP Grand Slam Last Chance qualifier that starts 2 hours before the Grand Slam. This one guarantees as many as 3 tickets to the final.
GSOP Events
Grand Series of Poker II consists of 16 GSOP events, including the 4 day long Grand Tournament. Each GSOP event holds one Grand Slam Final ticket in the prize pool handed to the winner plus tons of money to compete for. For every day during the GSOP period there is an interesting and exciting GSOP event starting at 21:00 CET. Every tournament differs from each other with different buy-ins, guaranteed prize pool and game format.
All GSOP events also awards points towards the leaderboard, where the top 100 will get a chance to compete for 4 more tickets to the Grand Slam Final.
Direct Buy-In
Players can of course choose to buy-in directly to the Grand Slam Final. The buy-in fee is set to $5,000, making this one of the biggest high-staked online finals around.
SideBet
Fancy a sidebet on the whole GSOP? Now you can enjoy a new sidebet option if you want to raise the stakes with the other high rollers. The GSOP SideBet event will cost $1000+0 without any commission fee. To read more about the sidebet option, please visit the GSOP SideBet page.
Grand Slam Final
The Grand Slam is the final event in the GSOP and will the crowning glory of the GSOP.
The Grand Slam Final will take place on Sunday, May 3 the weekend after the last GSOP event. The buy-in is set to $5,000, making the Grand Slam Final an attractive high-staked tournament where the GSOP event winners, the lucky qualifiers, the leaderboard winners and players buying in directly will meet for a Grand Slam Final that now guarantees $300,000!
Grand Slam Final tickets must be used in the Grand Slam Final, they are not refundable with the exception if a player wins more than one Grand Slam Final ticket. Those extra tickets will be eligible for a refund.
Leaderboard
All players participating in the GSOP events and the Grand Tournament will be eligible for points in the leaderboard. In order to get points, the players need to finish "in the money".
After the last GSOP event, the top 100 players in the GSOP Leaderboard will compete for 3 tickets to the main event – the Grand Slam Final. The 1st place of the leaderboard will receive one ticket automatically, while the 2nd to 100th place will compete in these three different segments:
1 - Will receive one Grand Slam ticket
2 To 10 - Play for one Grand Slam ticket
11 To 30 - Play for one Grand Slamticket
31 To 100 - Play for one Grand Slam ticket
The leaderboard will score towards a formula that has been designed with a flat points structure, rewarding players that enter many events:
vPoints = ((PrizePool3/10) / (PlaceFinished3/5))*10
Prize pool is in dollars ($).