In the midst of other online poker sites running big tournament series, PKR has decided to keep pace by featuring their own Springfest series, which runs from now until April 22nd. The main points worth mentioning about Springfest include:
- Collective $280,000 guaranteed
- 34 poker tournaments; split equally into a main Springfest and mini Springfest
- 3-day Championship tournament
- 2-day Mini Championship tourney
- Two leaderboards that are offering 80 tournament tickets
If you’re interested in entering some Springfest tournaments, you should sign up at PKR through RakeTheRake. This will get you a sign-up bonus worth up to $500, along with a 30% rakeback deal. Once you’re a member of PKR, you can play in any of the Springfest events, including the following highlights:
Main Springfest
April 10th Springfest #5 – $22 buy-in, $5,000 prize pool, twin jackpot event.
April 11th Springfest #6 – $22 buy-in, $12,000 prize pool, bounty tournament.
April 13th Springfest #8 – $22 buy-in, $12,000 prize pool, 6-max.
April 14th Springfest #9 – $5.25 buy-in, $9,000 prize pool, rebuy rampage.
April 15th Springfest #10 – $27.50 buy-in, $15,000 prize pool, triple chance.
April 18th Springfest #13 – $16.50 buy-in, $10,000 prize pool, speed event.
April 19th Springfest #14 – $33 buy-in, $10,000 prize pool, The 4×4.
April 20th Springfest #15 – $55 buy-in, $30,000 prize pool, Day 1 of Championship.
April 22nd Springfest #17 – $22 buy-in, $12,000 prize pool, deep stack tournament.
Mini Springfest
April 11th Mini Springfest #6 – $6.60 buy-in, $6,000 prize pool, bounty event.
April 13th Mini Springfest #8 – $6.60 buy-in, $5,000 prize pool, 6-max.
April 15th Mini Springfest #10 – $8.80 buy-in, $5,000 prize pool, triple chance.
April 18th Mini Springfest #13 – $5.50 buy-in, $5,000 prize pool, speed event.
April 20th Mini Springfest #15 – $11 buy-in, $10,000 prize pool, Day 1 of Championship.
As for the two leaderboards mentioned earlier, these are divided into contests for both the mini and main Springfest participants. If you finish within the top 300 spots of any Springfest tournament, you’ll receive beteen 5 and 100 points depending on your finish (the bottom finisher recieves 5 points, while each tourney winner will earn 100 points for the appropriate leaderboard). Below is a look at the prizes that each leaderboard offers the top Springfest points earners.
Main Springfest Leaderboard
- 1st place = $530 PKR 500 ticket
- 2nd place = $270 PKR Masters ticket
- 3rd-5th place = $162 High Roller ticket
- 6th-10th place = $109 Prestige ticket
- 11th-15th place = $55 Primetime ticket
- 16th-30th place = $22 PKR Open ticket
Mini Springfest Leaderboard
- 1st place = $162 High Roller ticket
- 2nd place = $109 Prestige ticket
- 3rd-10th = $55 Primetime ticket
- 11th-20th = $22 PKR Open ticket
- 21st-50th = $5.50 Mini Masters ticket
