Buy-ins add up. In many cases, the difference between becoming Phil Hellmuth and another one of the millions of online players making a few extra bucks playing poker every month is the cost of buy-ins.
More than just buy-ins even – it costs money to be a pro on the tournament circuit.
It costs a lot of money to travel around the country paying the thousands of dollars in both buy-ins and living expenses that go hand in hand with tournament poker. Not to mention the fact that you’ve got to find a way to win a few 500+ entrant tournaments along the way or the whole thing becomes a crazy expenditure. Even online, it costs a lot of money to get into the game.
Imagine signing a six-figure endorsement deal with a major online gaming site after spending a few weeks on a secluded tropical paradise. And that would be all you would be spending for at least a year, as in addition to your six-figure endorsement deal, you’d also get your tournament fees to major tournaments around the world paid for by a major online gaming site.
And imagine becoming an international TV personality along the way.
Imagine no longer because Poker Island is for real. You can compete in a variety of qualifiers on super-site bwin.com for your shot at spending anywhere from a week to 3 months on the tropical paradise of Poker Island. There, you will compete in regular poker elimination challenges a la Survivor or The Apprentice with the last standing player declared the winner and awarded a six figure endorsement deal + tournament fees for one year package from bwin.com.
Of course, you won’t be grinding day and night on the beautiful Poker Island. Look at this excerpt from Pokerisland.tv:
While you’re competing for the membership deal in the all expenses paid villa it won’t be all poker… you’ll have time for some serious fun too. We can promise that excitement is guaranteed on PokerIsland.
No two days are the same on PokerIsland! Together with your daily poker you’ll be enjoying diving, jet skis, massage, wind surfing, casino nights, premium night life, jeep safari, quad bikes, exclusive power boats and much much more. You name it and you’ll be doing it at the luxury villa on PokerIsland. Not only that, you’ll enjoy complete hospitality as you battle your way to a membership of team bwin.
You can also expect more than fellow anonymous online up-and-comers on the Island. Last year’s event saw the glamorous Pussycat Dolls not only stage a concert for the contestant/inhabitants of Poker Island, but the knockouts threw a few cards around on the felt themselves. This year promises to bring even more high profile celebrities.
Online poker has become rife with rakeback deals, bonuses and special tournament promotions – none of them compare to the potential life-changing impact of Poker Island.
After all, the only thing better than winning in poker, is winning in poker in paradise.