Leading poker room kicks off the spring gaming season by offering cash races, tournament packages, and more

From the CAP Newswire:

April 2, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- Bet365 is making a huge promotional push this spring, and is offering affiliates the chance to take advantage of some great player incentives, most of which revolve around the upcoming WSOP and ECOOP poker tournaments.

Getting in on the 2009 WSOP and ECOOP IV excitement, the company is offering more satellite tournaments for players with buy-ins as low as one dollar. Bet365 also announced an additional ECOOP promotion “coming later this month,” according to a news release issued yesterday, “where tokens for ECOOP IV events will be available at an exclusive discount for players buying in with bet365 Merit Points”.

According to the news release, the company is also once more running its popular WSOP Last Man Standing tournament series, “where unlimited WSOP Main Event packages are up for grabs for the Last Man Standing at the Final level in this exciting heads-up Sit & Go Ladders tournament. Players can enter for under $6, or just 500 MP loyalty points, and can buy in at any stage in the series.”

In addition, Bet365 is rolling out a number of Cash Races this month, with more than $500,000 up for grabs and the top 500 finishers in each two-week-long race sharing the huge prize pools. $200,000 is at stake in the first race, from April 1st - 14th, and $240,000 is up for grabs in the second race from April 17th - 30th.

And, tying into the upcoming tournaments, the third Cash Race offers the top 10 players $60,000 in WSOP and ECOOP Main Events packages. Players finishing in 11th through 40th places will be awarded with a seat at “a special freeroll with one WSOP and 5 ECOOP Main Events packages to be won”.

There are more WSOP qualifying tournaments and freerolls, as well. For more details on this huge variety of new promotions, check out the company’s news release.