Starting on Monday, June 28th, PartyPoker is dishing out 1.8 million cards as part of its brand new Card Rush XL promotion. The opportunity to win is open until July 31st or when the nearly two million cards are given away, whichever comes first.
Amass 15 Party Points on the virtual felts of one of the world’s most populated online poker sites to claim a card. Text found on PartyPoker’s website details what makes this version of the Card Rush promotion truly worthy of the title XL: “Unlike before, every single card contains a prize, from cash to points to freeroll entries and now brand new Card Rush XL leaderboard points, which allow you to compete in our great Card Rush XL Race.” In order to get every player started off on the right foot, PartyPoker is awarding the first card at a discounted rate of five points.
Once you’ve received a card, log into your PartyPoker account and scratch it off to see what you’ve won. What can you take home, you ask? How about a $5,000 cash prize? If the top cash jackpot eludes you, the poker gods may grant you $500, $50, $5, $3, $2, or $1 as a consolation prize. Freeroll entries are also available and range from a $2,000 freebie to a $50,000 prize pool event. Also up for grabs are Party Points, which are awarded in increments of 25,000, 5,000, 1,000, 500, 200, 100, 25, and 10. Finally, Card Rush XL Leaderboard points will be given away.
There are seven freerolls that will run as part of the Card Rush XL promotion according to the following schedule, so mark your calendars accordingly if your card reveals an entry:
$2,000 Card Rush XL Freeroll – 13:30 ET on August 5th
$3,000 Card Rush XL Freeroll – 13:30 ET on August 6th
$5,000 Card Rush XL Freeroll – 13:30 ET on August 7th
$10,000 Card Rush XL Freeroll – 13:30 ET on August 7th
$15,000 Card Rush XL Freeroll – 13:30 ET on August 6th
$25,000 Card Rush XL Freeroll – 13:30 ET on August 5th
$50,000 Card Rush XL Freeroll – 13:30 ET on August 8th
The Card Rush XL Race dishes out prizes to the top 200 finishers along with every 20th spot from 220th to 2,000th. The top three players will have their pick of $10,000 luxury travel packages, which include trips to the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Wales, the Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander in Italy, and Major League Baseball’s World Series in the United States. In the event that players don’t want to experience a once-in-a-lifetime luxury package, they can trade it in for $7,500 in cash. The fourth through 30th players in the Card Rush XL Race will bank a four-figure payday and the minimum payout is $50.
Now, it’s time for the fine print. Players are capped at 50 cards per day, or 750 points per day. In addition, you have until 24 hours after the Card Rush XL’s completion to scratch off your cards. Moreover, “In the eventuality where a player would receive several freeroll entries for a same tournament, the additional entries will not be refunded.”
PartyPoker is also exploiting its relationship with the World Poker Tour (WPT) by offering entries to WPT London and the Legends of Poker, both of which take place in August. The London event is a brand new stop on the 2010-2011 WPT schedule, while the Legends of Poker has been a mainstay of the tournament series ever since 2002.
