The world’s largest online poker site is giving away tickets to the world’s premier football game, Super Bowl XLIV. On Sunday, two pairs of tickets to the “Big Game” in Miami will be up for grabs on PokerStars.
Two Sunday Football Special tournaments will be held on PokerStars on Sunday, January 31st. One will begin at 19:00 ET, while the other will follow at 22:00 ET. Both events have buy-ins of $11 and their winners will be awarded with a pair of tickets to Super Bowl XLIV on top of the prize pool. In addition, each champion will take home $1,000 in spending money. The winners won’t have to wait long to use their prizes, as the 44th Super Bowl kicks off on Sunday, February 7th from Dolphin Stadium in Miami.
PokerStars isn’t stopping there, however. Players who opt to reload their online poker accounts using the code “FOOTBALL” before the events begin will be credited with a ticket to play in one of the $11 buy-in Sunday Football Special tournaments. For players who have not yet deposited on PokerStars, the site is offering seats into the Super Bowl XLIV giveaways as well. Just use the bonus code “SPECIAL” when you sign up and you could be jet-setting your way to sunny South Florida. Unlike the reload bonus, players who deposit for the first time will receive tickets into both Sunday Football Special events.
The tournaments can be found in the PokerStars lobby under “Tourney” and “Regional.” The promotion is only open to new and existing PokerStars members in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The 2010 Super Bowl features the NFC Champion New Orleans Saints squaring off against the AFC Champion Indianapolis Colts. Super Bowl XLIV marks the first appearance in the championship game for the Saints, a club that was founded back in 1967. The Saints last made the playoffs in 2006, but fell to the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship by a final score of 39-14.
The Colts won the Super Bowl in 2006, defeating the aforementioned Chicago Bears. The club has made the NFL playoffs ever year save one since 1999 and plays its home games at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The teams feature two of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. The pair finished second and first in the NFL in touchdowns during the 2009 regular season with 33 and 34, respectively. Brees owned the second highest yards per game tally at 292 this season, while Manning had the second most completions in the NFL at 393, trailing only Houston’s Matt Schaub.
Online poker players who win their way to Super Bowl XLIV should be on-hand in Miami no later than 6:25pm ET on Sunday, February 7th, when the game will kick off. The contest will be carried by CBS and beamed into hundreds of millions of households around the world. The rock band The Who will perform at halftime in what will surely be a rowdy spectacle. As it currently stands, the online poker room and sports book Bodog has the Colts as a six point favorite to win, with an over/under of 56.5.
Visit PokerStars for more information on how to win your way to Miami.
