What goes better with fish & chips than cake? Team Cake is headed to jolly ol England for a taste of Europe's newest and highly anticipated tournament addition, the English Poker Open, playing September 15th to 17th, 2009.
The Event
Pros like Phil Hellmuth have already confirmed their seat in the $5,300 NL Main Event which boasts a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and a player cap of 270 at host casino DuskTillDawn .Starting stacks are set for 10,000 and play begins at 2 PM daily, allowing for time to take in the sites and sounds of Nottingham. Not intersted in sites? No worries - there'll be plenty of side action including Event 2, a £560 NL tourney and a £280 NL Event 3.
The Prize Package
Make Team Cake and you'll enjoy an English Poker Open $7,000 prize package including:
- $5,000 + $300 USD English Poker Open main event buy in.
- $1,700 USD placed in your Cake Players account to help with travel expenses.
Satellites
Win your $7,000 English Poker Open prize package for as little as $4, starting June 24th to August 30th. Take your pick of step satellites, multi table satellites or jump right in to a final qualifier.
| Tournament | Time (ET) | Buy-in | Prize Pool |
| Enlighs Poker Open $7K Final | Sunday
4 PM | $268 | One English Poker Open prize pack per $7,000 in the prize pool. |
| English Poker Open $7K Semi-Final | Sunday
1 PM | $55 | One English Poker Open Final seat per $268 in the prize pool. |
| English Poker Open Satellite R&A | Daily | $11 | One English Poker Open Final seat per $268 in the prize pool. |
| English Poker Open Semi-Qualifier R&A | Daily | $3.30 | One English Poker Open Semi-Final seat per $55 in the prize pool. |
Step Satellites
Each step sit & go satellite will launch when 10 players are seated.
| Tournament | Time (ET) | Buy-in | Prize Pool |
| EPO Step 1 Satellite | Daily | $4.50 | Top 2 advance to EPO Step 2.
Places 3 & 4 win a ticket to Step 1. |
| EPO Step 2 Satellite | Daily | $17 | Top 2 advance to EPO Step 3.
Places 3 & 4 win a ticket to Step 2. |
| EPO Step 3 Satellite | Daily | $65 | Top 2 win a seat in the English Poker Open $7K Final.
3rd place wins a ticket to Step 3.
4th place wins a ticket to Step 2. |
Gold Chip Satellites
Redeem your hard earned Gold Chips for a chance to claim one of FOUR $268 seats in our weekly English Poker Open $7K Final. Gold Chip satellites run Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.
| Tournament | Time (ET) | Buy-in | Prize Pool |
| English Poker Open Satellite
Gold Chip R&A | 3:15 PM | 6 Gold Chips | Top 4 advance to English Poker Open $7K Final. |
Terms and Conditions
- Players must be 18 years of age to participate.
- Employees and immediate family members of employees of Cake Gaming N.V., the Cake Poker Network and its associated companies are not eligible to take part in the Promotion.
- Cake Poker reserves the right to alter, modify or terminate the Promotion and/or these Terms at any time, without notice (written or verbal) where it is reasonable to do so or for reasons beyond the Promoter's control. The Promoter does not accept any responsibility or liability for any late or undelivered entries or registrations, notifications or communications or for any form of technical failure, error, malfunction or difficultly or for any other event beyond its reasonable control that may cause the operation of the Promotion to be disrupted, unavailable or incorrect.
- Players may not transfer, sell or award their Cake English Poker Open event prize package to anyone else.
- Players unable to attend the live event September 15th to 17th or who fail to show, will be posted and folded and their main event seat will be considered forfeited.
- Players receive one $5,300 USD entry to the English Poker Open main event.
- Players are responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements.
- Cake Poker agrees to pay $1,700 USD to the winner’s Cake Players Accont upon completion of the online tournament win.
- Winning players on CakePoker.com agree to the Terms and Conditions of the DusktilDawn poker room and the English Poker Open as detailed here.
- Players agree to wear Cake Poker, CakePoker.net or CakePoker.com logo gear during their English Poker Open poker table time, including any televised appearances, when applicable in the event.
- One English Open Poker prize Package per player will be permitted.
- Cake Poker management decisions are final.