The Daily Grind: GGPoker's Chinese Zodiac Tournaments; Try Out Irish Open Online Satellites
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With the poker world paying more attention to online poker is the place to be and PokerNews will be highlighting some of the tournaments out there today.
GGPoker, partypoker, Unibet, 888poker, and PokerStars are some of the poker operators who will be enjoying some extra attention from us over here to help you find something to play aside from the usual stuff.
Claim Special Avatars with GGPoker Chinese Zodiac
Among the vast array of poker tournaments on offer on the GGPoker client are the Chinese Zodiac specials. Don't be put off by the fact that their buying is in CNY (��), the client will automatically convert your USD balance to pay the buy-in. For reference, the ��200 tournament is the equivalent to just under $30.
What's more, in addition to these tournaments coming with generous guarantees, if you manage to take one down you will gain access to a special avatar to display whichever Chinese Zodiac tournament you triumphed in!
| Time(UTC) | Tournament Name | Buy-in | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 | Zodiac Tiger | ��200 | ��25k |
| 11:00 | Zodiac Bounty Turbo | ��105 | 12k |
| 11:30 | Zodiac Rabbit Turbo | ��50 | ��8k |
| 12:30 | Zodiac Snake Turbo | ��100 | 10k |
| 15:30 | Zodiac Rooster Turbo | ��100 | 10k |
Irish Open Online Satellites on partypoker
After partypoker announced that they would be running the 2020 Irish Open online, after the live tournament was cancelled, there's never been a better time to try and satellite into one of the oldest poker tournaments in the world.
Satellites start at just �1.10 for the Main Event and �5.50 for the High Roller. Saturday sees both of these take place (at the Quarter Final stage) with the Semi Final stage bumping up to �11 and �55 respectively.
| Time(UTC) | Tournament Name | Buy-in | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | Irish Open Online Main Event Quarter Final | �1.10 | 50 x �1,100 GTD |
| 13:00 | Irish Open Online High Roller Quarter Final | �5.50 | 5 x �5,200 GTD |
| 14:00 | Irish Open Online Main Event Quarter Final | �1.10 | 50 x �1,100 GTD |
| 14:00 | Irish Open Online High Roller Quarter Final | �5.50 | 5 x �5,200 GTD |
| 15:00 | Irish Open Online Main Event Semi Final | �11 | 50 x �1,100 GTD |
| 15:00 | Irish Open Online High Roller Semi Final | �55 | 5 x �5,200 GTD |
| 15:00 | Irish Open Online Main Event Quarter Final | �1.10 | 50 x �1,100 GTD |
| 15:00 | Irish Open Online High Roller Quarter Final | �5.50 | 5 x �5,200 GTD |
| 16:00 | Irish Open Online Main Event Quarter Final | �1.10 | 50 x �1,100 GTD |
| 16:00 | Irish Open Online High Roller Quarter Final | �5.50 | 5 x �5,200 GTD |
PokerStars Saturday Guarantees
As always, PokerStars has an exciting and varied Saturday schedule with buy-ins to suit all bankroll. Try your hand in the generous structure of the Daily Marathon, or go to war in the Saturday Duel which is not only heads-up but Zoom and Progressive Total KO.
And with the Saturday KOs coming at Mini, Micro and normal buy-in levels, there's over $250,000 of guarantees in that event alone!
| Time(UTC) | Tournament Name | Buy-in | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Daily Kickoff | $109 | $25k |
| 12:00 | Mini Daily Kickoff | $11 | 10k |
| 13:30 | Daily Marathon | $55 | $35k |
| 13:30 | Mini Daily Marathon | $5.50 | $30k |
| 15:30 | Saturday Rebuy | $11+R | $40k |
| 15:30 | Mini Saturday Rebuy | $1.10+R | $4k |
| 17:15 | Saturday Duel [Heads-Up, Zoom, Progressive Total KO] | $215 | $20k |
| 17:15 | Mini Saturday Duel [Heads-Up, Zoom, Progressive Total KO] | $22 | $30k |
| 17:15 | MicroSaturday Duel [Heads-Up, Zoom, Progressive Total KO] | $2.20 | $6k |
| 18:00 | Saturday KO | $215 | $150k |
| 18:00 | Mini Saturday KO | $22 | $100k |
| 18:00 | Micro Saturday KO | $2.20 | $18k |
Unibet Poker's Out of this World Saturday Tournament Schedule
The Unibet Poker space theme continues unabated with their Saturday tournaments offering guarantees for modest buy-ins. Try out the �5 MoonWalk which comes with a �1,000 guarantee, or wait until the 7pm Milky Way to try and win some of the �4,000 GTD prize pool.
| Time(UTC) | Tournament Name | Buy-in | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | MoonWalk | �25 | �800 |
| 17:00 | Deep Space | �25 | �2,500 |
| 17:30 | MoonWalk | �5 | �1,000 |
| 19:00 | Milky Way | �50 | �4,000 |
