Major poker operators World Poker Tour (WPT) and 888Poker announced Monday that they are to team up in order to offer international online satellite competitions that offer players opportunities to win seats in WPT Deep Stacks tourneys across the planet.
888Poker spokesmen said that the partnership is an element in a strategy to make poker more accessible to all players. The company will be offering online satellites for a wide range of buy-ins that will suit most wallets, starting with opportunities to win places in the Euro 1,500 buy-in WPT Deep Stacks Berlin, where a guaranteed prize pool of Euro 500,000 has been set.
Making its satellites more attractive, 888Poker is also offering sign-up incentives to bring in new players.