Poker Tour International (PTI), has announced the first quarter Texas
Hold'em Poker tournaments for 2005.
Dates are as follows: February 7-13, 2005 at the Isle of Capri Casino,
Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas; March 12-16, 2005 at Circa's Hispanola
Resort and Casino, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and April 13-18,
2005 aboard the Norwegian Cruise ship Caribbean Spirit.
Rates for the trips, including buy-ins, travel, and accommodations,
run around $2,999 and re-buys are available at $500.
Potential winnings include $250,000-$500,000 (depending on the number
of participants), seats to other PTI tournaments, and seats to the
Semi Annual Multi Million Dollar Classic Finals.
This year's PTI production team includes pro players Lee Watkinson,
who has won $1,453,573 from final tables this year alone and is rated
#1 in the World by Bluff Magazine; Ted Lawson, winner of this year's
Las Vegas Omaha World Poker Series; "Unabomber" Phil Laak,
winner of the WPT Invitation 2004; Humberto Brenes, known as "godfather
of Costa Rican Players"; regular at final tables Steve Kates,
partner of Royal Oasis Casino; and Tournament Organizer Burt Kravette.
Together, the PTI team has set plans in motion a series of multimedia
poker events in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America
sponsored in part by PartyPoker.com.
"PTI is a mid-range tournament series specifically designed
for the guy next door to win big next to pro players,"
says Kates. Satellite tournaments for winners to win all expense paid
trips will be held on PartyPoker.com.