Online Casino Tournaments

April 29th, 2009 by admin

The old saying goes April showers bring May flowers. Since Golden Casino features April Showers this month it stands to reason that next Month the online casino will feature May Flowers. May has long been called the Merry Month. Maypoles are decorated with flowers and there is much dancing and celebration. In Japan May is when the last of the Cherry Blossoms bloom. Golden Casino has chosen to go the Japanese way and May Flowers will feature the popular Vegas Technology online slot Cherry Blossoms.

May Flowers is a freeroll online slot tournament. It offers a guaranteed prize pool of $150,000. Hence players can hope to grab a share of this massive prize pool without staking any amount. The winner of May Flowers will receive $65,000, which is the lion’s share of the prize pool. The second prize is $19,500 and the third prize is $11,750. If players fail to make it to the top three there is nothing to fret about. The next 497 players on the leader board will share the balance of the prize pool. Though entry is free players can rebuy for $20 as many times as they want.

The online tournament will start on the 5th of May. But the registration has already opened and players are lining up. It has been reported that 20,000 players have already registered for May Flowers and April still has few days to go. The online slot tournament will run till the 19th of May. All the online casinos of the Golden Casino group will be offering this freeroll slots tournament. Apart from Golden Casino these include Online Vegas Casino and Go Casino.

Cherry Blossoms is a 5 reels 25 paylines video slot. The reels are set amidst the bright pink blooms of the cherry blossom. The symbols on the reels are typical Japanese icons. They include the Cherry Blossom, the Geisha, the Fan, the Hand Bell and the Japanese Lantern. The Geisha is the wild symbol. It also doubles payouts when it makes a winning combination. When it does so, the Geisha nods her head and is showered in cherry blossoms. The scatter symbol is the Cherry Blossom. When 3 or more of these symbols appear anywhere on the reels the Free Spin Bonus Feature gets triggered. The number of free spins depends on the number of Cherry Blossom symbols. 3 Cherry Blossom symbols yield 15 free spins, 4 symbols yield 20 free spins and 5 symbols yield 25 free spins. This online slot game was released in October 2008 by Vegas Technology and there has scarcely been a month since then when the Golden Casino group has not featured this slot in their promotions.

April 19th, 2009 by admin

The Elite Challenge tournaments are popular online tournaments open to members of the Euro Partners casinos. These online casinos include Casino Tropez and Casino Del Rio among others. There is plenty of action left in April for members of these casinos to have a good time and win prizes. There is an online tournament for new members as well.

On the 20th and the 21st of April the Live Games Tournament is being played at all the participating online casinos. The eligibility criterion is wagering a minimum of 20,000 comp points. The winners will share a prize pool of $2,000. On the 21st of April, Casino Tropez is hosting the Blackjack tournament. Players can wager on any of the online blackjack games offered by Casino Tropez. The top 20 wagerers will share a pool prize of $1,000, with each player getting $50. Europa Casino is hosting the Slots tournament on the 22nd of April. Players can play any of the slot games at Europa Casino and they will automatically be entered in the tournament. Like all the group online casinos, Europa Casino is powered by Playtech and features the evergreen slots like Beach Life and Gold Rally. Each of the top 20 wagerers will win $50. New members at Cameo Casino are in for a bonanza during the weekend of the 23rd to the 26th April. Those who join the casino and make their first deposit during that period will be eligible to participate. The more the players wager, the greater are their chances of winning. The best five players will win $500 each. In celebration of the UEFA Cup, two of the popular Euro Partners online casinos, Europa Casino and Titan Casino, are holding the Champions League 2009 tournament from the 26th to the 29th of April. Players nominate their favorite teams. And if that team wins then the two online casinos will double the amounts won by the players.

The Elite Challenge tournaments are special online tournaments. They are the first and the only online casino tournaments with “real time” updates. Players can check their standings throughout the events and decide whether they need to be more aggressive or conservative. They can adjust their wagering according to the need of the situation. No wonder the tag line of the Elite Challenge is “feel the rush”. To participate in the Elite Challenge players must have a Real Money account in one of the participating casinos. The complete list of the casinos is as follows Casino Tropez, Vegas Red Casino, Casino Europa, Casino Del Rio, Craps.com Online Casino, Casino Bellini, Cameo Casino and Titan Casino.

April 9th, 2009 by admin

Normally all casinos offer tournaments based on slot games. Those that offer tournaments based on other games do so in addition to the slots tournaments. In April VIP Casino is offering tournaments in poker games instead of the usual slots tournaments.

There are two tournaments on offer. The first is the Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker Tournament and the second is the Bonus Video Poker Tournament. Both tournaments run concurrently from the 1st of April to the 31st of April and have an entry fee of $10. Each tournament carries a prize pool of $1,000, which will be distributed as follows. The winner will get $500, the runner up will get $250 and those in the 3rd to 7th places will get $50 each. The tournaments can be entered through the “Tournaments” menu, which can be accessed from the “Games” menu. On signing up for the tournament the entry fee of $10 is directly deducted from the players’ accounts.

The procedure of play for both tournaments is the same. Each player will start with $1,000 worth of tournament chips. These are meant for tournament play only and cannot be cashed. The player is given 30 minutes in which to maximize his chip balance. One advantage that tournaments at VIP Casino offer is that players are not constrained to play their 30 minutes at a stretch. Players can withdraw at any time and complete the tournament by logging in later. If players feel that they have won enough they can terminate the tournament at any time they want. In order to ascertain if the chip balance is sufficient, the player can access his ranking by following the given instructions. One very important rule is that a player can participate in each tournament only once. Hence players should choose their time well. The winners will receive their prizes on the 1st of May.

The Bonus Video Poker Tournament will be played on the Bonus Video Poker Games on offer at VIP Casino. The Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker Tournament will be played on Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker. This is a casino poker game that is not very common in online casinos. It follows the general procedure of the Texas Hold’em games played in poker rooms but the players do not play against each other. Each player plays individually against the casino. The highlight of this game is a separate bonus bet that pays at 1,000 to 1 if both the dealer’s hand and the player’s hand hold a pair of Aces.

April 8th, 2009 by admin

The English Harbour group is one of the oldest online casino groups. The English Harbour online casino is the leading brand of this group. Every month a new set of tournaments is offered at English Harbour to be played on some of the best Vegas Technology casino games. The schedule for April is out and it offers very interesting fare.

The pick of the tournaments is the April Monthly Tournament, known as Buried Treasure. This will run throughout the month from the 1st of April to the 1st of May. The winners will share a guaranteed pool prize of $100,000, the biggest prize on offer in April. There is an entry fee of $10. This tournament will be played on the online slot game X Marks the Spot. Based on a pirate theme this slot features symbols like the sexy woman pirate, the hooked hand, chest of liquor, treasure chest of gold, pirate ship, cannon and map. The bonus game on the second screen is a treasure hunt with the players having to decide under which X to search for the buried treasure.

There are five weekly tournaments aptly called The Slot-tery. The first of these has already begun and will be getting over on the 7th of April. The game is Northern Lights. The other tournaments will begin on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th and will run for seven days each. The games for the tournaments are Fat Cat, Cleopatra’s Pyramid, Wheel of Chance and Lucky Lady. All these tournaments will have a pot prize pool and an entry fee of $3. Then there are the Play For The Pot daily slots tournaments. A different slot game will be nominated for each tournament. The entry is $2. There will also be a freeroll slot tournament played everyday for casino credits.

English Harbour also offers online tournaments in blackjack and video poker. The Weekend Blackjack tournament runs from Friday to Sunday, has an entry fee of $10 and offers a guaranteed prize pool of $5,000. There are daily black jack tournaments scheduled from Mondays to Thursdays for which the entry fee is $5 and the prize pool will depend on the pot. All blackjack tournaments will be played on U.S. Blackjack. Likewise the Weekend Video Poker tournament runs from Friday to Sunday. The game is Deuces Wild, the entry fee is $10 and there is a guaranteed prize pool of $3,000. The daily tournaments held between Mondays and Thursdays will be played on a different video poker game each day. The entry fee will be $2 and there will be a pot prize pool.

April 2nd, 2009 by admin

InterCasino is one of the first online casinos to announce promotions and tournaments for the new month. For April, InterCasino has three topical tournaments on offer.

The season begins with April Fools Tournament that will run from the 1st to the 10th of April. This is to celebrate All Fools Day, which is on the 1st of April. The April Fools Tournament is a blackjack tournament, where InterCasino has turned the prize pool of $500 on its head. The first prize is $100, the second prize is $150 and the third prize is $250. And this is no April Fools prank. Players are advised to keep a strict watch on the leader board and try and stop at the third place. The game on which the tournament will be played is Multi Player Blackjack. The starting stack is $500 and the time allowed is 30 minutes. The entry fee is only $10.

The next tournament celebrates Easter, which falls on the 12th of April. This tournament is the “eggscellent” Easter Special Tournament and will run from the 11th to the 22nd of April. This is a slots tournament based on the special guest slot for the month, Lucky Rabbit. The prize pool is $500 but it will be shared by the top eight players. The winner will get $250 and the runner up will get $100. Players in the 3rd to the 8th places will win $25 each. The players will start with a tournament chip stack of $500 and will get to play Lucky Rabbit slots for 30 minutes. The entry fee is $10, which will be deducted automatically from the player’s account while registering.

The final tournament for April is the St. George’s Day English Pub Tournament, which will run from the 23rd to the 30th of April. St. George’s Day falls on the 23rd of April, the traditionally accepted date of the saint’s passing away in 303 AD. St. George is the patron saint of England and the English also celebrate St. George’s Day as the National Day and therefore this day is meant to enjoy all things typically English, including the pubs. At InterCasino the St. George’s Tournament is being played on the Hulk Fruit Machine, which is a 3 reel slot but does not have the “fruit” symbols. Instead it features characters from the Incredible Hulk. The slot game has some interesting options that can enhance payouts like the Radioactive Cash Ladder, Hi/Lo Gamble Game and the Hold and Nudge feature. The prize pool distribution and other parameters are identical to the Easter Special Tournament.

April 1st, 2009 by admin

There is a special tournament at Golden Casino to kick start April. It is the April Fools $5,000 Bonus Freeroll. It begins on the 1st of April and continues till the 3rd of April. The slot game is Funky Chicken. The prize pool consists of 5,000 bonus points. Likewise a special event will be held at the month end. It is the End of April $10,000 Guaranteed. The buy-in is $9.99 and the game is Cherry Blossoms.

Every weekend between Friday and Tuesday Golden Casino will host the Guaranteed Weekend Tournaments. The event beginning on the 3rd of April will be played on Money Shot, will have a buy-in of $14.44 and a prize pool of $40,000. The remaining three events will have a buy-in of $20.00 and a prize pool of $30,000. They will be played on the online slots The Last King of Egypt, Magic Monkey and Northern Lights.

Those players who need lower buy-ins can play the Frugal Fridays. These events have a buy-in of $1.49 and a prize pool of $1,000. The tournaments will be held on the 10th, 17th and 24th of April. And then there are a host of freerolls in which players do not have to pay any entry fee. One set of tournaments known as $2,500 Bonus Buck Freeroll Bonanza runs from Fridays to Mondays. Another set known as the Daily Noon Freerolls is held every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for a prize pool of $100 bonus credits. A third set consists of two day tournaments starting on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Each tournament has a guaranteed prize pool of $250.

The real action at Golden Casino is in the Showdown Battle. There will be three separate tournaments held on the 10th, 17th and 24th of April. Each tournament has a guaranteed prize pool of $1,500. What makes the tournaments attractive is that the winner takes away the entire pool. Entry to these tournaments is through feeder tournaments. There are three feeder tournaments for each Showdown Battle and the top three in each feeder tournament go to the final. This ensures that only nine players vie for the $1,500 prize. The feeder tournaments have a buy-in of $5 and also their own prize pool of $2,000.

Those players who do not fancy online slot tournaments can check out the Video Poker Pot Percentage Tournaments. There are four tournaments every week commencing on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The buy-in is $2.99 and the top five players share the pot.

Golden Casino is powered by software from Vegas Technology and licensed by the Curacao Internet Gaming Association. The same tournaments are on offer at the other online casinos of the Golden Casino Group like Golden Casino, Online Vegas Casino and Go Casino.