Sep 05, 2012
Party Poker Rakeback and Autumn Million
By RTR Dennis
With fall slowly approaching, Party Poker have announced their Autumn Million tournament. Like the name suggests, this tourney guarantees $1 million, and it will happen on November 4th, 2012. Those who want to enter the Autumn Million directly can pay the $600 + $40 buy-in. Or they can play in a variety of satellites and qualifiers that run from now until November 4th. Keep in mind that there are several different routes available too:
Route 1
$2 Autumn Million Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy and $8 Autumn Million Sub
Qualifier Speed – Winners move on to Autumn Million Qualifier.
$64 + $6 Daily Autumn Million Qualifier – 1 in 10 players win an Autumn Million seat.
Route 2
$1 Daily Autumn Million Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy – Winners move on to Autumn Million Rebuy Qualifier.
$25 + $2 Daily Autumn Million Rebuy Qualifier – One player wins an Autumn Million ticket for every $640 in the prize pool.
Route 3
$6 Daily Autumn Million MEGA Friday Sub Qualifier Speed and $2 Daily Autumn Million MEGA Friday Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy – Winners advance to Autumn Million MEGA Friday Satellite.
$50 + $5 Autumn Million MEGA Friday Satellite – Runs every Friday at 17:00 ET, 10 seats guaranteed for the Autumn Million.
Route 4
$47 Daily Autumn Million Sub Qualifier Extra Speed – One player moves on to Autumn Million Qualifier Extra for every $172 in the prize pool.
$160 + $12 Daily Autumn Million Qualifier Extra – 1 in 4 players will win an Autumn Million ticket, 2 seats guaranteed.
Route 5
Daily Country Specific Freerolls – Top 10 finishers in each country specific freeroll earn an Autumn Million Special ticket.
Daily Player Points Qualifiers – Costs 10 or 25 Party Points, qualifiers move on to Autumn Million Special
Autumn Million Special – Runs every Friday at 15:30 ET, five seats are guaranteed for the Autumn Million Player qualifier, subject to qualifications.
Autumn Million Blind Structure
The Autumn Million will feature a championship blind structure and each player starts with 20,000 chips. Blinds begin at 25/50 and they’ll increase every 20 minutes. Taking this into account, players should have plenty of time to wait for good hands while trying to play towards a piece of the massive $1 million prize pool.