Hollywood Poker rolls out the 2008 Grand Series of Poker
13 November, 2008
The GSOP, as its known for short, is Hollywood Poker’s annual online poker tournament features a $2 million guaranteed prize pool.
The 2008 HollywoodPoker GSOP schedule of events is as follows:
- I: Nov 21 – NL Texas Holdem
- II: Nov 22 – NL Texas Holdem
- III: Nov 23 – NL Holdem Deepstack
- IV: Nov 24 – NL Holdem Shorthanded
- V: Nov 25 – PL Omaha
- VI: Nov 26 – NL Texas Holdem
- VII: Nov 27 – PL Omaha
There are several ways for contenders to win their way into the Grand Slam Finals on December 7:
- daily Hollywood Poker 2008 GSOP satellite tournaments – all NL Texas Holdem tournaments, held from Nov 21 – 29 at 3 pm and 8 pm EST, with buy-ins considerably lower than those for the direct GSOP events
- the Grand Slam Finals leaderboard tournaments - following the above-mentioned events will be 3 Grand Slam leaderboard qualifiers on December 6 where the top 100 players on the Grand Slam leaderboard will vie for 1 Grand Slam Finals seat
- direct Grand Slam Finals qualifiers -regular, Turbo, and Omaha qualifiers with buy-ins ranging from $7 + $1 to $20 + $2
The 2008 GSOP is not to be confused with Hollywood Poker’s ongoing Grand Tournament, a monthly event with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool taking place on the last Friday of every month.