How To Qualify
Qualify for the Million Pound Challenge exclusively on Full Tilt Poker from July 7th, 2008 through September 5th, 2008. There are two ways to qualify:
Earn tickets to daily Freeroll Qualifiers at 16:20 ET (21:20 GMT) starting on Saturday, July 12th. There will also be additional Freeroll Qualifiers every Monday, Saturday and Sunday at 14:20 ET (19:20 GMT). You can earn Freeroll Qualifier tickets two ways:
Make a first-time deposit on Full Tilt Poker between July 7th and September 5th. You will earn one Freeroll Qualifier ticket by making a first-time deposit.
If you’ve already made a deposit on Full Tilt Poker, you can still earn tickets by accumulating a set number of Full Tilt Points in a week.
| Full Tilt Points | Tickets | |
|---|---|---|
| 100 points per week | 1 ticket | |
| 500 points per week | 2 tickets | |
| 1.500 points per week | 3 tickets | |
| 3.000 points per week | 4 tickets | |
To register for one of the daily Million Pound Challenge Freeroll Qualifiers:
- 1. If you have not done so already, download Full Tilt Poker and install it on your computer.
2. Create an account.
3. Click the “Tournaments” tab in the game lobby and look for green color-coded Freerolls labelled Million Pound Challenge.
4. Click the “Register Here” link in the tournament lobby. This will lead you to a web page where you can register for upcoming Freeroll Qualifiers.
Keep track of how many tickets you’ve earned by visiting the Million Pound Challenge My Promotions page. To get to this page, simply go to the Cashier in the game lobby, open the My Promotions page and select the Million Pound Challenge link.
To register for one of the daily Million Pound Challenge Freeroll Qualifiers, find the tournament under the tournament tab in the game lobby and click the “Register Here” link. This will lead you to a web page that will confirm you have been registered for the Freeroll Qualifier.
This promotion is available only to residents of the UK and Ireland. Please see our rules for more details on the event.
Tournament Prizes
There will be a total of 80 online winners sent to London for the Million Pound Challenge on September 15th and 16th. All online winners will be given £500 as travelling/spending money.
On September 15th, the 80 online qualifiers will play a No-Limit Hold ‘em freeze out tournament down to the final six players. Play will resume on September 16th, as the final six players battle down to a winner. All six final players will earn prize money for their play:
| Position | Prize Money | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Place | Chance at £1 Million | |
| 2nd Place | £5.000 | |
| 3rd Place | £4.000 | |
| 4th Place | £3.000 | |
| 5th Place | £2.000 | |
| 6th Place | £1.000 | |
The winner of the final table will get to face Team Full Tilt’s Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and Roland De Wolfe heads up for the chance to take home one million pounds. Beat one pro and walk away with £100K. Beat two pros and walk away with £200K. Beat all three members of Team Full Tilt heads up and walk away one million pounds richer! If the final table winner does not defeat any pros, they will still go home with £50K for their effort.