The time is almost here.
Sunday at noon, the insideSTL.com Poker Tournament will begin at Harrah's.
It's a $130 buy-in, and should you choose to do so, you can play in all five of our tournaments, and in doing so, you'll automatically qualify for our Championship 
Tournament on January 17th. And, all of the players making the final table of the Championship Tournament on January 17th receive big time cash prizes and buy-ins to the upcoming World Series of Poker Circuit Event here in St. Louis at Harrah's in April. For example, first prize is a package that pays out more than $3,000 in cash and also the $5,150 buy-in to the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah's.
Here's a look at all the Championship Tournament prizes, assuming we have a full field for our preliminary events:
1st Place: 2010 Harrah’s St. Louis circuit main event seat ($5,150) + $3,035
2nd Place: 2010 Harrah’s St. Louis circuit main event seat ($5,150) + $1,842
3rd Place: 2010 Harrah’s St. Louis circuit event $1,580 event seat + $1,300
4th Place: 2010 Harrah’s St. Louis circuit event $1,080 event seat + $1,084
5th Place: 2010 Harrah’s St. Louis circuit event $1,080 event seat + $867
6th 2010 Harrah’s St. Louis circuit event $550 event seat + $758
7th 2010 Harrah’s St. Louis circuit event $550 event seat + $650
8th 2010 Harrah’s St. Louis circuit event $340 event seat + $542
9th 2010 Harrah’s St. Louis circuit event $340 event seat + $433
10th 2010 Harrah’s St. Louis circuit event $340 event seat + $352
Here's the deal when it comes to getting to play in the Championship Tournament: you either need to finish in the top 3 of one of our five preliminary events, or all you need to do is show up and play in all five of our preliminary events on the following dates:
- October 18th
- November 8th
- December 6th
- December 20th
- January 10th
We have room for 100 players this Sunday. And, as of right now, we have 82 players registered. You don't have to play in every preliminary event, so if you just want to play this Sunday, that's completely cool.
It's 
up to you.
But, for those who were at our packed tournament in June, you know this is a quality tournament with a good chip stack to blind ratio and blind levels.
It's a poker tournament...not a shovefest.
It all gets underway at noon this Sunday at Harrah's.
Not many spots remain. Spread the word. Tell friends. Tell family. Tell co-workers. Tell poker league buddies. Let's fill the field.
If you or someone you know wants to register for the insideSTL.com Poker Tournament, email me at tmckernan@insidestl.com.