Compete With the Biggest Names in Streaming for an EPT Barcelona Seat in MuchBetter Summer Series
An article by Paul Gent.
Payments company MuchBetter announced its sponsorship of the first social online poker tournament of its kind. The tournament lets fans play against top poker pros for a chance to win a coveted seat at August's 2019 European Poker Tour in Barcelona, as well as the new tournament series Lex Live 2 in London.
Using PokerStars' Home Game platform, some of the biggest streamers in online poker, including Lex Veldhuis, have created their own private poker clubs, allowing them to compete directly with their community members across four game weeks this summer.
Poker Clubs
The Poker Clubs competing for the grand final are:
| Team Name | Team Captain | Deposit Code |
|---|---|---|
| Beaker Army | Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis | mblex |
| Team OP | Eva "EVAisOP" Reberc | mbop |
| Spraggy's Un-named Team | Ben "Spraggy" Spragg | mbspraggy |
| The Shabanimals | Arlie Shaban | mbarlie |
| ATB Rovers | Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand | mbfintan |
| Grnd empire | Felix "xflixx" Schneiders | mbgrnd |
Rosenthal: "At MuchBetter, we're committed to being part of the poker community in all its forms and enabling players to play the game however they like."
Games will be played across four game weeks in July and August in club mini-leagues to decide the 600 Grand Final participants. Those 600 are made up of 100 from each club with the top 25 from each f the four game weeks progressing.
The Top 3 of each game week will also win Grand Final bonus chips. There are also unique community prizes for busting the team captains in the respective mini-league. The winner of the grand final will win a full EPT Main Event package (covering the €5,000 entry, accommodation, plus expenses.) The runner-up, 3rd, and -4th place finishers will also win EPT Barcelona Main Event seats (with expenses) while 5th, 6th, and the 7th place finisher will win a place at Lex Live 2.
To sign up to a team, players simply need to download the MuchBetter app and deposit $10 onto PokerStars using their chosen club captain's unique deposit code (see above.) More details can be found here, the full T&Cs can be found here.
"At its heart, poker is all about community," said MuchBetter co-founder and CEO Israel Rosenthal. "Poker sites have grown this community to such a degree that players can sit across the table with anyone anywhere on the planet, but we believe that the future of poker also involves going back to its home game roots through community tournaments like this. At MuchBetter, we're committed to being part of the poker community in all its forms and enabling players to play the game however they like. We know that every poker fan wants a seat at EPT Barcelona, and this tournament is a golden opportunity to secure a place"
Veldhuis: "I'm sure my followers will love the idea of beating me in a private game, but don't expect me to go easy on them."
"Like the other club captains, I know I go into this tournament with a target on my back," said Lex Veldhuis. "I'm sure my followers will love the idea of beating me in a private game, but don't expect me to go easy on them. I want to win this tournament as much as anyone, and make sure I come out on top against the other streamers. More than anything though, it's good to be taking part in something new. I started doing the Lex Live events because I know fans want to feel part of the poker community, and this tournament is the same. It's poker stripped back to basics, replicating the kind of private home game that got me into poker in the first place."
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