The following article was from AM Costa Rica. I can find only a handful of other references on the Internet, they all read about the same as below, as if quoting from a press release.
Anyone heard of this? Anyone know about the qualifying tournaments this month?
The Holiday Inn Aurola website has no reference of the event.
Adam
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[size=+3]Big poker tourney[/size]
[size=+3]has $500,000 purse[/size]
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff</CENTER>
The Hotel Aurola will host the Poker Tournament International Costa Rica Classic starting December 1. The classic is a Texas Hold’em tournament that has a $500,000 purse.
Prices for a tournament package start at $2,599, which includes airfare, Texas Hold’em buy-in, refreshments and accommodations at the Hotel Aurola. The $500,000 purse also includes seats at upcoming poker events.
Satellite tournaments are being held this month at Hotel Aurola. Winners of these events will receive seats at the classic. Schedules and buy-ins for the daily tournaments will vary. Tournaments like the classic drew small crowds only a few years ago. The recent booms in online and televised poker, however, have turned tournaments like the classic into large, multinational affairs.
