As of Monday, the 16th of April, 2012, Americas Cardroom is running a leaderboard race with a $5k prize pool for Latin Series of Poker satellite tournaments, hence the name: $5k LSOP Race.
The America’s Cardroom $5K LSOP Race runs from April 16th to 29th, in which time players can earn points tracked on a leader board by participating in the LSOP satellite tournament series. On April 30, the leaderboard champion will receive $1k in cash while the remaining 75 top performers on the leaderboard will receive at least a $25 share of the remaining $4k of the prize pool. Second place will receive $500; 3rd receives $350; 4th receives $250; 5th receives $200.
Players can earn a share of 100 leaderboard points every time they play in a LSOP 5 PKG GTD Super: 2 Seats GTD event, running daily from April 16th to 28th, every hour, at 5 past the hour.
Players can earn a share of 250 leaderboard points every time they play in a LSOP 5 PKG GTD Satellite – 1 Seat GTD event, running daily at 8 pm from the 16th to the 28th.
Players can earn a share of 2,000 leaderboard points for playing in the LSOP Lima – Five $3.5K Package GTD event which takes place at 7:30 pm on Sunday, April 29th.
The $5K LSOP Race board will be updated on a daily basis. Prizes will be credited to player accounts w/in 4 days after the $5K LSOP Race promotional period ends.
The $5k Satellite Cup and $10k Sit ‘n’ Go Mania are also still going strong at Americas Cardroom.