December 14 2011, Josh Bell

This is your last chance to pick up a share of free cash in the $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League!

This week marks the last event for players to participate in for the $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League.

If you would like to make your way up the leaderboard and secure a spot in the PokerStars League Final, make sure to take to the felt in the last league event and don’t forget to use your wild card.

Weekly $10,000 PokerNews League Tournaments

With just one event left, ”AJEI” sits atop the leaderboard with 90 points after another remarkable finish in last week’s league event.

In Weeks 7 and 8 of the league, “AJEI” took down consecutive victories to skyrocket up the leaderboard, and another big finish saw “AJEI” finish in third place last week to secure 17 points.

$10,000 PokerNews League Leaderboard

As you can see above, it only takes 34 points to finish in the top 10 and this can easily be achieved if new players finish in first or second place in the last event and make sure they use their wild cards to receive double league points.

To choose a wild-card event players need to announce it before the start of the chosen event in the dedicated forum thread.

Remember, players only need to finish in the top 27 to secure a spot in the League Final and currently the player in 27th place, “lariam,” has 21 points. This will be easy to catch if you put in a big finish in the final league event, so make sure you don’t miss out.

League Point Payout Structure

Players receive one additional point, just for participating.

Follow the leaderboard standings!

The League Final will award the top 18 finishers with a share of the huge $10,000 league prize pool and below is a breakdown of how the winners will be awarded their prizes.

$10,000 League Final Payout Structures

The $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League is open to players from all regions, and all that player need to participate is a password which will be released on PokerNews 48 hours before each event.

In addition to the $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League, seven region-specific leagues will also award huge cash to players. The leagues are locked to players with accounts from the given region and players will need a password, which will be released on the corresponding website.

Players from these region-specific leagues also have the ability to take part in $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League and the Australasian League, which is also open to all players.

Iberian League: The league features a $4,000 prize pool and is locked to players with accounts based in Portugal and Spain.

Western European League: The league features a $9,000 prize pool and is locked to players with accounts based in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Liechtenstein, Austria and the Netherlands.

Central European League: The league features a $9,000 prize pool and is locked to players with accounts based in Solvenia, Balkans, Czech Republic and Hungary.

Eastern European League: The league features a $9,000 prize pool and is locked to players with accounts based in Romania, Bulgaria, the Russian Federation, Poland and Ukraine.

Nordic League: The league features a $4,000 prize pool and is locked to players with accounts based in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Baltic League: The league features a $9,000 prize pool and is locked to players based in Estonia, Israel, Turkey, Lithuania and Latvia.

Australasian League: The league features a $5,000 prize pool and is targeted at players with accounts based in Japan, Korea, China, India and Australia. (This league is also open to everyone.)

If you would like to start playing the league but don’t have an account, sign up to PokerStars through PokerNews using the marketing code “POKERNEWS.COM” and the bonus code “STARS600″, and you can receive to a huge 100% up to $600 first-deposit bonus

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November 18 2011, Josh Bell

The excitement in the $15,000 Carbon Poker League is starting to heat up, so make sure you download Carbon Poker and don’t miss out on another moment of the action!

The Carbon League is still anyone’s game since the top of the leaderboard remains unchanged. A few players have managed to gain valuable points to begin making their way up the ladder.

The winner of last week’s weekly $5.00+$1.00 ($100 added) Friday was ”dreaminder,” who won all the cash and 30 Carbon League Points. The win put ”dreaminder” on a total of 40 points, putting him just outside of the top 10.

”Pbokss,” “Rogerdelpk,” and ”basker2b3” also had impressive finishes in the event and each of those players solidified their places on the leaderboard.

“XxMTVxx” continues to sit atop the leaderboard after managing to win huge league points in the first of three VIP freerolls which took place during the league.

$15,000 Carbon Poker League Leaderboard

”XxMTVxx” may have a lot of league points, but he won’t be hard to catch if players start taking part in each of the weekly league events. The weekly $3.00+$0.50 ($50 added) Tuesday event awards points as seen below, while the Friday event awards double points!

League Point Payout Structure

If you would like to make sure you have the best chance at making it to the top of the leaderboard, be sure to take part in one of the two remaining VIP freerolls.

The next VIP freeroll is set for Thursday, Dec. 1 and along with the free $1,000 added prize pool, it will also award a massive 120 Carbon league points to the eventual winner!

See below for a breakdown of the league points which will be paid in the VIP freerolls and see just how easy it is to make your way up the leaderboard.

With two weekly league events and still two VIP freerolls remaining, there are no excuses for players not to start taking part in the $15,000 Carbon League.

If you start playing now it will be extremely easy to finish in the top 30 players who will qualify to take part in the Big Final on Jan. 8 at 1800 GMT (1100 PDT).

The Big Final is what all the players are aiming to qualify for and you can see why, because thousands of dollars are awarded to the top 15 finishers in that event.

Big Final Payout Structure

Remember that the $15,000 Carbon Poker League is exclusive to PokerNews players, so if you don’t already have account through one of our links, make sure sign up to Carbon Poker through PokerNews. Also don’t forget our huge 150% up to $750 first deposit bonus!

For more information about the league visit the $15,000 Carbon Poker League page and prepare to start accumulating league points.

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