Tour de France Makes Way for Tour of Poker

Stamina, endurance, precision, skill... there's more to the Tour de France than cycling. There's poker too!

The Tour de France, already in its 4th stage (153.5 km from Cambrai to Reims), has inspired the people at Betway Poker to launch their own Poker version of the Tour. They call it:

Betway are basing an entire series of poker tournaments around the Tour de France. In fact, this is the biggest selection of online poker tournaments ever with a different tournament on each race day throughout the Tour de France, through the Champs-Élysées on July 25.

The top 5 of any tournament throughout the Tour of Poker get free entry into the next. There they will find Betway have placed a €5 bounty on their heads.

The tournaments are structured so that they correlate with the different stages of the bicycle event, as follows:

During the Tour de France Mountain Stages, tournaments begin at 19:00 CET.

Type - €3 + 30 Deep Stack Tournament

Already in the pot - €50

Blinds - 5 minutes

Starting Chips - 3,000

Rebuys - Unlimited for the first hour

Add ons - 1 after the first hour

On Flat Stages, poker tournaments commence at 19:00 CET as well, and:

Type - €3 + 30 Turbo Tournament

Already in the pot - €50

Blinds - 3 minutes

Starting Chips - 1,500

Rebuys - Unlimited for the first hour

Add ons - 1 after the first hour

Time Trials present different rules:

The first player to win a total of €300 on any tournament in the poker room's lobby, using a buy in of €20 at the most, wins €100.

Rest Days are rewarding in a different way:

Betway rewards any reload bonus up to €750 by 100%.

Placing at high positions rewards players with points - 25 points for the 1st place, 18 for 2nd, down to 10 points for 5th place - points that will win you an iPad, 4 Entries in to a €100K guaranteed tournament or a trophy.

There are more - many more prizes so flex your (poker) muscles and get to the tables!