MUMBAI: Online poker platform 9stacks is set to host the ‘Heads Up – Poker Championship’ from Tuesday.
The Heads Up Championship is designed in the No-Limit Hold’em format. Starting with a buy-in of Rs 5,500 and no second chances, players are expected to knock out their opponent in every level and keep climbing the ladder to victory.
Beginning with 64 players, the game advances by reducing the number of players by half. At the end, the last two players have to compete against each other for the final Trophy, cash prize and the title. The top four players get rewarded.
The winner who will bag the title of Heads Up – Poker Championship of India, will take home Rs 200,000 prize money along with the winner’s trophy.
Sudhir Kamath, 9stacks co-founder, says: “At 9stacks, we believe in constantly looking for new and exciting avenues to promote poker. One extremely competitive format of poker is HEADS UP format where only two players at a time go head to head against each other – almost like a boxing match! For the first time, we’ve been able to conceptualize a tournament in this format which will identify ONE winner out of a select field of 64 players – someone truly deserving to be called a CHAMPION. Looking forward to some intense matches!”
