~Poker
Sports League announces the first-ever Virtual Poker League 2020
~
~The
league to take place from 14 th to 17 th October 2020
In a first-of-its-kind
initiative,
The tournament will take place in three stages: -
Stage One: There will be 5 matches with 6 players each on Oct 14 th and 15 th ,
Stage Two: All 30 players will play a multi-table tournament and play down to
the winner on Oct 16 th , Stage Three: Finale on Oct 17th .
The Virtual Poker League 2020 aims to bring a
change by uniting the finest poker players of the country to play for a cause
and use their skills to go #ALLINFORCHARITY. Elated to make the announcement
Mr. Amit Burman, Promoter - Poker Sports League said, "I am thrilled
to announce VPL on behalf of the entire team of Poker Sports League. Setting a
benchmark in today’s tech-savvy world, VPL is the first-ever poker event
(post-COVID) which replicates the live poker experience. Our entire operations
are conducted in a virtual format through the Virtual Poker League.”
With a prize pool of INR 10 Lakh, the sum will be
distributed in the ratio of 5:3:2 to charities of the winners’ choice. United
Way Chennai,
Promoting a wholesome competition of Poker and
considering the rising interest of women for this game, VPL has made it
mandatory for each team to have at least 1 female member in the tournament.
However, the league will consist of 6 teams with 5 players each. The best showdown
will lead - making the rest of the community fold in the league. Elaborating on
the idea behind this tournament, Mr. Pranav Bagai, CEO and Co – Founder,
Poker Sports League stated, “Poker Events that
normally gain interest and traction are those with high prize pools and
crores at stake. Most people assume that professional poker players, due to the
nature of their profession are inherently greedy and only care about their
personal benefits. But that is untrue and the idea behind VPL is to help
change the negative perception built around poker and poker players and prove
that the Poker community cares.”
In line with the concept of Poker Sports League’s
season 3, the Virtual Porker League will be played online on the company’s
proprietary application – Hashtag Poker and will be streamed online on its
Youtube channel. The same virtual platform will also be used for this year’s
Poker Sports League - Virtual.
13th October 2020