888Poker launch an Olympic themed micro-series: The Summer ChampionChips Series. 888Poker Ambassador Dominik Nitsche heads a trio of top stars appearing on the final tables of the 888Poker Sunday majors.

888Poker is the second online poker room to launch an Olympic-style tournament series after Unibet announced their Road to Rio Challenge at the back end of last week.

The 888Poker Summer ChampionChips Series begins on Sun 14 Aug and ends the same time as the Rio Olympics on Sun 21 Aug. 888Poker has stumped up $150,000 in guarantees spread over 18 events each containing an Olympic theme.

The series has been designed to appeal to recreational players. The large percentage of the buy-ins are $1, $5 and $12. There is a $55 buy-in Weightlifting High Roller Tuesday, 16 Aug with a $30,000 Guarantee and a $30 buy-in Marathon Main Event on Sunday, 21 Aug carrying a $50,000 Guarantee.