888Poker has inked a couple of deals in the past few days including sponsorship of the King’s Casino Deutsche Poker Tour and German Championships of Poker events, and with the Swedish Poker Federation to help with the online Swedish Poker Championships.
888Poker announced two tasty deals this week. The first is a partnership with King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. 888Poker will sponsor the Deutsche Poker Tour (DPT) and German Championships of Poker (GCOP), both held at the busy card room.
Eight GCOP and DPT events will take place at the King’s Casino in 2016. The DPT is a €159 buy-in with a €100,000 guarantee, and the GSOP is a €888 buy-in with a €200,000 guarantee. 888Poker have started running satellites for as low as one cent. Packages include buy-in and accommodation for the duration of the event. In addition to the backing of these developments, 888Poker will also host a series of 888Live Local events at the King’s Casino this year.
It’s the latest in a long series of alliances between online poker rooms and their brick and mortar counterparts. 888Poker recently announced plans to rebrand the Aspers Poker Room in their livery and host some 888Live Local events in the Stratford card room. Partypoker have a presence in Dusk till Dawn (DTD), and PokerStars have some them in strategic locations all over the world.