Full Tilt Poker is holding around-the-clock freeroll Sit and Go tournaments now as qualifiers into their NBC T.V. show, “Face the Ace”.
Face the Ace is a heads-up live poker tournament broadcast on NBC and hosted by Steve Schirripa of the (now-ended) HBO hit series The Sopranos and co-hosted by former “Deal or No Deal” case model Megan Abrigo.
Full Tilt Poker and NBC’s Face the Ace debuted on August 1 with the following schedule:
- August 1 at 9 pm ET
- August 8 at 9 pm ET
- September 12 at 2 pm ET
- October 31 at 3:30 pm ET
- November 14 at 3 pm ET
- December 12 at 3 pm ET
- January 2, 2010 at 2:30 pm ET
The format of Face the Ace is simple – beat 3 different Full Tilt Poker Red Pros in heads-up competition and win $1 million. Celebrity poker professionals on Team FulllTilt include Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Allen Cunningham, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, Patrik Antonius, and 2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table contestant Phil Ivey.
The ongoing FullTilt Face the Ace qualifiers are for entry into a Final Qualifier – the winners, and a guest, from which will be flown to Las Vegas to audition for the show. The prize package includes $500 spending money and luxury accommodations at the 5-star Golden Nugget.
Eager players can skip the initial rounds of competition by buying into one of the two Round 2 qualifiers (September 20 and 27 at 9:15 pm ET) for 100 Full Tilt Points (FTPs) or buying into the Final Qualifier for 2,500 FTPs (November 9 at 9:15 pm ET).
