The poker site added a last-minute satellite for the major live tournament, giving players one more shot at a prize package that will seat them in the main event of the APT Macau.
The satellite is scheduled for Sunday at 3:45 p.m. ET and is limited to 20 players, so poker fans will need to act fast if they want to get in on the event. Registration opens at 1 p.m. ET, Aug. 17 and is first come, first served.
The event is to be hosted by the Poker Players Alliance and should draw some big names from the poker world, as they ante up to help the growing number of American veterans who've sustained spinal cord injuries while serving in the military.
"The Poker Player Alliance is honored to host this charity poker tournament and looks forward to raising a lot of money for these American heroes," says former Senator Alfonse D'Amato, chairman of the PPA.
"This is a great opportunity...
According to a press release from the poker site, PKR has a lot to celebrate as well after two years in the game of online poker. This past year has seen the poker site rack up quite a few achievements in the industry.
In the last 12 months alone, PKR has seen more than 1.1 million players sign up at the site. That takes its total membership up to almost 2 million.
According to PokerScout.com, this makes PKR the fastest-growing online poker room that doesn't accept U.S....
One of the trends that emerged from the 2008 World Series of Poker when compared to the 2007 WSOP was an increase in the number of entries for non-hold'em events. Entries into hold'em events remained relatively constant in 2008......