Players Only Poker has an innovative Gold Rush program which rewards people for playing at their site. This exclusive program rewards registered poker players with points each time they play in real money tournaments. These points are then replaced by a Gold Chip. Players need to accumulate a predetermined number of points in order to earn a Gold Chip.
Gold Chips are really useful inside the Players Only Poker website, as these shiny chips can be redeemed for cash prizes, consumer durables, buy-ins for exclusive poker tournaments and various poker swag.
Players Only has a Player Rewards store where players can shop for their favorite poker merchandise and pay for things using Gold Chips. The prizes on offer at this store include Super Bowl tickets, television sets, iPods and books on poker. Gold Chips can also guarantee one’s entry into the special Gold Rush Tournaments which are constantly being run.
The Gold Rush tournaments give out attractive prizes for winners, and these include buy-ins for the upcoming Aussie Millions Championship, a seat in a $250,000 live poker tournament, and cash prizes. Each Gold Rush Tournament has a different prize and players will need to check the tournament lobby at the website to see what prize is being given away before deciding on whether to use their Gold Chips.
Players Only Poker also has a number of satellite tournaments where the only currency accepted for buy-ins are Gold Chips. The prize pools are massive for these games, often ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 for the Sunday event.
* If you didn’t know, Players Only Poker offers all new players a huge bonus of 100% up to $1000. Not only that, but the clearing requirements for the bonus are possibly the easiest in the industry. They have a 44% return on tournament fees, which is higher than any other rooms I’m aware of. Even Full Tilt, who most people think has the best tournament return has a lower return than Players Only…and their bonus is $400 less. For more information, check out our Player Only Poker Bonus page where you can get all the details about the bonus, clearing requirements, and time restrictions.