Absolute Poker's Win Your Tuition poker event is back

 

Here's one more great example of how online poker rooms are appealing to the college aged demographic. If you love online poker and you go to college, this will appeal to you. Students interested in winning tuition money for their spring 2006 have until the end of the day October 6, 2005 to enter the Absolute Poker free Win Your Tuition Texas Hold'em tournament that will take place October 15.

To compete in this online poker event, you only need proof of enrollment for the spring 2006 semester, be in good standing with their school, and have access to a computer.

As part of the countdown leading up to the October 15 main event, Absolute Poker is featuring free rolls with prizes every weekend and satellite tournaments begin October 10. No more than 2,000 participants, selected at random based on a first-come-first serve basis, will participate in any individual satellite event. The top 20 percent of the finalists from each satellite will qualify for the main event. Interested players can register and download the free software by going to http://www.absolutepoker.com.

In addition to tuition for a semester, prizes will include internship opportunities, cash prizes and other random tournament prizes.

The online poker tournament organizers are saying that Penn State students are leading the pack as registered participants. Here are the results for the top ten schools responding to the tournament - you may be surprised at some of the standings - take a look:

1 - Penn State

2 - Indiana State

3 - University Of Texas

4 - University Of Florida

5 - Purdue University

6 - University of Illinois

7 - Virginia Tech

8 - University of California

9 - Rutgers University

10 - University of Wisconsin