Will you be in the Atlantic City area and do you consider yourself to be an average online poker player? If so,here's your chance to play against other recreational poker players for a shot at the world's top poker pros and nearly $40 million in prize and bonus money in your own televised tournament series.

It's ProJo Poker and the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City will host 26 weekly tournaments beginning Wednesday, Sept. 21 and running through January 18, 2006. Winners will advance to the ProJo Poker National Championships in Las Vegas in February, 2006.

The ProJo Poker Tournament Series is geared specifically to the 80 million recreational poker players in the United States who don't have a true tournament series they can call their own. The series utilizes ProJo Poker's proprietary tournament format where ranked professional poker players cannot play in the tournament's early stages, only "average Joes" can play -- until the top eight "Joe's" in the tournament are seated at a semi-final table.

The Tropicana Casino and Resort will host satellite events with a $100 buy-in and $20 entry fee. Satellite winners and runners-up receive a $550 voucher that guarantees them a seat in the preliminary events, where the buy-in is $500, the entry fee is $50 and the total prize money is $90,000, based on maximum occupancy. The Tropicana Casino and Resort also offers "Super Satellite" events featuring a $50 buy-in and $10 entry fee.

While the eight "Average Joes" go at it for four of the spots at the final table at each televised regional event, eight invited world renowned Poker professionals will also be playing at a Pro Only semi-final event for the remaining four final table spots.

The winners of the 26 regional events will then head to Las Vegas for the ProJo Poker National Championship to be held Feb. 3-4 during ProJo Poker Week.

Below, you will find a complete listing of the ProJo tournament events will take place during ProJo Poker Week:

January 28-29: US Amateur Poker Championships

January 30-31: US Professional Poker Championships

February 1-2: US Team Poker Championships

February 3-4: ProJo Poker National Championship