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The River Guaranteed $3,000,000 Poker Series

May 16 - September 6

The River Poker Series Points Champion will win a 2010 Porsche Cayenne with an MSRP of almost $70,000!

Please see below for point calculations.

Direct Buy-In

You may buy-in directly to the Main Event Tournament for $2,100 per seat beginning Sunday, May 16, 2010. Direct buy-ins to the Main Event may be purchased (credit cards accepted) at the WinStar World Casino Poker Room or by calling 1-800-622-6317.

Single Table Satellites

Single Table Satellites are qualifying events for Mega Satellite Qualifiers.Single table satellites are single table, No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, Freeze-out Tournaments that will be held in the WinStar Poker Roombeginning Sunday, May 16, 2010. You can buy in for fifty-five dollars($55) and each Single Table Satellite must contain nine (9) players. Each player will begin with one thousand dollars ($1,000) in tournamentchips. For an optional five dollar ($5) Dealer Appreciation Fee, the player will receive an additional five hundred dollars ($500) in tournament chips. Blind levels will start at twenty-five/fifty dollars ($25/$50) and advance every fifteen (15) minutes.

Mega Satellite Qualifiers

Mega Satellite Qualifiers are Qualifying Events for the Main Event. Mega Satellites will be held at the WinStar World Casino Poker Room on the following Sundays: June 6, June 27, July 11, July 25, August 8, August 15, August 22, and August 29. WinStar World Casino will add twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to each Mega Satellite Qualifier. The twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) will begiven to the top forty (40) places, who will receive five hundred dollars ($500) each. Mega Satellite Tournament Registration will begin at 9:00am CST and play will begin at 11:00am CST on each of the scheduled dates.

Mega Satellite Qualifiers will play as follows:

A total of four hundred (400) players, plus alternates, may participate through buy-ins of four hundred and forty dollars ($440) per player. Alternates will be taken through the first two (2) blind levels. Alternates will be placed in the tournament as players are eliminated, in chronological order, using the time the player signed up as reference. All players will begin with five thousand ($5,000) in tournament chips. Blind levels will start at twenty-five/fifty dollars ($25/$50) and advance every thirty (30) minutes. The top twenty percent (20%) of the field will advance to the Main Event Tournament which will be held on Thursday, September 2, 2010, through Monday, September 6, 2010. Once the tournament has played down to twenty percent (20%) of the field, entry tickets for The River 2010 Main Event will be given out to the players as they are eliminated. The first eliminated (from the top 20%) will receive a Thursday ticket. The next player eliminated will receive a Friday ticket, the next player will eliminated will receive a Saturday ticket. This rotation will continue for all players for the remainder of the tournament, no exceptions. Entry tickets are transferable, but not refundable, and have no cash value.

Mega Satellites are qualifying events. Prize pool money generated by player buy-ins will be redistributed to the players through entries to the Main Event which will begin Thursday, September 2, 2010. Main Event opening round day selection for the top forty (40) players will be determined by random draw.

Events

Event #1 :Guaranteed $50,000

Event #1 will be a No Limit Texas Hold Em Freeze-out Tournament held on Monday, August 23, 2010. Buy-in will be three hundred thirty dollars ($330) per seat. Registration will begin at 9:00 am CST and Tournament play will begin at 11:00 am CST in the WinStar World Casino Poker Room. Two hundred (200) Patrons plus alternates will be allowed to compete. Alternates will be taken through the first two blind levels. Alternates will be placed in the tournament as Patrons are eliminated, in chronological order, using the time the Patron signed up as a reference. All Patrons will begin the Tournament with five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in tournament chips. Blind levels will start at $25/$25 and advance every thirty (30) minutes. The final ten percent (10%) of the field will be awarded a percentage of the final prize pool. This percentage is based on the number of participants. The Guaranteed $50,000 prize pool may be exceeded based on the final numberof entries.

Event #2 :Guaranteed $100,000

Event #2 will be a No Limit Texas Hold ?Em Freeze-out Tournament held on Tuesday, August 24, 2010. Buy-in will be five hundred fifty dollars ($550) per seat. Registration will begin at 9:00 am CST and Tournament play will begin at 11:00 am CST in the WinStar World Casino Poker Room. Two hundred (200) Patrons plus alternates will be allowed to compete. Alternates will be taken through the first two blind levels. Alternates will be placed in the tournament as Patrons are eliminated, in chronological order, using the time the Patron signed up as a reference. All Patrons will begin the Tournament with five thousand dollars ($5,000) in tournament chips. Blind levels will start at $25/$25 and advance every thirty (30) minutes. The final ten percent (10%) of the field will be awarded a percentage of the final prize pool. This percentage is based on the number of participants. The Guaranteed $100,000 prize pool may be exceeded based on the final number of entries.

Event #3: Guaranteed $40,000

Event #3 will be a Texas Hold ?Em/Omaha Freeze-out Tournament held on Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Buy-in will be four hundred forty dollars ($440) per seat. Registration will begin at 9:00 am CST and Tournament play will begin at 11:00 am CST in the WinStar World Casino Poker Room. Two hundred (200) Patrons plus alternates will be allowed to compete. Alternates will be taken through the first two blind levels. Alternates will be placed in the tournament as Patrons are eliminated, in chronological order, using the time the Patron signed up as a reference. All Patrons will begin the Tournament with five thousand dollars ($5,000) in tournament chips. Blind levels will start at $25/$25 and advance every thirty (30)minutes. The first blind level will be Texas Hold Em, the second blind level will be Omaha. This rotation will continue throughout the tournament. The final ten percent (10%) of the field will be awarded a percentage of the final prize pool. This percentage is based on the number of participants. The Guaranteed $40,000 prize pool may be exceeded based on the final number of entries.

Event #4: Guaranteed $30,000

Event #4 will be a Pot Limit Omaha Freeze-out Tournament held onThursday, August 26, 2010. Buy-in will be three hundred thirty dollars ($330) per seat. Registration will begin at 9:00 am CST and Tournament play will begin at 11:00 am CST in the WinStar World Casino Poker Room. Two hundred (200) Patrons plus alternates will be allowed to compete. Alternates will be taken through the first two blind levels. Alternates will be placed in the tournament as Patrons are eliminated, in chronological order, using the time the Patron signed up as a reference. All Patrons will begin the Tournament with five thousand dollars ($5,000) in tournament chips. Blind levels will start at $25/$25 and advance every thirty (30) minutes. The final ten percent(10%) of the field will be awarded a percentage of the final prize pool. This percentage is based on the number of participants. The Guaranteed $30,000 prize pool may be exceeded based on the final number of entries.

Event #5: Guaranteed $150,000

Event #5 will be a No Limit Texas Hold Em Freeze-out Tournament held on Friday, August 27, 2010. Buy-in will be one thousand fifty dollars ($1,050) per seat. Registration will begin at 9:00 am CST and Tournament play will begin at 11:00 am CST in the WinStar World Casino Poker Room. Two hundred (200) Patrons plus alternates will be allowed to compete. Alternates will be taken through the first two blind levels. Alternates will be placed in the tournament as Patrons are eliminated, in chronological order, using the time the Patron signed up as a reference. All Patrons will begin the Tournament with five thousand dollars ($5,000) in tournament chips. Blind levels will start at $25/$25 and advance every thirty (30) minutes. The final ten percent (10%) of the field will be awarded a percentage of the final prize pool. This percentage is based on the number of participants. The Guaranteed $150,000 prize pool may be exceeded based on the final number of entries.

Event #6: Guaranteed $50,000

Event #6 will be a No Limit Texas Hold Em Freeze-out Tournament held on Monday, August 30, 2010. Buy-in will be three hundred thirty dollars ($330) per seat. Registration will begin at 9:00 am CST and Tournament play will begin at 11:00 am CST in the WinStar World Casino Poker Room. Twohundred (200) Patrons plus alternates will be allowed to compete. Alternates will be taken through the first two blind levels. Alternates will be placed in the tournament as Patrons are eliminated, in chronological order, using the time the Patron signed up as areference. All Patrons will begin the Tournament with five thousand dollars ($5,000) in tournament chips. Blind levels will start at $25/$25 and advance every thirty (30) minutes. The final ten percent (10%) of the field will be awarded a percentage of the final prize pool. This percentage is based on the number of participants. The Guaranteed $50,000 prize pool may be exceeded based on the final number of entries.

Event #7: Guaranteed $50,000

Event #7 will be a No Limit Texas Hold Em Freeze-out Bounty Tournament heldon Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Buy-in will be four hundred forty dollars ($440) per seat. Registration will begin at 9:00 am CST and Tournament play will begin at 11:00 am CST in the WinStar World Casino Poker Room. Two hundred (200) Patrons plus alternates will be allowed to compete. Alternates will be taken through the first two blind levels. Alternates will be placed in the tournament as Patrons are eliminated, inchronological order, using the time the Patron signed up as a reference. All Patrons will begin the Tournament with five thousand dollars ($5,000) in tournament chips. Blind levels will start at $25/$50 and advance every thirty (30)minutes. The final ten percent (10%) of the field will be awarded a percentage of the final prize pool. This percentage is based on the number of participants. The Guaranteed $50,000 prize pool may be exceeded based on the final number of entries.

Event #8: Guaranteed $30,000

Event #8 will be a No Limit Texas Hold Em Jack and Jill Freeze-out Tournamentheld on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Buy-in will be three hundred thirty dollars ($330) per seat. Registration will begin at 9:00 am CST and Tournament play will begin at 11:00 am CST in the WinStar World Casino Poker Room. Two hundred (200) Patrons plus alternates will be allowed to compete. Alternates will be taken through the first two blind levels. Alternates will be placed in the tournament as Patrons are eliminated, in chronological order, using the time the Patron signed up as areference. All Patrons will beginthe Tournament with five thousand dollars ($5,000) in tournament chips. Blind levels will start at $25/$50 and advance every thirty (30) minutes. The final ten percent(10%) of the field will be awarded a percentage of the final prize pool. This percentage is based on the number of participants. The Guaranteed $30,000 prize pool may be exceeded based on the final numberof entries.

Main Event

The Main Event will consist of three (3) Opening Round days, Thursday September 2, Friday, September 3, and Saturday, September 4, 2010; Day Two on Sunday, September, 5, 2010; and the Championship Round on Monday, September 6, 2010. The Main Event will be held at the WinStar World Casino Global Event Center. Registration will begin at 9:00am CST and tournament play will begin at 11:00am CST each day. Players must present their entry ticket and valid photo ID at registration in orderto gain entry, no exceptions. WinStar World Casino is not responsible for lost or stolen tickets.

Playersmay participate in multiple Opening Round days if they have been awarded or have purchased multiple tickets. If a player qualifies forDay Two and plays an additional Opening Round day, the chip stack earned on the previous Opening Round day and any winnings otherwise due, will be forfeited. Players are prohibited from playing multiple chip stacks or being awarded multiple cash prizes.

Oneach Opening Round, five hundred (500) players, plus alternates, will be allowed to compete. Alternates will be taken through the first two (2) blind levels. Alternates will be placed in the tournament asplayers are eliminated, in chronological order, using the time the player signed up as a reference. All players will begin the Main Event with ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in tournament chips. Blind levelswill start at twenty-five/fifty ($25/$50) and advance every forty (40) minutes. The final ten percent (10%) of the field from each Opening Round day will advance to Day Two on Sunday, September 5, 2010.

All player chip counts will be carried over from the Opening rounds of the Main Event to Day Two. Blind levels on Day Two will begin from the previous round's lowest final blind level and increase every forty (40) minutes. Play will continue until twenty (20) players remain.

The remaining twenty (20) players will return for the Championship Round on Monday, September 6, 2010. Registration will begin at 11:00am CST and tournament play will begin at 12:00pm CST. All player chip counts will be carried over from Day Two on Sunday, September 5, 2010. Blind levelswill resume from where they left off on Sunday, September 5, 2010. Play will continue until one (1) player has been determined champion. This player will receive the 2010 River Championship Bracelet.

Scoring Criteria

Total points are calculated by multiplying the point factors of the three criteria

Place finished: first place receives 120 points; second place, 100; third place, 80; fourth place, 60; fifth place, 50; sixth place, 40; seventh place, 30; eighth place, 20; ninth place, 10; tenth place, 5. If there is a tie between two or more players, each receives the average number of points available. For example, if two players tie forninth place, each receives half of the ninth-place points. Players receive points only if they are in the money. If a tournament pays only five places, only the top five players get points.

Buy-ins: $300-$999 = 1 point, $1,000-$2,499 = 2 points.

Number of entrants: 60-64 = 0.6 point, 65-74 = 0.7 point, 75-84 = 0.8 point, 85-94 = 0.9 point, 95-104 = 1 point. Every 10 additional number of entrants increases the number of points by 0.1 up to 3.9, with the number ofentrants rounded to the nearest 10. 395-999 entrants = 4 points, 1,000-1,999 = 5 points, 2,000+ entrants = 6 points. The maximum number of points is 6. Examples are: 57 players = 0 points, 72 players =0.7 points, 132 players = 1.3 points, 135 players = 1.4 points, 382 players = 3.8 points, 650 players = 4 points.