One of the most famous and attended poker sites, PKR poker is hosting the Oktoberfest celebration. The poker site hosts the Oktoberfest for the second year. The celebration is starting on 17 October, 2008 after PKR’s Super Series and PKR poker is offering participants of the celebration over $260,000 in prizes.

There will be 12 events that will last twelve days on the PKR’s available poker rooms. A PKR Masters and a Tournament of Champions event will crown the celebration. The top ranked players from the Oktoberfest series will gather together at the Tournament of Champions event in order to win $5,000 and the champion title. Neil Wright, card room manager at PKR, says that the last festival was very successful, and it will be larger and better this year. They expect to achieve the largest prize pool ever in the PKR Masters event.

This year the Oktoberfest prize pool is a $260,000 that is nearly twice bigger than the guaranteed prize in the 2007 Oktoberfest. Players will compete in their favorite games for a part of the prize pool. The events are purposely designed to suit players of different skill levels and bankrolls. Moreover, there will be speed and deep stack tournaments that are scattered throughout the Oktoberfest schedule. According to one of PKR’s press releases, there will also be Terminator and bounty tournaments.

Players interested in the event can play in satellite tournaments for all the events. The variety of satellite events is huge, giving everyone a chance to win a seat in the tournament schedule. Furthermore, players will be able to take part in lotteries as an additional way to win a seat in the Oktoberfest.