Shark Week started in 1988. It was a simple week of programming for the Discovery Channel that focused on sharks. It became an annual airing, but it caught on with producers, who began to produce films for that particular week. By the early 2000s, bigger celebrities wanted to host Shark Week on Discovery. Businesses began to celebrate Shark Week with their own promotions.
In 2018, Shark Week celebrated its 30th anniversary with Shaquille O’Neal as its host and prizes for fans.
Shark Week in 2021 is this week. Most of you probably knew that already. Shark-themed programming and advertising is everywhere.
Enter BetOline. The online poker specialist decided to celebrate Shark Week in its own way. Poker Shark Week and its freerolls are now underway and runs through Sunday, July 18.
What is Poker Shark Week?
BetOnline is gathering the sharks on the felt. All the fish are welcome, but the sharks will prevail in the nightly freerolls and the grand finale.
Poker Shark Week started on July 11, but plenty of action remains on the schedule. Every night from July 11 through July 17, a freeroll will begin at 9pm ET. Each one will offer a $500 prize pool, and the top 10 finishers will each receive a ticket to the $1K Main Event on Sunday.
-July 11: JAWS Freeroll-July 12: SHARNADO Freeroll-July 13: HAMMERHEAD Freeroll-July 14: BULL SHARK Freeroll-July 15: SHARK FIN Freeroll-July 16: MEGALODON Freeroll-July 17: PREDATOR Freeroll-Sunday, July 18: SHARK WEEK Main Event
That Main Event will contain a $1K prize pool, with $500 in tournament money going to the ultimate winner. There may be only 70 players in the Main Event, but the prizes are enough to make it a tough tournament. It will be the time to put on that shark fin, make like a shark and win.
Freeroll Summer Series Underway
It may be summer, but many poker players like to spend their time indoors, out of the heat and on to the tables. The Summer Freeroll Series is the perfect way to spend that time.
The series got underway on July 11 and runs through July 25. During that time, BetOnline will award $50K in prize pools. Each day, there will be three freerolls for players, with the Sunday switched up a bit:
Monday – Saturday-$500 GTD freeroll at 12pm ET-1K GTD freeroll at 4pm ET-$1,500 GTD freeroll at 8pm ETSunday, July 18-$500 GTD NLHE 7-max freeroll at 12pm ET-$1,500 GTD NLHE 8-max freeroll at 3pm ET-$1K GTD NLHE 8-max freeroll at 7pm ETSunday, July 25-$1,500 GTD NLHE 7-max freeroll at 12pm ET-$4K GTD NLHE 8-max freeroll at 3pm ET-$2,500 GTD NLHE 7-max freeroll at 7pm ET
Most of the tournaments are No Limit Hold’em but some on the weekdays are Pot Limit Omaha – both PLO and PLO8. Structures also vary throughout the series regarding 6-max, 7-max, and 8-max tables. Check the official schedule for those details.
The payout structures are also listed on the website. It shows the top 250 players paid in each tournament, with the minimum payout being 0.10% of the prize pool. The winner will receive 9.9% of the prize pool, with a descending scale from there – 7.35% for second, 5.85% for third, 4.85% for fourth, etc.
Mission Grinders: Summer Edition
While at the BetOnline tables, there is more summer action to check out. The Mission Grinders Summer Edition offers $50K in daily prizes through the month of July.
Every day, players can complete five poker missions, each of which awards various numbers of points. Earn points every day to climb the leaderboard. By finishing in the top 100 on any given day, BetOnline will award cash - $1K to $1,500 per day. But toward the end of the promotion, amounts increase to $2K per day and then to $4,500 on July 31.
Each mission requires a certain number of hands to be played in five categories: NL Hold’em, PL Omaha, Windfalls, SNGs, and tournaments.
Daily missions are listed on the website or by logging on to a BetOnline account.
