888poker Freezeout Series promises $665,000 in cold hard cash

Poker players often have the option of re-entering poker tournaments in today’s day and age in a way that even a decade ago was unheard of. While there were rebuy or re-entry events, they weren’t everywhere. Nowadays, of course, re-entry tournaments are the norm, so a tournament series devoted to freezeouts seems revolutionary.

The 888poker Freezeout Series runs from June 21^st until June 29^th and includes 24 events in total. The total guarantees across these events run to $665,000, which compared to some event series coming this summer, is small. But with no re-entries, players will have the chance to play knowing that when they bust someone, they won’t be coming back in the same event.

Just how popular freezeout events are with players might be gauged quite accurately by the turnout, with buy-ins ranging from just $5.50 up to $109, with Day 1 entries for the $200,000-guaranteed Main Event costing $109. The Main Event offers the chance to enter multiple flights, slightly bending the rules of a total freezeout in that sense, but there are plenty of other events without that option.

With a variety of formats such as 6-Max, 8-Max and full ring, there’s something for everyone, with PKO’s (Progressive Knock Out events) going on too. Most tournaments are simple NLHE freezeouts, however.

The validity of the freezeout is something that has been debated for many years, with players of different levels appraising the format in different ways. Daniel Negreanu toyed with the idea of playing an entire World Series without rebuying or reentering, saying that the freezeout format is the only true poker format.

With 888poker’s latest tournament festival, we’ll find out exactly how popular the older version of playing no limit hold’em really is.

Here are all the events you can play, along with start times, dates, buy-ins and the guarantee you can play for.

888poker Freezeout Series schedule: