Free Poker Network Returns to the Golden Nugget Jan. 6-8 for the Chasin' Bracelets National Championship

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The Free Poker Network(FPN) will return to the Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas for the Chasin' Bracelets National Championship from January 6-8.

Players from around the country have been working all year to claim their spot in Las Vegas for an opportunity to win a $11,500 Main Event poker package and 19 other $1,500 packages will be given away in the Chasin' Bracelets National Championship tournament in the Golden Nugget ballroom. A total of over $45,000 in prizes will be given away throughout the event and PokerNews will be on hand to capture all of the action from Saturday's Tag Team Championship and Sunday's Main Event.

Players qualified for their spot in the championship tournament throughout the year in local and online tournaments, as well as through drawings and opportunities to win a seat instantly. FPN players (and their families) that did not qualify direction for the event still have the opportunity to do so through cash buy-in qualifiers on January 6 and 7.

Golden Nugget
Golden Nugget Grand Ballroom

The first of four cash buy-in qualifiers will be on Friday at 10:00 a.m. and another opportunity will follow at 4:00 p.m. Both satellites cost $160 to enter and there will be $1,500 Mystery Bounty prizes available in addition to championship seats for the top 15% of the field.

Saturday will feature two more qualifiers, a mega-edition at 10:00 a.m. with seats for the top 25% of the field, and a Tag Team Championship at 4 p.m. which will award seats to both members of each team in the top 10% of the field. Saturday's events will also cost $160, and all winning players will return for their shot at the championship on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Sunday's championship will be livestreamed on the FPN Youtube channel with commentary from Poker Night in America's Chris Hanson.

In addition to the Free Poker Network festivities, the Golden Nugget will be hosting its Grand Poker Series Winter Classic From January 6-14.

The series will kick off with a $150 buy-in NLH event with a $5,000 guarantee, followed by a $125 Cheap and Deep NLH event with a $3,000 guarantee.

2023 Grand Poker Series Winter Classic
2023 Grand Poker Series Winter Classic

A $200 NLH event will follow with a $20,000 guarantee and will take place the same day as a $125 Green Chip Bounty event with a $3,000 guarantee. Other highlights of the series include a $200,000 guaranteed $200 NLH event and a $50,000 guaranteed $250 NLH event.

The Golden Nugget is known to host many of the best low and mid-stakes tournaments in Las Vegas and earlier this year hosted the 2022 PokerNews Cup, which blew past its $1 million guarantee with 1,245 entries for a prize pool of $1.2 million.

The full schedule for the upcoming 2023 Grand Poker Series Winter Classic at the Golden Nugget is available in the table below.

2023 Grand Poker Series Winter Classic Schedule

 DAYDATETIMEEVENT #TOURNAMENTBUY-INSTARTING CHIPSBLIND LEVELS
 Friday1/6/2311:00 AM1No Limit Hold'em $5K Guarantee$15020,00030 Minutes
 Friday1/6/233:00 PM2Cheap and Deep No Limit Hold'em $3K Guarantee$12530,00020 Minutes
 Friday1/6/237:00 PM3No Limit Hold'em $3K Guarantee$12512,00020 Minutes
 Saturday1/7/2311:00 AM4No Limit Hold'em $20K Guarantee$20020,00030 Minutes
 Saturday1/7/233:00 PM5Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold'em $3K Guarantee$12515,00020 Minutes
 Saturday1/7/237:00 PM6No Limit Hold'em $3K Guarantee$12512,00020 Minutes
 Sunday1/8/2311:00 AM7No Limit Hold'em $15K Guarantee$20020,00030 Minutes
 Sunday1/8/233:00 PM8No Limit Hold'em $10K Guarantee$15015,00020 Minutes
 Sunday1/8/237:00 PM9No Limit Hold'em $5K Guarantee$12512,00020 Minutes
 Tuesday1/10/2311:00 AM11No Limit Hold'em $50K Guarantee$25020,00030 Minutes
 Tuesday1/10/234:00 PM12No Limit Hold'em $10K Guarantee$15015,00020 Minutes
 Tuesday1/10/237:00 PM13No Limit Hold'em $5K Guarantee$12512,00020 Minutes
 Wednesday1/11/2311:00 AM14No Limit Hold'em $25K Guarantee$25020,00030 Minutes
 Wednesday1/11/234:00 PM15No Limit Hold'em $10K Guarantee$15015,00020 Minutes
 Wednesday1/11/237:00 PM16No Limit Hold'em $5K Guarantee$12512,00020 Minutes
 Thursday1/12/2311:00 AM17ANo Limit Hold'em $100K GUARANTEE (Flight A)$20020,00030 Minutes
 Thursday1/12/233:00 PM17BNo Limit Hold'em $100K GUARANTEE (Flight B)$20020,00030 Minutes
 Thursday1/12/237:00 PM17CNo Limit Hold'em $100K GUARANTEE (Flight C)$20020,00030 Minutes
 Friday1/13/2311:00 AM17DNo Limit Hold'em $100K GUARANTEE (Flight D)$20020,00030 Minutes
 Friday1/13/233:00 PM17ENo Limit Hold'em $100K GUARANTEE (Flight E)$20020,00030 Minutes
 Friday1/13/237:00 PM17FNo Limit Hold'em $100K GUARANTEE (Flight F)$20020,00030 Minutes
 Saturday1/14/2311:00 AM18HORSE $10K Guarantee$25015,00030 Minutes
 Saturday1/14/2312:00 PM17 Day 2No Limit Hold'em $100K GUARANTEE - DAY 2N/AN/AN/A
 Saturday1/14/231:00 PM19No Limit Hold'em $25K Guarantee$25020,00030 Minutes

NOTE: Event 10 on Monday is the Moose Main Event and is not open to the public

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