The big football tournament in Brazil is about to reach the knockout stage, which starts on Saturday. However, Friday is an off-day, with no games scheduled, so PocketFives is celebrating by bringing back the PocketFives Open. This is our main community-building event and we’re holding it on 888 Poker. So, mark your calendars for this Friday, June 27, at 19:00 UK Time. This is a non-US PocketFives Open.

888 Poker is generously adding $2,500 in cash to the prize pool, which will be paid out to the top 10 players. And yes, the regular prize pool will be distributed as well. Plus, we’re adding ten $25 FIFA gift cards, which you can use to buy whatever football merchandise you’d like in FIFA’s online store. Twenty months of free PocketFives Training will also be given out, worth $600 total. The bottom line is there’s plenty of value for anyone who wants to get in and the Open is only $11 to enter. View the prizes in this PocketFives thread.

Anyone with an 888 Poker account is welcome to play. However, if you don’t already have an 888 account, sign up through the links on PocketFives to get a free PocketFives t-shirtdelivered straight to your door. You’ll also get a special 100% up to $600 deposit bonus on 888 (normally 100% up to $400), $88 free in most locations, and one free month of PocketFives Training with no sign-up fee. E-mail support@pocketfives.com to claim your shirt and Training. Get started by clicking here!

The winner of the PocketFives Open also gets a permanent badge in their profile, which means eternal bragging rights in the PocketFives community with a badge that only 35 people on PocketFives have. Here are the details:

Tournament Name: PocketFives Open – Football Edition
Tournament ID: 59166276
Registration: Sign up for 888 Poker here
Date: Friday, June 27
Time: 19:00 UK Time
Buy-In: $11
Password: P5sOpenWorld
Late Registration: 15 minutes

We have three bounties lined up including Norway’s Derek decamps Decamps, who has been playing football since the age of ten. He has played on clubs in France, Greece, South Africa, and Norway and is currently playing for the Norwegian Tipeliggaen football club. After all, what’s a Football Edition of the PocketFives Open without a pro in the field?

Sign up for 888 Poker here. We’ll see everyone on Friday during the football tournament’s off-day.