Â"We are really excited to announce the launch of the new Sky Poker Tour,Â" said Des Duffy, head of poker at Sky Poker. Â"Sky Poker and our community of players have developed extremely rapidly in a short space of time, and the success of the first Sky Poker Tour is testament to this.Â"
The six legs of the Sky Poker Tour will be held at some of the best card rooms in the country, including two of Grosvenor CasinosÂ' G Casinos. The G Casinos, alongside those from Aspers, Alea and Dusk Till Dawn will give Sky Poker players the best live poker experience available. The buy-in for the qualifying legs of the new Sky Poker Tour will be £100 with 150 seats in each leg and entry only available through satellites at skypoker.com. The tournaments on the new tour will be one-day events held on a Saturday. The Grand Final in Nottingham, however, will be a two-day event with 250 seats and a buy in of £250. The total guaranteed prize pool for the whole second season of the Sky Poker Tour is £100,000.
Â"Two things that really impressed us last year were the friendly community atmosphere at all the legs and the high standard of play,Â" said Duffy. Â"This year we are looking forward to introducing more Sky Poker players to high quality, friendly poker tournaments in some of the UKÂ's very best venues.Â"
The first leg of the 2009/2010 Sky Poker Tour will take place on 7th November 2009 at G Casino in Manchester. Players can qualify for the event from as little as £2.60 through satellites that are now open at skypoker.com.
A full list of the dates and venues for the 2009/2010 Sky Poker Tour is as follows:
| Leg | Venue | Date | Seats | Buy-in |
| 1 | G Manchester | 7th Nov 2009 | 150 | £100 |
| 2 | Aspers Newcastle | 9th Jan 2010 | 150 | £100 |
| 3 | G Luton | 6th March 2010 | 150 | £100 |
| 4 | Alea Glasgow | 8th May 2010 | 150 | £100 |
| 5 | Aspers Swansea | 10th July 2010 | 150 | £100 |
| 6 | Dusk Till Dawn | 11th Sept 2010 | 250 | £250 |
