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Breakout Poker awards cryptocurrency to tournament winners

20 March 2018


(PRESS RELEASE) -- Breakout Poker, a member of the GG Network, has launched a monthly Pro Bounty tournament series that awards the top finishers with BRK, an established cryptocurrency currently trading on multiple exchanges, including Bittrex.

The site has assembled an extensive team of recognizable and respected Brand Ambassador poker professionals that feature a stable of WSOP bracelet winners, several of whom are featured in each Breakout Pro Bounty Tournament. The monthly tournament is played the last Thursday of each month at 20:05 UTC and currently awards finishers their share of US$2,000 in BRK, either directly into their player accounts or into their BRK wallets. Pro bounties are set at US$50 of BRK per knockout.

BRK is the trading symbol for the Breakout Coin, a cryptocurrency that was developed and launched by the Breakout team in 2016 as part of the world's first multi-currency blockchain. BreakoutPoker accepts BRK for both deposits and withdrawals, as well as all standard international currencies via credit cards, eWallets and vouchers, and most major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Current BreakoutPoker Pros include:

• Jennifer Harman – Poker Hall of Fame Member, Multiple WSOP Bracelet Winner
• Todd Brunson – Poker Hall of Fame Member, WSOP Bracelet Winner
• Huck Seed – WSOP Main Event Winner
• Layne Flack – Multiple WSOP Bracelet Winner
• Ted Forrest - Multiple WSOP Bracelet Winner
• Jeff Lisandro - Multiple WSOP Bracelet Winner
• David Benyamine – WSOP Bracelet Winner
• Toto Leonidas - WSOP Bracelet Winner
• Vladimir Shchemelev - WSOP Bracelet Winner

Players can register for this event at the website. No bonus code is required to take advantage of the generous 200% bonus on the first three deposits made, with up to $1,000 in total bonus funds available. The unique "Fish Buffet" loyalty program offers all members up to 50% rake back automatically, and there's lots of fast action for players at all levels.