The great American songwriter Randy Newman once joked, "South America stole our name!"

While Newman was commenting at the jingoistic atmosphere of the times, he might well was predicting the appearance of the PokerStars Americas Cup of Poker (well, maybe not, not, but it's close!). In any case, the Americas Cup is back, and it'll pit countries from across the Americas (yes, they all) against one another for the title.

From March 15-April 14 players from the USA, Mexico, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil and Argentina can be battling for spots on their country's team. There'll even be a 10th team made from the rest Latin American counties.

In all, the players from the 10 teams will compete in a sequence of points tournaments. The four players who accumulate probably the most points will represent their country on the live final--if their team makes it there.

When all of the matches are complete, the six countries with essentially the most wins will automatically qualify for the live final. The remainder four teams will then play off for the overall two positions.

Then in May, the eight teams will travel to Iguazu Falls at the border of Brazil and Argentina. There they are going to compete for a share of $150,000 and the Americas Cup title.

Photo: Luca Galuzzi - www.galuzzi.it

Even if you happen to are not looking for to spend the pennies it costs to get involved, tickets to the $0.11 tournaments come in free SNGS which are running at all times within the Tourney-Regional component of the PokerStars lobby.

For a whole schedule and more information, visit the PokerStars Americas Cup of Poker homepage.

Good luck!

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