We are announcing the first ever PokerAkademia Open, running from 21 to 23 February, 2014 at the Montesino Vienna. The Main Event is a €550 NLHE tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of a staggering €100,000! In addition, side events, including a €60 NLHE €8,000 GTD tournament will be offered, as well as satellites.
We offer a number of options to qualify for the tournament; a total of at least 36 tickets will be given away in the following months.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: 21 – 23 February 2014 (Friday – Sunday)
Main Event:
Buy-in: €500 + €50 (Re-entry)
Guaranteed prize pool: €100,000
Maximum players: 360
Day 1: Friday, 17:00 – 02:30
Day 2: Saturday, 14:00 – 02:30
Finale: Sunday, 14:00 –
Starting stack: 30,000
Starting level: 50/100
See the detailed blind structure and schedule here.
Side Events:
#1: Saturday, 19:00 - €8,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: €60
#2: Sunday, 13:00 (20,000 stack, 15 min levels)
Buy-in: €20
#3: Sunday, 19:00 (50,000 stack, 10 min levels)
Buy-in: €30
Satellites:
#1: Thursday, 19:00 - Super Satellite with 15 €550 tickets guaranteed!
Buy-in: €25 / Re-buy: €20 / Add-on: €20
#2: Friday, 14:00 - Turbo Satellite with 3 €550 tickets guaranteed!
Buy-in: €35 (1 Re-entry)
Accommodation
Montesino and Rakerace.com booked 30 rooms at the Roomz Hotel, immediately next to the casino. These rooms are reserved for players winning packages.
We recommend the Roomz and Ibis hotels to players who do not win packages but wish to book rooms nevertheless.
Book your room at Roomz Hotel here
Book your room at Ibis Hotel here
Breakfast
Montesino kindly offers a discount buffet breakfast on Saturday from 09:30 to 11:30. The breakfast costs €5.
Travel
Vienna is in the heart of Europe and is easy to approach from virtually any European city. The casino is within a few minutes walk’s reach from the nearest subway station U3 Gasometer.
The address of the Montesino is as follows: Guglgasse 11, 1110 Vienna, Austria
How to qualify for the tournament for only $1?
We have taken care of quite a number of ways to qualify for the event. You can get hold of a ticket in no less than 8 online poker rooms.
Win Your Way to the Montesino PokerAkademia Open for just $1! We are giving away 16 PokerAkademia Open packages!
In each of the participating online poker rooms, we are offering two $1 tournaments. Each tournament has a €710 package added to the prize pool. This means you have 16 chances to qualify for the tournament, for only $1 each. In case you win more than one package, you can sell the additional ones to other players but cannot redeem them directly for cash.
The satellite schedule is as seen in the chart below:
Exclusive €12,600 PokerAkademia Open Race: 10 PokerAkademia Open Packages AND 10 PokerAkademia Open Buy-ins Guaranteed!
Rake as much as you can in any of the eight participating rooms and win one of the 10 packages and 10 buy-ins. The race runs from 1 November 2013 through 31 January 2014.
The payout structure of the race is as follows:
Players who participate in the race are also eligible to take part in any of our other promotions. This offer is an additional feature to our market leading races.
If you play in more than one room and make it to the top 20 with multiple accounts, you can sell the additional packages to other players but cannot redeem them directly for cash.
The Montesino in Vienna is one of the most important and prestigious casino in Central and Eastern Europe with immense experience in organising live poker events. The staff is well prepared and professional and the venue offers a smooth customer service. The casino is more than prepared to cater for our players’ needs and it has long since been one of the most popular card rooms in the region.
We wish all our players good luck to win their seats at the first ever PokerAkademia Open!
We offer a number of options to qualify for the tournament; a total of at least 36 tickets will be given away in the following months.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: 21 – 23 February 2014 (Friday – Sunday)
Main Event:
Buy-in: €500 + €50 (Re-entry)
Guaranteed prize pool: €100,000
Maximum players: 360
Day 1: Friday, 17:00 – 02:30
Day 2: Saturday, 14:00 – 02:30
Finale: Sunday, 14:00 –
Starting stack: 30,000
Starting level: 50/100
See the detailed blind structure and schedule here.
Side Events:
#1: Saturday, 19:00 - €8,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: €60
#2: Sunday, 13:00 (20,000 stack, 15 min levels)
Buy-in: €20
#3: Sunday, 19:00 (50,000 stack, 10 min levels)
Buy-in: €30
Satellites:
#1: Thursday, 19:00 - Super Satellite with 15 €550 tickets guaranteed!
Buy-in: €25 / Re-buy: €20 / Add-on: €20
#2: Friday, 14:00 - Turbo Satellite with 3 €550 tickets guaranteed!
Buy-in: €35 (1 Re-entry)
Accommodation
Montesino and Rakerace.com booked 30 rooms at the Roomz Hotel, immediately next to the casino. These rooms are reserved for players winning packages.
We recommend the Roomz and Ibis hotels to players who do not win packages but wish to book rooms nevertheless.
Book your room at Roomz Hotel here
Book your room at Ibis Hotel here
Breakfast
Montesino kindly offers a discount buffet breakfast on Saturday from 09:30 to 11:30. The breakfast costs €5.
Travel
Vienna is in the heart of Europe and is easy to approach from virtually any European city. The casino is within a few minutes walk’s reach from the nearest subway station U3 Gasometer.
The address of the Montesino is as follows: Guglgasse 11, 1110 Vienna, Austria
How to qualify for the tournament for only $1?
We have taken care of quite a number of ways to qualify for the event. You can get hold of a ticket in no less than 8 online poker rooms.
Win Your Way to the Montesino PokerAkademia Open for just $1! We are giving away 16 PokerAkademia Open packages!
In each of the participating online poker rooms, we are offering two $1 tournaments. Each tournament has a €710 package added to the prize pool. This means you have 16 chances to qualify for the tournament, for only $1 each. In case you win more than one package, you can sell the additional ones to other players but cannot redeem them directly for cash.
The satellite schedule is as seen in the chart below:
| Race | Room | Time | Buy-in | Guaranteed Prize Pool | |
| 1 | PAF Poker | 7 November | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 2 | Betfair | 11 November | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 3 | Winner | 21 November | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 4 | Playboy | 28 November | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 5 | Redbet | 2 December | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 6 | William Hill | 5 December | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 7 | Betsson | 9 December | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 8 | Coral | 12 December | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 9 | PAF Poker | 26 December | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 10 | Betfair | 2 January | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 11 | Winner | 6 January | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 12 | Redbet | 23 January | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 13 | Coral | 27 January | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 14 | Playboy | 3 February | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 15 | William Hill | 6 February | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
| 16 | Betsson | 10 Feburary | $1 | €710 PokerAkademia Open Package | Details |
Exclusive €12,600 PokerAkademia Open Race: 10 PokerAkademia Open Packages AND 10 PokerAkademia Open Buy-ins Guaranteed!
Rake as much as you can in any of the eight participating rooms and win one of the 10 packages and 10 buy-ins. The race runs from 1 November 2013 through 31 January 2014.
The payout structure of the race is as follows:
Players who participate in the race are also eligible to take part in any of our other promotions. This offer is an additional feature to our market leading races.
If you play in more than one room and make it to the top 20 with multiple accounts, you can sell the additional packages to other players but cannot redeem them directly for cash.
The Montesino in Vienna is one of the most important and prestigious casino in Central and Eastern Europe with immense experience in organising live poker events. The staff is well prepared and professional and the venue offers a smooth customer service. The casino is more than prepared to cater for our players’ needs and it has long since been one of the most popular card rooms in the region.
We wish all our players good luck to win their seats at the first ever PokerAkademia Open!
