Vienna Welcomes the World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour began its stop in Vienna, Austria, last week, but the biggest and baddest event is still to come from the festival. The €3,300 Main Event starts today and will attract plenty of big names in poker to the Montesino Poker Club for a competitive affair and see the next WPT champion crowned.
Day 1a of the Main Event starts at 2 p.m. local time (in 5 hours), with a second starting flight tomorrow on March 13th. Players will be allowed one reentry per day, and the event will conclude on March 17 with a featured webcast of the action. Each participant will begin with 30,000 in tournament chips. Levels will be 60 minutes long on Day 1 and 90 minutes long on Day 2-4. On Day 5, the final day of the event, the levels will revert back to 60 minutes in length.
There will be eight levels of play on the starting days, the money will be reached on Day 3.
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 100 | 0 |
| 2 | 75 | 150 | 0 |
| 3 | 75 | 150 | 25 |
| 4 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 5 | 150 | 300 | 50 |
| 6 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 7 | 250 | 500 | 75 |
| 8 | 300 | 600 | 75 |
The last time the WPT made a trip to Vienna on the main tour was in April of 2012 during Season X. Morten Christensen from Denmark topped a field of 396 entries to earn the €313,390 top prize.
For those who may not be so fortunate to make a deep run in the Main Event, there will still be plenty of money to be won in the €6,000 High Roller that will take place March 14-15. If that's a little too pricy for your liking, a €220 Accumulator Turbo will run March 14-15 with three different starting heats.
Outside of the tournaments, players can dive into their favorite cash games throughout the festival, with Texas hold'em, Omaha, seven-card stud, and others available.
“World Poker Tour Vienna 2015 will be one of the biggest events ever held at the Montesino Poker Club with combined estimated prize pools up to €2,500,000. As well as hosting such a prestigious and renowned poker brand, what is extra special about this festival is the wide variety of buy-ins offering huge prizepools.” commented Karl Novak, CEO of the Montesino Vienna. “After three successful events previously, WPT Vienna will return to Austria from March 4 to March 17. The Montesino anticipates the European poker elite to attend. We want to succeed in smashing the numbers this year to make WPT Vienna 2015 the most successful WPT event ever in Austria. Players can qualify in our live satellites at the Montesino and many more poker casinos in Austria.”