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Feb 21, 2012

A look forward to the #WPT Vienna 2012

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Posted by Unknown No comments

One year after a new record for the number of attendance in a Main Event outside of the United States has been set, the World Poker Tour will be returning to the Montesino Vienna in the heart of Europe in April 2012. Last year, Dmitry Gromov outlasted a field of 555 players to collect the €447,840 first place prize.


*Picture courtesy of ©PartyPoker / ©World Poker Tour 

Even though this record has been broken last December not far away from Vienna at the WPT Prague, you should keep in mind that the largest event ever with  571 players total included several re-entries on Day 1B and that has not been the case yet one year ago. Since this feature will also be available at the Montesino this year, it is a fair assumption that we may see an even bigger field and the ambitious tournament schedule confirms this:

#
Date
Time
Event
Buy-In + Entry
Chips
Levels
1
4/4/2012
17:00
200K guaranteed Day 1A
300€ + 40€
10,000
30 min

4/5/2012
17:00
200K guaranteed Day 1B
300€ + 40€
10,000
30 min

4/6/2012
17:00
200K guaranteed Day 1C
300€ + 40€
10,000
30 min

4/7/2012
15:00
200K guaranteed Day 2


40 min

4/8/2012
15:00
200K guaranteed Final Day


60 min
2
4/8/2012
17:00
NLHE 550€ Day 1
500€ + 50€
12,500
40 min

4/9/2012
15:00
NLHE 550€ Day 2



3
4/9/2012
17:00
PLO 330€
300€ + 30€
10,000
30 min
4
4/10/2012
13:00
Main Event Day 1A
3200€ + 300€
30,000
60 min

4/11/2012
13:00
Main Event Day 1B
3200€ + 300€
30,000
60 min
5
4/11/2012
17:00
NLHE Turbo
300€ + 30€
10,000
20 min

4/12/2012
13:00
Main Event Day 2



6
4/12/2012
17:00
NLHE 1080€ Day 1
1000€ + 80€
15,000
40 min

4/13/2012
13:00
Main Event Day 3




4/13/2012
15:00
NLHE 1080€ Day 2



7
4/13/2012
17:00
Highroller Event Day 1
9700€ + 300€
50,000
60 min

4/14/2012
13:00
Main Event Day 4




4/14/2012
15:00
Highroller Event Day 2



8
4/14/2012
17:00
6-Max Day 1
500€ + 50€
12,500
40 min

4/15/2012
13:00
Main Event Final Table




4/15/2012
15:00
6-Max Day 2



9
4/15/2012
17:00
NLH Bounty (500€ each)Turbo
1000€ + 80€
15,000
20 min

The 200k Guaranteed has a total of three starting days where each will play down to the last 10% of the starting field and the moderate buy-in of 300€ + 40€ should attract many local players. The World Poker Tour Main Event has two starting days with a buy-in of 3200€ + 300€ and if you already bust on Day 1A, you can buy into the event again the next day.

Besides various Side Events, the Highroller tournament is the second highlight of the poker festival and should attract the best of the best with a very competitive buy-in of 9700€ + 300€ and 50,000 Chips Starting Stack. The Final Table of the Main Event will be streamed on the internet April 15th with a delay of  30 minutes and concludes 11 days of non-stop poker action at the tables.

The PartyPoker Premier League Poker V will also take place at the Montesino in April as well, featuring an exclusive tournament with a staggering buy in of $125,000. The latest addition to the star studded line-up is Erik Seidel, who will join the likes of Tony G, Luke Schwartz, Patrik Antonious, Vanessa Selbst and WPT Season IX Player of the Year Andrew Frankenberger.

This should guarantee lots of action and we will most likely also see them at the tables during the WPT Vienna Main Event 2012. If you want to play against them, Qualifiers for the WPT and the Premier League are currently running on PartyPoker - best of luck!
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