We are pleased to announce the Poker Akademia Open 2 which will take place between February 13 - 16, 2015! The host for the €330 Main Event will once again be the Montesino casino in Vienna.
Rakerace.com offers many qualifying opportunities in our partner rooms. In every partner room we organize a €1 satellite, a €1 team competition and a 10 day sprint race, from which 6 players - per room - will qualify for the Poker Akademia Open 2. The first room where you can secure your seat will be Everest Poker. You can read about the details here.
The details of the Poker Akademia Open 2 weekend:
Date: February 13 - 16, 2015 (Friday - Monday)
Main Event
Buy-in: €300+30 (re-entry available)
Guaranteed prize pool: €75,000
Day 1A start: Friday, 16:00 (45 minute blind levels)
Day 1B start: Saturday, 14:00 (45 minute blind levels)
Day 2 start: Sunday, 14:00 (45 minute blind levels)
Final: Monday, 14:00 (1 hour blind levels)
Starting stack: 30,000
Starting blind level: 50/100
Side event on Saturday:
Buy-in: €60 turbo (details coming soon)
The Poker Akademia team will provide live updates from the Main Event, and you can watch the action from Day 2 and the final table on a live stream!
Accomodation
Players winning packages through Rakerace.com will be accomodated at Roomz Hotel, which is right next to the Montesino casino.
For players who didn't win a package, but would still like to participate in the tournament and want to reserve a room, we recommend the Roomz Hotel and the Ibis Hotel.
Roomz Hotel reservations
Ibis Hotel reservations
How can you qualify for the tournament for cheap?
As we have mentioned, Rakerace.com provides plenty of qualifying opportunities in its partner rooms, we are giving out roughly 30 seats in the coming months. The first satellites will take place on Everest Poker.
You can read about the satellites on Everest Poker in detail here.
Game on!
We are aiming to organize an event that is up to par with the international standards, and the Montesino casino in Vienna is a great partner to help achieve these goals. It is one of the most significant casinos in Central Europe with a huge experience in running live tournaments. The staff is prepared and the service is smooth.
The Poker Akademia Open was a success the first time around, there were 199 entries (185 players + 14 rebuys). The €25,390 first prize was claimed by Sándor Kóródi, who defeated Viktor Katzenberger in the heads-up.
Now it's your chance to become a champion aswell! We wish luck to all our players with winning the packages and with the tournament in February!
Rakerace.com offers many qualifying opportunities in our partner rooms. In every partner room we organize a €1 satellite, a €1 team competition and a 10 day sprint race, from which 6 players - per room - will qualify for the Poker Akademia Open 2. The first room where you can secure your seat will be Everest Poker. You can read about the details here.
The details of the Poker Akademia Open 2 weekend:
Date: February 13 - 16, 2015 (Friday - Monday)
Main Event
Buy-in: €300+30 (re-entry available)
Guaranteed prize pool: €75,000
Day 1A start: Friday, 16:00 (45 minute blind levels)
Day 1B start: Saturday, 14:00 (45 minute blind levels)
Day 2 start: Sunday, 14:00 (45 minute blind levels)
Final: Monday, 14:00 (1 hour blind levels)
Starting stack: 30,000
Starting blind level: 50/100
Side event on Saturday:
Buy-in: €60 turbo (details coming soon)
The Poker Akademia team will provide live updates from the Main Event, and you can watch the action from Day 2 and the final table on a live stream!
Accomodation
Players winning packages through Rakerace.com will be accomodated at Roomz Hotel, which is right next to the Montesino casino.
For players who didn't win a package, but would still like to participate in the tournament and want to reserve a room, we recommend the Roomz Hotel and the Ibis Hotel.
Roomz Hotel reservations
Ibis Hotel reservations
How can you qualify for the tournament for cheap?
As we have mentioned, Rakerace.com provides plenty of qualifying opportunities in its partner rooms, we are giving out roughly 30 seats in the coming months. The first satellites will take place on Everest Poker.
- On November 16, from 20:00 we are organizing a Winner takes it all satellite on Everest Poker. The winner of the €1 buy-in tournament will receive a package worth €500 (€330 buy-in + 2 nights in Hotel Roomz)
- On November 23, from 20:00 there will be a team competition - every member of the winning team receives a package! Teams with 3 members can participate in this tournament. We have developed a team competition site for this occasion, which makes the creation of teams very convenient. Everyone will have the opportunity to create a team, or to join an already existing team. The creator of the team can decide which applicants can join. In case a player joins a team, but is unable to play, swapping said player is easily done also.
- In addition to the packages mentioned above, we will also distribute two packages in a sprint race which will run between November 16 - 25.
You can read about the satellites on Everest Poker in detail here.
Game on!
We are aiming to organize an event that is up to par with the international standards, and the Montesino casino in Vienna is a great partner to help achieve these goals. It is one of the most significant casinos in Central Europe with a huge experience in running live tournaments. The staff is prepared and the service is smooth.
The Poker Akademia Open was a success the first time around, there were 199 entries (185 players + 14 rebuys). The €25,390 first prize was claimed by Sándor Kóródi, who defeated Viktor Katzenberger in the heads-up.
Now it's your chance to become a champion aswell! We wish luck to all our players with winning the packages and with the tournament in February!
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