World Poker Tour Returns to Amsterdam May 6-14

  For a second consecutive season, the World Poker Tour heads to Holland for the partypoker WPT Amsterdam festival. The festival at Holland Casino Amsterdam runs from May 6-14 and features a €3,300 buy-in Main Event (May 10-14), a €6,000 buy-in High Roller (May 9). Additionally, players will have an opportunity to play in at least eight side events,…

WPT Staff
Mar 9, 2016

S15 WPT Amsterdam PR

 

For a second consecutive season, the World Poker Tour heads to Holland for the partypoker WPT Amsterdam festival. The festival at Holland Casino Amsterdam runs from May 6-14 and features a €3,300 buy-in Main Event (May 10-14), a €6,000 buy-in High Roller (May 9). Additionally, players will have an opportunity to play in at least eight side events, ranging in variants from pot-limit Omaha to a hyper turbo.

Buy in to the festival online now.

The highlight of the partypoker WPT Amsterdam festival is the €3,300 buy-in Main Event. The action kicks off on May 10 at 2 pm with Day 1A, and there is a second starting flight the following day at 2 pm. Players can re-enter once per starting flight.

In Season XIV, the partypoker WPT Amsterdam Warm Up event sold out three weeks prior to the event. Don’t get locked out – be sure to start booking your travel and accommodations as soon as possible.

Players can qualify for WPT Amsterdam on partypoker, and will have a chance to capture the exclusive WPT Passport soon. For more details, be sure to follow @partypoker on Twitter and check out the partypoker qualifier page.

Online qualifiers into the €1500 buy-in, deep-stacked event will run on the iPoker network from April 5-29. Super Satellites will award partypoker WPT Amsterdam packages worth €3,500 to the winners, and are scheduled for:

Two Packages Guranteed: April 5th, 12th & 19th and 26th at 20:00 GMT / 21:00 UK time

Three Packages Guranteed: April 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th at 20:00 GMT / 21:00 UK time

 The full schedule is available below:

S15 WPT Amsterdam Schedule

 

Farid Yachou topped a field of 341 entries to win his first-ever live tournament in the inaugural partypoker WPT Amsterdam, earning €215,000. Jason Wheeler topped a field of 52 entries in the High Roller, earning €125,000.

Mario La Ferrera, Senior Product Specialist at Holland Casino says, “Last year we had a WPT Main Tour for the very first time in the Netherlands. The feedback of players was tremendous, so we do not have any hesitations at all to welcome the WPT Main Tour to Amsterdam again. Hosting the first European event in Season XV is an honor.”

Holland Casino provides guests with an unparalleled casino experience right in the heart of Amsterdam. Located between the Leidse square entertainment district and the museum district, Holland Casino Amsterdam offers poker cash games, the latest slot machines, video machines, table games, bars, and restaurants.

Traveling to partypoker WPT Amsterdam is a perfect opportunity to discover the beauty of the Capital of The Netherlands. In fact, Amsterdam is a perfect mix between history, architecture, relaxing time and night life. The best landmarks of the city are; Anne Frank House, the Museumplein, Body Worlds, the Museum van Loon, the Red Light District or even the Red Light Secrets.

May is a very popular time in Holland, so be sure to check WPT Travel for your package today!