{"id":197447,"date":"2023-07-19T16:44:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=197447"},"modified":"2023-07-19T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:44:38","slug":"the-partypoker-grand-prix-bratislava-main-event-kicks-off-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/the-partypoker-grand-prix-bratislava-main-event-kicks-off-today.html","title":{"rendered":"The partypoker Grand Prix Bratislava Main Event Kicks Off Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are back! After a short hiatus, partypoker has relaunched their live poker events with a bang with the partypoker Grand Prix joining forces with the Bratislava Poker Festival and Irish Poker Tour for six days of exciting poker action at the luxurious Card Casino Bratislava from July 18-23, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The 45 qualifiers at partypoker began to arrive before the start of today\u2019s Day 1a of the festival\u2019s crown jewel in the \u20ac500,000 guaranteed partypoker Grand Prix \u20ac550 Main Event. The Main Event boasts six opening flights from July 19-22 with surviving players competing for two more days on July 22-23 until a winner is crowned.<\/p>\n<p>This is not all as there are plenty of other big events including the \u20ac50,000 guaranteed \u20ac400 Mystery Bounty (July 18-20) and the \u20ac200,000 guaranteed \u20ac3,000 High Roller (July 22-23). Additionally, four-card enthusiasts will battle it out in one of the biggest Omaha events of the year in the \u20ac100,000 guaranteed \u20ac2,500 Euro Omaha Championship on July 20-21 with many other side events awarding big prizes and trophies as well.<\/p>\n<p>Poker fans are in for a treat as each day partypoker will be live streaming poker action directly from Card Casino Bratislava with hole cards shown across a wide variety of cash games and tournaments at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/partypokertv\">partypokertv Twitch channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Poker media guru Jason Glatzer will host the action with many different guests throughout the week including partypoker Ambassador Matt Staples, Irish Poker Tour founder Fintan Gavin, poker baller Tomas \u201cluckymo32\u201d Geleziunas, Omaha crusher George Sandford, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The first stream begins tonight, July 19 at 8:30 p.m. local time with a no-limit hold\u2019em (NLHE) cash game stream with tomorrow\u2019s coverage boasting a nosebleed \u20ac50\/\u20ac50 pot-limit Omaha (PLO) cash game affair. Check out the full streaming schedule in local time (CEST) below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July 19 (8:30 p.m.) &#8211; \u20ac5\/\u20ac10 (or \u20ac10\/\u20ac20) NLHE<\/li>\n<li>July 20 (4:30 p.m.) &#8211; \u20ac50\/\u20ac50 (optional \u20ac100 straddle) PLO<\/li>\n<li>July 21 (6:00 p.m.) &#8211; \u20ac2,500 Euro Omaha Championship Final Table (optional cash game after)<\/li>\n<li>July 22 (8 p.m.) &#8211; \u20ac550 Grand Prix Day 2<\/li>\n<li>July 23 (2 p.m.) &#8211; \u20ac550 Grand Prix Final Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are celebrating the return of the partypoker LIVE tour regardless of whether you were able to join us for the Grand Prix Bratislava with four amazing freerolls this week at partypoker for the partypoker MILLIONS Malta at the plush Portomaso Casino on Sept. 23 to Oct. 3. The freerolls each pay out the top 120 players with the top two players earning a ticket to one of the three Online Day 1s to the \u20ac1 million guaranteed partypoker Grand Prix \u20ac550 Main Event.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1st \u2013 2nd<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u20ac550<\/td>\n<td>Malta Online Day 1 Ticket<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3rd \u2013 12th<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u20ac22<\/td>\n<td>Malta Online Phase 2 Ticket<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13th \u2013 54th<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u20ac4.40<\/td>\n<td>Malta Online Phase 1 Ticket<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 55th \u2013 120th<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u20ac1.10<\/td>\n<td>Malta Online Feeder Ticket<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>There is absolutely no risk to play and we wish you the best of luck in securing your partypoker Grand Prix Online Day 1 ticket. The passwords will be shared each day in the stream at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/partypokertv\">partypokertv Twitch channel<\/a> so be sure to tune in.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Koppl was crowned the first winner of the week on Tuesday after shipping the Bratislava Poker Festival \u20ac150 Opener for \u20ac3,150 after making a heads-up deal with Georgios Hadjivassili. The event attracted 101 entries for a \u20ac13,130 prize pool to smash the \u20ac10,000 guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the first of two opening flights of the Bratislava Poker Festival \u20ac400 Mystery Bounty attracted 83 entries with Angelos Valiles catapulting his 30,000 opening stack into 422,000 to lead the 18 Day 1a survivors. Day 1b already had 117 entries near the end of Level 4 with more to come with late registration open for more than six more blind levels.<\/p>\n<p>Today is a big day at Card Casino Bratislava with the partypoker Grand Prix \u20ac550 Main Event kicking off its action at 6 p.m. with its Day 1a. Players that were unable to qualify online at partypoker will have plenty of chances to do so for pennies on the dollar including a \u20ac80 satellite at 2 p.m. that guarantees at least five seats.<\/p>\n<p>This is not all. Day 1b of the Bratislava Poker Festival \u20ac400 Mystery Bounty kicked off at 2 p.m. and has been creating an amazing vibe in the poker room with late registration open until approximately 7:25 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, players can qualify for tomorrow\u2019s \u20ac2,500 Euro Omaha Championship with at least three seats guaranteed via a \u20ac250 satellite starting at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, one player will walk away with a coveted trophy with the one-day \u20ac150 Freezeout kicking off at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<table width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">Time<\/td>\n<td width=\"355\">Event<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">Buy-in<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">Guarantee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">2 p.m.<\/td>\n<td width=\"355\">Bratislava Poker Festival Mystery Bounty 1b<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u20ac 400<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">\u20ac 50,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">2 p.m.<\/td>\n<td width=\"355\">Main Event Super Satellite<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u20ac 80<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">5x seats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">6 p.m.<\/td>\n<td width=\"355\">partypoker Grand Prix 1A<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u20ac 550<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">\u20ac 500,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">7 p.m.<\/td>\n<td width=\"355\">Euro Omaha Championship Satellite<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u20ac 250<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">3x seats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">8 p.m.<\/td>\n<td width=\"355\">NLHE Freezeout<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u20ac 150<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Stay tuned for daily recaps of the partypoker Grand Prix and the Bratislava Poker Festival all week long here at partypoker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are back! After a short hiatus, partypoker has relaunched their live poker events with a bang with the partypoker Grand Prix joining forces with the Bratislava Poker Festival and Irish Poker Tour for six days of exciting poker action at the luxurious Card Casino Bratislava from July 18-23, 2023. The 45 qualifiers at partypoker<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/the-partypoker-grand-prix-bratislava-main-event-kicks-off-today.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":196993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52848],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[4273,5502,5499],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197450,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197447\/revisions\/197450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197447"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=197447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}