{"id":37572,"date":"2014-07-07T12:34:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T11:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=37572"},"modified":"2021-07-01T15:10:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T15:10:20","slug":"world-poker-tour-heads-holland-casino-inaugural-wpt-national-valkenburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/world-poker-tour-heads-holland-casino-inaugural-wpt-national-valkenburg.html","title":{"rendered":"World Poker Tour\u00ae Heads to Holland Casino for Inaugural WPT National Valkenburg!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">For the first time ever the\u00a0WPT National is traveling to Valkenburg- &#8220;Europe\u2019s premier destination&#8221; which is only two hours\u2019 drive from Amsterdam, Brussels &amp; Dusseldorf.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The 5 day poker festival hosted at Holland Casino will have a variety of different levels buy-in events to suit both professional and recreational poker players. Featured in the festival are 2 WPT National Main events, \u20ac500 + \u20ac50 Thursday, 2- Sunday 5 of October and the \u20ac1350 + \u20ac150 Saturday, 4 &#8211; Sunday, 5 October.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Catching Up&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We caught up with <strong>Casino Director No\u00ebl Leise\u00a0<\/strong>who told us:\u00a0<em>\u201cI am thrilled to announce this venture with World Poker Tour which is set to offer our players something they haven\u2019t experienced before in Holland\u201d, commented . \u201cThe location of the casino in Valkenburg offers opportunities for players to travel from a number of countries including Belgium, Germany, France and of course Holland itself\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201cWe are delighted to be expanding the World Poker Tour global footprint by travelling to Holland for our first WPT in the country\u201d, <\/em>adds <strong>WPT President Adam Pliska<\/strong>.<em> \u201cThis is a very exciting partnership for us of which we hope will include many events in the future.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>When In Holland&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Situated in the southern part of Holland, Valkenburg is only a two hour drive to Amsterdam. Located at the top of the Cauberg mountain, one of the most beautiful spots in South Limburg, sits the Holland Casino property. The circular tournament room hosts 25 poker tables overlooking breath-taking views of the Southern Holland landscape.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Away from the poker tables&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The property hosts a high class restaurant and bar for players to enjoy. Action away from the tournament floor includes both NLH and PLO cash games with rates from \u20ac2\/2 to 5\/5 (10% rake capped at \u20ac10) and \u20ac5\/5 &amp; above (5% rake capped at \u20ac20).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Closer Than You Think!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With its proximity close to both the German and Belgium borders the Holland Casino in Valkenburg is also less than a two hour drive from Brussels and Dusseldorf.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Holland Casino owns 14 properties across the country which many will be hosting live satellites throughout the autumn including:\u00a0 Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague (Scheveningen). For more information visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandcasino.nl\/\">www.hollandcasino.nl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For more information including the full festival schedule see <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldpokertour.com\/\">wpt.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Qualify Via partypoker<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>partypoker.com will host seat only qualifiers from <strong>August 4th- September 14th<\/strong>. Players can qualify online for free with four guaranteed seats up for grabs per week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"970\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WPTVALKEN.jpg\" alt=\"WPTVALKEN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WPTVALKEN.jpg 970w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WPTVALKEN-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WPTVALKEN-227x150.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>The brand new partypoker\u00a0Sunday tournament schedule!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The all new partypoker has introduced\u00a0<strong>a new Sunday tournament schedule.<\/strong>\u00a0The key changes are the addition of an action-packed fun $10K Super Bounty and a wide range of new low buy-in tournaments featuring the best of the old but also new speed, rebuy, add-on and PLO tournaments \u2013 a great Sunday mix if you want to win top prizes and have fun playing tournament poker.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Keep up to date with the all new partypoker!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Get all the latest partypoker updates from your favorite social media outlets. You can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/partypoker\">Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/partypokerUK\">Like us on Facebook.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time ever the\u00a0WPT National is traveling to Valkenburg- &#8220;Europe\u2019s premier destination&#8221; which is only two hours\u2019 drive from Amsterdam, Brussels &amp; Dusseldorf. The 5 day poker festival hosted at Holland Casino will have a variety of different levels buy-in events to suit both professional and recreational poker players. 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