The World Poker Tour Kicks Off the New Year with WPT Russia

Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
3 min read
World Poker Tour

The luxurious Sochi Casino is getting ready to host the WPT Russia festival that runs from Jan. 18-27 where a cool ₽184,500,000 is guaranteed to be won (~$2,795,196) across seven scheduled events.

Sochi Casino is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and restaurants and is in a beautiful mountainous region of Russia that is fitting to such a prestigious poker festival.

WPT Russia Schedule Highlights

After a handful of online Day 1s, hosted at partypoker, WPT Russia kicks off in style with the WPT Opener featuring seven starting flights that cost ₽33,000 to enter. A total of ₽30 million (~$454,500) is guaranteed to be won in the WPT Opener.

The highlight of the WPT Russia festival has to be the WPT Russia Main Event with its huge ₽90 million guarantee (~1.4 million). Players can play in two online Day 1s held at partypoker, or battle across three live Day 1s at Sochi Casino.

Other key events include a ₽618,000 buy-in High Roller event and the ₽30 million guaranteed WPT DeepStacks.

2019 WPT Russia Schedule

DateTimeTournamentBuy-inClock (Mins)Chips
Sun 13 Jan8:00 p.m.Main Event Online Day 1A: ₽90M GTD₽198,0002430,000
 8:00 p.m.WPT Opener Online Day 1A: ₽30M GTD₽33,0001230,000
Mon 14 Jan8:00 p.m.WPT Opener Online Day 1B: ₽30M GTD₽33,0001230,000
Tue 15 Jan8:00 p.m.WPT Opener Online Day 1C: ₽30M GTD₽33,0001230,000
Fri 18 Jan12:00 p.m.WPT Opener Day 1A: ₽30M GTD₽33,0003030,000
 5:00 p.m.WPT Opener Day 1B: ₽30M GTD₽33,0003030,000
Sat 19 Jan12:00 p.m.WPT Opener Day 1C: ₽30M GTD₽33,0003030,000
 5:00 p.m.WPT Opener Day 1D: ₽30M GTD₽33,0003030,000
Sun 20 Jan12:00 p.m.WPT Opener Day 1E: ₽30M GTD₽33,0003030,000
 2:00 p.m.Main Event 1 in 10 Satellite: 10 seats GTD₽19,8002020,000
 5:00 p.m.WPT Opener Day 1F: ₽30M GTD₽33,0003030,000
 8:00 p.m.Main Event Online Day 1B: ₽90M GTD₽198,0002430,000
Mon 21 Jan10:00 a.m.WPT Opener Day 1G: ₽30M GTD 6-Max Turbo₽33,0001530,000
 2:00 p.m.Main Event 1 in 10 Satellite: 15 seats GTD₽19,8002020,000
 2:30 p.m.WPT Opener Day 2 40 
 3:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1A: ₽90M GTD₽198,0006030,000
 6:00 p.m.Main Event 1 in 10 Satellite: 15 seats GTD₽19,8002020,000
Tue 22 Jan12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1B: ₽90M GTD₽198,0006030,000
 12:00 p.m.WPT Opener Final 40 
 2:00 p.m.Main Event 1 in 10 Satellite: 20 seats GTD₽19,8002020,000
 6:00 p.m.Main Event 1 in 10 Satellite: 20 seats GTD₽19,8002020,000
Wed 23 Jan12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1C: ₽90M GTD₽198,0006030,000
 2:00 p.m.Main Event 1 in 10 Satellite: 10 seats GTD₽19,8002020,000
 6:00 p.m,Main Event 1 in 10 Satellite: 10 seats GTD₽19,8002020,000
Thu 24 Jan12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 2 60 
 12:00 p.m.WPT DeepStacks Day 1A: ₽30M GTD₽99,0004030,000
 5:00 p.m.WPT DeepStacks Day 1B: ₽30M GTD₽99,0004030,000
 6:00 p.m.High Roller 1 in 10 Satellite: 5 seats GTD₽66,0002020,000
Fri 25 Jan12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 3 60 
 12:00 p.m.WPT DeepStacks Day 1C: ₽30M GTD₽99,0004030,000
 1:00 p.m.High Roller 1 in 10 Satellite: 5 seats GTD₽66,0002020,000
 2:00 p.m.High Roller Day 1: ₽18M GTD₽618,0006030,000
 5:00 p.m.WPT DeepStacks Day 1D: ₽30M GTD₽99,0004030,000
Sat 26 Jan10:00 a.m.WPT DeepStacks Day 1E: ₽30M GTD 6-Max Turbo₽99,0001530,000
 12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 4 60 
 2:00 p.m.High Roller Day 2: ₽18M GTD₽618,0006030,000
 2:00 p.m.WPT DeepStacks Day 2: ₽30M GTD 60 
 3:00 p.m.WPT Ladies Event₽13,2002530,000
Sun 27 Jan12:00 p.m.Main Event Final Day 90 
 1:00 p.m.Pot Limit Omaha: ₽3M GTD₽66,0003030,000
 2:00 p.m.High Roller Final Day 60 
 2:00 p.m.WPT DeepStacks Final Day 60 
 3:00 p.m.6 Max Turbo₽33,0002030,000

PP LIVE Dollars Promotions

Thanks to the partnership between partypoker LIVE and the World Poker Tour, there are a couple of value-packed promotions for you to enjoy.

The first gives you the chance to win $1,000 worth of PP LIVE Dollars by correctly guessing the number of entrants in the WPT Russia Main Event. Submit your guess here and if it is correct, $1,000 worth of PP LIVE Dollars are yours.

Promotion number two also revolves around PP LIVE Dollars. If you are one of the first 100 players to use PP LIVE Dollars to buy into the WPT Russia Main Event, partypoker will put $300 into your account towards your expenses! The current exchange rate means you’d need to spend $2,982 worth of PP LIVE Dollars to take part in this promotion, but you’ll receive $300 back for what is essentially 10 percent cashback!

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Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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