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Russian National Poker Championship |
 This weekend launches yet another in the series of International poker tournament series, this time set in the Cosmo Casino of mother Russia, with intent to crown the first Russian champion. Eight different tournaments will be held over the course of the rest of the year, the first beginning with this weekend’s launch, and winners will receive golden bracelets, a step down from America’s perhaps, but a good start.
While the gold bracelet is on the line, the price on entry will remain high stakes. Like in the States, anyone who wants to compete will have to throw down the $10,000 entry. Obvious Russian poker stars like Alex Kravchenko and Kiril Gerasimov will certainly be in the house.
The events are getting no small wind of press also. There’s already a flux of magazines and new magazines summoning up to take on the coverage. Also there will be video coverage of the event online, where viewers will be able to see players’ hole cards in the same way they are shown on TV.
Another similar series is being run concurrently to these events, called the Russian No-Limit Holdem Cup. This series will include 8 tournaments with a $5k buy in and the player with the best overall performance in the lot will take home the coveted cup.
If you’re going to be in the area and you feel like taking on the national title of a major country, might as well drop in, no?
Here are the dates:
The Russian poker championship 2008
Buy-in $10 000, length of event - 4 days
PL Holdem – April 3-6, Moscow, Cosmos poker club
PL Omaha – May 8-11, Moscow, Cosmos poker club
NL Holdem HU – July 17-20, Moscow, Cosmos poker club
NL Holdem – August 19-23, Zavidovo, Tver Region
7-card stud PL – September, Moscow*
Limit Omaha Hi-Lo – October, Moscow*
Limit Holdem – November, Moscow*
HORSE Limit – December, Moscow*
* The terms of these tournaments will be announced after the publication of WPT and EPT schedules.
Russian NL Holdem Cup 2008
Stage 1 – April 7-9, Moscow, Cosmos poker club
Stage 2 – May 12-14, Moscow, Cosmos poker club
Stage 3 – July 21-23, Moscow, Cosmos poker club
Stage 4 – August 22-24, Zavidovo, Tver Region
Stage 5 – September, Moscow*
Stage 6 – October, Moscow*
Stage 7 – November, Moscow*
Stage 8 – December, Moscow*
* The terms of these tournaments will be announced after the publication of WPT and EPT schedules.
April 4, 2008 |
