The 2013 Vienna Mind Sports Festival is heavy in poker, including the World Poker Tour Main Event, a Grand Series of Poker Live main event and a host of other big money live tournaments, mostly in No Limit Hold’em but including at least one event in Pot Limit Omaha.
The GSOP Live Vienna is 4-day event that takes place from Feb 13 to 16, 2013 for a €1100 buy-in. The WPT Vienna is a 3-day event running Feb 19 to 23, 2013 for a €3500 buy-in with entry.
There’s also the Montesino Opening, a 3-day event running Feb 14 to 18, 2013 with a €340 buy-in and re-entry for a €200,000 guaranteed prize pool. And there’s a Planetwin 365 Vienna 1-day event taking place Feb 17, 2013 for a €400 + €40 buy-in with reentry for a €50,000 guaranteed prize pool.
There’s a NLH 8-max 2-day event Feb 21 and 22, 2013 for a €1100 buy-in and a NLH Highroller Event for the 2 days Feb 23 and 24, 2013 for a €10000 + €300 buy-in.
Players planning on being in Vienna over the period of the Vienna Mind Sports Festival can pre-register for any of these events online at the official website: www {dot} viennamindsportsfestival {dot} com.
The host of all these events is Montesino Casino, which is also hosting live satellite tournaments for every one of these events, with lower buy-ins in the €40 – €60 range. For these events there is no pre-registration online, only on-site.
Other events on the Vienna Mind Sports Festival’s poker schedule include bounty freezeouts, turbos and Pot Limit Omaha events.
Also included in the Vienna Mind Sports Festival besides poker are Risk, Scrabble, Open Face Chinese Poker, Backgammon, Bridge, Chess, Magic the Gathering, and eSports.