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PokerStars Festival Bucharest Gets Underway July 31

One of the most popular cardrooms PokerStars officially announced the start of its poker tournament in the Romanian capital Bucharest earlier today, 31st July and it will continue until 6th August, featuring bountiful selection of events and budget-able buy-ins to fit the individual needs.

Besides all the poker tournaments, which appeared on the PokerStars’ event list, the 5-day long festival in Bucharest, Romania comes under the spotlight as one of the most notable poker event. The organizers of the event are welcoming all poker players to take a shot at the PokerStars’ tables at JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel, competing for a lucrative guaranteed prize pool. The events are to offer various buy-ins, ranging from €170 to €2,200.

The event is said to be appropriate for both amateur and experienced players, as the schedule of the tournament includes different variants of poker, including the well-known No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha. The 5-day long festival includes 4 major events – PokerStars Megastack, PokerStars Festival Main Event, PokerStars Bucharest Cup and PokerStars Festival High Roller.

PokerStars Megastack is to feature a No-limit Hold’em competition and a buy-in worth €170. It is set to kick off on 31st July and continue until 2nd August. The long-anticipated Main Event is scheduled to start on 2nd August and announce the winner of the big prize on 6th August. The players will compete for the solid guaranteed prize pool of €500,000. The buy-in fee for the iconic Main Event is worth €1,100.

PokerStars Bucharest Cup is to kick off on 4th August, featuring a buy-in of €330. The event will continue until 6th August, when the player who amassed the most massive stack of chips will be announced a winner.

PokerStars Festival High Roller event welcomes all the poker fans, who love to play it big. The buy-in for the poker competition is €2,200 and it will kick off on 4th August. The prize pool depends on the number of players, who appear on the poker tables.

The cardroom offers also various payment methods to the winners. It was reported that the winnings will be paid either in cash (for amounts up to €10,000) or via bank transfer (for winnings above €10,000).

The players can qualify for PokerStars Festival Bucharest by playing various low-cost satellites, which will be available on the official website of the cardroom a month prior to the live event. In that way, the players have the opportunity to buy a seat at a very affordable price.

Being one of the most popular brands, PokerStars is a cardroom owned by the Canadian gambling company Amaya Inc. All PokerStars-organized competitions offer various buy-ins to fit players’ bankrolls. The upcoming poker festival in Bucharest is to follow the established blueprint and provide all players with unforgettable poker experience and the opportunity to win a substantial cash prize.