The festival itself is sure to attract many great players from all corners of Europe to Bratislava. The Main Event will be a big draw, but poker lovers can also look forward to a number of other tournaments.

What can players look forward to?

The action kicks off with the €200 buy-in, €250,000 GTD WPT Opener. On Thursday, April 4 from 18:00, the Satellite to DAY 1A/1B will start first, followed by the DAY 1A Opener itself on Friday, April 5. The tournament will then feature the following flights:

DAY 1B            Saturday, 6 April at 12:00
DAY 1C            Saturday, 6. 4. at 18:00
DAY 1D            Sunday, 7. 4. at 17:00
DAY 1E            Monday, 8 April at 17:00
DAY 1F            Tuesday, 9/4 at 16:00
DAY 1G Turbo        Tuesday, 9/4 at 21:00    
 DAY 1H            Wednesday, 10 April at 16:00
DAY 1I            Wednesday, 4/10 at 9:00 PM
DAY 1J Hyperturbo Thursday    , 4/11 at 11:00 AM

The €250,000 Opener will then continue with DAY 2 on Thursday from 16:00, with the top 16 players taking part in the Grand Final on Friday 12 April from 15:00.

And let's move on to other tournaments.

Big Bounty DAY 1A will be played on Sunday, April 7 with a buy-in of €850 (€400+€400+€50) and a €50,000 GTD. DAY 1B is played the following day, with the Final Day on Tuesday, April 9.

There will be an even bigger guarantee at the Mystery Bounty tournament. After a series of satellites, it has its DAY 1 on Tuesday, April 9 from 18:00. The buy-in is €1,650 (€1,000+€500+150). A stack of 1,000,000 chips will be ready for players to start, with levels changing after 30 minutes. The second and final day is played on Wednesday, April 10.

And let's move on to other tournaments.

Tuesday, April 9 at 16:    00WPT Seniors Event with buy-in €220
Tuesday, April 9 at 18:    00NLH Championship with buy-in €330
Wednesday, April 10 at 18:00 WPT Banrkoll Builder with buy-in €275
Thursday, April 11 at 18:00
WPT Banrkoll Builder with buy-in €275
Thursday, April 11 at 18:00 WPT Banrkoll Builder with buy-in €275
Thursday, April 10
at 18:00
4. at 18:00 WPT Progressive K.O. with a buy-in of €330
Thursday, 11. 4. at 22:00 WPT Turbo Madness with a buy-in of €150
Friday, 12. 4. at 16:00 WPT Ladies Championship with a buy-in of €150
Friday, 12 Apr at 16:00 Mixed NLH/PLO 8-Max with a buy-in of €330
Friday, 12 Apr at 22:00 WPT PLO Turbo Madness with a buy-in of €150
Friday, 12 Apr at 15:00 WPT PLO Championship with buy-in €550
Saturday, 13 Apr at 22:00 WPT Turbo Madness with buy-in €150
Sunday, 14 Apr at 17:00 WPT One Day 1K with buy-in €1,000
Sunday, 14 Apr at 22:00 WPT PLO Turbo Madness with a buy-in of €150
Monday, 15 Apr at 17:00 WPT Farewell NLH Turbo with a buy-in of €200

Lovers of big, high-buy-in tournaments can also look forward to Highrollers.

DAY 1 of the WPT NLH 3K Highroller takes place on Wednesday, April 10
with a buy-in of €3,000. The following day, Thursday from 14:00, is its Final Day.

On the same day, a second Highroller with a buy-in of €3,000 will be played, only this time in an Omaha format, i.e. a PLO tournament. The tournament starts at 18:00 and will culminate at 14:00 the next day. Both exclusive tournaments have a €100,000 guarantee.

And that's still not all. The WPT No Limit Holdem 5K Super Highroller with a buy-in of €5,000 will be played on Friday, April 12, as well as the €100,000 GTD. It will be a one-day event.

The next day, Saturday, April 13, it's the turn of the Omaha Super Highroller with the same high buy-in of €5,000 and €100,000 GTD. Both will start at 17:00.

And now let's go to the MAIN EVENT of the WPT Bratislava Festival - WPT PRIME. Its buy-in is set at €1,100 and the guarantee is a cool €500,000!

This is the schedule of playing days:
DAY 1A            Thursday, 4/11 at 12:00
DAY 1B TURBO        Thursday, 4/11 at 19:00
DAY 1C            Friday, 4/12 at 12:00
DAY 1D TURBO        Friday, 12/4 at 19:00
DAY 1E            Saturday, 4/13 at 12:00
DAY 1F TURBO        Saturday, 4/13 at 19:00

Players will start with 40,000 chips, with levels lasting 40 minutes in Classic Flighty and 20 minutes in Turbo Flighty.

DAY 2 of the WPT Prime will be played on Sunday, April 14 at 13:00 and the FINAL DAY will be played on Monday, April 15. 

So, do you like the offer of WPT Bratislava? 

Keep an eye on www.cardcasino.sk for a full schedule of all WPT events, as well as other tournaments at Slovakia's largest casino.