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Between September 11 - November 6 Rakerace.com is organizing $1 buy-in satellite tournaments to the PA Open 3 live tournament every Sunday at Intertops Poker and JuicyStakes, check out the details below!
Between November 11 - 14, PokerAkademia will be running the PokerAkademia Open live tournament for the third time at the Montesino Vienna and CCC Simmering casinos.
The guaranteed prize pool has been increased from €75,000 to €100,000 and the buy-in is €330, but Rakerace.com players can qualify for just $1 with exclusive satellites!
Qualify to the PA Open 3 with $1 satellites
The main sponsors of the PA Open 3 are the Horizon network's two leading rooms, Intertops [2] and JuicyStakes [3]. Players can win a total of 36 seats to the PA Open 3 between September 11 - November 6, there is going to be a satellite every Sunday for nine weeks.
Players can qualify through different satellite formats: $1 satellite tournaments, $1 team challenges and one-week hand races.
In our experience, the number of participants for a satellite is between 30 - 60 players (often the same ones), which means that by playing every Sunday for 9 weeks, roughly one in three players will win a €330 seat with a $10 investment.
The password for every tournament is: montesino
$1 Freezeout satellites
Schedule:
September 11 (20:00 CET) - 3 seats guaranteed (Intertops) [4]
September 25 (20:00 CET) - 3 seats guaranteed (JuicyStakes) [5]
October 9 (20:00 CET) - 5 seats guaranteed (Intertops) [6]
October 16 (20:00 CET) - 3 seats guaranteed (Intertops) [7]
October 30 (20:00 CET) - 5 seats guaranteed (Intertops) [8]
November 6, 2016, 20:00 PM - 5 seats guaranteed (Intertops) [9]
Team challenge satellites
In the team challenge, teams of 3 players will be competing for their seats on the following dates:
September 18 (20:00 CET) - 3 seats guaranteed, winning team receives 3 seats (Intertops) [10]
October 2 (20:00 CET) - 3 seats guaranteed, winning team receives 3 seats (JuicyStakes) [11]
October 23 (20:00 CET) - 3 seats guaranteed, winning team receives 3 seats (Intertops) [12]
Hand races
Rakerace.com is also organizing three one-week hand races with the winner of each hand race receiving a PA Open 3 seat. The stakes or the amount of generated rake doesn't matter, the only thing that counts is the number of hands played, which means a player could potentially qualify by playing just NL2.
Hand races:
hase/">September 11 - 18 - Hand race - The player with the most played hands wins a PA Open 3 seat [13]
hase/">October 9 - 16 - Hand race - The player with the most played hands wins a PA Open 3 seat [14]
hase/">October 23- 30 - Hand race - The player with the most played hands wins a PA Open 3 seat [15]
The only requirement for participation in the satellites is to register to JuicyStakes [3] or Intertops through Rakerace.com [2]. In the team challenge, at least two players from the team have to be registered through Rakerace.com [2].
A given player can only win one seat. If they win a PA Open 3 seat and place in a winning spot in another satellite, their seat will be passed on to the player in the next finishing position that has no seat yet.
If a player wins a PA Open 3 seat then finishes second in another satellite where we give away three tickets, the fourth place finisher in the second satellite will receive the seat.
Players who have won a seat to the PA Open 3 should contact info@rakerace.com!
Other promotions:
During the promotional period Rakerace.com players can also participate in exclusive cash races, you can read about the details by clicking on the links below.
Intertops - $2,500 - exclusive race - 1 - 16 September 2016 [16]
Intertops - $2,500 - exclusive race - 16 - 30 September 2016
[17]Intertops - $2,500 - exclusive race - 1 - 16 October 2016 [18]
Intertops - $2,500 - exclusive race - 16 - 31 October 2016 [19]
Accomodation
If you have won a seat, we recommend some of the following hotels (close to Montesino Casino) for accomodation.
Roomz Hotel [20]
Roomz Hotel is just a few steps away from the casino and booking in advance is recommended. You can reserve a one-bed room for around €55-60/night and a two-bed room for around €55 - €80 /night.
ibis budget Wien Sankt Marx [21]
This hotel is a 6-8 minute walk rom Montesino and is thus a bit cheaper, you can reserve a one-bed room for roughly €42/night and a two-bed room for around €49/night.
JUFA Hotel Wien City [22]
This hotel is roughly 15-20 minute walk from Montesino and the prices are similar to the ibis budget hotel. This hotel is a good choice if you didn't reserve your accomodation in time, you can catch good last-minute deals, but we still recommend reserving your room early.
PA Open 3 tournament schedule
Day 1A start: 2016 November 11 (Friday) - 16:00 (45 minute levels)
Venue: Montesino
Day 1B start: 2016 November 12 (Saturday) - 14:00 (45 minute levels)
Venue: Montesino
Day 1C start: 2016 November 12 (Saturday) - 17:00 (45 minute levels)
Venue: CCC Simmering
Day 1D (Turbo heat) start: 2016 November 12 (Saturday) - 21:00 (20 minute levels)
Venue: Montesino
Day 2 start: 2016 November 13 (Sunday) - 14:00 (45 minute levels)
Venue: Montesino
Final table: 2016 November 14 (Monday) - 14:00 (60 minute levels)
Venue: Montesino
Intertops room review and registration [23]
JuicyStakes room review and registration [24]