PokerStars will return to Russia’s premier holiday resort in Sochi for a week-long live poker festival between October 16-22, the online poker operator announced Friday.
The PokerStars Festival Sochi will take place at the Sochi Casino & Resort, which played host to PokerStars Championship Sochi earlier this year (see previous InfoPowa reports).
The added PokerStars Festival stop features a variety of must-play events including the RUB 66,000 buy-in (approx. $1,100) PokerStars Festival Main Event, with RUB 30,000,000 (approx. $500,000) guaranteed, the RUB 22,000 (approx. $370) Sochi Poker Cup and the RUB 132,000 (approx. $2,200) PokerStars Festival High Roller.
“I was in awe of the venue at PokerStars first Sochi event and I am very happy to see PokerStars add a festival to their calendar in the same spot,” said Team PokerStars Pro Igor Kurganov. “Sochi is absolutely stunning and surrounded by mountains – a great location in both summer and winter. The local enthusiasm for poker there is off the charts too!”
The operator has started running satellite qualifiers, full details of which can be found on the PokerStarsLive website.