When will RPT be in Armenia? Catch the answer - from October 4 to 14!
RUSSIAN POKER TOUR in Armenia! October 4-14, Royal Signature Casino, Marriott Hotel, Tsaghkadzor. $500,000 Guarantee, Online Satellites on RPTBET . com No taxes on prizes, the best teams in the CIS, a big international stage. A wonderful holiday for the whole family, no passport, affordable accommodation.
Friends, the most frequent question we have heard over the past year is “When will the RPT stage be in Armenia?”
We have received letters not only from residents of Armenia, but also from many poker fans from other CIS countries.
And this is not surprising, because the stages of the Russian Poker Tour in Armenia are always held in a special way.
Firstly, the best players at the poker tables that can be found in the CIS gather here.
Affordable flights, comfortable accommodation, a friendly atmosphere and a luxurious vacation - all this makes the tournament unforgettable!
The upcoming poker festival will feature hit RPT tournaments, improved tournament structures, increased guaranteed prize pools, great recreation, delicious cuisine, affordable accommodation and perfect playing fields. Get ready for great news, right now we will describe in detail why you should not miss this stage under any circumstances.
Venue:
Resort town in the mountains of Tsaghkadzor, 30-40 minutes drive from Yerevan. Royal Casino in the luxurious Marriott Hotel.
1️⃣✅ THE BEST LINEUPS IN THE CIS AND A UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE
If you have ever taken part in the RPT series in Armenia, you will agree that most of the participants in our Armenian stages are numerous amateurs. Geography of participants: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Belarus and other CIS countries. Any stage of RPT Armenia is a lot of good poker and a cascade of all kinds of entertainment for all participants, we have a great time, sing karaoke, go karting, play football and mafia, ski in winter, and throw beach parties in summer. The series from Pokerstyle Events always have a warm and friendly atmosphere, but in Armenia it becomes truly friendly.
2️⃣✅ TOURNAMENTS
The tournament schedule for Tsaghkadzor turned out to be excellent. We tested this tournament grid option during the last few stages of the RPT in Minsk and decided to implement it in Armenia. There are quite a lot of accessible tournaments with solid guarantees, the guarantees of many tournaments have been significantly increased. The format of the Main Event remains the same optimal: playing in the stages of the Main Event for $110, you go directly to Day 1A with the collected stacks.
Relatively new tournaments Super Bounty and Russian Poker Open also remained on the schedule. In addition to the top tournaments, one-day tournaments have appeared, which local players have been asking us about.
3️⃣✅ ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION
A trip to a poker series is a great rest and reboot for most of our guests. But what to do besides casinos and poker? Relax in hospitable Armenia, stroll around Yerevan, eat real Armenian kebabs, climb the mountains in Tsaghkadzor, and also play excellent tournaments at RPT - all these chic conditions will be available to everyone. Combining poker and a great vacation with the whole family is real, take your family, friends and loved ones, in addition to poker battles and welcome to Tsaghkadzor.
4️⃣✅ EXCELLENT PRIZE POOL
The prize pools at RPT have grown significantly over the past year, guaranteed prizes easily double, and we, guaranteeing $500,000, expect about a million in prize money. It is worth adding that in Armenia, the organizers do not withhold taxes and you receive your prize money in full. This time, RPT will be held at the Royal Signature Casino, instead of one floor, we were allocated 2. There will be more gaming tables, it will not be crowded. Series in Armenia are always popular and full of excitement, so we will prepare for the stage even more seriously.
5️⃣ ✅ LOW EXPENSES
The price tag for a flight to Armenia in October will please your pocket. For example, Sochi-Yerevan-Sochi - less than $200, Moscow-Yerevan-Moscow about $220.
In terms of accommodation, food and other expenses, Tsaghkadzor is a very democratic town, there are enough excellent hotels at affordable prices, check it out and be surprised by the offers yourself. Most of the hotels are within walking distance from the venue of the series, the prices in cozy restaurants are also not too high. In the coming days we will publish special conditions in nearby hotels, you will like the prices.
1️⃣ RPT MAIN EVENT $110/$440. $130,000 guaranteed.
Stack 15,000/75,000, 20/35/40 and 45 minute levels.
The main tournament of the series with an excellent structure. The same accessible format of the main event will remain with the same democratic buy-in. You can enter the Main Event directly for $440, receiving a starting stack of 75,000 chips. Or you can try to get into Day 1A of the Main Event for only $110 through four stages - Stage A, B, C and D. Their participants receive 15,000 chips at the start and play up to 20% of the total number of entries into this stage. In other words, every fifth participant from each stage advances to Day 1A of the Main Event with the stack they managed to accumulate during that stage.
The winner of the Main Event in Armenia always gets a solid five-digit sum, and the total number of entries in the tournament is always around 400! The best entry day is Day 1A, which is attended by most of the winners of online satellites and those who passed through the stages at the series itself.
One of the champions of the Main Event in Armenia was Igor Chashin, who replenished his bankroll with $33,300.
A two-day opening tournament in a progressive knockout format with an excellent structure and a modest buy-in of only $170 is a great warm-up event at the start of the series. Please note that this tournament has only 4 entry flights, the stacks are not cumulative! This is the most popular event in the RPT schedule - both in Armenia and in Minsk. Collecting 500-700 entries and six-figure prize pools with a modest buy-in, the winner of this event usually receives more than $15,000 in prize money. And many tickets can be won in online satellites on RPTBET from freerolls, which gives a great opportunity to participate for a huge number of fans.
For example, at the April series in Minsk, the tournament collected more than 700 entries, and the cup and more than $14,000 in prize money were taken by the charming Raisa Bubnikovich.
3️⃣ POKERDOM 10 ANNIVERSARY HIGHROLLERS CUP $165/$700. $40,000 guaranteed.
Stack 75,000, 30 and 40 minute levels.
Pokerdom has been a partner of the Russian Poker Tour for over 10 years now, and during this time, thousands of players were able to take part in RPT tournaments thanks to this partnership. This year, the guys are celebrating their tenth anniversary, and as part of their tenth anniversary, the High Roller tournament at RPT Armenia will be named after them. Moreover, as a bonus, the guys will raffle off at least 25 tickets to this tournament through online satellites.
High Rollers are an integral part of the tournament grid, the most expensive and prestigious event with an entry fee of $700 and a guarantee of $40,000. As with the Main Event, you can also get into the High Rollers through the Stage, which will be the only one in the series with a buy-in of $165. Players in the Stage receive 15,000 chips and play up to 20% of the total number of entries, after which they move on to the main Day 1 with their collected stacks. High Rollers take place during the day, without intersecting with the Main Event. The tournament always has a five-figure sum for winning, for example, the winner usually gets more than $20,000.
One of these lucky ones is Ivan Sevostyanov, his victory in the High Rollers brought him the long-awaited cup and $24,000 in prize money.
4️⃣ RUSSIAN POKER OPEN EVENT $290. $35,000 guaranteed.
Stack 25,000, levels of 25/30 and 40 minutes.
Russian Poker Open is a popular multi-day tournament in a traditional format. A classic two-day non-knockout hold'em event, always accompanied by big prizes. In fact, this is a warm-up mini version of the Main Event: the buy-in is only $290 and is recommended for all fans tired of knockout tournaments.
For example, Igor Abelmasov's victory in a similar tournament brought him $16,000 in prize money.
Another classic of multi-day tournaments, this time it is hold'em in a super bounty format, where for each knocked out player you get almost half of the buy-in in your pocket. Only two knockouts, and then the tournament turns into a freeroll for you. This event has two entries, and stacks are not cumulative. The final day of the tournament will be played the following morning.
One of the most popular side events, the $450 Super Knockout, has returned (at the request of many players) to the progressive knockout format. For each player knocked out, you immediately get $200, $100 goes into your pocket, and the remaining $100 is added for your knockout... and so on. Closer to the final table, the tournament turns into a race for huge knockouts, sometimes exceeding the prize money for 1st place. Usually, there are more than a hundred participants in this event.
During the RPT stage in Yerevan, Zoran Maric took home $13,000 in prize money in such a tournament.
7️⃣ GEORGIAN KNOCKOUT CHAMPIONSHIP PKO $260+60. $25,000 guaranteed.
Stack 50,000, 25-minute levels.
The Georgian Championship within the RPT Armenia in the popular progressive knockout format will also be held in the classic one-day format this time and with quite large starting no
CASH GAME
There are significantly more cash games in Armenia than at our Minsk stages. Non-stop at the RPT series in Armenia, 6-7 cash tables are played, in addition to the available limits, $5/10 and $10/25 PLO are played here. The lineups in the games are significantly better than at other RPT stages, many players have already managed to see this.
We are sure that this time cash players will not be disappointed with the trip either, in the near future traditional cash packages will be added for cash players, booking which you can get absolutely free hotel accommodation.
Online qualifying satellites are a great opportunity to come to the offline series with a ticket to the tournament, and even more than one.
The satellites will be held on RPTBET.com, access to it from Russia is currently available via VPN (colleagues promise to solve this problem by the series itself, but for now you can get a VPN for free from the RPTBET support service).
The satellite schedule will be published soon, there will be both target tickets and packages with accommodation. Don't miss a great chance to get a ticket to RPT.
You can find out all the details and schedule of the satellites:
➡️ On the website https://russianpokert.ru/ ➡️ In the telegram channel https://t.me/rptbet
Several hotels offer special accommodation conditions for RPT guests.
All information will be published in the next couple of days. In addition to the hotels that we offer, you can always choose something for yourself, in Tsaghkadzor there are hundreds of hotels and apartments. Booking Tsaghkadzor
ABOUT TSAKHKADZOR:
Tsaghkadzor is a unique climatic place with very widespread ecotourism.
As a result of a person's stay in Tsaghkadzor, the level of hemoglobin in the blood increases sharply, which has a positive effect on human health. The sharp production of hemoglobin is explained by the very thin air of Tsaghkadzor, the high location of the area relative to sea level, relatively low oxygen content, forest terrain and fresh air.
The Royal Signature Casino is located in the same complex with the Marriott Hotel - an ideal place to stay during the series. Surely, rooms here will be booked the fastest. In the immediate vicinity of the venue there are many hotels. For guests of the series, 5 hotels with special discounts will be available.
The best player of this series will receive a branded RPT ring, decorated with diamonds! This diamond trophy is a symbol of unrivaled play and luck, participation in the most unique poker event.
We have made the accrual of points for tournaments, now it is "fairer".
The amount of points awarded depends on the total number of participants in the tournament and its cost, therefore, at the bottom of the table are the coefficients that will be applied to certain events.
There are direct flights to Yerevan from many Russian cities. At the moment, Armenia is one of the most accessible countries in terms of visiting - no visas or passports are required from you.
The best way to visit Armenia is by plane, the price is currently about $200 round trip, it is best to book air tickets in advance. Getting from the airport to Tsaghkadzor costs about $30 (it takes about 1 hour from the airport), Yandex-taxi works in Armenia.
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