Hot summer, hot tournament. In August, the €250,000 GTD Royal is played

Hot summer, hot tournament. In August, the €250,000 GTD Royal is played

Summer will be in full swing, the sun will be shining. Those who want to cool off and play a great poker tournament in August should mark the dates 14 - 19 August in their calendars. The ROYAL with a four million dollar guarantee will be played on these days!

After Tuesday's Super Satellite to DAY 1A, which will be played on August 13 from 18:00 with a buy-in of €40 and 15 tickets up for grabs, the first flight of the tournament will be played the following day.

DAY 1A is scheduled to start on Wednesday, August 14 at 18:00. The buy-in is set at €200, with a stack of 100,000 chips awaiting players at the start. Levels change after 30 minutes. The last 10% of players will advance to DAY 2.

Over the next few days, players can get into the Main Event through a series of multiple satellites; those who want to play directly in the "main" flights can choose from the following offerings:

DAY 1B Thursday, 15. 8. od 18:00
DAY 1C Friday, 16. 8. od 14:00
DAY 1D Friday, 16. 8. od 19:00
DAY 1E Saturday, 17. 8. od 12:00
DAY 1F Saturday, 17. 8. od 17:00
DAY 1G TURBO Saturday, 17. 8. od 22:00
DAY1 FLIP&GO (10-MAX)  Sunday, 18. 8. od 0:00
DAY 1H HYPERTURBO  Sunday, 18. 8. od 11:00
DAY FLIP&GO (10-MAX)  Sunday, 18. 8. od 13:00          

Whoever succeeds in one of the flights and secures their advancement to DAY 2 will continue in the tournament on Sunday, August 18 from 16:30. The end of the penultimate day of play in the ROYAL tournament ends when the top 16 players remain in the game.

FINAL DAY will then be played on Monday 19 August from 16:00.

However, players can also look forward to side events during ROYAL Week.

The Royal Highroller starts from 18:00 on Thursday, August 15 with a buy-in of €750 and €30,000 GTD. This is a one-day event, at the end the winner will enjoy not only a nice cash prize but also a trophy. The winner will also receive a ticket to next year's WPT Prime in Bratislava.

Trophies also await the winners of the other three Royal Week tournaments.

The ROYAL PLO Championship will also be played with a buy-in of €120 and a €10,000 GTD. Shuffle up and deal will rock the poker room on Friday, August 16 at 18:00.

The ROYAL DEEPSTACK with a buy-in of €120 and €10,000 will be played again on Saturday, August 17 at 18:00.

In addition to DAY 2, the ROYAL Mystery Bounty will be played on Sunday, August 17 as part of the Main Event. The buy-in is set at €150 (€120+€30) and the guarantee is €15,000. The top bounty prize is set at €2,000. Start time is 18:00.

For all information about the ROYAL €250,000 GTD Main Event (14 - 19 Aug), as well as a full schedule of all tournaments at Card Casino Bratislava and information about what's happening at the casino, visit www.cardcasino.sk or visit the largest Slovak casino directly.