Partypoker and Poker Club Management agree 5 year sponsorship deal for the Eurasian Poker Tour

partypoker and Poker Club Management agree 5 year sponsorship deal for the Eurasian Poker Tour

partypoker sign an agreement with Poker Club Management to sponsor the Eurasian Poker Tour (EAPT) for five years with the first event being partypoker EAPT Montenegro 16th-25th June hosting a festival guarantee of €1,000,000.

The summer stop of EAPT Montenegro will be held at the seaside resort of Budva in the 5-star hotel Splendid, Merit Royal Casino. Budva is located 20 kilometers from the airport in Tivat and 60 kilometers from Podgorica. It is the main tourist center of Montenegro. Hotel Splendid is one of the best hotels in the country with the largest spa complex in Montenegro. The spacious conference hall inside the luxury hotel and casino will be transformed into the tournament and cash-game area for the 10 days partypoker Eurasian Poker Tour festival.

The partypoker EAPT season will include many events throughout year, with $1,100 buy-ins and $500,000 guarantees across Eastern Europe and CIS countries culminating in a $1,000,000 guaranteed Grand Final.

Managing Director of partypoker, Tom Waters said: “After a successful partypoker and Poker Club Management event in Sochi this March, we now plan to enhance our presence across Eastern Europe, host more poker events and increase the guarantees for players. We are looking forward to working with Artur and his team to grow the EAPT and make it the most successful live poker tour in the region.”

Artur Voskanyan, the founder of the Poker Club Management: “The feedback we have had from our players have been astounding that we only want to build on this success. We will grow the EAPT in 2017 and for the next 5 years by increasing the guaranteed prizepools and player numbers. We are committed to the players in this region and dedicated to make poker great again.”

Following the success of MILLIONS at Dusk Till Dawn which exceeded its £6,000,000 guarantee, partypoker MILLIONS Russia in September will feature the same partypoker LIVE unique format of online and live phase 1’s for $550 and live day 1 buy-ins for $5,000. Online phase 1’s on partypoker run each Sunday at 10PM DST.

For more information check out the partypoker blog, follow @partypoker or like the partypoker facebook page.

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About partypoker:

partypoker is one of the oldest, most recognised and trusted online poker brands. Launched in August 2001, partypoker is one of the pioneers of the online poker industry.

Every day, thousands of players take a seat at our tables to enjoy cash games, generous tournament prize pools and attractive promotions. Accessible online via web and download or on mobile with iOS and android apps, players can also experience real life partypoker events through their partnership with Dusk Till Dawn Casino, Nottingham, Playground poker club, Montreal or at other partner venues around the world.

partypoker is the leading poker brand of GVC Holding PLC (LSE: GVC), a global online gaming company. GVC Holdings PLC is a leading e-gaming operator in both b2c and b2b markets. GVC has four main product verticals and its core brands are Betboo, Sportingbet, bwin, partypoker, partycasino and Foxy Bingo. GVC acquired bwin.party digital entertainment plc on 1 February 2016. The Group is headquartered in the Isle of Man and has licenses in Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Denmark, Germany (Schleswig-Holstein), Spain, Malta, Denmark, UK, South Africa, and the Dutch Caribbean.

Группа GVC приобрела bwin.party digital entertainment plc 1-го февраля 2016 г. Головной офис группы расположен на Острове Мэн. Группа обладает лицензиями на ведение деятельности в Олдерни, Австрии, Болгарии, Дании, острове Эйре, Франции, Германии, Греции (временная), Гибралтаре, Италии, Мальте, Румынии, Великобритании и США (Нью-Джерси). Дополнительно через своих партнеров группа обладает лицензиями на ведение деятельности в Бельгии и Южной Африке.

About Poker Club Management and Eurasian Poker Tour:

Poker Club Management Company (PCM) was established in 2006. It specializes in live poker festivals. Since its launch in 2006 PCM have organized the Russian Poker championships and been a part of the creation of Russian Poker Sport Federation.

The Tournament Director of the series is Artur Voskanyan, CEO and owner of Poker Club Management has been the Tournament director of the World Poker Tour and the PokerStars Russian Poker Series. He is also the only representative of the CIS region in the TDA (Tournament Directors Association).
In 2013 Poker Club Management presents a new single series of the EurAsian Poker Tour (EAPT). The series unites the player of all the countries and all of the series held during the longstanding history of the PCM company.

The debut stop took place in Kiev in 2013. Since then EAPT were held in Russia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus.

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