Following its stops in Taiwan and Cyprus, the World Poker Tour Prime Circuit will soon be visiting Liechtenstein for the second time in its history. The WPT Prime Liechtenstein festival will run from August 28th to September 9th at the Grand Casino. Specifically, the WPT Prime Championship event will kick off on September 5th with five starting flights and a huge guaranteed prize pool of CHF 1,000,000 ($1.1 million).
The WPT Prime Liechtenstein Championship Event
Schedule:
- Day 1A: Thursday, September 5th at 12 PM
- Day 1B: Friday, September 6th at 12 PM
- Day 1C: Friday, September 6th at 5 PM
- Day 1D: Saturday, September 7th at 12 PM
- Day 1E: Saturday, September 7th at 5 PM
- Day 2: Sunday, September 8th at 12 PM
- Day 3: Monday, September 9th at 2 PM
Structure:
- Buy-In: CHF 1,100 ($1,272)
- Re-entry: Unlimited during late registration
- Starting Stack: 40K
- Blind Levels: 40 minutes during Day 1 and 60 minutes during Days 2 and 3
- Guaranteed Prize Pool: CHF 1,000,000 ($1.1M)
- Late Registration: 10 levels
- Payouts: 12.5%
The WPT Prime Liechtenstein Festival
The WPT Prime Liechtenstein festival will feature 13 events, and in addition to the WPT Prime Championship, many popular tournament fixtures will be played, including: Opener, Mystery Bounty, Ladies, High Roller, Pot Limit Omaha and Closer. There will also be eight satellites to the Prime Championship that will cost CHF 200 each to enter and will award five guaranteed entries (total of 40 seats) to the most important tournament of the festival.
These will be the events that will be played at the festival:
| Event | Day | Time | Buy-In | Stack | Levels | Guaranteed |
| #1 WPT Opener | August 28 | 3 PM | CHF 300 | 30K | 30 | CHF 30K |
| #2 WPT Deepstack | Aug 29 to Sept 1 | 1 PM | CHF 200 | 40K | 30 | CHF 100K |
| #3 Pot Limit Omaha | August 31 | 4 PM | CHF 300 | 30K | 30 | – |
| #4 Action 8 | September 1 | 2 PM | CHF 300 | 30K | 30 | – |
| #5 WPT Ladies | September 1 | 3 PM | CHF 200 | 20K | 30 | – |
| #6 WPT Seniors | September 2 | 1 PM | CHF 200 | 30K | 30 | – |
| #7 Pot Limit Omaha | September 2 | 2 PM | CHF 300 | 30K | 30 | – |
| #8 Progressive Bounty | September 3 | 2 PM | CHF 440 | 30K | 30 | – |
| #9 One Day 30K | September 4 | 2 PM | CHF 500 | 30K | 30 | CHF 30K |
| #10 WPT Prime Championship | September 5-9 | 12 PM | CHF 1,100 | 40K | 40/60 | CHF 1M |
| #11 Mystery Bounty | September 8 | 1 PM | CHF 600 | 30K | 30/40 | – |
| #12 High Roller | September 8 | 5 PM | CHF 2K | 40K | 30 | – |
| #13 Closer | September 9 | 3 PM | CHF 220 | 30K | 30 | – |
You can see the complete schedule with events and satellites at this link.
Where to Stay in Liechtenstein
Players attending the WPT Prime Liechtenstein festival will be able to access a 25% discount on accommodation at six hotels in the city using the promotion code “wpt2024” valid from August 29. You can see the hotels available as part of the special promotion via this link.
Liechtenstein is a central European country located between Switzerland and Austria. Its territory is the result of the union of two enclaves: Vaduz and Schellenberg, made up of a total of 11 communities. The capital is Vaduz and the most populous city is Schaan. It is known for being the fourth smallest country in the world behind the Vatican, Monaco and San Marino.
The main attractions of the country are:
- Vaduz Castle 🏰
- National Museum of Art and History 🖼️
- Hiking and mountain biking in Malbun 🚲
- St. Peter’s Cathedral ⛪️
- Liechtenstein National Park 🦌
- The Postal Museum 📨
- Taste country’s traditional cuisine like fondue, ribel, Käsknöpfle and local wine 🍷
For those interested in learning a little more about Liechtenstein, we heartily recommend you check out this recently produced video by Yes Theory, which takes a special in-depth look at a place that, for some reason, relatively few people come to visit.
Win your ticket to Liechtenstein via WPT Global
One way to ensure you get to visit Liechtenstein is by qualifying for the WPT Prime Liechtenstein Championship from home. If you live in a country eligible to play on the WPT Global platform, you can take advantage of the satellites that run every Sunday at 2:40 PM ET and have a $110 buy-in, which award a $1,500 WPT Prime Passport that you can use to play in any of the WPT Prime events.
Even if you have a more modest bankroll that doesn’t allow you to play in the $110 satellites, there are also $11 satellites that award $110 buy-ins. You can check the start times in the WPT Global lobby.
The 2023 WPT Prime Liechtenstein
The inaugural WPT Prime Liechtenstein festival was played last year and it featured 12 events that were won by players from Switzerland, France, Turkey, the United States, Hungary, Germany and Croatia. The WPT Prime Championship Event had a massive field of 1,644 entries and distributed $18M in prize money among the top 207 players. The champion was Hungary’s David Kozma, who earned an entry to the 2023 WPT World Championship in Las Vegas and the biggest prize of his career: $253K.
Will 2023’s total entries and prize pool be surpassed? Who will emerge as champion? We will find out very soon.
