The next stop on the growing 888Live Local tournament tour is in Tallinn, Estonia, and if you've never been there you're in for a pleasant surprise.
The Estonian capital is a mythical, magic place but also a poker powerhouse.
The “Travel through Time” Tallinn poker & culture event will run from September 2-6, 2015.
What you can expect, beyond some fantastic and plentiful poker, is an Old World experience you can't find elsewhere.
€50,000 Prize Pool, $2,000 Packages
First, the poker. 888Live Tallinn will offer up at least three days of poker with a €440/$550 No Limit Hold’em Main Event.
A €50,000 prize pool is guaranteed along with a special $5,000 guaranteed bounty tournament.
Complete packages for the event with a value of $2,000 are up for grabs at 888poker right now and include:
Main Event buy-in Player party and merchandise (888Live poker kit) Four nights at the 5* Swisshotel Tallinn $500 for travel expenses
Also included is a full day of cultural experiences with a guided city tour of the best preserved medieval Old Town in Europe, a sailing trip, live music and some local food.
You can make it a very cheap trip, too, if you qualify online via the steps qualifiers.
They run 24/7 and the first step is only 1c to play. You can jump in at any stage up to the direct satellite with a $160 buy-in.
Don’t have an 888 account yet? Go to our review page and register to get an exclusive $888 bonus.
More About Tallinn
Some facts about Tallinn you might not know:
-- It’s technologically so advanced it was the first country where you could vote online.
-- Skype, KaZaa, and Hotmail were all invented in Estonia.
-- Tallinn is part of the virtual region “Tallsinki”. It encompasses Tallinn and Finnish capital Helsinki 80 km away and is a booming region around the Baltic Sea.
-- There is also a song called Tallsinki which for some reason is a co-production of Finnish and German rappers.
-- Public transportation is free
-- Don’t try to stop a taxi on the street. What looks like a taxi sign really says “driving school” in Estonian.
-- One district in the Old Town, not too far away from the Casino Olympic, is actually called All-linn, which seems like it's made for a poker event.
PokerListings will be on location with live reports to bring you closer to one of the most interesting events this year.
Visit www.pokerlistings.com