PokerNews Cup Alpine 2009 Announced!

October 29 2008, The UK PokerNews Team

Throughout the year PokerNews hosts tournaments in some amazing locations. We make sure to pick locations that have local attractions and adventures to engage in to enhance experience and provide for a synergy of stellar poker and fun. The PokerNews Cup Alpine is being set in the magical mountains of the Austrian Alps in Saalback-Hinterglemm (click for satellite view).

PokerNews strives to deliver a stirring experience overall for our players. PokerNews CEO Damon Rasheed explains "It is our aim to take poker tournaments to the next level by providing qualifiers and guests with more than just a poker tournament, as such, PokerNews is delighted to have the next leg of the PokerNews Cup held at The Alpine Palace, the most exclusive venue to ever host a poker tournament."

Damon practices what he preaches and delivers another great event. Everyone should play some Freerolls then pack some skis, snowboards and tournament strategy books!

This series of tournaments at the 2009 Alpine Cup will showcase eight events in total and will be running from March 21-28. The climax of the series will be the €10,100 High Rollers Event which will attract some stars!

The bread and butter of this series will be a €1,500 Main Event which is sure to attract some great players from across Europe. In addition to the tournaments there will be some special activities available such as spa passes, ski passes and more... and don't forget about the spectacular resort players will be staying in! the view up there is unforgettable.

There is going to be over €400,000 in packages given out to our players. Packages will include helicopter transport from the airport to the resort, a ticket to the main event, accommodations, ski passes, spa passes, top of the list for VIP parties and some cash for travel. Our pro reporting team will also be on hand to relay the details to the world! This is a trip you don't want to miss trying to win for free.

Mansion Poker is starting the fun with the first PokerNews Cup Alpine Freeroll on November 23rd @ 14:30 GMT. Check out the Freeroll page for more details!

Keep checking back with us to see all the amazing ways you could win a trip to the Austrian Alps for FREE! In the mean time get over to Mansion Poker and get ready for this Freeroll.

Comments

LawrenceS
10-29-2008 14:00

Man i love Snowboarding. Do it every year.
Allready got plans for January, but going twice this year would be the nuts.

Im definitely gonna try and qualify. Might have more fun on the slopes then at the table haha

nice1 damon

DBLLpoker
10-29-2008 18:05

I wanna go , playing poker and skiing one week and than I probably stay there for another week to ski. Only thing is, that it is pretty late in the season and probably there will be a lack of snow, cause of the moderate height of the skiing area.

MusTon
11-25-2008 08:51

very very very nice...