Merit Poker Returns to Montenegro From Jan. 13; €1M Expected in Prize Pools

Benefit Poker is greatest recognized for its prestigious Cyprus-based occasions, however this January, Benefit Poker heads to the Benefit Royal Splendid On line casino in Budva, Montenegro, for the Benefit Poker Montenegro Championship.

Operating from January 13-25, the Montenegro Championship is the primary Benefit Poker sequence of the New 12 months, and it’s anticipated to award €1 million throughout its busy schedule. An estimated €950,000 must be paid out throughout the pageant’s trio of flagship occasions: the €1,650 Primary Occasion, €2,750 Excessive Curler, and €880 Benefit Poker Cup. You may observe dwell and unique updates from these tournaments through the PokerNews dwell reporting pages.

PokerNews to Cowl Trio Of Big Benefit Poker Montenegro Championship Occasions

Your first likelihood to observe some Benefit Poker Montenegro Championships protection at PokerNews is January 14, when the €880 No-Restrict Maintain’em Benefit Poker Cup shuffles up and offers. It runs till January 18 and is extensively anticipated to see a €250,000 prize pool.

Our protection of the €2,750 Excessive Curler runs January 17-19. When this occasion final ran in February 2022, Polish star Jakub Michalak got here out on prime of an 88-strong area and banked €60,720 of the €202,400 prize pool.

January 19-25 are the dates for the €1,650 Primary Occasion, the pageant’s showpiece occasion. Lebanon’s George Hannas is the reigning champion, having topped a 401 area in February 2022. Amazingly, Hannas gained the earlier version of this occasion in 2020; can he full probably the most spectacular of hat tips in 2026?

Benefit Poker Montenegro Championship Schedule

Broaden the desk beneath to see the complete 2026 Benefit Poker Montenegro Championship schedule.

Round-the-Clock Money Video games

Excellent tournaments apart, Benefit Poker festivals and sequence are famend for his or her money sport choices. No-Restrict Maintain’em and Pot-Restrict Omaha money video games will run across the clock all through the Benefit Poker Montenegro Championship, beginning at €2/€5 and rising all the best way to limitless buy-in €50/€100 video games!

Obtainable No-Restrict Maintain’em Money Video games

Obtainable Pot-Restrict Omaha Money Video games

Particular Presents on the Benefit Poker Montenegro Championship

These planning on significantly grinding on the Benefit Poker Montenegro Championship can play their option to closely discounted and even free lodging.

Gamers who spend €7,500 in complete buy-ins and re-entries can obtain 50% off a 13-night keep within the Spendid Lodge, that means your keep solely prices €845. Up these buy-ins and re-entries to €10,000 or extra, and your 13-day keep is on the home!

Money sport gamers can even save a big quantity on lodging. Play six or extra hours at €5/€10 every day, and you will obtain a free room.

Previous Benefit Poker Montenegro Outcomes

Benefit Poker was final in Montenegro in February 2022, and greater than €1.1 million was gained throughout 9 occasions. As beforehand talked about, Georges Hannas triumphed within the €1,650 Primary Occasion, a end result value €116,240. Hannes gained the identical occasion two years early, taking residence €80,983 following a heads-up cope with fellow Lebanese grinder Bassel Moussa.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he grew to become the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from dwell reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his function of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.