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Aspers Casino in Stratford, London, is set to be packed to the rafters between January 30 and February 4 thanks to the 1 million guaranteed London Poker Festival. The team behind the successful Irish Poker Tour, Killarney Poker Festival, Irish Poker Tour London, and many other series is behind the London Poker Festival, which all but guarantees its success in the English capital.

At least 1 million will be awarded across the London Poker Festival, with every tournament, including satellites, featuring a guarantee on their prize pool. The largest of these guarantees tips the scales at an impressive 500,000, which is reserved for the 700 buy-in London Poker Festival Main Event.

London Poker Festival Schedule

Date	Time	Event	Guarantee
Tue 30 Jan	12:00 p.m.	70 Mystery Bounty Satellite	4 seats
	2:00 p.m.	500 Mystery Bounty Day 1A	100,000
	7:00 p.m.	150 London Festival Opener	10,000
Wed 31 Jan	12:00 p.m.	70 Mystery Bounty Satellite	4 seats
	2:00 p.m.	500 Mystery Bounty Day 1B	100,000
	3:00 p.m.	100 Main Event Super Satellite	5 seats
	6:00 p.m.	700 London Main Event Day 1A	500,000
	7:00 p.m.	200 London Omaha Championship Satellite	2 seats
	8:00 p.m.	150 No-Limit Hold’em	5,000
Thu 1 Feb	11:00 a.m.	200 London Omaha Championship Satellite	2 seats
	12:00 p.m.	Mystery Bounty Final	100,000
	12:30 p.m.	100 Main Event Super Satellite	5 seats
	1:00 p.m.	700 London Main Event Day 1B	500,000
	2:00 p.m.	1,650 London Omaha Championship 7-Max Day 1	75,000
	3:00 p.m.	100 Main Event Super Satellite	5 seats
	6:00 p.m.	700 London Main Event Day 1C	500,000
	8:00 p.m.	150 1K One Day Satellite Turbi	2 seats
Fri 2 Feb	11:00 a.m.	150 1K One Day Satellite Turbo	2 seats
	12:00 p.m.	700 London Main Event Day 1D	500,000
	1:00 p.m.	London Omaha Championship 7-Max Final	75,000
	1:00 p.m.	100 Main Event Super Satellite	5 seats
	2:00 p.m.	1,000 1K One Dayer	40,000
	4:00 p.m.	700 London Main Event Day 1E	500,000
	6:00 p.m.	300 Omaha 7-Max 4/5 Card	10,000
	8:00 p.m.	150 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo	5,000
	9:00 p.m.	250 High Roller Satellite Fast	2 seats
Sat 3 Feb	11:00 a.m.	700 London Main Event Day 1F Fast	500,000
	1:00 p.m.	250 High Roller Mega Satellite	5 seats
	2:00 p.m.	250 The London 250	40,000
	5:00 p.m.	250 High Roller Satellite	3 seats
	7:00 p.m.	2,000 High Roller	125,000
	7:00 p.m.	300 Omaha 7-Max	10,000
	9:00 p.m.	150 No-Liit Hold’em Turbo Freezeout	5,000
Sun 4 Feb	11:00 a.m.	70 London Cup Super Satellite	5 seats
	12:00 p.m.	London Main Event Final	500,000
	1:00 p.m.	2,000 High Roller Final	125,000
	1:00 p.m.	200 London Women’s Championship	4,000
	2:00 p.m.	500 London Poker Cup	50,000
	6:00 p.m.	300 Omaha 7-Max	10,000
	8:00 p.m.	150 Last Chance Turbo	5,000

A 500 buy-in, 100,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty tournament raises the curtain on the London Poker Festival at 2:00 p.m. GMT on January 30. Later that day, at 7:00 p.m. GMT, the one-day 150 London Festival Opener awards not a penny less than 10,000.

The 700 buy-in London Poker Festival Main Event is the tournament everyone heading to Aspers Casino wants to win, not least because the prize pool is guaranteed to payout half a million British pounds!

The 500,000 guaranteed Main Event has five starting flights, including a turbo-structured Day 1F. Main Event players receive a 40,000 starting stack and play to 30-minute levels on each Day 1, except Day 1F, which has a 12-minute clock. Fifteen levels are scheduled on each flight, with one re-entry permitted before the end of the ninth level.

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
1	100	100	100
2	100	200	200
3	100	300	300
4	200	400	400
5	200	500	500
6	300	600	600
7	400	800	800
8	500	1,000	1,000
9	600	1,200	1,200
10	800	1,600	1,600
11	1,000	2,000	2,000
12	1,200	2,400	2,400
13	1,500	3,000	3,000
14	2,000	4,000	4,000
15	2,500	5,000	5,000

Although, naturally, most of the London Poker Festival tournaments are No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha lovers have a handful of events featuring their favorite discipline. The largest of these is the 7-Max London Omaha Championship, a 1,650 behemoth of a PLO event with a 175,000 guarantee slapped on its prize pool.

Satellites Galore for the London Poker Festival

Of course, buy-ins of 700 for the Main Event, and 1,650 for the Omaha Championship could be outside the constraints of some players’ bankrolls, which is why there are several live satellites running throughout the London Poker Festival.

In addition, PartyPoker is running satellites where two 2,400 London Poker Festival packages are guaranteed. Those packages award:

Those PartyPoker satellites use the online poker giant’s “phase” system, where you can buy into any phase you wish except the final. Phases come in buy-ins of 2.20, 11, and 55; progress from the 55 buy-in phase and you take your chips through with you to the final.

The last of those finals takes place at 9:00 p.m. GMT on January 21, so time is of the essence if you want to win your way to the London Poker Festival for as little as 2.20.

Last week’s final awarded three packages. Ireland’s Morgan McGlew, Finland’s Tero Maaranen, and Byron Borburg of the United Kingdom each secured a 2,400 package. Fourth place finisher, Alexandru Cristian Munteanu bubbled a package but still took home 990 for his efforts.

Stay locked and loaded to PokerNews throughout the London Poker Festival to discover who wins big at Aspers Casino Stratford in the coming weeks.

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