It is not exactly warm outside right now, but Unibet Poker has given PokerNews readers the perfect excuse to stay at home by launching the MTT Winter Festival. The weather may be freezing, but the tournament action at Unibet Poker is red hot.
The MTT Winter Festival runs from for four weeks from January 17 through to February 13. Each week of the MTT Winter Festival sees a different tournament format take centre stage. Unibet’s players will battle it out in PKO, Turbo, Omaha, and Second Chance tournaments throughout the festival, picking up leaderboard points as they do so.
MTT Winter Festival Schedule
| Dates | Series |
|---|---|
| January 17-23 | PKO |
| January 24-30 | Turbo |
| January 31-February 6 | Omaha |
| February 7-13 | Second Chance |
There are four MTT Winter Festival events running each day that have buy-ins of €5 and €10. In addition, there is a €25 buy-in Main Event on Sundays. Players earn precious leaderboard points each week, which can see them walk away with 50,000 Bonus Points worth €500 plus €1,000 Upswing Poker training credit.
MTT Winter Festival Leaderboard Payouts
| Place | Bonus Points | Cash Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50,000 | €500 |
| 2 | 40,000 | €400 |
| 3 | 30,000 | €300 |
| 4 | 20,000 | €200 |
| 5 | 15,000 | €150 |
| 6 | 10,000 | €100 |
| 7-8 | 5,000 | €50 |
| 9-10 | 2,500 | €25 |
Week 1, when the schedule is brimming with PKO tournaments, you earn one leaderboard point for every bounty you claim in the MTT Winter Festival events. Weeks 2-4 is the following formula to calculate your points: 1.5*SQRT(n)/SQRT(k), where n = number of entrants, k = your finishing position.
Help Yourself to €20 Extra and a €200 Bonus
Now is the time to join the fun and games at Unibet Poker. We invite you to download Unibet Poker via PokerNews. Do this, create your free account, and make a deposit of at least €10. Doing so entitles you to €20 worth of tickets, plus entry into up to four €500 weekly welcome freerolls.
Your new Unibet Poker account comes with a €200 playthrough bonus. Play real money cash games, tournaments and HexaPro games and your bonus money releases into your playable account balance at the frequencies shown below:
| Level | Rake | Cash reward | Reward % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €2 | €1 | 50% |
| 2 | €10 | €4 | 40% |
| 3 | €50 | €15 | 30% |
| 4 | €150 | €40 | 27% |
| 5 | €588 | €140 | 25% |
