It begins! The bwin team has just touched down in the wonderful Austrian Ski Town of Hinterglemm for the next big event on the bwin team calendar; The PokerNews Cup Alpine! After arriving in true VIP style with a scenic helicopter transfer from Salzburg, the team got straight into the serious business of getting the 2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine party started!
Austrian Alps
The Alpine Palace
The festivities are well and truly in full swing with side events already running at Alpine Palace Card Casino, and the players already catching up for dinner and drinks. Amongst the 26 bwin team starters for this event are many familiar faces with Poker Island winner Sirin-22, samsampson (a.k.a BillyBillard), -NUTS6060-, MikeMusxxx and KristapsK3 all adding another event to their bwin team CV's.
Sirin22, -NUTS6020-, samsampson and KristapsK3
Also, in a welcomed surprise many other bwin team veterans are in Hinterglemm for the event, such as Wieringen, Mike-Lowry, F34RB34R, and .hades It is always great to see a familar face at these events and fantastic that all the players stay such good friends after playing in events together.
Mike-Lowery, samsampson and Wieringen
The players really have a lot to look forward to this week, with plenty of team activities and both the €270+€30 Pot Limit Omaha and €1375+€125 Main Event included in their package. First up the team will be heading to 'Snowmobile World' for two hours of mayhem and carnage on snowmobiles, followed by the official PokerNews Cup Welcome Party.
Snowmobile
Snowmobiling, parties, poker .. What more could you ask for? It is going to be a crazy week, so make sure you catch all the action right here on the bwin Pokerblog!
