The Icelandic Poker Championship will be held
13th-17th November 2024
General info
The Icelandic Poker Championship has been held annually since 2009 so this year we’re celebrating a 15 year anniversary with the 16th edition of this event.
All events are open to all nationalities and the winner of the Main Event will win the title “Icelandic Poker Champion”. A PSÍ (Icelandic Poker Federation) membership is required for participation in all events organized by PSÍ.
All results from all events are posted to the Hendon Mob database.
The venue is Hugaríþróttafélagið, one of Iceland’s premier poker clubs with up to 10 tables, featuring daily tournaments and 100/200 games (ISK).
Note that the Main Event is a freeze-out (no re-entries) but all side events have unlimited re-entries.
This year we will open with a grand side event featuring ADDED prizes from Coolbet, a package to The Festival and a ticket to the Icelandic Championship Main Event.
Schedule
Venue
Hugaríþróttafélagið
Address: Mörkin 4, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland
Second floor, to the left
Accommodation
Note that the venue is located approximately 10 minutes drive from the city center.
PokerTravelDeals.com is offering hotel packages at Hilton Reykjavik Nordica and Grand Hotel Reykjavik. Both hotels are located mid-way between the venue and the center of Reykjavik.
Terms and conditions
- All major PSÍ tournaments are run without profit/loss so prizepool will consist of all buy-ins minus all costs associated with the tournament.
- Tournament cost is estimated at 14-17% of total buy-ins, depending on number of players.
- In all side events a fixed amount of 15% is withheld to cover tournament cost.
- Registration is open to all nationalities, but PSÍ membership is required (6000 ISK) for all events.
- Pre-registered players will enter the tournament at start of level 9 if they are not present.
- Deal-making is not allowed in the main event and tournament must be played to the end to declare a winner.
- Winners of satellite tickets will be registered automatically to a day flight of their choice.
- Winners of satellite tickets can sell/forward them to other players at will. The winner of the ticket needs to notify PSI by email.
- If you have won a satellite ticket please send an email to info@pokersamband.is to inform which Day flight you wish to play.
- PSI reserves the right to publish tournament results, photos from the tournament venue and other information regarding the event, such as names of winners and prizes, to websites, social media, new outlets and other media.
- The tournament is played in accordance with regulations set by the Icelandic Poker Federation and TDA rules.
- Board of PSI and Tournament directors reserve the right to make changes to structure and tournament programme/schedule.
Registration
Registration and first buy-in for all events is made here through our payment portal.
Remember to add the 2024 membership to the shopping cart.
Re-entries for side events will be made at the table with a POS payment with any major debet/credit card.
Mystery Bounty!
This year we will open with a grand side event, a 40K ISK Mystery Bounty with two added prizes
- A €1600 package, sponsored by Coolbet that can be used for any The Festival event in 2025
- An ISK 80.000 ticket to the 2024 Icelandic Championship Main Event
The tournament will be played down to 12% of the number of entries before players are in-the-money and the mystery bounties will be awarded.
