Unibet Poker to launch new online MTT schedule

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Unibet has announced that they are overhauling their online MTT schedule, three years after launching their standalone Poker platform with Relax Gaming.

Until now, Unibet has focused much of its efforts on software improvements and headline cash game promotions, winning it the EGR Poker Innovation of the Year three years in a row. However, Unibet is now looking to make itself more competitive on the MTT front, with flagship Sunday tournaments being added to the client for the first time — two new blind structures for players to enjoy, a space theme and numerous improvements to the MTT lobby. The new schedule was devised in conjunction with players and Unibet ambassadors, and the operator has said that it will optimize the schedule on an ongoing basis by continuing to take feedback from players on their community site.

The new schedule will begin to populate in the Unibet Poker client on the morning of 2 October, with the first Sunday Majors taking place on 8 October. The details of these flagship Sunday (hold'em) tournaments are as follows:

• Cosmic Rays, €10 buy-in, €5,000 prize pool, 3,000 starting stack, eight blind levels, unlimited re-buys, 17:00 CEST start.
• Spectrum, €5 buy-in, €2,000 prize pool, 3,000 starting stack, eight blind levels, unlimited re-buys, 17:00 CEST start.
• Ice Giant, €25 buy-in, €5,000 prize pool, 10,000 starting stack, 10 blind levels, progressive bounty, 18:00 CEST start.
• Supernova, €100 buy-in, €20,000 prize pool, 15,000 starting stack, 12 blind levels, freezeout, 19:00 CEST start.
• Nebula, €5 buy-in, €2,000 prize pool, 10,000 starting stack, eight blind levels, freezeout, 19:00 CEST start.
• Odyssey, €50 buy-in, €5,000 prize pool, 5,000 starting stack, 12 blind levels, 2R1A, 20:00 CEST start.

Unibet is also planning to improve its qualifier structure for live events soon, pooling all low stakes live event qualifiers under one umbrella and allowing players to choose which Unibet tour they would like to play a final qualifier for. The date for that change is yet to be announced.

David Pomroy, Head of Poker at Unibet, said, "As tournament players ourselves, we've been planning to overhaul our MTT schedule for a while, but wanted to focus on software improvements first. The client is in great shape now, and so it's time we gave MTT players at Unibet and beyond something to shout about. The new structures we're adding will feature antes from the start and give players a much smoother transition between levels. We're also excited to add larger prize pools in fields where players don't have to battle against thousands of other players. As always, we'll be encouraging feedback from players and will tweak and optimize things over time. We're also going to be aggressive with guarantees across the schedule, increasing them wherever we see increased demand."

The launch of the schedule will coincide with a rework of a popular Unibet promotion, Moving On Up, rewarding players with cash game tickets at increasing stakes each week once they have played a minimum number of MTTs. The value of the tickets given away will increase each week in October, culminating with a €25 cash game ticket given to all players who have played five MTTs on each of six separate days in the final week.