We are living an unstoppable poker boom. With the constant grow of online poker players and online poker rooms, live poker tours are appearing from under the rocks. ¿The hegemony of the most famous poker series like EPT and WPT is in danger? Today we are going to talk about one of these recent-created tours: the Unibet Poker Open.

The tour, sponsored by Unibet has already featured stops in Madrid, Warsaw and Budapest and has announced the next venue of his 1100 EUR buy-in event. The next stop of the series will be on Algarve, Portugal, from May 14th to 17th.

Located in the Algarve, on the south-west tip of Europe, Vilamoura is one of Europe’s hot spots. Considered a unique jewel surrounded by turquoise beaches, this sun-drenched resort is where the next Unibet Open will take place. The event will be hosted by Casino Vilamoura,

Nobody doubts about the success of one of the newest series in the circuit. The last event in Budapest, Hungary, attracted 360 players from all over the world and featured a first place prize of 135.000 EUR. The eventual winner was the Spaniard Alvaro Áspas, from Unibet team, who claimed the title after keeping the lead from Day 1.

Some players talked about other UPO events. For instance, Ilka H, from Findland, On Unibet Open Warsaw said: “Yes, it rocked so hard that it takes at least a month to recover (physically, mentally, bankrollwise)”.

With those awesome destinations, all packed with young players in good mood, I believe the Unibet Poker Tour prepared to jump to the high-stakes of the poker circuits. I really look forward to my trip to Algarve the next May.

For more information about the event, visit the Unibet Poker Open Algarve 2009 page. If you plan to win your seat at the Portuguese stop of the tour, you can visit the Satellites to Unibet Open Algarve page.