The Microgaming Poker Network Poker Tour (MPNPT) has revealed plans to return to the Montecasino in Vienna for their first tour stop of 2017, and they have something extra special on tap.

 The Microgaming Poker Network Poker Tour (MPNPT) has revealed that they will be returning to an old haunt for the opening event of the 2017 season.

On January 25, players will begin descending on the Montesino Casino, Vienna, Austria, to take part in a host of side events, cash games, and of course, the €550 buy-in Main Event.

The decision to return to Vienna was a no-brainer. At the turn of the year, Austrian, Jannis Bräuer defeated 483 entrants to take home the €54,000 first prize after beating Laszlo Toth from Hungary in heads-up action.