Amsterdam's Main Event and Baden's CAPT Million land in the same week — and one of them starts three days before its own published festival window
Holland Casino's Master Classics Main Event opens Day 1A in Amsterdam on 17 November at EUR 2,750 plus a EUR 250 service fee, while Casinos Austria's CAPT Million begins dealing satellites at Casino Baden on 16 November — three days before the 19 to 30 November window its own tournament plan advertises. Players pricing a November trip around either festival should read the satellite dates, not the headline dates.
Two of Europe's larger November festivals reach their decisive stage in the same week, and the calendars are worth reading closely before booking anything.
In Amsterdam, the 34th Master Classics of Poker is at its midpoint. The festival runs 13 to 21 November 2026 at Holland Casino Amsterdam Centrum, and the Main Event opens Day 1A on 17 November at 15:00 with a buy-in of EUR 2,750 plus a EUR 250 service fee. Day 1B follows on 18 November, then Day 2 on the 19th, Day 3 on the 20th and the final day on 21 November at 14:00. The satellite ladder into it runs at EUR 400 plus EUR 40 and is still being dealt on 16, 17 and 18 November, so late entry into the qualifying path remains open as the Main Event begins. The week's biggest buy-in is not the Main Event at all: the NLH Highroller 8-Max on 20 November costs EUR 5,700 plus a EUR 300 service fee.
In Austria, Casinos Austria's CAPT Million at Casino Baden presents a trap for anyone planning around the published dates. The operator's own tournament plan advertises the festival as 19 to 30 November 2026, but the plan's first row is a PLO Satellite on 16 November at 17:00, and an NLH satellite follows on the 17th — three days before the advertised window opens. The first Day 1 of the one-million-euro guaranteed Main Event is on 20 November at 15:00, at EUR 500 plus EUR 50, with further Day 1 flights running through to 27 November and the money days on 28, 29 and 30 November. The High Roller is EUR 2,000 plus EUR 200 across 24 and 25 November.
One detail in the Austrian plan is worth flagging rather than guessing at: the rows for Day 2, Day 3 and the Final Day print no buy-in figure, because those are continuation days for players already in the event rather than separate entries. The same pattern appears in Amsterdam, where continuation days are listed without a price. A schedule that shows no buy-in beside an event is not necessarily missing information.
Figures here were read on 15 November 2026 from Holland Casino's own Master Classics festival page and from Casinos Austria's CAPT Million tournament plan. Live schedules change; check the operator's page before travelling.
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