Poker Dream festival debuts in Genting Highlands, Malaysia
The first of its kind, Poker Dream 2022 is arriving in a week at Resorts World Genting Highlands, Malaysia for an exciting 10-day tournament schedule complete with its own share of notable prize pools. Set to run from July 22nd through the 31st, tournament runners can expect to compete against well-known pros such as Danny Tang, Steve O’Dwyer, Michael Soyza, and Pete Chen amongst others. The awaited festival founded by Asia’s key figure Winfred Yu, boasts a 21-event lineup with its seven-figure guaranteed Main Event remaining to be the highlight on everyone’s schedule.
2022 Poker Dream Main Event
Date/s: July 28-31, 2022
Buy-in: RM 5,000 (~US$ 1,125)
Guarantee: RM 1,000,000 (~US$ 225,022)
Day 1A: July 28, Thursday, 15:00
Day 1B: July 29, Friday, 15:00
Day 1C Turbo: July 29, Friday, 20:00
Day 2: July 30, Saturday, 13:00
Day 3 Final: July 31, Sunday, 13:00
Buy-ins for the festivities range from RM 1,000 (~US$ 225) to its highest RM 50,000 (~US$ 11,251) for the two-day Super High Roller event. Only three tournaments post prize pool guarantees, the first one being the multi-day Warm Up RM 200,000 GTD (~US$ 45,004) event for a RM 1,500 entry fee, followed by the RM 3,000 (~US$ 675) buy-in RM 400,000 (~US$ 90,009) GTD Megastack tournament and lastly, the RM 1,000,000 GTD (~US$ 225,022) Main Event.
Numerous satellites are available throughout the schedule allowing players of lesser bankrolls to qualify for a fraction of the price. On a different note, those looking for bigger action can focus on the series’ four listed High Roller tournaments kicking off on the 24th.
2022 Poker Dream Full Schedule of Events
| Day | Date | Time | Event # | Tournament | Buy-in (RM) |
| Friday | July 22, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Warm Up (RM 200,000 GTD) – Day 1A | 1,500 |
| 18:00 | 1 | Warm Up (RM 200,000 GTD) – Day 1B | 1,500 | ||
| 22:00 | 1 | Warm Up (RM 200,000 GTD) – Day 1C | 1,500 | ||
| Saturday | July 23, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Warm Up – Day 2 Final | |
| 14:00 | 2 | Megastack (RM 400,000 GTD) – Day 1A | 3,000 | ||
| 21:00 | 3 | Deepstack Turbo | 1,000 | ||
| Sunday | July 24, 2022 | 13:00 | 4 | High Roller – Day 1 | 20,000 |
| 14:00 | 2 | Megastack (RM 400,000 GTD) – Day 1B | 3,000 | ||
| 21:00 | 5 | NLH Turbo | 1,000 | ||
| Monday | July 25, 2022 | 13:00 | 4 | High Roller – Day 2 Final | |
| 13:00 | 2 | Megastack – Day 2 Final | |||
| 15:00 | 6 | High Roller – Single Day | 15,000 | ||
| 15:00 | 7 | Mystery Bounty – Day 1 (Bounty RM 1,000) | 3,000 | ||
| 21:00 | 8 | 6 Handed Turbo | 1,500 | ||
| Tuesday | July 26, 2022 | 13:00 | 7 | Mystery Bounty – Day 2 Final | |
| 14:00 | 9 | Super High Roller – Day 1 | 50,000 | ||
| 15:00 | 10 | 6 Handed – Day 1 | 4,000 | ||
| 21:00 | 11 | Bubble Rush | 1,500 | ||
| Wednesday | July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 10 | 6 Handed – Day 2 Final | |
| 14:00 | 9 | Super High Roller – Day 2 Final | |||
| 15:00 | 12 | RM 3,000 NLH – Day 1 | 3,000 | ||
| 16:00 | 13 | High Roller – Single Day | 15,000 | ||
| Thursday | July 28, 2022 | 13:00 | 12 | RM 3,000 NLH – Day 2 Final | |
| 15:00 | 14 | Main Event (RM 1,000,000 GTD) – Day 1A | 5,000 | ||
| 21:00 | 15 | KO Bounty Turbo (Bounty RM 500) | 1,500 | ||
| Friday | July 29, 2022 | 15:00 | 14 | Main Event (RM 1,000,000 GTD) – Day 1B | 5,000 |
| 20:00 | 14 | Main Event (RM 1,000,000 GTD) – Day 1C TURBO | 5,000 | ||
| Saturday | July 30, 2022 | 13:00 | 14 | Main Event – Day 2 | |
| 15:00 | 16 | RM 15,000 NLH – Day 1 | 15,000 | ||
| 17:00 | 17 | Deepstack – Day 1 | 3,000 | ||
| 22:00 | 18 | NLH Turbo | 1,000 | ||
| Sunday | July 31, 2022 | 12:00 | 19 | Turbo Edition of the Main Event | 2,000 |
| 13:00 | 14 | Main Event – Day 3 Final | |||
| 14:00 | 16 | RM 15,000 NLH – Day 2 Final | |||
| 14:00 | 17 | Deepstack – Day 2 Final | |||
| 15:00 | 20 | RM 10,000 NLH | 10,000 | ||
| 17:00 | 21 | DeepStack Hyper Turbo | 1,500 |
