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In-full live major poker tournaments will return to the U.S. with a World Poker Tour event in January.
In a Monday presser, host venue Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood announced they'd be joining forces with the WPT once again for the Lucky Hearts Poker Open. The event will fill its traditional January slot and culminate with the $3,500 WPT Main Event with a $1 million guarantee.
Furthermore, the WPT announced on Wednesday its first U.S.-based online Main Tour event, the $3,500 WPT Online Poker Open Main Event, set for a late December running in New Jersey. That one will also carry a guarantee of $1 million.
Live WPT Events Return
Jan. 22 will mark the return of the WPT to U.S. soil.
The Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event will kick off that Friday with the first of two starting flights for the $3,500 reentry event. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will see the tournament play down to a champion, who will get their name etched onto the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup and earn a place in the WPT Tournament of Champions.
The WPT Main Event will be part of an overall festival running Jan. 14-26. It will include an opening $600 multi-flight event with $300,000 guaranteed, a good mix of non-NLHE events around the $400 price point, and four other tournaments with six-figure guarantees.
The full schedule can be found here.
A WPT card hasn't been pitched in the U.S.since mid-March with the conclusion of WPT Rolling Thunder. Instead, the top brand has opted to go with the industry norm under the cloud of COVID-19, hosting a variety of huge online events, most notably the WPT World Online Championship.
Seminole Hard Rock properties reintroduced poker tournaments several months back, so they've started to ramp up the action in Florida, but nothing has been in the ballpark of the WPT LHPO's scale with its more than $2 million in total guarantees.
The WPT LHPO was last on the schedule in January 2020, when it guaranteed $2 million and created a prize pool a little under $2.7 million, drawing 843 entries.
COVID Safety Protocols
Of course, the reason the WPT and so many other poker tours have been on ice for the last eight-plus months is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Key word being ongoing, as the situation in the U.S. and many other countries has, if anything, worsened in recent months.
Florida has been known to be one of the harder-hit states overall, and the past week at the time of writing has seen an average of 6,602 new cases per day, according to official numbers released by the state.
Knowing this, Seminole Hard Rock has instituted special 'Safe + Sound' protocols in an effort to make the playing environment as safe as possible.
- Eight-handed tables with plexiglass shielding players and dealers
- Temperature checks upon entry
- Mandatory mask usage
- Routine cleaning of chips, cards and newly-emptied seats
- Wide availability of hand sanitizer for players and employees
- 50% max capacity on property
- State-of-the-art air filtration system designed to destroy viruses
New Jersey to Host Additional $1M Guaranteed
Those looking to get their names on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup need not wait until January, though. In fact, they don't even need to leave their own homes or play live poker at all, provided those homes are located in New Jersey.
The WPT Online Poker Open Main Event will be held Dec. 27-29 on partypoker US Network for players in New Jersey. PokerNews has already signed on to provide live reporting.
The ambitious $1 million guarantee signifies how serious the WPT and partypoker are about making this a premier poker tournament worthy of the WPT name.
“The WPT Online Poker Open brings the most prestigious prize in poker to New Jersey and the partypoker US Network,” said WPT CEO Adam Pliska in a presser. “WPT’s continued pivot toward online will continue with another landmark for regulated online poker in the United States.”
Indeed, the WPT has pivoted into a strong series of online offerings, however all were offered to the dot-com partypoker player pool, a much larger bunch of customers than the prospective New Jersey pool. Drawing the necessary entries to meet the guarantee will require some effort, and the WPT already announced satellites will be available for as little as $5.
Speaking of the dot-cam pool, they'll also get a January shot at WPT glory. WPT Montreal, traditionally occupying a November slot on the schedule, will take place on the main partypoker client. It begins with starting flights on Jan. 10 and Jan. 17, two Sundays that will play down to a short enough percent of the field that the tournament finishes Jan. 18.
That one will have a $3,200 buy-in and a $2 million guarantee. Click here for full details.
The only other WPT Main Tour events currently scheduled at WPT Russia in Sochi for mid-February and the second edition of WPT Online Series, scheduled for May.
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It's no surprise that poker is one of the most famous table games across the world. Played in gambling halls, online or at land based casinos, poker enthusiasts know each game is definitively different from the last. Players with a passion for high stakes and even higher prize pools are drawn to these poker tournaments like a moth to the flame, and if the heat gets too hot and they cannot make it into any of these tournaments, then like the rest of the world they wait and watch the outcome of some of the most extraordinary poker players across the world take part in these renowned poker tournaments.
The WSOP (World Series of Poker) Tournament
The biggest and most renowned poker tournament, the one that every pro poker player is aware of and the tournament with the biggest prize pot is the World Series of Poker. Being the most popular poker tournament, obtaining a seat at the table is nearly an impossible task. That is unless you have $10 000 in change to buy a seat or if you are one of the lucky players to have won a seat through a satellite tournament.
Satellite tournaments are set uparound the world allowing players to compete for the ultimate prize; a seat at the WSOP tournament. Most satellite tournaments are online and the sites that hold the competitions offer players a chance to work their way up a 'tier system' the lowest tier being the cheapest and the highest being the most expensive.
World Series Poker
Winners of WSOP gain millions of dollars in the ultimate cash prize and also stand to win a bracelet which is the ultimate prize. The event is held annually at Las Vegas in Nevada and Texas Hold'em is the game of choice.
The World Poker Tour (WPT)
The televised event is one of the biggest in the world due to the high stakes and additional prizes. Buy in ranges from $4 000-$25 000 and winners are awarded with World Poker Tour status membership, they have the privilege of having their names engraved on the trophy cup and of course they walk away with millions in cash prizes.
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Possibly the most alluring title of them all, the PokerStars tournament is an annual event held in the Bahamas with a buy in amount of $10 000. Throughout the years there have been some changes with PokerStars taking over the tournament and settling on the $10k buy in. The event is internationally televised and the main prize pool amount reaches up to an impressive $20 million.
The Big One for One Drop - Invitational Tournament
Worldwide Poker Tournaments
One of the most exclusive tournaments would readily be noted by professional players as the Big One. The tournament takes the biggest buy in to date going as high as $1 million for a seat. Hosted at the WSOP venue, players play for a no limit Texas Hold'em pot prize players stand to win over $10 000,000 in cash. Known for the insane adrenaline, The Big One for One Drop is by invitation only and thereafter the buy in must be paid to secure the players seat. Impressively 3.5% of the prize pool is donated to the One Drop Foundation, an initiative focused on water saving.
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Super High Roller Bowl
As the name suggests, Super High Roller Bowl has been exclusively designed for high stakes players. The annual event is held in Las Vegas and began with a $500 000 buy in. The buy in cost has been lowered to $300 000 and the stakes are played for in a no limit game of Texas Hold'em. In 2018 the total prize pool weighed in at a staggering amount of $14, 400, 000 and the winner in first place walked away with $5 million in cash.
Worldwide Poker Tournaments
There are of course more famous poker tournaments that have every poker enthusiast wishing they had enough cold hard cash to throw in the direction of these tournaments. Luckily online casinos cater for smaller poker players and create tournament events of their own where players can compete in various poker games such as Seven Card Stud, Five Card Draw, Omaha Poker and many more.