Although the 2016 WSOP is drawing to a close, there will be no shortage of noteworthy poker festivals to kick off in the week between July 18-24, with those taking place in some of the world’s most popular and highly preferred poker destinations. Manila, Rozvadov, Lille, and California are only several of the locations where players looking for poker thrill and excitement will be able enter different poker variants and win their share of substantial prize pools.
2016 APT Experience Manila
Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel & Casino in the Philippine capital will welcome players from the Asia-Pacific region and the rest of the world for the APT Experience Manila, a poker festival that will most certainly create quite a lot of excitement. It will take place from July 19-27 and will be kicked off with a PHP6,600 No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of PHP1 million.
There will be 20 events to take place within the festival’s schedule, with those being No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha, OFC Pineapple, and several Mixed Games. The five-day Main Event is scheduled for July 22-26. Entries will have to pay a buy-in fee of PHP55,000 to secure a seat in the tournament.
FPS Season 6 Lille
As it could be seen, Lille will be the next stop on the France Poker Series Season 6 Schedule. Hotel Casino Barrière de Lille will be playing host to the event from July 19 through July 24. The festival will feature 13 different events, mostly No-Limit Hold’em ones.
The €1,100 Main Event will take place from July 21-24. The €330 Lille Cup and the €2,200 High Roller will also be running at Hotel Casino Barrière de Lille as part of the whole festival.
European Team Poker Championship
King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic has turned into one of the most popular, if not the most popular, poker destinations in Europe. The gambling venue and its poker room will now play host to the European Team Poker Championship from July 21-24.
Quite expectedly, the actual €180 European Team Poker Championship will be the highlight event to be taking place at King’s Casino as part of the whole festival. The tournament will be running from July 22-24 and will feature a guaranteed prize pool of €75,000. There will be ten more events to take place at the gambling venue as part of the European Team Poker Championship.
2016 BSOP
The Brazilian Series of Poker will take place at Sheraton Sao Paulo WTC Hotel in Sao Paulo from July 21-26. Brazil’s most popular poker festival will feature as many as 19 different events as part of its schedule. The BSOP R$2,600 Main Event will kick off on July 22 and will run through July 26. It will be a re-entry one and will feature a guaranteed prize pool of R$1 million.
2016 AUPT World Championship
The Ante Up Poker Tour World Championship will be played at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California from July 21 to August 7. As part of the major poker festival, interested players will be able to enter 20 different events, including No-Limit Hold’em, Omaha, Pineapple, and mixed formats.
The three-day $1,650 Main Event is scheduled for August 5-7. The tournament will feature a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000. Another multiple starting flight event – the $425 No-Limit Hold’em one is also expected to attract quite a lot of attention as it will feature a guaranteed prize pool of $250,000.
