In the United States, poker rooms around the country will be holding mostly events dedicated to the President’s Day celebrations this week. And in Europe, partypoker will kick off its UK Poker Championships series at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham. More about what could be expected from the world of poker this week in terms of upcoming live tournaments could be found in the paragraphs below.
President’s Day Events
There will be several poker events dedicated to the upcoming President’s Day celebrations, which are set for February 19 this year. The first such event is slated to take place on February 15 through February 19. WinStar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma will play host to the President’s Day Poker Series.
As many as seven different tournaments will be held as part of the poker festival, with those featuring buy-ins of between $150 and $550 for the three-day Main Event. The highlight tournament on the series’s schedule will kick off on February 17.
Dover Downs in Dover, Delaware will also pay host to a President’s Day festival next weekend. Players will be able to enter four tournaments between February 16 and February 19. Each of the tournaments will kick off with guaranteed prize pools of $3,000, $10,000, or $30,000.
Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut will too join the President’s Day celebrations with a special poker festival over the weekend. There will be three single-day No-Limit Hold’em tournaments to take place between February 17-19. The first of them will be a $300 buy-in one and will feature a guaranteed prize pool of $30,000, the second, a $250 buy-in one, will come with a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool, and the final, a $400 buy-in one, will offer $50,000 in guaranteed prize money.
The final President’s Day poker festival to kick off this week will take place at Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady, New York. The event will be held over February 17-19 and will feature three different tournaments with buy-ins of $250 for two of the tournaments and $125 for the final one.
WSOP Circuit Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is the next stop on the WSOP Circuit’s 2017/2018 schedule. The casino, which has been hosting the annual WSOP series for several years now, will play host to the Circuit series from February 16 all the way through February 27.
As usual, the series’ stop will feature 12 gold ring events and a couple of special events that do not offer WSOP piece of jewelery as an award for the winner but are equally exciting.
The Main Event is set to kick off on February 24 and to be played over four days. The $1,675 buy-in tournament will feature a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million.
partypokerLIVE UK Poker Championships
Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham is gearing up for the upcoming UK Poker Championships presented by partypoker. The thrilling poker festival will take place from February 17-25 as part of the first season of the new series.
There will be five tournaments to take place as part of the upcoming festival, including the £5,300 Super High Roller with a guaranteed prize pool of £200,000 and the £1,100 Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of £1 million. These two tournaments will kick off on February 19 and February 21, respectively.
