If a summary of what could be expected this week in the world of poker could be given, it would look like this: most of the players are now contending for gold bracelets at Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, where the 47th World Series of Poker festival is taking place, Seoul will play host to the next APPT stop, the Hollywood Poker Open will have its season-ending Championship event, and Aria Resort & Casino will welcome players for one of its $25,000 single-day high rollers. Here is more about the poker tournaments set to kick off in the week between June 20-26.
2016 APPT Seoul
The capital of South Korea will be welcoming players for the next Asia Pacific Poker Tour stop. The tournament is scheduled for June 20-27 and will feature 7 No-Limit Hold’em events as well as a Pot-Limit Omaha one. Paradise Walker-Hill Casino in Seoul will play host to the lavish poker festival, which promises exciting monetary and non-monetary prizes for entries.
The five-day KRW3,000,000 Main Event is slated to run from June 23 to June 27.
2016 Summer Poker Classic
Turning Stone Casino and Resort in Verona, New York will be the host venue to a Summer Poker Classic festival running June 21-26. Its schedule would include as many as 8 No-Limit Hold’em events, with 7 of those being bounty ones and featuring bounties of between $25 and $50.
The Main Event will kick off on June 24 and will be a three-day one. Entries will have to pay a buy-in fee of $570 in order to be able to enter the tournament. Another important thing to mention is the fact that the event features a guaranteed prize pool of $75,000.
2015/2016 HPO Championship
The Hollywood Poker Open season-ending event will take place from June 23-26 at The M Resort Spa & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. With a buy-in fee of $2,500 the Championship promises exciting payouts for the winner and for those who will take paying positions.
Apart from the $2,5000 Championship, there will be a $555 No-Limit Hold’em Seniors event as part of the season-ending festivities.
Aria High Roller XXXV
Aria Resort & Casino’s $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller events have proved to be quite successful over the past two years, with some of the world’s most well-recognized poker players taking part in those. The 35th such tournament will take place on June 25 at the popular casino.
GUKPT London
The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour’s fifth leg for this season will be played in the Poker Room at Grosvenor Casino Victoria in London from June 26 to July 3. The festival’s schedule includes 13 different events, with Event #8: £550 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event being the highlight one. It will take place from June 30 to July 3 and will feature a guaranteed prize pool of £100,000.
