After unwrapping their Christmas presents and emptying their Christmas socks, many would likely feel tempted to head to a nearby or not so nearby casino for some holiday edition poker action. If there are such avid poker players among our readers, we at Casino News Daily have compiled a list of some of the poker events that will take place in the week after Christmas and before New Year. Here is a little bit more information about these.
2017 Deepstacks Challenge
The Borgata Casino, one of the casinos gracing the emblematic Atlantic City Boardwalk, will welcome players between December 26 and December 29 to celebrate Christmas with them and to offer them the chance to take part in four No-Limit Hold’em tournaments.
A single single-day tournament will take place on each of the four days within the Deepstacks Challenge. The $120 No-Limit Hold’em with a guaranteed prize pool of $15,000 will open the poker bonanza at the Borgata. The buy-ins and the guaranteed prize pools will grow with every day.
The second day of the festival will welcome players for a $180 buy-in tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $20,000. The third day will feature a $230 event with a guaranteed prize pool of $25,000. Finally, the festival will be concluded with a $300 buy-in tournament that will offer $40,000 in guaranteed money.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Fun in the Sun Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, known to be a popular poker destination, will host an exciting festival in sunny Florida in the days between December 26 and December 30. Players will be able to enter six different tournaments, with those featuring different structures.
The two-day $250 No-Limit Hold’em Big Stack with $50,000 in guaranteed prize money will be the opening event. There will also be two tournaments with guaranteed prize pools of $25,000, a $350 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty and a $250 No-Limit Hold’em Big Stack. Fans of Deep Stack Turbo poker will be offered the opportunity to enter two such tournaments in the days between Christmas and New Year festivities. Both events will be $130 buy-in ones and will feature guaranteed prize pools of $15,000.
Dutch Open Poker Series
Holland Casino in the Dutch city of Breda will welcome players from here and there for a nice post-Christmas and pre-New Year festival. Dutch Open Poker Series action at the hosting gambling venue is set to begin on December 27 and to last all the way through December 30. As many as six tournaments are scheduled to take place within the series’ Breda stop.
A €250 No-Limit Hold’em Steal the Button event will open the festival at Holland Casino. There will also be a Deepstack Bounty event with a buy-in of €800 as well as a Turbo and a team event with buy-ins of €400 and €500, respectively. The Main Event will kick off on December 28 with a buy-in of €1,500.
German Poker Tour – Christmas Edition
The Christmas Edition of the German Poker Tour is set to take place on December 25-30 at King’s Casino Rozvadov. The festival will feature five tournaments and several satellites to the Main Event. The German Poker Tour will kick off with the €115 Christmas Deepstack with a guaranteed prize pool of €20,000.
The German Poker Tour Main Event with a buy-in of €299 will certainly be the most exciting tournament on the schedule. It will feature a guaranteed prize pool of €200,000. The event will take place from December 26 to December 30. It will include three starting flights and two more days of action.
