New Jersey WPT Online Poker Tournament Open Main Event
As the Covid-19 pandemic hit the live gaming industry hard, the online events have experienced an unprecedented boom, especially when it comes to poker. Most of the major poker events have been moved online and, in addition, plenty of new internet events were created. All of this made for a great year for online poker, and we will likely see more of the same in 2021. And, although the end of the year is near, there is still some exciting poker to be played as we count the last days of 2020.
New Jersey WPT Online Poker Tournament Open Main Event
Players in New Jersey will have a chance to end the year on a high by taking part in the WPT Online Poker Open Main Event powered by partypoker Us Network. The competition takes place from December 27th to 29th and will mark the first time a New Jersey event will count on the World Poker Tour’s Main Tour.
Adam Pliska, the CEO of World Poker Tour stated that this tournament is another big step and a landmark for regulated online poker in the United States.
The prize pool for the tournament is a cool $1 million, while the winner will have plenty more reasons to celebrate as he will also receive Player of the Year points, a seat at the WPT Tournament of Champions, and a Hublot Big Bang E Titanium watch worth $5.200. All players located in New Jersey will have a chance to compete for the prize even if they’re not Garden State residents. The tournament will be available on any site belonging to the partypoker US network, meaning you can log in and join the competition on BorgataPoker.com, BetMGMPoker.com, or NJ.partypoker.com.
The event will unfold in three stages, starting on December 27th at 5 pm ET and running until level 16. The remaining players will be back in action the day after at 7 pm ET and will play until the final table of 8 is decided. The final table showdown takes place on December 29th and will begin at 7 pm ET. Players will be allowed to register and join the tournament before level 12 ends and unlimited re-entries are also allowed.
WPT Online Poker Open Main Event will be accompanied by three side events:
- December 28th – $215 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament ($20,000 guaranteed prize pool)
- December 29th – $535 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament ($30,000 guaranteed prize pool)
- December 30th – $215 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament ($40,000 guaranteed prize pool)
PokerStars Pennsyl-MANIA Tournament
While most of the attention of the poker world will be turned to New Jersey, Pennsylvania players will also have a chance to end 2020 by joining another big online poker event . The third Pennsyl-MANIA tournament, powered by PokerStars will take place on Sunday. It’s a No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $200 buy-in and the largest guaranteed prize pool yet seen in Pennsylvania tournaments – $500,000. PokerStars will allow five re-entries while the late registration period lasts. In addition to the main tournament, PokerStars will also host a High roller event on Sunday with a $1,000 buy-in and $50.000 prize pool.
