With eight months of the year already behind our backs and four more yet to come, the global poker area will be literally packed with a number of glamorous poker series around the world.
Hundreds of live poker tournaments are being held across the world on an annual basis, and thousands of poker players are gathered at one place aiming to win their fair share of the sometimes multi-million prize pools. Despite some of the largest live poker series have already been brought to an end, a large part of them are still active, featuring a variety of gaming options, buy-ins and of course, massive cash prizes.
Here are the biggest live poker tournaments that are to be held until the end of 2017:
WSOP Circuit
After its official start as a build-up to the regular WSOP Series in 2005, the WSOP Circuit has managed to become one of the largest live poker series on a global scale.
The 2017/2018 edition of the WSOP Circuit has already been given a start at the Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina at the beginning of August, followed by the Foxwoods Stop in Connecticut. The four months until the end of 2017 are set to see nine stops of the series’ latest edition.
Four of the nine remaining 2017 stops are to see the action start in September, with the first one of them scheduled to start on September 7th at the IP Casino Resort and Spa in Mississippi. Then, three more locations will host the WSOP Circuit Series – at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Sacramento area, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood and at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Louisville area.
Two more stops of the series will be featured in October, with the WSOP Circuit set to kick off at the Horseshoe Hammond in Chicago area and at Harveys Lake Tahoe. The last three Circuit stops are scheduled for November, with the first one of them expected to start at the Choctaw Casino Resort. Two more November stops – the one at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and the one at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina – are to put an end to the series for 2017, with the next stops of the 2017/2018 coming in January 2018.
Aussie Millions Warm-Up Week
The Australian Poker Championship, better known as Aussie Millions, is to feature a special Warm-Up week from September 11th to 17th.
The first four days of the Warm-Up Week will see a large number of Aussie Millions Phase 1 Setellite events start, followed by Phase 2 Satellites, as well as by Aussie Millions Deepstack Satellite Qualifier.
A number of Aussie Millions 5 seat G-tee Chase Qualifiers are also to be featured, as well as two Phase 3 Supershot Satellite events.
WPT Main Tour
Another series of international live poker tournaments – the World Poker Tour (WPT) is to see five of the six remaining stops of its current season’s schedule. First, the WPT Main Tour series is to see the WPT Borgata Poker Open kick off at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa on September 17th. Then, on September 30th, the series is to travel to the Maryland Live! Casino.
The last three stops of the WPT series for 2017 are the WPT bestbet Bouty Scramble at the bestbet Jacksonville, starting on October 21st, the WPT Montreal that is set to be hosted at the Playground Poker Club on November 10th, and the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic starting on December 5th at the Bellagio Resort and Casino.
WPTDeepStacks
The WPTDeepStacks brand, which was made an official part of the larger brand at the end of 2016, is primarily oriented towards the mid-major poker tournaments.
The latest season of the series started on January 19th, when the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood hosted the series. Since then, a large number of stops followed, with thousands of dollars being granted in prize pool cash prizes. A total of fourteen stops of the WPTDeepStacks live poker series remain, being scheduled to kick off in various parts of the world, including a number of US states, Korea, Marrakech, the Netherlands, Johannesburg, Uruguay, Brussels, India, Sanya, etc. The WPTDeepStacks Championship is also set to start until the end of 2017, with the tournament scheduled to begin on December 1st at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort.
GUKPT
Four more Legs of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour remain until the end of 2017, with the first stop to be held between September 10th and 17th at the Grosvenor Casino Leeds. GUKPT Leg 7 Leeds is to feature a £550 Main Event offering a guaranteed prize pool of £100,000.
Then, the Grosvenor Casino Luton is to host the GUKPT Leg 8 Luton from October 8th to 15th. It is to feature a £1,100 Main Eventm, with a guarantee of £200,000. This stop is to be followed by GUKPT Leg 9 Blackpool. The latter is to be hosted at the Grosvenor Casino Blackpool between November 5th and 12th, offering a £200,000 guaranteed prize pool in return to a £1,100 entry.
The GUKPT Leg 10, or the Grand Final, is scheduled to kick off on November 19th at The Poker Room, formerly the Vic in London. The Main Event buy-in is to be a bit higher than usual – £2,125, but the guaranteed prize pool is also larger – £400,000.
MSPT
The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) is also one of the live poker tournaments that will see a number of events until the end of 2017. First, in September, the series will be hosted at the Running Aces Casino in Columbus, Minnesota. Then, October will see two stops of the MSPT start, with them being scheduled to start on October 7th at the FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan. The other one is to start on October 28th at the Meskwaki Casino in Tama, Iowa.
The last three events of the Mid-States Poker Tour are to be held in November. First, the MSPT is to head to the Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado to kick off on November 2nd, and then once again on November 9th. The last MSPT stop is to be at the Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from November 11th to 19th.
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Harry Evans
