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Life after the WSOP: online action gets rolling again
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2010-07-25 14:56
The hiatus provided by the
2010 WSOP may have been a welcome one for the players, but it definitely didn’t go down as well with the various online poker rooms, which routinely failed to cover their guarantees and registered awful player numbers while the Series kept the cream of the crop busy.
Barely has the biggest yearly live poker festival wrapped up, other massive live events are already knocking on the gates.
The UKIPT (UK and Ireland Poker Tour) sponsored by
PokerStars, is probably the next stop for those for whom travelling to Edinburgh is not a problem on August 19th. Taking place as part of the Edinburgh Festival, the event will last till the 22nd and it will probably attract a large talent pool (which always makes for a nice prize-pool too) from both sides of the pond.
The buy-in for the Main Event will be £500+£50, and because the main sponsor of the poker tournament is PokerStars, qualification will be possible online as well.
Want a taste of the Festival and the Edinburgh weather, coupled with a nice green felt bout? The UKIPT’s next stop is the obvious answer.
The numerous poker tours that have sprung up over the last few years don’t just mean more competition for the ones that had existed previously. They also mean that those interested will find it much easier to play in a live event close to their homes. The Canadian Poker Tour (CPT) has apparently managed to surpass its profit-related expectations, with a massive 30%. In the wake of the positive report, the company is planning to expand into BC and Manitoba.
PokerStars’ ANZPT is in full swing in the meantime. Day 2 of the
poker tournament has just ended, leaving 50 players in contention for the 15 cash spots.
