Just three weeks ago, the World Series of Poker announced that it would put its 2020 WSOP events online. The series would be split between the US market and a more global audience. The action would begin on July 1 on WSOP.com, available only to players in New Jersey and Nevada, with one event running each day through July 31. The rest of the events would be on GGPoker, a site open to Canada, Mexico, and many other countries in the world. That 54-event series will begin July 19 and run through September 6.
The schedule looks very different than the 101-event lineup proposed for the traditional summer series at the Rio in Las Vegas, but the current online poker environment has its limitations. Coronavirus also presents many stumbling blocks, which is why the 2020 WSOP is online in the first place.
Today, it all begins.
The WSOP.com portion of the series gets underway today, July 1, with a $500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Kickoff tournament.
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But wait, there’s more!
WSOP.com Online Championships
Right alongside the WSOP 2020 Online events on WSOP.com will be the site’s signature series. The Online Championships (catchy title, no?) is a series that will run concurrently with the bracelet series. The OC will not offer WSOP rings or bracelets but does offer prize pool guarantees and a champion’s belt to the Main Event winner.
This series begins today and will offer several tournaments per day – 140 in total through the end of July. And the cumulative guarantee is $6 million.
While the WSOP.com bracelet series does not have a Main Event in America, the OC does. It will be Event 113, a $525 buy-in NLHE tournament with reentry and a $400K guarantee on July 26.
Players will find a couple of Player Appreciation tournaments in the mix with prizes added and several events with prize pool guarantees exceeding $100K.
The full schedule is on the WSOP website.
Yes, There is a Leaderboard
As will be offered on GGPoker for that portion of the official WSOP series, there will be a leaderboard competition on WSOP.com as well.
The leaderboard promotion for the WSOP 2020 Online in the US has its own page and is now official. It will pay out the top 50 players in the series of 31 tournaments, with the top 50 finishers winning pieces of $100K in prize money.
Prizes will be paid out as follows:
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