
The World Series of Poker website, WSOP.com, has commenced its Spring Online Championships for poker players in Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware. The online poker tournament began on April 1 and is set to continue until May 3, 2020.
The Spring Online Championships on WSOP.com offer a prize pool of over $4 million. The championships consist of more than 100 events, daily tournaments, and a series of 12 warmup events occurring throughout the month. WSOP.com is ensuring that the tournament is accessible to all poker players, regardless of their bankroll size. Tournament buy-ins range from as low as $10 to as high as $1,000.
Warm-Up Tournaments
The Spring Online Championships kicked off with 12 warm-up events on the first four days (April 1-4), featuring buy-ins that ranged from $30 to $100. Seth Palansky, the Vice President of Corporate Communications for Caesars Interactive Entertainment, reported to PlayNevada that the championships have had a robust start. He noted that players from Nevada and New Jersey continue to participate on WSOP.com in unprecedented numbers.
Quarantined poker players are flocking to the website in large numbers. The tournaments are experiencing greater activity than anticipated. Palansky reveals, “In the first five days of April and this new series we’ve organized, we’ve witnessed excellent user participation. Our warm-up events (12 events) awarded $634,408 in prize money, surpassing the total guarantees for these events of $247,500.”
He claims that the guaranteed prizes have exceeded expectations by 256%. Indeed, this is an impressive beginning.
Spring Online Championship Highlights
The Spring Online Championships on WSOP.com will conduct the Sunday Special Edition every Sunday until April 26. These events will feature No-Limit Hold’em games with buy-ins of either $215 or $320 and a minimum guaranteed prize of $100,000. The Main Event will take place on the last Sunday of the series, May 3, with a buy-in of $525 and a guarantee of $300,000.
Two Player Appreciation tournaments, billed as “$100 for $100K” events, are major highlights of the Spring Online Championships. These tournaments, scheduled for 1:00 pm PT on April 26 and May 3, each require a $100 buy-in and offer a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000.
Additionally, WSOP.com will introduce prizes to be randomly given to participating players. Those players will be enlisted in a draw for one of the following:
- Each of the 2 winners will receive $500 cash.
- Each of the 4 winners will receive $250 in cash.
- Each of the 10 winners will receive $100 in cash.
Other notable events include the Special Tuesday Showdown with a $500 entry fee and a $75,000 guarantee, High Roller tournaments requiring a $1,000 buy-in, and the PLO High Roller with a $500 buy-in and a $40,000 guarantee. Both PLO and PLO-8 offer smaller scale tournaments. Many of the major events will feature rake-free, “all-in” satellites.
Almost 100 tournaments are still to come for the Spring Online Championships. Plus, daily cash games are up for grabs. Check out WSOP.com to get a complete rundown of the remaining tournaments this month.