By
Jerry Smith
Staff Writer Updated: 03/12/2020
Jerry’s greatest advantage is his extensive experience on the casino floor. His time as a casino manager taught him everything about what makes a player tick. Besides being a skilled poker player, he has deep knowledge of all live table games and gambling regulations in the US.
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Rising concerns about the rapidly spreading pandemic Coronavirus is forcing the postponement and cancellation of major poker events all over the world, including the ongoing World Series of Poker Circuit.
The cancellation of the WSOP Circuit Stop at Harrah’s Atlantic City was announced after the completion of eight events. It was scheduled to run until March 15.
On top of this, it was announced midway through that its series, which was running at Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, was postponed. The WSOP Circuit series held at King’s Casino in the Czech Republic was canceled halfway through the event too.
On Saturday, it was announced that the Circuit Series in Hard Rock Tulsa had been postponed. This event was initially planned to continue, but management decided to postpone it after careful consideration.
The series at Harrah’s Cherokee that was originally scheduled to take place in April has been canceled.
Another poker event that was canceled citing coronavirus concerns was the Escalator Series held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. The casino was in the midst of its third flight of events in the series when it was announced that the remainder of the event would be canceled.
According to the director of Poker Marketing for all Seminole Properties, Tony Burns, all players of the event who made it to Day 2 would be paid out following a chip chop percentage. For players who had already registered for subsequent starting flights that have been canceled, refunds would be provided.
The casino also announced that its Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown tournament series, which was highlighted by a World Poker Tour main event, has been postponed. The series was scheduled to run from April to May.
The World Poker Tour also announced last week that its main event at Venetian that was scheduled to start from Friday last week in Las Vegas had been canceled.
Other WPTDeepstacks events saw several postponements as well. The WPTDeepstacks championship event, with a buy-in of $2,500, that was supposed to be held at Thunder Valley has been postponed. It was scheduled to run from April 4 to 7. A Deepstacks event scheduled for Maryland Live Casino with a $1,650 buy-in has also been postponed. Authorities have not yet announced a make-up date.
The WPTDeepstacks event scheduled for bestbet Jacksonville with a $1,500 buy-in has also been postponed, and a make-up date has not been announced as of now.
It’s not just the US poker scene that is affected. The WPTDeepstacks Amsterdam at Holland Casino, with a buy-in of €1,200, which was scheduled to run from March 12 to 15, was also canceled and has not been rescheduled.
The remainder of the series of the Heartland Poker Tour held at Hollywood Casino in Toledo has been canceled too, while the RunGood Poker Series has suspended its series at Horseshoe Bossier City in Louisiana.
RunGood Poker Series CEO, Tana Karn, stated:
Discussions of extra cleaning procedures and steps to help our players have been the topic of many calls this past week. Being a small business tour operator, decisions we make are carefully calculated to ensure we maintain our founding principle.
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