poker<\/a>, when you\u2019re sitting there for ten hours a day and passing the same chips and cards among people sitting in close proximity with each other, it\u2019s the exact type of environment that would lead to spreading this type of virus. So I think they made the right call and I think everyone will be that much more excited when we finally get to play when they do reschedule,” he said.<\/p>\nOnline, European Tournaments Planned<\/h2>\n
While poker\u2019s big event is not happening as planned, all is not necessarily lost for the WSOP, Stewart said in his statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the interim, official WSOP competitions are expected to be played online this summer, and we will soon announce details of an expanded series of tournaments to be played on WSOP.com and through partnership with international operators, which will allow players to chase WSOP glory from their homes,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
Real-cash games at WSOP.com are currently only available to New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware residents 21 and older.<\/p>\n
Beyond the Vegas event, WSOP officials still have the Global Casino Championship on the docket for Aug. 11-13 at Harrah\u2019s Cherokee Casino in North Carolina. That event, though, is invitation-only.<\/p>\n
A European WSOP event is also still planned for the Czech Republic this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Poker players across the world are hopeful the biggest event in their game will get to take place later this year. That’s after the World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced Monday that the 51st running of the famed Las Vegas event will not take place as scheduled next month because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":133659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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