Hippodrome Poker Schedule

Promoting poker in local communities in the U.K. The new London Series is designed to bring together the most loved parts of the Hippodrome Classics and the UK & Ireland Poker Series and make them even better for poker players living in and visiting London.' The new PokerStars London Series schedule, which was created following player. The new PokerStars London Series schedule, which was created following player feedback on the UKIPT Series and the Hippodrome Classics, will include increased guarantees and starting stacks, tournaments with deeper stacks and longer levels, and prolonged registration. Key Schedule Highlights. PokerStars London Series schedule highlights include.

On December 19, the European Poker Tour will close the doors on their stop in Prague, the Czech Republic, and with the end of the event will come the end of an era. Amaya Gaming, the owners of the EPT, have decided to end one of the most successful tournament tours in the existence of poker to 'start fresh' with something new. Beginning in 2017 the 'PokerStars Championships' will take place, with Amaya recently announcing the inaugural stops on that schedule.

The new PokerStars Championships will begin with the most likely candidate to roll over from the EPT, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Now called the PokerStars Championship Bahamas, the tournament schedule will be played from January 6-14 at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas and feature 92 tournaments crammed into the proceedings. The Main Event (January 8-14, $5000 buy in), and the High Roller (January 12-14, $25,000) and Super High Roller (January 6-8, $100,000) tournaments will be the featured tournaments on this roster of events.

There will be two 'PokerStars Festival' dates before the next PokerStars Championship takes place. Up first will be the PokerStars Festival London at the Hippodrome Casino (January 22-29) and the PokerStars Festival Rozvadov at the King's Casino in the Czech Republic from March 2-13. The 'festival' schedules are looking to replace the former 'minor' tours on the EPT circuit (the United Kingdom/Ireland Poker Tour Skycity poker schedule. was one of those 'minor' tours under the EPT auspices).

After these two tournament runs, the PokerStars Championships will kick back in. In an odd bit of scheduling, the PokerStars Championships will head for Panama and the Solaris Resort and Casino from March 10-20. With the PokerStars Festival concluding in Rozvadov on March 13, it could be reasonably thought that the tournament circuit would want to keep the players in action near the Czech Republic, where the King's Casino is located, rather than traipse them halfway around the world for the Panama event.

Plc-5 2 slot addressing machine. Macau will be the next stop for the PokerStars Championships, with the schedule covering the end of March and the beginning of April (March 30-April 9). On April 25, the PokerStars Championships will head for Monte Carlo, with its Main Event concluding on May 5. The final stop that has been scheduled is after the World Series of Poker as the PokerStars Championships heads for the Casino Barcelona in Spain from August 15-27.

The director of live events for PokerStars, Edgar Stuchly, seems ready to take the next step with the PokerStars Championships. 'PokerStars has an incredibly rich live events heritage, having hosted more than 560 tournament series, attracted more than 800,000 entries and awarded more than $1.5 billion in prize money,' Stuchly noted. 'The PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival events are an enhancement of the existing PokerStars sponsored live tours, helping to take our vision for live poker to a whole new level.'

Poker fans will note, however, that several popular stops have been either bumped from the schedule or details haven't been worked out yet. Malta (and the Portomaso Casino) and Prague, which were the two most recent stops for the EPT, are not seen on the 2017 schedule. Another big question should be why London only receives a Festival stop rather than the full Championships treatment as London has routinely been one of the most popular stops on the EPT circuit. Then there are those locations that were left at the wayside by the EPT that the PokerStars Championships could arguably revive, such as Dublin, Vienna, Berlin and Sanremo. It is also leaving out the one location that could use a punch in the arm from PokerStars – New Jersey, where a tournament schedule recently operated by PokerStars at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City was tepidly received.

It is questionable why those in charge at Amaya Gaming would take this step. There weren't any perceived problems with the EPT but, by going with the general 'PokerStars Championships' moniker, it doesn't make it seem odd when the tour visits the Caribbean or North/South America. There is also the history that was built up by the EPT; what becomes of that history, the achievements by 'serial qualifier' and former 'November Niner' Pierre Neuville or the two-time EPT champion Vicky Coren-Mitchell (the only person on the EPT to have achieved that feat)? It seems odd to toss that all out the window and 'start fresh,' even if the name change is more indicative of a blending of the online and live poker worlds.

Where will the impact be seen? It won't be in the Bahamas in January because that stop is traditionally one of the largest poker tournaments in the world. Where it may become evident is in the Festival stops in London and Rozvadov and the 'Championships' stop in Panama. After those events – and seeing if Amaya is listening to its customers and bringing back some of the old EPT stops – we might have a better idea of what to expect from the new PokerStars Championships and Festivals.

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The first PokerStars Festival tour stop of 2018 will be at the Hippodrome Casino in London from January 22-28, it was announced by PokerStars Live.

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Three floors of gaming action and a wide variety of entertainment options makes the venue in London's West End a popular hub of activity for PokerStars Festival London. Included in the fun is the player party, a can't miss affair in the Hippodrome Casino on Cranbourn Street in Leicester Square.

The events schedule includes these key tournaments, with corresponding buy-ins:

If you happen to get eliminated from a tournament and still want to play some poker, or if your preference is ring game action, cash games will be ongoing throughout the festival at the following stakes:

• £1/£3 NLH Shock Clock (minimum £150 - maximum £1,000)
  
• £2/£5 NLH Deep Stack (minimum £500 - no maximum)

Players need only be 18 years of age to participate and be able to prove it with valid photo identification. Also, all players must be Hippodrome Casino members. Pre-registration is available online at the casino's website.

Don't Rely on PokerStars Client to Buy-In

Be forewarned that PokerStars.UK players cannot buy into live events using funds from their PokerStars account and must use cash, wire transfers, or debit and credit cards. Satellite entry winners needn't worry as their buy-ins are already covered.

Regarding accommodations, PokerStars Travel can assist you there, including possible discounts. Winners of satellite packages should check their email inboxes within seven days of winning a satellite for further information.

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Record-Breaking 2017

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The 2017 PokerStars Festival London was held at the Hippodrome Casino last January and broke records. The initial guarantee of the Main Event more than doubled when 944 entries created a £824,112 prize pool.

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It was a new attendance record for the former United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour and saw Rehman Kassam claim victory and £89,320 in prize money. A final table deal with three players remaining enabled Daniel Harwood (£95,000) to win more money than Kassam despite finishing runner-up. Eric Cech (£70,000) was last among the dealmakers.