Dreamstime/Johannes Gerhardus Swanepoel Many American poker players are down in Las Vegas at the moment, enjoying the World Series of Poker. Those that aren’t still have a couple of good tournament options in late October, however, provided that they live in a state with legal online poker.
The PokerStars US Championships of Online Poker (NJCOOP, MICOOP and PACOOP) may have been last month , but that doesn’t mean the fun is over. It’s now BetMGM Poker ‘s turn, with the latest installment of its Online Series . In Michigan and Pennsylvania, these will run from Oct. 24-31, while the New Jersey series starts this week and ends just as the others wrap up.
All three guarantee six figures total. The exact amount depends on the state: $175,000 in New Jersey
$180,000 in Pennsylvania
$230,000 in Michigan
PokerStars isn’t sitting the month out, however. On Oct. 24, the same day the bigger two Online Series kick off and the New Jersey series concludes, it’s bringing back its Michigan Classic , New Jersey Classic, and Pennsyl-Mania . Each of these is a one-off event, but they’re big ones. In two of the three states, the guarantee for PokerStars’ single event exceeds that of the entire BetMGM series: $100,000 in New Jersey
$350,000 in Pennsylvania
$250,000 in Michigan
BetMGM Online Series, October edition BetMGM has a clear strategy when it comes to online tournament series. It has made them small, frequent, consistent, and focused on the mid range of buy-ins.The particulars vary a little, but they tend to be monthly affairs with around 10 events on the schedule, give or take. Most of these are No-Limit Hold’em events with buy-ins of $109, $215 or $320. On each schedule, there’s usually one lower buy-in event, one high roller, and one Pot-Limit Omaha event.BetMGM has been very conservative with its guarantees this time around. In Michigan , its best state currently, its series have often pulled in prize pools over $300,000. Its best to date, in August, generated over $430,000. Nonetheless, October’s combined guarantees of $230,000 are its lowest yet.It may be worried about running overlays […]
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