Top line: “Partypoker has announced that it will run the 2021 World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) online as it further supports grassroots poker in the UK during the pandemic.”
Key takeaways: Hosted by the Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT), the festival kicks off on January 23 and concludes with two Main Events on Sunday, February 7. APAT was founded in 2006 and claims to be the largest organization for recreational poker players worldwide.
Freezeout Championship Events will award the WCOAP bracelet for the Main Event along and gold, silver, and bronze medals.
With live venues in the UK closed due to the pandemic, the APAT joined forces with partypoker mid-way through 2020.
A WPT Online Series is scheduled to take place in May and the World Online Championships will run in September.
New Strategic Material Policy Comes into Effect on partypoker (February 2021)
Top line: “A new “Strategic Material” policy has come into effect as of February 1, 2021, on partypoker. It adds another layer to the list of restricted tools and cements the operator’s multi-year commitment to “level the playing field”.”
Key takeaways: Partypoker has a long history of implementing policies to limit access to external software.
The new policy, outlined in the operator’s Safer Poker page, now explicitly prohibits “strategic material, in any form whatsoever,” including “any form of chart.” The only exception is material presented by the operator’s built-in advisory tool, MyGame. The new policy continues a trend throughout the online poker industry of restricting external software programs. Top line: “partypoker’s prestigious high roller MILLIONS Online tournament has successfully covered its $5 million guarantee, attracting 1084 players to build a prize pool just over $5.4 million.”Key takeaways: The operator needed to attract 1000 entries to the $5000+$300 tournament across its two Day 1 flights. It is the fourth time the operator has run the tournament in just over four years. Its stature is markedly different from the 2018 and 2019 editions when the operator set a world record. Entain Says Partypoker Revenue Grew 50% Last Year (March 2021) Top line: “Entain (formerly GVC) — parent company […]
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