2021 WSOP Monster Stack Table Of Contents
Wynn Classics
Other Live Poker Events
EPT Prague Gets Postponed
January
February
March
After a 2020 almost devoid of live poker after the COVID-19 pandemic, this year was the year that saw the green shoots of live poker returning to some level of normal.
Poker players had spent the best part of 18 months enjoying marquee festivals of the World Poker Tour , European Poker Tour and World Series of Poker all being forced to move to the online felt.The end of 2020 saw some US based casinos began hosting tournaments but poker room doors were still largely locked shut across the rest of the world.However, the global vaccine rollout in 2021 provided hope that live poker would return on a greater scale and by and large it did. Although there were initial worries how vaccination rules would affect the 2021 World Series of Poker , when clarifications were made and the ball began rolling there were few interruptions or controversies.Here Pokernews rounds up some of the notable live festivals from around the world that we enjoyed in 2021. Wynn Classics The Wynn Poker Room has had a stellar year running live events. Their events, under The Wynn Classic brand are always popular and have generated some amazing guarantees this year. The 2021 Wynn Spring Classic , which took place in March, was headlined by the Wynn Spring Classic $3,500 Championship .It was the first major poker event The Wynn had seen in some time and it was a great success. The $1 million guaranteed event had 614 total entries which saw the prizepool shoot up to $1,985,676. If people were worried about tournament poker after COVID, then those anxieties were soon alleviated. Sung Joo “Arte” Hyun was the first ‘Wynner’ of the year and took home a massive $323,409 in prize money.The summer months were also a busy time at The Wynn, there was the $10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD) which was immediately followed by the debut of the Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Mystery Bounty and […]
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