World Series of Poker officials are telling online players to go get the bling. Ty Stewart is telling online players in three states that they can play the WSOP from home this year. (Image: WSOP.com) The WSOP added 11 online gold bracelet events to this year’s schedule, bringing the total of bracelets that will be released into the wild this fall from 88 to 99. Ten of those bracelets will be fought over by players in New Jersey and Nevada, while one will be exclusively for players in Pennsylvania.
Although Pennsylvania lawmakers left the door open for the state to enter agreements with other states to share poker player pools — Nevada and New Jersey signed its Multi-State Internet Agreement in 2018 — players in the Keystone State are stuck with one another. “Online Poker is an important form of tournament poker in 2021,” WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart said. “Our philosophy has always been to provide players the most options of any poker festival in the world. WSOP.com online bracelets have a strong track record of significant prize pools, making them a great option for players who want to multitable while in a live tournament, or play from the convenience of their home or hotel.” Players have vied for bracelets online since 2015 when Anthony Spinella won his only bracelet in the $1,000 WSOP.com Online Championship. This was a hybrid tournament where the final six players finished the event in person at the Rio.
Online bracelets were won while the WSOP simultaneously ran live events since then. 2020 proved viability of online bracelet events
Since COVID nuked everything last year, the bulk of the 2020 WSOP was held online in July, attracting more than 40,000 players who generated a prize pool total of $26.8 million. Two $10,000 Main Events started online at the end of November in Europe (on GGPoker) and in the US, with the final nine of each tourneys played in person.
Joe Hebert of Louisiana won stateside while Damian Salas won the European event, both taking home $1.5 million. Hebert is a WSOP Circuit and WPT regular […]
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