In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from February 24th through March 2nd. Head to our tournament database for more information.
CALIFORNIA
- The 2014 WPT L.A. Poker Classic (Jan 17, ‘14 – Mar 06, ’14) The massive 60-event 2014 L.A. Poker Classic tournament series kicked off last month at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California. Spanning from late January to to early March, this huge poker festival will feature tournament action for players of every game and at every buy-in level. The highlight of this week is the centerpiece of the whole gigantic series, the
World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event, which kicks off at noon on Saturday, Mar. 1st.
SOUTH
- The 2014 Oklahoma State Championship of Poker (Feb 20, ‘14 – Mar 02, ’14) The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa will play host to the 2014 Oklahoma State Championship of Poker this week, with the $50,000 guaranteed $1,090 no-limit hold’em main event getting underway with the first of two starting days at noon on Friday, Feb. 28th.
NEVADA
- The 2014 Wynn Classic 27, ‘14 – Mar 20, ’14) The Wynn Las Vegas is about to launch it’s 14-event Wynn Classic tournament series this week, with the early highlight being the $250,000 guaranteed $550 buy-in no-limit hold’em event, which kicks off with the first of three starting days at noon on Feb. 27th.
- The 2014 Deepstack Extravaganza I (Jan 30, ‘14 – Feb 26, ’14) The Venetian Hotel and Casino Las Vegas begins to wrap up this week with the first installment of the 2014 DeepStack Extravaganza tournament series, with this initial run consisting of 56 events spread throughout the month of February. Registration is now closed in the series’ $500,000 guaranteed $1,600 no-limit hold’em main event, but there are still a handful of tournaments on offer early this week, including a three-day $400 buy-in event that begins with the first of two starting days at noon on Feb. 24th.
- 2014 Bellagio $25K High Roller III (Feb 28, ’14) The Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada has awarded more than $432 million in tournament payouts in it’s history, the second most of any casino in the world. They are continuing in this tradition of high-stakes tournament poker excellence in 2014 with a series of $25,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em high roller events, the next of which will take place beginning at noon local time on Feb. 28th in the historic Bellagio poker room.
- The 2014 WSOP Circuit Caesars Palace (Feb 20, ‘14 – Mar 03, ’14) The WSOP Circuit’s latest stop is running now at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. The WSOP-C $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event begins this week, with the first of two starting days beginning at noon on Feb. 28th.
NORTHEAST
- The 2014 Hollywood Poker Open Grantville (Feb 20, ‘14 – Mar 02, ’14) The Hollywood Casino at Penn National in Grantville, PA is arriving at the home stretch of it’s 21-event series this week, with the $1,800 no-limit hold’em main event kicking off on Mar. 1st at noon.
