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 January 5th through the 11th. Head to our tournament database for more information.
INTERNATIONAL
- The EPT Season XI PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (Jan 06, ‘15 – Jan 14, ’15) The poker world will once again descend on the Atlantis Resort & Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas for the 12th annual running of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. This year the PCA features 28 events, kicking off with the mighty one-two punch of the $100,000 no-limit hold’em super high roller and the $10,300 no-limit hold’em main event. The super high roller gets underway at noon local time on Jan. 6 while the main event features two starting days, each beginning at noon on Jan. 8 and 9.
FLORIDA
- The 2015 Isle Classic (Jan 07, ‘15 – Jan 27, ’15) The Isle Casino in Pompano Beach, FL has steadily become one of Florida’s tournament hot spots in recent years. This week they are set to continue in that tradition with the latest iteration of their Isle Classic tournament series, which will feature 11 tournaments this time around, each of which sports a guaranteed prize pool. The early highlight is a $300,000 guaranteed $350 buy-in no-limit hold’em event that begin with the first of eight starting flights at 11:00 AM local time of Jan. 7. A full listing of starting flights can be found here.
SOUTH
- The 2015 WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant (Jan 08, ‘15 – Jan 19, ’15) The World Series of Poker Circuit continues it’s nonstop traversal of America this week with it’s latest stop at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. With 14 total events on offer, the highlight of the first week is a gigantic $500,000 guaranteed $365 buy-in event that begins with the first of four starting flights at noon on Jan. 9. Click here for a complete look at starting flight info.
- The 2015 Million Dollar Heater (Jan 02, ‘15 – Jan 14, ’15) The Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi kicked off it’s Million Dollar Heater tournament series just after the new year got underway. The 15-event festival continues this week with a number of great events on offer, including the $500,000 guaranteed $2,650 no-limit hold’em main event that begins with the first of two starting days beginning at noon on Jan. 10th.
CALIFORNIA
- The 2015 Winter Poker Series (Jan 02, ‘15 – Jan 16, ’15) The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California got its first tournament series of 2015 underway last week and continues with the 13-event schedule this week, highlighted by a $200,000 guaranteed $235 buy0in no-limit hold’em event that begins on Jan. 10. The event features six starting flights in total, with more information available here.
NORTHEAST
- The 2015 Sands Deepstack Extravaganza (Jan 04, ‘15 – Jan 12, ’15) The Sands Bethlehem in Pennsylvania is in the middle hosting a seven-event tournament series that began last week. The centerpiece of the whole affair is the $250,000 guaranteed $550 no-limit hold’em event that begins at 11:00 AM local time on Jan. 8th. The event has four starting flights in total, about which more information can be found here.
- The 2015 Winter Poker Meltdown (Jan 08, ‘15 – Jan 11, ’15) The Turning Stone Casino and Resort in Verona, New York is set to kickoff a five-tournament poker series this week, with the main attraction being a $50,000 guaranteed $250 buy-in no-limit hold’em event that begins at 11:00 AM on Jan.9 with the first of four staring flights.
