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 12th through the 18th. Head to our tournament database for more information.
INTERNATIONAL
- The 2015 Aussie Millions (Jan 14, ‘15 – Feb 02, ’15) The Crown Casino in Melbourne will host many of the world’s greatest poker players starting this week for the 18th annual Aussie Millions Poker Championship. For the second year the festival is part of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour, and this time around sports a 21-event schedule. The series kicks off with a number of smaller buy-in events, highlighted by the $1,150 opening event that features four starting days, beginning with day 1A starting at 6:15 PM local time on Jan. 14th.
- The EPT Season XI PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (Jan 06, ‘15 – Jan 14, ’15) The Atlantis Resort & Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas kicked off the 12th annual running of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure last week, and the huge event will march on well into the coming days. The main event is already in the money as this article is being released, but there is still plenty of tournament action available including the $25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller event that begins at noon on Jan. 12th and the last-chance $10,300 no-limit hold’em six-max event that gets underway at noon on Jan. 14th.
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 earlier this month and continues with the 13-event schedule this week, highlighted by a $75,000 guaranteed $550 buy-in no-limit hold’em event that kicks off at 4:00 PM local time on Jan. 15th.
SOUTH
- The 2015 WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant (Jan 08, ‘15 – Jan 19, ’15) The World Series of Poker Circuit moves into the second week of it’s stop at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. With 14 total events on offer, the highlight of the whole affair is sure to be the $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event, which features a $1,000,000 guarantee this year! The tournament features two starting days, each beginning at noon local time on Jan. 16th and 17th.
FLORIDA
- The WPT Alpha8 Florida (Jan 17, ‘15 – Jan 18, ’15) The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood has hosted some of the biggest poker tournaments of recent years and is set to do so again this weekend when the World Poker Tour Alpha8 super high roller tour comes to town. The $100,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event gets underway on Jan. 17th.
- 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. This week the highlight is a $300,000 guaranteed $570 buy-in tournament that features six starting flights beginning with flight 1A at 11:00 AM on Jan. 15th.
- The 2015 MSPT bestbet Jacksonville (Jan 15, ’15 – Jan 25, ’15) The bestbet Jacksonville has an eleven-event series getting underway this week, with the early highlight being a $100,000 guaranteed $350 buy-in event with three starting days beginning with a 4:00 PM start on Jan. 15th and 16th and a noon start on Jan. 17th.
MIDWEST
NORTHEAST
- The 2015 WPT Winter Poker Open (Jan 13, ‘15 – Jan 30, ’15) The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey is about to host the first World Poker Tour major stop of 2015 as part of it’s WInter Poker Open series which gets underway this week. The early highlight is a massive $2 million guaranteed $560 buy-in event that kicks off with the first of four starting flights at 11:00 AM on Jan. 13th.
- The 2015 The Grand Poker Series (Jan 10, ‘15 – Jan 19, ’15) The Golden Nugget Atlantic City has an eleven-event series of it’s own going on this week, highlighted buy a $1,125 no-limit hold’em main event that launches with the first of four starting flights at 11:00 AM local time on Jan. 16th.
- The 2015 Martin Luther King Weekend Special (Jan 17, ’15 – Jan 19, ’15) The Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT has a 15-event series schedules for the upcoming Martin Luther King weekend, with the main attraction being a $50,000 guaranteed $400 buy-in that gets underway at 11:00 AM on Jan. 17th.
