Live Tournament Poker -- January Preview

The New Year in poker always begins quickly thanks to a couple of large events. First and foremost there is the European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (Jan. 4-14) in the Bahamas (pictured right), and that is followed by the Aussie Millions (Jan. 14-31) in Melbourne, Australia. Those two tournament series dominate the calendar in January, and the tournament poker community flocks to these events from all over the world after a prolonged holiday vacation. After a few weeks off, everyone is itching to get back into action.

Other major events that will take place in January include the first World Poker Tour stop of 2010 in Biloxi, Mississippi — the Southern Poker Championship. The EPT will follow up the PCA with EPT Deauville later in the month, and the first World Series of Poker Circuit stop of the New Year will begin in Tunica on Jan. 20.

The Heartland Poker Tour will also begin its new season in January, with a main event in Las Vegas at Red Rock Casino on Jan. 16. Two other tournament series will get their start in January and spill over into February. The Borgata Winter Open begins on Jan. 20 in Atlantic City, and the L.A. Poker Classic begins on Jan. 21 at Commerce Casino.

Here is a look at the major live poker tournaments that will take place in January 2010:

Jan. 4-15: PokerStars Caribbean Adventure – 34 events (Paradise Island, Bahamas)

Highlights: EPT $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event (Jan. 4-11), $5,000 no-limit hold’em charity event benefiting amFAR aids research, and the $25,000 no-limit hold’em high rollers event (Jan. 11-14)

Jan. 6-27: Southern Poker Championship – 33 events (Beau Rivage, Biloxi, MS)

Highlights: WPT $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship (Jan. 24-27)

Jan. 11-17: Heartland Poker Tour Vegas Vacation – two events and multiple qualifiers (Red Rock Casino, Las Vegas, NV)

Highlights: HPT $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event (Jan. 16-17), $300 no-limit hold’em charity event benefitting Disabled American Veterans (Jan. 15)

Jan. 14-31: Aussie Millions – 20 events (Crown Casino, Melbourne, Australia)

Highlights: $100,000 no-limit hold’em challenge (Jan. 23-24), $10,000 main event (Jan. 24-30), $10,000 pot-limit Omaha (Jan. 28), and $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. (Jan. 29-30)

Jan. 20-25: European Poker Tour Deauville – 8 events (Casino Barriere, Deauville, France)

Highlights: EPT €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event (Jan. 20-25)

Jan. 20-Feb. 11: World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Tunica – 54 events (Tunica, MS)

Highlights: WSOP Circuit $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event (Feb. 8-10)

Jan. 20-Feb. 5: Borgata Winter Open – 24 events (Atlantic City, NJ)

Highlights: $3,500 no-limit hold’em $2 million championship (Jan. 31 – Feb. 5)

Jan. 21- Mar. 4: L.A. Poker Classic – 50 events (Commerce Casino, Commerce, CA)

January Highlights: $300 no-limit hold’em $1 million guaranteed (Jan. 20-24)

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