Players keen on taking part in the WPT World Championship in Las Vegas this December now has more options to qualify for the tournament. WPT Global, the newest online poker room in the market, recently announced a new promotion called “Poker Flips” where players can win a WPT World Championship package valued at $12,400.

Poker Flips

Poker Flips can be played in just a few easy steps. Players only need to place bets on a flip between Cowboy and Bull. Just like that and they can walk away with up to 248x their bets, and if they’re lucky enough, they might take home a $12,400 WPT Championship package which covers the $10,400 WPT World Championship buy-in, $2,000 travel allowance, a special WPT Global Player Experience during the event, and a WPT Global merchandise.

The cash prizes, as well as five WPT World Championship packages, will be awarded via special leaderboards. Players who place and win bets will earn points. Accumulate as many points as possible for a chance to win a share of $12,000 in weekly leaderboard prizes, plus a WPT World Championship package. Another option to earn more points is to play Poker Flips 3, 5, or 7 days straight. 

Be Part of a Record-Breaking Event

The upcoming $10,400 buy-in WPT World Championship is set to create a new record as the biggest-guaranteed single tournament in poker history. It kicks off on December 12 at Wynn Las Vegas.

The US Championship of Online Poker (USCOOP) is back on PokerStars this September, with the latest edition set to award $4.5 million in guaranteed prizes across the online poker operator’s three US markets. 

$2M on Offer in Championship Events

The series kicks off on September 9 and runs through September 26 in New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, featuring at least 60 events for each state. More than a dozen of those events come with the prestigious “Championship” label with almost $2.2 million in combined guarantees up for grabs.

The Pennsylvania series offers the biggest guarantee of $2 million, followed by Michigan ($1.5 million), and New Jersey ($1 million). Buy-ins throughout the festival range from $20 to $1,000. For the Championship events, players can get in for as low as $50 (Pennsylvania), $25 (New Jersey), and $100 (Michigan). 

Biggest-Value Events

You might be interested to know what events carry the biggest value in each state. As expected, they come from the Championship events and there are at least two of them in each US market. 

In Pennsylvania, there’s the $100 buy-in, $100K GTD Sunday Championship and the $50 buy-in, $35K GTD Mini Main Event Championship. The Michigan series also has a $100 buy-in, $70K GTD Sunday Championship, and a $200 buy-in $80K GTD Sunday Special Championship. The New Jersey schedule includes a $25 buy-in, $7,500 GTD Mini NJ Championship, as well as a $100 buy-in, $25K GTD NJ Open Championship.

It’s been three months since the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) agreed to join the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA), however, it remains unknown when interstate poker would finally go live in the state as the latest developments show operators won’t be able to merge their player pools just yet. 

While we wait for that one big announcement, let’s take a look at the changes that could happen to the US online poker landscape once Michigan players are allowed to compete with their counterparts in New Jersey. 

Massive Increase in Cash Game Traffic

The most obvious outcome of interstate poker becoming active in Michigan is the significant increase in cash game traffic. Players in the Wolverine state will see more cash games running, with more than 700 cash game seats expected to be filled. 

The race to US online poker dominance will also intensify, and PokerStars in particular will see its position improve considering that it leads the Michigan market by a wide margin, currently accounting for more than 50% of the market. At the moment, it ranks third in New Jersey, with WSOP well ahead, holding a 60% market share. BetMGM meanwhile is in second place both in Michigan and New Jersey. 

WSOP Still Leads But PokerStars Jumps to No. 2

The WSOP/888 will lose its edge as the only online poker network connecting multiple states in the US, though it will still lead the market (44%) when Michigan players are added to the pool. PokerStars jumps to second place (32%), while BetMGM drops to third place at 25% but it could still very well elevate its market status.

The ChampionChip Series, 888poker’s popular festival designed for low-stakes players, officially kicked off on August 28, with the first events awarding almost $85,000 in guarantees. 

More than $500K On Offer

Those who missed out on the opening day need not worry as there are around two dozen more events left in the schedule, including the main highlights of the series. The latest edition of the summer games-themed festival, which will run until September 5, features more than $500,000 in guaranteed prizes spread out across 31 events.

As always, the ChampionChip series offers great value for players, with some events awarding $2,000 for every $1 spent, including the $5 buy-in “Made to Amaze” tournament scheduled for September 4 which comes with $10,000 in guarantees. It isn’t part of the 25 numbered events on the schedule but still sports the ChampionChip brand.

Main Highlights

Headlining the series are three Main Events where players can win a share of at least $15,000 in guarantees. That exact figure is on offer in the $5 buy-in Micro Main Event which takes place on September 4. A Mini version, which costs $16.50 to enter and features a $20,000 guarantee also runs on the same day.

Players on the hunt for the biggest value should not miss the $60 buy-in Main Event which will award $200,000 in guarantees. Day 1 flights will run from September 1-5, with the final table taking place on September 6.

The popular MILLIONS Online Festival is returning to PartyPoker with more than $6,000,000 in guarantees up for grabs. The series takes place throughout September and features a total of 15 online events, headlined by the PartyPoker MILLIONS Online Main Event which comes with a $2 million guarantee. 

Main Highlights

The PartyPoker MILLIONS Online festival launched in 2017 and has since attracted some of the best players in the world each year – and 2022 is no different. As usual, the series culminates in the $3,200 Main Event which offers $2 million in guaranteed prize money. The tournament has multiple Day 1 flights and kicks off on September 4. PartyPoker is once again running satellites to give as many players as possible the chance to enter the event.

Other key tournaments on the 2022 schedule include the $109 buy-in, $300K GTD Super 100 PKO, the $530 buy-in, $500K GTD Super 500 PKO, and the $1,050 buy-in, $500K GTD 6-Max PKO Championships. 

Previous Main Event Winners

Jon Van Fleet was the first PartyPoker MILLIONS Online Main Event winner, having won the title in 2017 for $1,027,000. Manuel Ruvio walked away with the biggest Main Event payout so far worth $2,329,944 when he won the tournament in 2018. Benjamin Chalot claimed the title in 2019 for $2,259,113, while Endrit Geci is the defending champion, taking home $774,838 last year.