Each year, various organizations host poker tournaments to support worthy causes and uplift the lives of other people. One organization active in this area is the Charity Series of Poker which will host a no-limit hold’em event this September in Las Vegas to raise funds for The Ability Center of Southern Nevada.

Charity Series of Poker Tournament 

The tournament runs on September 16 at 7:00 pm at The Stirling Club in Las Vegas. The no-limit hold’em tournament costs $300 to enter, with players starting the action with an initial stack of 10,000, with 20,000 chips per add on. The winner takes home $5,000 as top prize. 

Those keen on extending their help to The Ability Center won’t have to take part in the poker action. They may attend the cocktail hour and silent auction for $100, which takes place at 5:30 pm on the same day, prior to the start of the tournament. 

The Ability Center of Southern Nevada supports people with special needs through physical fitness programs.

About Charity Series of Poker 

The Charity Series of Poker is a non-profit company raising money and awareness for worthy charities and causes via poker tournaments and other events. It was founded in 2014 and has since raised almost $3 million for its beneficiary charities.

Tallinn is proving to be a popular poker destination, with the World Series Poker (WSOP) choosing the Estonian capital as the host of its first-ever Circuit event in Northern Europe. The WSOP Circuit Tallinn runs from September 14-24 at the Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel and is expected to attract some of the best players in the European poker scene.

WSOP Circuit Tallinn – Key Details

The WSOP Circuit Tallinn features 12 Circuit ring events, including a €1,500 Main Event which comes with a massive €1 million guarantee. There’s no shortage of poker action as the schedule also includes more than 30 side events, with the venue also running cash games 24/7.

Putting Tallinn on the Global Poker Map

The team behind this major WSOP event includes no other than renowned tournament director Teresa Nousiainen who was also responsible for the creation of the popular Kings of Tallinn festival. 

Tallinn began hosting huge poker events as early as 2010 when it played host to the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT). Since 2015, the year Kings of Tallinn was born, Tallinn has served as home to several other international poker festivals, such as the Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge (PAPC) and The Summer Showdown Series. 

The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) heads to Horseshoe Casino Baltimore this September, a brand-new destination for the tour. Several events will grace the six-day festival which opens on September 5. The main attraction is the $200,000-guaranteed Main Event where the winner takes home an extra prize in the form of a Dream Seat Invitational ticket.

RGPS Horseshoe Baltimore Full Schedule

The series kicks off on September 5 with the $250 Seniors Ring Event exclusive for players aged 50+, and the $200 Ambassador Bounty Ring Event. The latter will have special guests holding bounty envelopes with cool prizes, including $1,000 cash and RG Apparel store credit. 

The schedule also includes a One Day NLH Ring Event and a Double Green Chip Bounty Ring Event with buy-ins of $300 and $250 respectively, both running on September 7. PLO fans will have something to enjoy as well, with a $500 buy-in PLO Ring Event scheduled for September 8. 

As usual, it’s the Main Event that is likely to attract the most attention. The tournament costs $1,100 to enter and offers $200,000 in guaranteed prize money. There are three starting flights available from September 8-9, with the action culminating on September 10.

Those who can’t afford the $1,100 buy-in will have the opportunity to secure a seat into the tournament for a more affordable price as the venue is also hosting Main Event satellites with buy-ins of $135 and $245. The satellites take place from September 8-9.

There are two more events scheduled for the final day of the series – a $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH Ring Event and a $250 Closer NLH Ring Event. 

888poker LIVE visits Coventry for the first time this year, bringing with it a nine-day festival that runs from October 20-29 at the Coventry Building Society Arena. It follows the successful Bucharest stop which took place in August. 

The 888poker LIVE Coventry schedule includes multiple events, kicking off with the £440 buy-in Mystery Bounty event on October 20. It features three Day 1 flights, the third adopting a turbo structure. Day 2 of the tournament takes place on October 22.

Also part of the lineup is the £330 The Big Shot which runs from October 22-24 and also has three starting flights. The schedule includes a couple of high rollers as well, the first of which commands a £5,000 buy-in and runs from October 23-24. The other one takes place from October 25-26 and costs £2,500 to enter.

LIVE Coventry Main Event 

The series culminates in the £888 888poker LIVE Coventry Main Event which gets underway on October 25 and comes with a £500,000 guarantee. Players can enter the tournament via four Day 1 flights, the last one played as a Turbo tournament. Day 2 of the event is scheduled for October 28, with the action playing down to a winner on October 29.

On top of that, there’s a £110 Ladies Event running on October 20-21, with the £220 The Voyage Turbo Deepstack (October 24), and £550 The Dragon Day (October 28-29) also added to the mix. 

The full schedule for the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is now out, and players are in for another top-notch online poker action this year with $80 million guaranteed across dozens of events, including 12 World Championship events. 

2023 WCOOP – Key Details

Running from September 10 to October 4, the 2023 PokerStars WCOOP features a total of 110 numbered events, the majority of which are split into three buy-in tiers – Low, Medium, and High. 

The series is headlined by 12 World Championship events, including the $10,300 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE) Main Event, which is the main highlight of the festival. The tournament comes with $6 million in guarantees. The schedule also includes a PLO version of the Main Event featuring the same buy-in and a guarantee of $750,000. Both events run on October 1.

Last year, Portugal’s Luis “luis faria” Faria topped a 760-entry field to win the $10,300 NLHE Main Event for $1,293,825 in top prize. 

WCOOP Leaderboards

PokerStars is once again awarding extra prizes via four leaderboards – one for each buy-in level, and another for the overall player of the series race. There’s a total of $100,000 in prizes to be won across all four leaderboards, with the WCOOP Player of the Year series taking home an extra $25,000.