The BetMGM operation in the United States will be holding poker tournaments in its three major poker rooms around the country in August. In Michigan and Pennsylvania, the series which will be held online will run in mid-August for 8 days. The series which will take place in New Jersey is scheduled for a week earlier for 8 days too.
If you are a poker player based in New Jersey, lady luck could smile on your way and earn you an invitation to the $50,000 Invitational Freeroll tournament that will take place during the last week of August 2021.
What we cover
Online series in Pennsylvania
A total of $220,000 has been set aside as guaranteed prize money for the PA online poker series. The event which comprises 10 events will have a pool of $22,000 prize money distributed among the winners in each tournament.
Comparing this to the debut online event held in the Keystone State, the organizers have definitely cut down on the prize pool budget. For that past event, a total of $270,000 was spent on player wins with each of the constituent 10 tournaments each awarding $27,000 to its winners.
Considering the time of the year that the online BetMGM poker series is taking place, a lot of potential lays in the performance of players. Players who dive into the heat of the tournament will walk away with massive prizes.
As a matter of fact, the events of the current tournament that have already been held had players experiencing generally charged emotions throughout. There has been lower site traffic since that last event was held so the organizers have picked a conservative target to work with. This does not mean that an overlay is not likely to happen so players have been urged to watch the activity in the BetMGM lobby.
For players planning to take part in the BetMGM poker series in PA, it could be a good idea to set aside between $20 and $535 to buy into the various event tournaments. Clearly, there is an event suited for every poker player depending on how much money one is willing to part with.
As is the order of many poker tournaments, a large number of the events will be straight Hold’em competitions. Other events include a Progressive KO with a buy-in of $320 for a guaranteed prize of $20,000 and a 6 Max PLO with a buy-in of $109 for a guaranteed prize of $10,000.
The first day of the PA online poker series will feature a Hold’em event with a buy-in of $215 and guaranteed prize of $35,000. On the last day, an NHL event with a buy-in of $535 and $50,000 prize money guarantee will be closing the tournament.
Online series in Michigan
11 events will be played under the online Michigan Series as participants claim their share of the $330,000 set as the guaranteed prize pool. With an event pool average of $30,000, Michigan poker players will be contesting for a much higher figure than that offered to players in PA. Rightfully so, there is relatively higher player traffic reported in the MI site over the PA site.
The nature of the Michigan Series is more or less what will be held in PA – a large proportion of Hold’em events, a single Progressive KO and one PLO tournament. The order of the events however differs in the two states. Top on the list of differences is the amount of money that players have to part with as event buy-ins and their corresponding GTD. In the Michigan events order, a $535 buy-in event with a guaranteed prize of $50,000 kicks off the tournament while another $1060 buy-in event with a guaranteed prize of $100,000 rounds it off.
It will be interesting to sit back and watch whether the guaranteed prizes will be achieved minus the associated overlays. BetMGM has been in business for a short while but they have managed to run a total of 4 poker series’. The greatest setback to this effort has been that the company’s performance has consistently fallen short of targets.
Online Series in New Jersey
The poker players of New Jersey will be treated to the same lineup of events as has been planned for PA and MI. The total guaranteed prize pool for the 11 consistent events of the tournament that will be held in NJ is $240,500. The outstanding feature of the New Jersey Series is a buy-in of $215 for a satellite event that guarantees $3500 and an entry into the Borgata Poker Open with a GTD of $1 million.
BetMGM management hopes that the 3 tournament series taking place in August will be as successful as the latest one which took place in Garden State. That is definitely an event that is going to linger on the minds of poker players that took part in it.
In addition to the current series treat that BetMGM has planned for its poker players, the betting services provider will be offering invitational passes worth $50K to a freeroll tournament. This tournament which will take place in the last two days of August after the main series has ended, will only take qualified players.
Qualification must take the form of earning 50 iRPs during the period from August 1 to 28. By the end of the event, there will be 215 prizes won by players and the overall winner will take home a ticket worth $3500.
Conclusion
August looks refreshing for poker players in Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Jersey as the poker challenge comes to where they are. Even better is the fact that the events will be held online so players can observe Covid-19 protocols at their convenience. If you are up for a poker challenge of the year, dedicate the entire month to a thrilling experience.
