There’s no breather for those players who spent a good part of their summer playing at the World Series of Poker. Simply put, there are plenty of tournament poker opportunities across the country in August.
Here are a few that stand out.
Starting today is the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO), a 45-event series that runs until Aug. 9. Taking place at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, most of the events are in the $400 to $600 buy-in range.
And because events at Seminole Hard Rock always attract big fields, the casino is able to offer big guarantees. For example, today’s starting event, a $400 Deepstack with seven starting flights, has a $1 million guarantee with more than 640 entries already collected.
The series is capped by several high-roller events, including a $25K high-roller PLO event Sunday, Aug. 3, a $50K super high-roller event on Monday, Aug. 4, and the $5,300, $3 million guaranteed championship event on Tuesday, Aug. 5.
This SHRPO also offers many different forms of the game, like today’s $400 Big O event, tomorrow’s $600 Omaha 8-or-Better event, and next week’s $1,100 HORSE event (Aug. 4).
| Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Key Events | ||||
| Date | Time | Event | Buy-In | Guarantee |
| Wednesday, July 27 – Saturday, July 30 | 10am | Deep Stack NLH Flights A, C, E, G |
$400 | $1 million |
| Wednesday, July 27 – Saturday, July 30 | 6pm | Deep Stack NLH Flights B, D, F, H |
$400 | $1 million |
| Saturday, July 30 | 3pm | Deep Stack Ladies NLH | $300 | $10K |
| Sunday, July 31 | 4pm | Deep Stack 6-Max NLH | $1,100 | $100K |
| Sunday, July 31 | 5pm | Deep Stack PLO Flight A | $600 | $100K |
| Monday, Aug. 1 | 12pm | Deep Stack PLO Flight B | $600 | $100K |
| Monday, Aug. 1 | 5pm | Deep Stack PLO Flight C | $600 | $100k |
| Monday, Aug. 1 – Tuesday, Aug. 2 |
11am | Big Stack NLH Flights A and D |
$200 | $200K |
| Monday, Aug. 1 – Tuesday, Aug. 2 |
3pm | Big Stack NLH Flights B and E |
$200 | $200K |
| Monday, Aug. 1 – Tuesday, Aug. 2 |
7pm | Big Stack NLH Flights C and F |
$200 | $200K |
| Wednesday, Aug. 3 | 12pm | Deep Stack NLH | $1,100 | $100K |
| Wednesday, Aug. 3 | 2pm | High-Roller PLO | $25,500 | — |
| Thursday, Aug. 4 | 11am | HORSE | $1,100 | — |
| Thursday, Aug. 4 | 12pm | Deep Stack NLH | $2,200 | $200K |
| Thursday, Aug. 4 | 2pm | Super High Roller NLH | $50,000 | — |
| Friday, Aug. 5 | 11am | SHRPO Championship Day 1A |
$5,300 | $3 million |
| Saturday, Aug. 6 | 11am | SHRPO Championship Day 1B |
$5,300 | $3 million |
| Sunday, Aug. 7 | 2pm | Deep Stack NLH | $2,700 | $1 million |
| Monday, Aug. 8 | 11am | Deep Stack NLH | $1,100 | $500K |
| Monday, Aug. 8 | 12pm | High Roller NLH | $25,500 | $2 million |
| Tuesday, Aug. 9 | 2pm | Deep Stack 8-Handed NLH | $10,000 | $500K |
Satellites for all the events run throughout the series starting at $150.
The entire schedule can be found here.
World Poker Tour heads to the Bike
The WPT Legends of Poker series at the Bicycle Club in Los Angeles started Monday and runs all the way through Sept. 1.
The schedule is packed with a diverse number of tourneys, like the $400 Omaha 8-or-Better event on Saturday, July 30, and the $400 Big O event on Tuesday, Aug. 9. Most days have two tournaments scheduled and the buy-ins are mostly in the $360 to $600 range.
The bigger buy-in events start Monday, Aug. 22, with the $1,100 $500K guarantee. The WPT’s $5,250 event begins Saturday, Aug. 27. The $2.5 million guaranteed tourney’s final table will be filmed for broadcast.
A $10K event starts Tuesday, Aug. 30, and a $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em Survivor event begins Aug. 31.
The WPT’s name is also attached to a $1,700 event in Cambodia on Thursday, Aug. 18, as part of its “Prime” brand at the NagaWorld Integrated Resort in Phnom Penh.
WSOP Circuit hits the Southeast
After the WSOP Circuit wraps up its series at Choctaw Durant on Aug. 1, it moves on to two more venues.
First, it hits Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina on Thursday, Aug. 4, with a 17-event series capped by a $1,700, $1 million guarantee tourney that starts Friday, Aug. 12. It has four consecutive starting days.
A two-day $2,200 $500K guaranteed tourney starts Sunday, Aug 14, though most events fall into the lower buy-in range of $400 and $600. The $250 Ladies Event takes place Friday, Aug. 12. It has a $10K guarantee.
Starting Wednesday, Aug. 17, the WSOP Circuit hits Hard Rock Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a nearly identical schedule of 16 events.
The $1,700 headliner starts Friday, Aug. 26. It also has four consecutive starting days. The $250 Ladies event is Tuesday. Aug. 23.
This WSOP Circuit stop in Tulsa offers no prize pool guarantees.
Venetian and Wynn turn up the heat in Vegas
Two fun series are scheduled for Las Vegas in August.
Starting Monday, Aug. 1, the Deepstack Showdown at the Venetian takes place until Aug. 29.
The 48 events series features a hearty schedule of tournaments with buy-ins of $300, $400, and $600. There are $200K guarantee tourneys running on Aug. 4 and Aug. 11. Both cost $600. A $400 $250K guarantee event starts Aug. 16.
Just up the Strip, the Wynn Signature Series starts Thursday, Aug. 18 with a $400 Senior event with a $40K guarantee.
A $100K event starts Monday, Aug. 22, while a $400K Mystery Bounty follows on Wednesday, Aug. 24. A $500K guarantee with three starting flights begins Monday, Aug. 29.
A satellite into the $10,400 WPT World Championship scheduled to take place on Dec. 12 will be held Monday, Sept. 5. It costs $1,100 and guarantees 10 seats.
Wynn’s schedule can be found here.
