{"id":10136,"date":"2020-04-07T08:06:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T08:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/?p=10136"},"modified":"2020-04-07T08:07:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T08:07:11","slug":"the-wpt-continues-to-reschedule-events-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/the-wpt-continues-to-reschedule-events-in-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"The WPT Continues to Reschedule Events in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The World Poker Tour has been forced to cancel a\nstring of events across the world and in America, shifting its focus entirely\non online events and promoting the ClubWPT. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coronavirus Pandemic Forces WPT to Suspend Events Globally <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The World Poker Tour<\/strong> (WPT) has had to cancel a\nstring of events across every major market one of the world\u2019s largest poker\norganization operates in. After postponing or outright cancelling events in Asia<\/strong>\nand Europe<\/strong> due to the coronavirus outbreak, the company has now suspended\ntournaments in the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, the company cancelled the WPT main\ntour<\/strong> as well as the WPTDeepStacks<\/strong> over the last two months. The\norganization hopes that players will be able to participate in the few events\nstill left on the calendar for May, but this may be subject to change as the\nnovel coronavirus death toll is rising with stricter measures put in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the plus side, this has been an opportunity for the WPT to consolidate its online standing. One major partnership has been struck with partypoker<\/a> in a bid to extend online poker options in several important markets as well as boost awareness for ClubWPT<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WPTDeepStacks Online Series Event #5 has started on @FRpartypoker<\/a> and the Main Events are just about to kick-off for Day 1B at 20:00.

Wondering how the festival started?
Read about it here:
https:\/\/t.co\/4TtyojFcFP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BzJrJ1UPap<\/a><\/p>— @WPTDeepStacks (@WPTDeepStacks) April 6, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>