{"id":10166,"date":"2020-05-10T08:08:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T08:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/?p=10166"},"modified":"2020-05-10T08:08:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T08:08:34","slug":"partypoker-us-network-online-series-kicks-off-may-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/partypoker-us-network-online-series-kicks-off-may-10\/","title":{"rendered":"PartyPoker US Network Online Series Kicks Off May 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The US PartyPoker network is kicking off an eight-day tournament from May 10 through May 17, as global poker traffic continues to surge.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n On Sunday, May 10, the PartyPoker<\/strong> US Network Online Series gets underway, with Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker opening their virtual card rooms in New Jersey<\/strong>. The series will stretch for eight days from May 10 through May 17 and feature 21 events with a number of affordable buy-ins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To participate, players can pay anything between $5 and $400 and play for a share of the $338,000 prize pool. One of the biggest draws of the online event will be the $400 buy-in, $100K GTD Main Event<\/strong>, which will kick off at 5 pm ET on Sunday<\/strong>, May<\/strong> 17<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Players who aren\u2019t interested in the Main Event will still have plenty of options to pick from, not least the $55 buy-in, $20K GTD Low Main Event which will take place on the last day of the tournament. Another big date on the calendar is the $215 buy-in event #1: Phased $100K GTD, as per the official schedule of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The number of players is not exactly known, but judging from last month\u2019s 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series and the $100K GTD Main Event, some 346 entrants tried their luck, pushing the total pool to $126,290.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With PartyPoker trying its hand to draw interest and poker traffic supposedly having doubled over April<\/a>, the main event\u2019s $100K GTD should be exceeded by a fair stretch on May 17. The event is just a blip on the radar, but one that will bring us coveted poker action in the next seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With shelter-in-place orders still on, interest in poker has grown significantly. New Jersey reported an increase of 90.9% year-over-year<\/a>, according to the Garden State regulator. Meanwhile, PartyPoker has set up the Defection Party promo<\/strong>, which kicked off earlier this week and offers a total of $2 million in cash prizes<\/strong> you can win through June 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Players who simply login into their accounts will receive a ticket to the $500 Hyper-Turbo freeroll or a bonus, the official announcement said. Furthermore, players are offered 20% more in cashback on pre-selected day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are daily challenges for the MTT entries and winners can play their way through the $5,000 guaranteed Hyper-Turbo tournament which starts at 8:00 pm CEST everyday during the promotional period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Partypoker hasn\u2019t reported how much of a traffic spike the site has seen, but others have. 888Poker<\/strong> reported a 60% increase<\/strong> in the company\u2019s traffic for the United States, various media outlets said, citing 888 Holdings, the parent company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to National League of Poker<\/strong>, the surge in March players was anything between 30% and 50% and in March alone<\/strong>, revenues from online poker went up 131%<\/strong>, an unprecedented growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While doubts persist as to whether the temporary spike in poker popularity will hold, there is a good chance we could see more online poker after the lockdown. Poker seems to be doing well so far, although the World Series of Poker<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest event, took a hit and had to postpone its regular circuit in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US PartyPoker network is kicking off an eight-day tournament from May 10 through May 17, as global poker traffic continues to surge. PartyPoker Launches Eight-Day $338,000 GTD Tournament On Sunday, May 10, the PartyPoker US Network Online Series gets underway, with Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker opening their virtual card rooms in New Jersey. […]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[366,381],"class_list":["post-10166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","tag-online-poker","tag-partypoker"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPartyPoker Launches Eight-Day $338,000 GTD Tournament<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
PartyPoker Continue to Deliver Quality Product with Defection Party<\/h2>\n\n\n\n