{"id":8203,"date":"2018-08-14T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/?p=8203"},"modified":"2018-08-14T08:00:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:00:43","slug":"talking-stick-resort-cancels-arizona-poker-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/talking-stick-resort-cancels-arizona-poker-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Stick Resort Cancels Arizona Poker Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
It was going to be a good poker action. Instead, it turned out to be an emergency. Arizona had to cancel its State Poker Championship scheduled for Talking Stick Resort casino<\/a>. However, a major storm forced hosts to reconsider and take a rain check on the event.<\/em><\/p>\n While hosts hoped that they can make it through the pow-wow without the need to shut down the whole event, they soon realized that the storm was pretty serious and the only way to deal with it would be shutting down the competition, at least temporary.<\/p>\n Citing security reasons, the company said in an official statement that it had been following the developing of the past 24 hours and had concluded that for the sake of people\u2019s safety, it would need to shut down. <\/p>\n It had been a true disappointment for attendees<\/strong>, as the $1,100<\/strong> tournament has been making a real difference and building legitimate following. It has taken the Arizona Championship over 10 years to reach its current level of popularity, but it has managed well. <\/p>\n The event originated back in 2015 and throughout the years it continued to add to its prize pool, reaching well over $1.5 million<\/strong> at its present-day levels. Not only that but contenders have often been above the 1,500th mark, making it one of the most frequented live poker events held locally, nation and worldwide. <\/p>\n Scheduled for August 10 through 14, the event was doing rather well at first. Day 1 opened with 550-odd entrants<\/strong> of whom 90 managed to make it to the next stage. Despite their aspirations though, mother nature had other plans for the event and it released a monsoon-type of storm<\/a>, which caused serious rainfall. <\/p>\n The storm caused a black out taking down the casino\u2019s own back-up generator which couldn\u2019t handle it any longer. In light of those events, the tournament hosts had to cancel two subsequent days and the tournament is now rescheduled for Tuesday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The hopes remain that all of the remaining players would be able to come back to the competitive fray then and finish up what they had begun. <\/p>\n A Perfect Storm Hits<\/h2>\n
Things Get Off the Ground<\/h2>\n
The Not Quite Graceful Handling of the Situation<\/h2>\n