Partypoker has had a very successful 2017 with its partypoker LIVE tour and has announced that it will continue its LIVE tour in 2018 and look to make it bigger and better. The online poker website has released its schedule for 2018 which has more than $100 million in guaranteed prize money.
The events that will take place this year will be the Caribbean Poker Party with a guaranteed prize pool of $10 million in November and partypoker Online Millions in December which has a $5 million guarantee.
LIVE International Stops In 2018
partypoker’s schedule for next year comprises of events which will happen around the world which includes, Russia, North America, Europe and the Caribbean. There are plans of a new stop at Casino Barcelona in addition to returning to Canada’s Playground Poker Club, Czech Republic’s Kings Casino and Russia’s Sochi Casino and Resort. Also for the 2018 Caribbean Poker Party, there are plans of conducting the festival at a new venue.
There will be multiple opening flights and prize pools of minimum $5 million with at least five events guaranteeing $10 million. In each of the $10 million events, 250 players can win a minimum of $10,000 and the top three are sure to walk away with a prize of $1 million.
Players can qualify for these events for a minimum of $1.10 and can play the first day’s events online from the comfort of their home. These are some of the popular aspects of the poker festival apart from the guaranteed prize pools. There are plans to continue the current trend of providing players a chance to qualify for and play in the online events of partypoker MILLIONS before competing at the venue.
partypoker MILLIONS Schedule
The Caribbean Poker Party tournament will take place from Nov. 17-25 and will have a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000,000; the MILLIONS Online tournament will take place from Dec. 2-6 with a guaranteed prize pool of $5,000,000 this year.
In 2018, MILLIONS Germany will be held at Kings Casino, Rozvadov from Feb. 10-18 with a guaranteed prize pool of $5,800,000; MILLIONS Grand Final will held from April 7-15 at Barcelona with a guaranteed prize pool of $11,700,000; MILLIONS North America will take place at the Playground Poker Club in Canada from April 21-29 and have a guaranteed prize pool of $7,900,000;
MILLIONS Russia will take place at Sochi from Aug.4 -12 with a guaranteed prize pool of $5,000,000; MILLIONS UK at Dusk Till Dawn will take place from Sept. 20 to Oct. 9 with a guaranteed prize pool of $6,500,000 and the season will close with the 2018 Caribbean Poker Party which will be held from Nov. 10-18 with a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000,000.
John Duthie, President of partypoker LIVE took over the responsibility in January 2017 and has done a great job this year. Duthie believes that the resounding success of partypoker LIVE is because partypoker is keeping its commitment to listen to player feedback and make changes to give them a better gaming experience.
partypoker has made a commitment to become one of the top online poker operators in the world and compete with online poker giant PokerStars which is the biggest online poker website in the world and 888poker which is the second biggest online poker website. Partypoker has made a number of changes which includes upgrading its online poker software, hiring Mike Sexton as its chairman and bringing on John Duthie to head its LIVE tournaments.
In a statement, Sexton said “As partypoker LIVE’s flagship series, partypoker MILLIONS has attracted a huge number of players in its first year and proved a resounding success. The MILLIONS series has brought a great deal of excitement to the live and online poker world and really engaged players with a very competitive environment so I can’t wait to see the impact of even bigger prize pool guarantees in 2018”
The online poker website has also signed a number of well-known brand ambassadors to boost its image. The partypoker brand is now represented by German poker pro Fedor Holz, tennis legend Boris Becker and Sam Trickett who is one of the top poker pros in the United Kingdom.