September Set To Be A Bumper Month For Poker
By Brian Cullingworth, Last updated Feb 3, 2021
Hundreds of competitions and tens of millions of dollars in guaranteed prize pools
Online poker fans can look forward to a spectacular September as the top online poker operators compete for their attention with a string of 900 online poker tourneys carrying guaranteed prize pools and other rewards totalling almost $118 million.
Over a three week period separate events are scheduled from PokerStars, 888Poker, Winamax and PartyPoker, providing a wide range of choices.
* Sunday September 3 – 26 will see PokerStars leading the tournament charge with its popular World Championship of Online Poker, featuring over 160 events and overall prize pool guarantees of $60 million;
* PartyPoker is fronting prize pool guarantees of $35 million in its 330 Powerfest events scheduled for 3 to 24 September, with no less that ten events carrying million dollar pools;
‘ French operator Winamax will be attracting international fans with its September 3 to 14 series of 129 events, and has invested Euro 11 million in overall guaranteed prize pools, with at least two competitions offering million dollar pools;
* 888Poker is pushing the boat out with the latest edition of its XL series, this one running September 10 – 24 and titled XL Eclipse. The operator has put up $9.2 million in prize pool guarantees across the 197 events.