New High-Stakes U.S. Poker Open Series Headed To Aria In 2018
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The series will be made up of $10,000, $25,000 and $50,000 buy-in tournaments. Plus, there’s more than just no-limit hold’em being spread.
The full schedule of eight events includes:
- $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Feb. 1
- $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Feb. 2
- $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Feb. 3
- $25,000 Mixed Game Championship Feb. 5
- $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Feb. 6
- $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Feb. 7
- $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Feb. 8
- $50,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event Feb. 9
The U.S. Poker Open Mixed Game Championship
The $25,000 Mixed Game Championship on Feb. 5 will feature the following eight-game mix:
- 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
- Limit Texas Hold’em
- No-limit Texas Hold’em
- Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
- Pot Limit Omaha
- Razz
- Seven Card Stud
- Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
The entire series will air live on Poker Central’s subscription-based poker content service PokerGO.
Plus, the player who nets the most earnings over the entire series will also be named the U.S. Poker Open Champion and receive a championship trophy.
High-stakes tournament series world leaders
Poker Central and ARIA have positioned themselves as the high-stakes tournament series world leaders over the past three years, also hosting the annual Super High Roller Bowl and launching the Poker Masters in 2017.
“The U.S. Poker Open is our newest marquee tournament positioned to kick off the high-stakes tournament calendar,” said Poker Central president Joe Kakaty. “Our lineup of quarterly majors give PokerGO subscribers year-round access to some of the best high-stakes poker in the world.”
Additionally, ARIA director of poker operations Sean McCormack said the U.S. Poker Open and the entire new year is shaping up to be an exciting one.
“We host some of poker’s top high-stakes tournaments at ARIA and are looking forward to kicking off the 2018 poker season with the U.S. Poker Open,” he said. “Poker Central has quickly built a tremendous schedule of poker events that are bringing worldwide awareness and excitement to the industry.”
The ultimate destination for fans of poker
Poker Central calls itself the ultimate destination for fans of poker. In fact, its PokerGO subscription-based content service live streams the high-stakes series from ARIA, in addition to World Series of Poker events and World Poker Tour final tables.
ARIA Resort & Casino features a 24-table poker room hosting a variety of cash games and tournaments. In fact, the room is currently gearing up for the 2017 Fall Poker Classic running Nov. 26 to Dec. 3 with tournament buy-ins ranging from $240 to $470.