• Eastern Poker Tour Schedule 2020
• Eastern Poker Tour Schedule List

Heartland Poker Tour block2: Ship Shape: Talking Pictures: 8:30: Race Central: Lindner's Angling Edge /block American Builder /block Race Central: World Tennis: 9:00: V8TV: Golf America: Sports Stars of Tomorrow: Coops For Troops: Sporting Dog Adventures: Softball 360: Charlie Moore: No Offense: 9:30: Raceweek: Lindner's Angling Edge.

This cruise, brought to you by HPT and Card Player Cruises, includes an $1,100 MAIN EVENT with an anticipated $200k+ Prize Pool. While you're not playing poker, enjoy a relaxing journey through the Eastern Caribbean on the beautiful Oasis of the Seas. The Eastern Poker Tour is known for giving out the most nightly prizes in any bar poker league in the country. Now let’s have a look at the Eastern Poker Tour schedule in 2020. There are 7 major areas with events taking place each day. These are the: Central Mass Tour – it includes various locations in Hopedale and Milford, Massachusetts. Heartland Poker Tour block2: Ship Shape: Talking Pictures: 8:30: Race Central: Lindner's Angling Edge /block American Builder /block Race Central: World Tennis: 9:00: V8TV: Golf America: Sports Stars of Tomorrow: Coops For Troops: Sporting Dog Adventures: Softball 360: Charlie Moore: No Offense: 9:30: Raceweek: Lindner's Angling Edge. Nov 26, '20 - Dec 06, '20 2020 WPTDeepstacks - Ultimate Poker Showdown Emperors Palace.

MGM Resorts International has announced the upcoming launch of the East Coast Poker Tour (ECPT), a new mid-stakes tour designed to expand the availability of that level of tourney to players based predominantly in the eastern United States. The new ECPT will launch in February of 2020. Three MGM Resorts venues have already been slated to hold tour stops, including MGM National Harbor in Maryland, MGM Springfield in Boston, and Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa (owned by MGM) in Atlantic City.

While mid-range poker tourneys have been available at all these and other East Coast venues for years, the “mid-priced” tour, as it’s popularly developed, has succeeded in the US’s central states more than other regions. (Examples include the Heartland Poker Tour, which is now more national, the Mid-Stakes Poker Tour, and the newer RUNGOOD Poker Series.) MGM hopes to shift that balance with the launch of the ECPT.

“MGM Resorts offers players the best poker product on the East Coast,” said Jorge Perez, Portfolio President. “Our East Coast Poker Tour is a great way for us to showcase three of our industry-leading properties while creating an exciting tournament series for our guests and poker enthusiasts.”

A total of six series stops for 2020 have been announced, with three of the six to be held at the Borgata in New Jersey. The six stops are co-branded as ECPT offerings to build upon existing individual series. In the Borgata’s case, for example, that includes the venue’s Spring Poker Open, Summer Poker Open & Fall Poker Open Championship. MGM National Harbor’s Potomac Poker Open series in February and July get the ECPT treatment as well, as does the MGM Springfield Armory Classic. The Borgata’s Fall Poker Open will now double as the ECPT’s championship, with a leaderboard and points chase already in place to generate interest and interest in the 2020 ECPT’s $2 million finale.

A few other details have been announced as well. According to MGM, “Players can qualify for the MGM Resorts ECPT leaderboard between February 5, 2020 and August 24, 2020 by registering in any of the five tournaments prior to the championship. A minimum of 100 players, including the five winners of the tour’s previous tournaments, five randomly selected participants (one from each tournament), and the top 90 participants on the leaderboard will receive a complimentary two-night stay at Borgata and entry into the Borgata Fall Poker Open / MGM Resorts East Coast Poker Tour $2 Million Guaranteed Championship November 15-20, 2020. Additional prizes include a $500 MGM Resorts gift card, $250 hotel credit at Borgata, and a Cartier watch. Participants must be M life cardholders to qualify.”

The ECPT has also created a new online home at http://www.mgmecpt.com/. More information on the tour and the 2020 stops can be found there. Here’s the 2020 MGM Resorts ECPT Schedule:

POTOMAC WINTER POKER OPEN – MGM National Harbor

February 5 – 17, 2020

* featuring guaranteed $500,000 championship ($3,000 buy-in)

BORGATA SPRING POKER OPEN – Borgata

April 7 – 24, 2020

* featuring guaranteed $1 million championship ($2,700 buy-in)

BORGATA SUMMER POKER OPEN – Borgata

July 7 – 24, 2020

* featuring guaranteed $1 million championship ($2,700 buy-in)

POTOMAC POKER OPEN – MGM National Harbor

July 22 – August 3, 2020

* featuring guaranteed $1 million championship ($3,500 buy-in)

THE ARMORY CLASSIC – MGM Springfield

August 12 – 24, 2020

BORGATA FALL POKER OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP – Borgata

November 15 – 20, 2020

* featuring guaranteed $2 million championship ($3,500 buy-in)

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Eastern Poker Tour Schedule 2020

The second of three starting days of the 2020 World Series of Poker GGPoker World Championship $10,000 Main Event has wrapped up and 42 players out of 171 entries advanced to Day 2, which increases the total field size to 417 entries with 104 contenders through thus far.

More than $4.1 million are already in the prize pool, however, the likely busiest starting day of the international portion awaits on Sunday, December 6th, 2020, on GGPoker.

Slovenia's Blaz Zerjav has claimed the overall lead with a stack of 639,394, fellow Day 1b big stacks Rodrigo 'sauvage' Valente (592,043) and Amir '8ty4calling8' Dvir (538,003) also surpassed the Day 1a chip leader Julian 'VWgunther' Menhardt as well.

Further big stacks on Day 1b include Artem 'Ar0wana' Vezhenkov (511,114), Javier Gomez (427,190), Qibing 'degenkaliu' Wang (392,108), and Brazil's Diego 'TeaLover' Falcone (341,782).

The Day 1b Top 10 at a Glance

Just outside of the top 10 for Day 1b is Sweden's Simon Lofberg, who is one of three WSOP bracelet winners that advanced through tonight. Lofberg won his maiden gold bracelet in the 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #40: $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha and bagged a very healthy 323,563 in chips. Ireland's Toby 'shinerrr' Joyce follows not far behind with 243,195 and also won the coveted gold bracelet during the online festival on GGPoker earlier this year. Last but not least, 2019 Event #57 $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em winner Barak 'LuckySecret' Wisbrod bagged up 177,386 in the virtual arena.

Other notables who will return for Day 2 include Thomas 'MickeyM' Boivin (295,681), Sergio Aido (270,355), Luigi 'shadinho94' Shehadeh (256,730), Diego 'Ushuaia1' Zeiter (245,830), Alexandre 'STAY_HUNGRY' Reard (216,609), Anton 'RUN_CMD' Wigg (210,608), Ivan 'Cordialement' Deyra (148,142), Simon 'FiestaPagana' Mattsson (131,241), and Alex Difelice (114,802).

The list of well-known casualties throughout the 16 levels of 30 minutes each contains such familiar names as Robin 'porty27' Ylitalo, Gleb 'IamMVP' Tremzin, Anton 'storytellerA' Morgenstern, Niall Farrell, Niklas Astedt, Adrian Mateos, Daria 'Scarlett_D' Feshchenko, Nicolas Chouity, Dzmitry Urbanovich, and Jean-Noel 'OscarBrown' Thorel.

Two known WSOP bracelet winners were also among those to take part and leave empty-handed including Ravid 'jerbi9999' Garbi and Jens Kyllonen, GGPoker ambassador Felipe Ramos and GGSquad streamer Kevin Martin also failed to punch his ticket for Day 2 as well.

The Action of the Day

It was a slow start at the tables and yet, the first elimination would take place at the end of level one. Pocket king were directly involved in the first four bustouts, accounting for three losing and one winning hand. Jesse 'AAGenius88' Mercado was the first to bow out when he ran with kings into aces and failed to catch any help.

Kevin Martin was among the first high-profile casualties when his jack-nine suited flopped top pair and rivered a ten-high straight only for Amir '8ty4calling8' Dvir to show the nut straight. In the next level former WSOP Main Event finalist Sylvain Loosli ran with queens into aces and found no help.

The rockets belonged to Daan 'DaanOss' Mulders in his final hand when Niall Farrell turned a ten-high straight and the Dutchman could not get away from it anymore on the river. Another premium pocket belonged to Jean-Noel 'OscarBrown' Thorel when kings ended up second-best to the ace-queen of Dante Goya, and Adrian Mateos ended up second-best with aces against eights-full.

However, Goya and Farrell would also join the rail throughout the day. The Brazilian lost a big chunk with a set of aces and could not mount a comeback anymore. As far as Farrell is concerned, he was left short after a clash with Thomas 'MickeyM' Boivin and lost a flip to Sergio Aido, who made quads nines.

By then, GGPoker ambassador Felipe Ramos was already on the rail after losing a flip with ace-ten suited versus pocket eights. Blaz Zerjav soared to the top of the leaderboard when he knocked out Anton 'storytellerA' Morgenstern with the superior kicker and Robin 'porty27' Ylitalo then succumbed in the final level of the night when sixes could not crack aces.

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