Key Takeaways
- The formal cancellation of the series in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has been a long-anticipated.
- It is stated only that it still plans to run a live WSOP 2020 series, targeted in the fall, with a revised schedule.
- “In the interim, official WSOP competitions are expected to be played online this summer.”
- “We will soon announce details of an expanded series of tournaments to be played on WSOP.com and through partnership with international operators.”
- Last week, it was revealed that up-and-coming online poker network GGPoker had struck a deal with WSOP to run a Circuit Series online this summer.
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has announced that “official WSOP competitions” will be hosted this summer on both WSOP.com and “through partnership with international operators,” as the Caesars subsidiary officially postpones the live series to the fall.
The formal cancellation of the series in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has been long-anticipated. The first events were set to get underway at the end of May—barely one month away—and many other live events, both poker and elsewhere, have been officially cancelled well into June and beyond.
