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WPTDeepStacks to Debut November Choctaw Stop

Written by Jennifer Newell
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Jennifer Newell

The World Poker Tour’s main tour often gets attention because, well, it’s the main tour. But while that main tour has been rolling with the punches in 2021 and putting together as many live poker tournament stops as possible, WPTDeepStacks has been doing the same.

Its Season VII actually started in May 2021 with a much-anticipated return to Australia’s Gold Coast. There was a stop at the Venetian in Las Vegas alongside a main tour event, and the team did trek over to Russia for WPTDeepStacks Sochi in August

Meanwhile, WPTDS has been doing online work as well. In the Indian market, the tour teamed up with Adda52 to offer WPT Online India last month.

Going forward, several stops remain on the WPTDS tour. Action will go online in October, then for the first time to Choctaw in November, and on to the WPTDS Championship at Thunder Valley in California.

Online at partypoker in October

Before the next live tournament stop, international poker players can get involved in the WPTDS Online series on partypoker. The entire series will run October 10-26, though that schedule has yet to be released.

The WPTDeepStacks Online Main Event, though, is set. Starting flights run for three Sundays in a row before the survivors gather to play for the win. That tournament will require a $1K buy-in and offer a $1M guarantee on the prize pool.

-Sunday, Oct 10 at 19:05:  Day 1A

-Sunday, Oct 17 at 19:05:  Day 1B

-Sunday, Oct 24 at 19:05:  Day 1C

-Monday, Oct 25 at 16:05:  Day 1D turbo

-Monday, Oct 25 at 20:05:  Day 2 (all Day 1 survivors return to play to the final table)

-Tuesday, Oct 26 at 19:05:  Day 3 (final table)

Each starting flight will offer one reentry. And every entry comes with 250K chips.

When partypoker posts the full schedule, it will be on the partypoker LIVE website.

Inaugural Choctaw in November

The World Poker Tour announced today that the WPTDeepStacks tour will hit Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma. The main tour has been there numerous times, but WPTDeepStacks will make its debut amidst a series from October 27 to November 7.

Choctaw Durant Table Games Manager Bob Barnes noted the established relationship with the WPT and excitement to host the first WPTDS soon. “After you make your play at the Grand Theater,” he said, “visit us in the Magnolia Ballroom located near the Grand Theater for cash games and promotions running Sunday through Friday.”

The entire schedule of tournaments is already linked on the Choctaw website, with our summation here and the WPTDS Main Event highlighted:

-Event 1 on Oct 27-28: $240 NLHE Monster Stack (2 starting days)

-Event 2 on Oct 27: $130 NLHE Nightly Deepstack

-Event 3 on Oct 28: $130 NLHE Nightly Deepstack

-Event 4 on Oct 29-30: $350 NLHE Fall Comeback (2 starting days)

-Event 5 on Oct 29: $240 NLHE Bounty

-Event 6 on Oct 30: $240 NLHE Bounty

-Event 7 on Oct 31: $560 NLHE

-Event 8 on Oct 31: $130 NLHE Nightly Deepstack

-Event 9 on Nov 1: $240 NLHE Seniors

-Event 10 on Nov 1: $130 NLHE Nightly Deepstack

-Event 11 on Nov 2: $240 NLHE Bounty

-Event 12 on Nov 2: $130 NLHE Nightly Deepstack

-Event 13 on Nov 3-4: $560 NLHE ($100K GTD) (2 starting days)

-Event 14 on Nov 3: $130 NLHE Nightly Deepstack

-Event 15 on Nov 4: $130 NLHE Nightly Deepstack

-Event 16 on Nov 5-8: $1,100 NLHE WPTDS Choctaw Championship (2 starting days)

-Event 17 on Nov 5: $240 NLHE Bounty

-Event 18 on Nov 6: $130 NLHE Nightly Deepstack

-Event 19 on Nov 7: $240 NLHE Seniors

-Event 20 on Nov 7: $1,100 PLO Championship

There may be a guarantee on the Main Event, as the WPT website notes that it is TBD, so look for that in the coming weeks.

Thunder Valley Scheduled Again

Earlier in 2021, when it looked like the live tournament scene was ready to roar again, WPTDeepStacks planned its season-ending Championship for late March into early April. However, the spread of the Covid-19 Delta variant prompted poker rooms and the WPT to reevaluate large gatherings. Thunder Valley ultimately made the decision to postpone the series.

The full series schedule is in the works and will be posted on the Thunder Valley website when ready. What they do know is that the series will run from mid-November to December 7. The WPTDS Championship Main Event will play December 3-7 with a $1M guarantee for a $2,500 buy-in. That tournament will play as follows:

-December 4: Day 1A

-December 5: Day 1B

-December 6: Day 2

-December 7: Final table play, to be livestreamed

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