Ryan Jones won his first WSOP Circuit ring to continue a strong start to his 2015 campaign. (Image: WSOP.com)
Ryan Jones earned his first ever World Series of Poker Circuit ring by taking down the Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event in Cherokee, North Carolina.
The victory earned Jones $235,804 and a seat in the WSOP National Championship in July, which will be held in the very same casino where Jones won this week.
Jones came out on top of a 786-player field that featured several notable pros as well as most of the local North Carolina poker community.
Jones himself only lived a few hours away, and found that winning a major tournament close to home made the victory even sweeter.
PokerStars’ SCOOP Ending on a High with Packed Main Events
PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will come to a glittering end this week with three successful main events.
The finale of PokerStars’ SCOOP has seen its three main events surpass their guarantees with ease. (Image: PokerStars)
The showcase MTTs of this year’s festival got underway on April 25 and all have surpassed their guarantees with ease.
The $109 SCOOP main event attracted the largest crowd. Although registration remains open until the start of Day 2, over 38,000 players had bought in at the time of writing.
That level of interest means the $3.8 million prizepool is more than $600,000 above the guarantee.
There will be a live World Series of Poker (WSOP) this year. With COVID-19 restrictions easing and vaccinations helping life return to normal, the festival will return to Las Vegas.
The WSOP will return to Las Vegas in the fall after an enforced hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions (Image: 888poker/The Sun)
However, in a change to proceedings, WSOP 2021 will take place inside the Rio from September 30 until November 23. The plans are subject to change but the hope is that restrictions will be minimal by the fall.
In lieu of its live tournaments returning, there will be an online festival similar to last year. Full details will be published in the coming weeks, but we already know that US residents will be able to play for bracelets from July 1 onwards.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) may be about to rear its ugly head and threaten the US online gaming industry thanks to Senator Tom Cotton.
Junior Senator for Arkansas, Tom Cotton, has reintroduced a bill designed to outlaw online poker and gaming in the US. (Image: AP)
The junior Senator for Arkansas has reintroduced a bill aimed at limiting the way gaming companies can promote their products.
To give it its technical name, bill S.3322 is called the “Prevention of Deceptive or Child-Targeted Advertising in Violation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.”
Attacking Online Poker and Gaming via Adverts