- 888poker and the World Poker Tour brings the $1million guaranteed prize pool tournament, the ‘WPT500’ to the 888poker Card Room, part of the Aspers Casino, Westfield, Stratford, East London.
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When the Cash Game Festival dropped anchor at Aspers in September 2016, it was a roaring success with hundreds of poker players descending on the Aspers poker room and playing a wide variety of games, including no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, open-face Chinese poker, and Sviten Special. September 24-27: Aspers Stratford, London – £220 Main Event, £50k guarantee; December 9-13: Unibet UK Poker Tour Grand Finale, Aspers Stratford, London – £440 Main Event, £100k guarantee; Aspers Stratford is one of the UK’s leading casinos with a giant poker room which has hosted many premier tournaments such as the Unibet Open.
The Unibet UK Poker Tour returns for a fifth season in 2020 with four stops taking place in London and Newcastle and a total of £250,000 in prize pool guarantees across the season.
The first three stops will feature £220 buy-in Main Events, each with a £50,000 guarantee, starting in London in March. The Unibet UK Poker Tour Grand Finale at Aspers Stratford will be held next December, featuring a £440 buy-in, £100,000 guarantee Main Event.
The first three events of 2020 will each feature four starting flights – Day 1a, Day 1b, Day 1c and a Turbo Day 1d. The Grand Finale in London will feature five starting flights – Day 1a, Day 1b, Day 1c, Day 1d and a Turbo Day 1e. Players are allowed two re-entries per starting day – with the option to take their largest stack through to the Final Day. All players receive a 30,000 starting stack.
In addition to the cash prizes at each stop, a €2,000 Unibet Open package will also be awarded in an exclusive Last Longer competition for Unibet Poker online qualifiers. 10% will be retained from each buy-in to cover registration fees.
The dates for the 2020 Unibet UK Poker Tour are as follows:
- March 5-8: Aspers Stratford, London – £220 Main Event, £50k guarantee
- May 28-31: Aspers Newcastle – £220 Main Event, £50k guarantee
- September 24-27: Aspers Stratford, London – £220 Main Event, £50k guarantee
- December 9-13: Unibet UK Poker Tour Grand Finale, Aspers Stratford, London – £440 Main Event, £100k guarantee
Aspers Stratford is one of the UK’s leading casinos with a giant poker room which has hosted many premier tournaments such as the Unibet Open.
Side events
Each 2020 stop will also include a side event starting late afternoon on the final day of the event. At the first three stops, this will be a Deep Stack Turbo. The Unibet UK Poker Tour Grand Finale side event will be a Big Bounty 50/50.
How to qualify online
Satellites are already underway for the UK tour on Unibet Poker with packages worth €500 up for grabs including the £220 Main Event buy-in + cash towards hotel and travel expenses. Feeder satellite buy-ins starting from as little as €0.05 for the regular Centroll Flip tournaments. Weekly qualifiers guaranteeing three €500 packages are taking place every Saturday at 7pm, costing £50 to enter. There is also a one seat guaranteed qualifier taking place at 7pm every Monday. Live satellites will take place at Aspers Stratford on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before the first event of the season starts there on March 5. The satellites will be re-entry tournaments costing £20 to enter.
Players who have won packages or seats online for the Unibet UK Poker Tour from previous years will be able to use them throughout the 2020 season but must use them before the end of 2020. Players are advised to check out the tour’s new Terms and Conditions as these have been revised for the 2020 season.
The eagerly anticipated MPN Poker Tour (MPNPT) heads to London, UK in a little over a week’s time where it will play out its inaugural festival at the magnificent Aspers Casino Stratford.
Aspers Casino Stratford is one of the UK’s two so-called ‘Super Casinos,’ which are open 24-hours per day, seven-days per week and have much more floor space than a typical British casino. Anyone who has had the pleasure of visiting Aspers Casino Stratford will attest to the casinos sprawling floor space, its hundreds of slot machines and countless gaming tables. There is also, of course, a vibrant and busy poker room and this is where the action will take place for the MPNPT.
With 300 permanent seats (that can be extended to 500 seats), the poker room at Aspers is the largest in London. It is also one of the busiest too with a wide range of no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha cash games running around the clock, not unlike in the major casinos in Las Vegas.
I have had the pleasure of working at this casino for two other major poker tournaments and I have thoroughly enjoyed myself on both occasions. The casino is always busy and, particularly over the course of the weekend, has a real party atmosphere that I am 100 percent certain the MPNPT is going to add to when it arrives on May 29.
In addition to the poker room and gambling facilities, Aspers Casino Stratford has a wealth of other options to keep you entertained, well fed and watered.
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The excellent Clary’s Restaurant serves mouth-watering, belly-filling dishes from noon until late. Whether you fancy tucking into a stone-baked pizza, Chinese kung pao chicken or spicy BBQ chicken wings, Clary’s will have you covered.
To help you relax away from the tables there is a choice of two bustling bars. The Sky Bar, as the name suggests, allows you to take in the magnificent views from the open roof terrace while sipping is superb selection of signature cocktails. The Sky Bar is also where you will find the very best in live music and entertainment. During the MPNPT’s stay in London, the Sky Bar hosts The Signatures (a five-piece Northern Soul band) and Jordan Marsh’s Rockin’ 3 (a boogie woogie pianist and rhythm and blues singer) who will only add to the already party-like atmosphere.
Sports fans will want to set their compass for the Tanzibar, a 60-seat sports bar and betting area that features 27 wall-to-wall multimedia screens displaying major sporting events from around the world. It is also the perfect place to kick back and relax after a long day at the poker tables, I can tell you that from past experience.
Should you fancy getting away from the casino during the breaks or if you sadly bust from your tournament, you are spoilt for choice in regards of things to do thanks to the casino’s location. Aspers Casino Stratford is situated in a massive Westfield shopping centre that would not look out of place in an American super mall.
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You can de-stress with the help of some retail therapy in one of many clothing stores, or titillate your tastebuds in one of the 82 restaurants or street food stalls. There is even a cinema and bowling alley if those take your fancy. You’re sure to find something for you as there are 336 stores spread over four floors!
For more information about the Aspers Casino Stratford (you can take a virtual tour of the casino), the Westfield Stratford City complex or the MPNPT head over to their dedicated websites and see what they have to offer!
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