Genting Casino Poker Tournaments

Genting Club Reading Card Room Overview Part of Genting Club Reading. The Genting Club Reading Card Room hosts poker tournaments 7 days a week in its 90-seat poker room featuring a wide variety of games, ranging from a £5 re-buy to the £100 buy-in Quarterly Big Ones with a £10,000 guarantee. Genting card rooms have hosted the Genting Poker Series (GPS) since 2012. Again catering to locals, the stops in the Genting Poker Series were ultra-affordable, with Main Events priced at just £440 ($552.24). GPS stops tended to be short, as well, with just a handful of tournaments at most.

1. Genting Casino Poker Schedule Newcastle
2. Genting Casino Poker Schedule Birmingham
3. Genting Casino Poker Schedule Liverpool
4. Genting Casino Poker Tournaments 2020
5. Genting Casino Poker Schedule Luton

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The Genting Poker Series is gearing up for the ninth edition of the tour and it is one of the busiest yet with 16 stop confirmed for the 2020 GPS.

Twelve of the 16 scheduled GPS Main Events only cost £225 to enter yet feature a £35,000 guaranteed prize pool. These events tend to perform well and surpass their guarantees. For example, last year's Reading leg saw Patrick Phelan top a field of 284 to bank £10,595 for his £225 investment.

Likewise, David Leyland walked away with £14,000 after a three-handed deal, in the Liverpool Queen Square leg.

The £500 buy-in £100,000 guaranteed GPS events are also popular, although fans of the tour will be disappointed to learn there are only four such events this year.

Luton hosts the first of this quartet of tournaments, with Edinburgh, Liverpool, and Resorts World Birmingham also scheduled to host a £100,000 guaranteed event.

Top prizes in the £500 GPS Main Events tend to be around the £30,000 mark. Yiannis Liperis banked £31,830 when he won the Resorts World Birmingham leg last year.

All players in GentingBet Poker Series Main Events go into a prize draw where one lucky punter will win a dream holiday worth £10,000.

New Third-Tier Competition

GentingBet approached UK & Ireland PokerNews and informed us that there is a new third-tier competition making its debut at Stoke in February, with further events running at Blackpool, Reading, Sheffield, Westcliff, and Newcastle.

The Super £80 is an £80 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament with a cool £15,000 guaranteed. Four Day 1s run from Wednesday through Saturday with the champion crowned on Sunday. Players start with 25,000 chips and play to a 30-minute blind structure.

2020 Genting Poker Series Schedule

Kevin Proctor, Poker Operations Manager for Genting UK, said: 'The GentingBet Poker Series continues to go from strength to strength with thousands of poker players, new and old, taking part in our Main and Mini events all over the country. We committed to providing our customers with the very best in casino experience and we are excited to announce the addition of the Super 80 to our series of events.

'The year we are returning to the South West of England with our events in Plymouth and Torquay. This area of the UK has been without a major poker event for too long and it is great to be able to return.'

GPS Started Back in 2012

Genting Poker Series started life in 2012 and quickly lost its tag of the newcomer to become a popular addition to the British live poker schedule.
Ruslan Vlasov became the inaugural GPS champion when he outlasted 364-opponents at Genting Club Star City, Birmingham. Vlasov netted £18,200 after a five-way deal involving Neil Ryder, David L'Honore, Yucel 'Mad Turk' Eminoglou and Don Jones.

The tour appeared to be going from strength-to-strength and Genting began adding some larger buy-in events to the schedule.

Elliott Panyi won the first of these, a £1,600 Main Event at the now-defunct Fox Poker Club in London for £66,900. Richard Milner secured £40,086 from the £880 GPS Grand Final in Sheffield in 2013, with Mark Evans winning £54,060 the following year.

2015 saw a change in tactics from Genting who added a lower buy-in 'Mini' Main Event to some legs. We spoke to Genting back then and they said they wanted to inject some fun back into poker.

By the following year, these £225 Mini legs dominated the schedule, probably because Genting decided to pull its online poker offering on the iPoker Network. This meant no online satellites or online Day 1s and, therefore, reduced numbers all round.

Low Buy-in Market is Saturated

The problem with hosting so many £225 buy-in tournaments is this market is saturated in the UK at the moment. The 2020 GPS has 12 of these events while Grosvenor has almost 40 of its popular 25/25 Series events scheduled throughout 2020.

Genting Casino Poker Schedule Newcastle

It feels like there is a market for a mid-stakes poker tour. The PokerStars UKIPT would be perfect right now or the resurrection of the DTD Deepstacks and DTD500 events.

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Rumors appear to be true

Though some live poker venues have started to reopen around the world, poker rooms at Genting casinos in the United Kingdom will remain closed permanently, even after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are lifted.

Genting has yet to make an official announcement, but PokerNews reported on Tuesday that an employee at Genting Resorts World Casino in Birmingham confirmed the news to the outlet. Staff there was told:

Genting will cease all live poker in their casinos.'

Genting Casino Poker Schedule Birmingham

Charlestown va casino. That same person said that their property will see 98 positions shed and anywhere from 20 to 50 employees will be laid off at each of Genting's 42 properties in the UK.

A poker room manager at a different Genting location also confirmed closures, posting on his Facebook page: 'Thank you to all our poker players, hope you have a great experience. Thoughts to all my colleagues (family) that didn't deserve this (although in current climate it was kind of expected) you are all superstars and proud to have had you in our team.'

Rumors of the Genting decision bounced around Twitter on Monday, with multiple people who appeared to be poker room employees lamenting the turn of events. It was not until Tuesday, however, that PokerNews was able to get confirmation, despite the lack of a formal press release.

Genting already considering casino closures

With casinos in England not permitted to open until July 4, Genting has already announced that it may close three of its UK locations: Torquay, Bristol, and Margate. Leisure and hospitality union GMB warned employees, whom it represents, that the three possible closures could be 'just the start.'

In a letter to staff, Genting UK president and COO Paul Willcock stated the obvious: 'The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented challenges.'

Genting Casino Poker Schedule Liverpool

significant uncertainty for the foreseeable future'

He added that it has created a 'huge financial impact on our business and significant uncertainty for the foreseeable future.'

Willcock went on to admit: 'I am therefore forced to contemplate some very difficult options to ensure survival.'

Genting Casino Poker Tournaments 2020

The Super £80 is an £80 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament with a cool £15,000 guaranteed. Four Day 1s run from Wednesday through Saturday with the champion crowned on Sunday. Players start with 25,000 chips and play to a 30-minute blind structure.

2020 Genting Poker Series Schedule

Kevin Proctor, Poker Operations Manager for Genting UK, said: 'The GentingBet Poker Series continues to go from strength to strength with thousands of poker players, new and old, taking part in our Main and Mini events all over the country. We committed to providing our customers with the very best in casino experience and we are excited to announce the addition of the Super 80 to our series of events.

'The year we are returning to the South West of England with our events in Plymouth and Torquay. This area of the UK has been without a major poker event for too long and it is great to be able to return.'

GPS Started Back in 2012

Genting Poker Series started life in 2012 and quickly lost its tag of the newcomer to become a popular addition to the British live poker schedule.
Ruslan Vlasov became the inaugural GPS champion when he outlasted 364-opponents at Genting Club Star City, Birmingham. Vlasov netted £18,200 after a five-way deal involving Neil Ryder, David L'Honore, Yucel 'Mad Turk' Eminoglou and Don Jones.

The tour appeared to be going from strength-to-strength and Genting began adding some larger buy-in events to the schedule.

Elliott Panyi won the first of these, a £1,600 Main Event at the now-defunct Fox Poker Club in London for £66,900. Richard Milner secured £40,086 from the £880 GPS Grand Final in Sheffield in 2013, with Mark Evans winning £54,060 the following year.

2015 saw a change in tactics from Genting who added a lower buy-in 'Mini' Main Event to some legs. We spoke to Genting back then and they said they wanted to inject some fun back into poker.

By the following year, these £225 Mini legs dominated the schedule, probably because Genting decided to pull its online poker offering on the iPoker Network. This meant no online satellites or online Day 1s and, therefore, reduced numbers all round.

Low Buy-in Market is Saturated

The problem with hosting so many £225 buy-in tournaments is this market is saturated in the UK at the moment. The 2020 GPS has 12 of these events while Grosvenor has almost 40 of its popular 25/25 Series events scheduled throughout 2020.

Genting Casino Poker Schedule Newcastle

It feels like there is a market for a mid-stakes poker tour. The PokerStars UKIPT would be perfect right now or the resurrection of the DTD Deepstacks and DTD500 events.

• Tags

  British PokerDTDGenting Poker SeriesiPokerPokerstarsTournamentsUK Online PokerUK Poker TournamentsUKIPT

• Related Tournaments

  Genting Poker Series

Rumors appear to be true

Though some live poker venues have started to reopen around the world, poker rooms at Genting casinos in the United Kingdom will remain closed permanently, even after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are lifted.

Genting has yet to make an official announcement, but PokerNews reported on Tuesday that an employee at Genting Resorts World Casino in Birmingham confirmed the news to the outlet. Staff there was told:

Genting will cease all live poker in their casinos.'

Genting Casino Poker Schedule Birmingham

Charlestown va casino. That same person said that their property will see 98 positions shed and anywhere from 20 to 50 employees will be laid off at each of Genting's 42 properties in the UK.

A poker room manager at a different Genting location also confirmed closures, posting on his Facebook page: 'Thank you to all our poker players, hope you have a great experience. Thoughts to all my colleagues (family) that didn't deserve this (although in current climate it was kind of expected) you are all superstars and proud to have had you in our team.'

Rumors of the Genting decision bounced around Twitter on Monday, with multiple people who appeared to be poker room employees lamenting the turn of events. It was not until Tuesday, however, that PokerNews was able to get confirmation, despite the lack of a formal press release.

Genting already considering casino closures

With casinos in England not permitted to open until July 4, Genting has already announced that it may close three of its UK locations: Torquay, Bristol, and Margate. Leisure and hospitality union GMB warned employees, whom it represents, that the three possible closures could be 'just the start.'

In a letter to staff, Genting UK president and COO Paul Willcock stated the obvious: 'The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented challenges.'

Genting Casino Poker Schedule Liverpool

significant uncertainty for the foreseeable future'

He added that it has created a 'huge financial impact on our business and significant uncertainty for the foreseeable future.'

Willcock went on to admit: 'I am therefore forced to contemplate some very difficult options to ensure survival.'

Genting Casino Poker Tournaments 2020

Fixtures in UK communities

Though Genting poker rooms have not been headliners in major global poker tours, they have always been an important part of the local poker scene in the United Kingdom. They have been known to employ caring staff and have been very much in tune with the needs of players as poker has evolved.

Genting card rooms have hosted the Genting Poker Series (GPS) since 2012. Again catering to locals, the stops in the Genting Poker Series were ultra-affordable, with Main Events priced at just £440 ($552.24). GPS stops tended to be short, as well, with just a handful of tournaments at most.

Genting Casino Poker Schedule Luton

In the last couple years, many of the GPS stops had turned into single, £220 ($276.12) buy-in tournaments, some going as low as £80 ($100.41).