Daily Tournaments, WPT Partnership Returning to Gardens Casino

The Gardens On line casino was shortly making a reputation for itself on the poker event scene at first of 2020. However when Covid shut down the on line casino, it put a pause to all of that momentum, in addition to the budding relationship Gardens was constructing with the WPT. Now, they hope to select up the place they left off, as their dailies shall be returning on Wednesday, Aug. 3, as introduced on Twitter by Gardens On line casino Match Supervisor Cavin Quintanilla.

Cavin Quintanilla poses with 2020 WPT Gardens Championship winner Markus Gonsalves. (Picture: WPT.com)

Tournaments shall be operating on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays for now, with buy-ins of $130 on the primary two days and as much as $240 on Fridays. The Wednesday Bounty event is much like the one which was run pre-pandemic however now has double the assure. The Friday Occasion has a $20,000 Assure, however pre-pandemic, that event would usually get $50,000 within the prize pool.

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“The sensation of coming again and all of the love I’ve acquired from the gamers and the Gardens On line casino employees has been overwhelming,” mentioned Quintanilla. “There was a longing all through SoCal for the Gardens Tournaments to come back again, and now that there’s a date, you’ll be able to really feel the electrical energy of anticipation, a buzz relating to Gardens Tournaments.”

Gardens giving their regulars an opportunity at WPT glory

To spice issues up a bit and entice gamers to come back out, Gardens additionally introduced the continuation of a promotion with the WPT that they had operating earlier than the shutdowns. In response to the effective print of the promo, gamers will get factors every time they play a each day occasion. These factors will assist gamers earn extra beginning chips for a $30 buy-in satellite tv for pc on Sunday, Nov 6. Gamers with 10-20 factors will begin with 2,000 in chips, whereas these with 60 factors will begin with 6,000.

A breakdown of the WPT Satellite tv for pc Spectacular on the Gardens On line casino. (Picture: Twitter/@cavincasino)

Each level accrued after that can earn gamers an additional 100 in chips. For Quintanilla, it was essential to take care of a working relationship with the World Poker Tour, and the each day occasions appeared like an ideal approach to do this. 

“All new tournaments will run each week, and all gamers will earn factors in direction of a event participant promotion, the WPT Satellite tv for pc Spectacular, which was reduce quick again in 2020,” mentioned Quintanilla. “The Gardens On line casino shall be honoring the gamers that certified pre-pandemic in addition to giving all gamers an opportunity to qualify from August third by way of October thirtieth, 2022.” 

Quintanilla mentioned that six gamers will win WPT World Championship packages which embrace $10,400 buy-in, over $2,000 in journey and lodging, plus VIP meet and greet with WPT expertise. The WPT World Championship shall be on the Wynn, Las Vegas, and is scheduled for December 2022, with a $15 Million assure. 

Larger tournaments coming down the street

Gardens ran one of many final main poker tournaments on this planet earlier than the pandemic when Markus Gonsalves defeated a area of 257 gamers within the $10,000 buy-in WPT Gardens Poker Championship. Gonsalves earned a career-best $554,495 payday, defeating a last desk that included Qing Liu and Likelihood Kornuth. Quintanilla appears ahead to the day that Gardens takes middle stage for the WPT as soon as once more. 

“The Gardens On line casino is an official WPT Match Room, and the partnership with the World Poker Tour has created nice alternatives for the gamers to win main titles and life-changing cash all through the years. I stay up for that persevering with sooner or later.”

As of but, Gardens doesn’t have any plans set to run a much bigger event sequence, selecting to stay to each day occasions in the intervening time. The Bicycle On line casino in Bell Gardens has already run just a few profitable event sequence in 2022, a transparent signal that the LA participant pool is hungry and able to get again to the tables. Quintanilla hopes to capitalize on this sooner relatively than later. 

“Because the event group prepares for the return of occasions, I’m principally trying ahead to seeing and catching up with all of the folks, the gamers. Keep tuned as that is only the start of the return of Gardens Tournaments, can’t wait to announce future occasions.”