Maryland Live! Casino has postponed its upcoming World Poker Tour series, slated for September 15-28, due to concerns over the continued spread of the Covid-19 delta variant. The tournament’s $3,500 buy-in Main Tour event was slated to begin September 24.
Because of the resurgence of the virus, the casino decided to postpone the event and take a wait-and-see approach on rescheduling.
“We regret to inform you that this year’s WPT tournament scheduled for September 15-28 has been postponed,” the casino said in a letter posted on its website. “We hope this postponement puts us in the best position to safely host the WPT at some later date. Please check back at http://Maryland.livecasinohotel.com for any future updates.”
According to a report on the PokerNews website, Chris McCall, who works for the poker room, said on Twitter that players who earned their way into the WPT event via a satellite will receive a refund. He also informed players that the normal schedule of tournaments will take place in September at the popular Maryland card room instead of the World Poker Tour series.
Maryland Live! isn’t the only casino forced to postpone a WPT event this year. The Bestbet Scramble in Jacksonville, a $5,000 buy-in tournament, scheduled for August 27, was also postponed for the same reason.
World Poker Tour Events on the Horizon
Despite two postponements, the WPT still has some big events coming up, starting with the $5,300 WPT World Online Championships Main Event on the global Partypoker poker site beginning August 29. On September 19, the Partypoker U.S. site will host the $3,500 WPT Borgata Online Poker Open.
The next scheduled live Main Tour event won’t take place until November 26, three days after the conclusion of the 2021 World Series of Poker, with the $3,500 WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open in Hollywood, Florida.
The 2021 WPT schedule wraps up December 15 in Las Vegas with the prestigious $10,400 Five Diamond World Poker Classic. Dates and events for the remainder of Season XIX (2021-2022) haven’t yet been set, including the reschedule date for the two postponed events.
