PokerKing will host the now traditional series of poker tournaments, consisting of 100 events, with a total guarantee of $ 5 million. The series is scheduled for the period from March 31 to April 20. You will learn the schedule, structure and features of tournaments in this article.

The schedule

The events that have been scheduled by the WPN in 2020 are slowly happening. So, the OSS Cub3d XI series with a $ 13 million guarantee has already ended, and now poker fans are waiting for another high-profile event – The High Five with a $ 5 million prize.

Last year’s similar streak raised a much larger prize pool due to the coronavirus lockdown. In 2021, restrictive measures are not so tough, which is why the excitement for poker events has decreased. However, the streak has the potential to generate increased interest among poker enthusiasts for several reasons:

1. Every day, 5 tournaments are planned, among which at least one will be in the RKO format. Buy-ins range from $ 0.25 to $ 2.650, and average ticket prices for tournaments are $ 11-55. 
2. There will be two major Main Events. One of them will cost the participants $ 450, and it will play out $ 1 million. The tournament will be held on April 11-12. Another $ 450 guaranteed event is scheduled for April 11-19, and tickets will cost $ 55. 
3. Most of the events will be held with deep stacks, with a small portion of the tournaments in turbo format. Most events are scheduled in 8-max format. The end time for late registration in almost all tournaments is 2-5 hours. 
4. Most of the events will be held in traditional disciplines – No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha. However, the series will also feature less common types of poker, such as Stud and Omaha Hi-Lo. There are 7 events planned for each discipline. 
5. All tournaments start either in the evening or at night European time. 

Software update

The software for the poker rooms, which are part of the WPN, was updated on March 17. Nothing has changed significantly, there have been minor improvements. Traditionally, developers have been fighting bots and poker trackers. However, no concrete steps were announced to improve the situation in this direction.

The application has become more convenient and functional thanks to the following features:

1. 6 new types of card decks have appeared, and their total number has increased to 15. Among others, there are full-color decks. 
2. Hotkey settings have become more flexible, which improves controllability and navigation. Now the user will be able to set specific actions for about 20 buttons. 
3. After the end of the Spins game, the last active limit is saved. Therefore, the next time, when entering this format, the player immediately goes to his limit. 

Many poker lovers are looking for rooms with a weak field in order to have an advantage over their rivals, and, consequently, to get more income. It is common knowledge that there are many recreational players in the USA who easily part with their hard-earned money on the poker battlefields. Therefore, if you are also looking for rooms with a weak field, take a look at the poker rooms in this article, which are predominantly played by Americans.

Prior to Black Friday, online poker in the United States was hugely popular. After the ban on online gambling, the number of online poker players from America has dropped significantly. Many rooms were forced to close or retrain players from other countries. Nevertheless, there are some important nuances in American laws that the organisers of gambling took advantage of. Therefore, today you can easily find poker rooms and clubs in which weak amateur players from the USA live.

PokerKing

PokerKing is a popular WPN room that is one of the top 10 in terms of traffic. This room is best adapted for the Russian-speaking audience, so it is perfect for players from Russia and the CIS countries. The interface of the room is translated into Russian, and the support staff speaks Russian as well. American players cannot register in this room. However, they do enter the Winning Poker Network through other poker rooms.

In terms of field strength, PokerKing is not the best poker room with US players. However, given the high rakeback, reaching 70%, this room deserves special attention. Moreover, you can get the maximum rakeback even at medium limits with an active game. PokerKing is an ideal room for experienced poker players who are used to using software for collecting statistics, because the room supports the work of the Hold’em Manager and the Poker Tracker. A user-friendly interface, flexible settings, a classic loyalty program and the same management attitude towards both amateurs and grinders make PokerKing an excellent choice for players of all levels.

You will not experience a shortage in the amount of play either. Cash tables are represented by a wide range of limits – from 1/2 cents to 25/50 dollars. You can play heads-up at 6-handed and 9-handed tables. The poker room regularly hosts many tournaments, including those with guaranteed prize pools. SnG fans will find a lot of single-table tournaments here with buy-ins ranging from $ 2 to $ 40. There are lottery SnGs too. In addition to standard Hold’em, there are such disciplines as Omaha, including the version of hi-lo, 7-card Stud, Stud hi-lo, draw poker, etc. 

KingsClubPkr

KingsClubPkr is a private American room that only accepts US players. It is distinguished by the presence of rare high-stakes poker formats – limit, mixed games, exclusive types of Omaha, Chinese poker. Therefore, if you are looking for weak players who are ready to play for large sums, welcome to KingsClubPkr. And although this room only accepts Americans, you can register in it by contacting our managers.

Poker trackers are not supported by the room, and you cannot use scripts for automatic seating. As such, there is no loyalty program here, just as there are no bonuses and promotions. A kind of KingsClubPkr bonus can be called a very weak field of players, which, with the proper level of play, will allow you to earn much more than in popular rooms with good rakeback.

Traffic in KingsClubPkr can hardly be called an advantage of the room, but it does not claim to be the most visited room. At peak times, about 150 American amateurs play simultaneously. The most popular here are five-card Omaha and Omaha Hi / Lo. About ten full tables are collected at $ 5/10 stakes. Mixed poker is usually played at higher stakes – $ 30/60. Chinese poker can be played for $ 5-20 per jackpot.

The Chico network also accepts US players. It includes such poker rooms as BetOnline, SportBetting, TigerGaming. The main advantage of all rooms in the network is quick withdrawals of funds. Like other American networks, Chico is characterised by a weak field. 

Poker applications

PPPoker

PPPoker is a mobile poker application that brings together recreational poker players from the USA and Asia. This application differs from classic poker rooms by dividing the general pool into separate clubs. Clubs are created depending on the regions. You can join the American or Asian pool, the peak attendance time will depend on this. So, playing with the Americans, you will find most of the games at 4-6 in the morning Moscow time. The largest number of tables is collected at the limits NL20-NL200.

PPPoker can be played on mobile devices on Android and iOS devices, but the application is also supported by personal computers. You won’t be able to use third-party software for collecting statistics directly, but it can be done through converters. The rake size differs in different clubs, but usually it is not more than 5% and is limited to 3BB. Contact our managers to get exclusive rakeback conditions.

PokerBros

Another American poker application, PokerBros, will be in demand among lovers of cash games at low and medium limits. The pool is divided, like in PPPoker, into several closed clubs. Most of the alliances are from America, which is reflected in the peculiarities of peak times – late night and early morning.

At the peak of traffic, most tables (about 20) are collected at NL20 limits. Approximately half of tables at each of the limits from NL40 to NL200. The game is up to NL1000, but limited to a few tables. Pot-limit Omaha cash tables are also popular. Most of the games (10-20 tables) at the limits PLO20, PLO60 and PLO100.

The rake is the same at all limits and is 5% with a 3BB cap. In Pineapple, the commission is less – 3%. Thanks to the support of the poker room, you will be able to collect statistics on your opponents. To register in this mobile application, please contact our managers.

Upoker

The Upoker mobile application unites thousands of players from all over the world in closed clubs, united by regional lines – Asia, USA, Europe, Russia, etc. You can register at any of these clubs, taking into account your preferences in terms of field composition and convenient peak times.

In Upoker, the most popular are cash tables for No-Limit Hold’em in the range of limits from NL10 to NL5K. Pot-limit Omaha is played at the limits of $ 0.1-50. Chinese poker is represented by games with jackpots from $ 6. Also in this application you can play multi-table tournaments with guaranteed prize pools and SNG tournaments.

Upoker is a young but very promising poker room that has all chances of conquering the mobile poker application market. Convenient and lightweight software, high attendance, a wide range of disciplines and limits, as well as a weak field attract more and more poker fans to Upoker.

You can register with several poker rooms discussed in this article at once and personally evaluate their features and benefits. To get access to closed clubs and take advantage of lucrative rakeback offers, contact our managers.

For the period from March 26 to April 8 this year, the Irish Open Online poker series is planned by the PartyPoker, in which 3 million euros will be played out. Moreover, the third part of the total guarantee is played out in the Main Event. You can qualify for tournaments using satellites worth from 1 cent. 

The second Irish Open Online Series

PartyPoker develops relationships with offline companies. In 2020, the Irish series already took place, but it is inferior in all respects to the current event. The 2021 Irish Open Online includes more tournaments, and therefore the guaranteed prize pool has also grown (up to € 3 million).

In order to attract poker players from Ireland, the organisers have decided to make buy-ins and prize funds in euros. To make the tournaments as similar as possible to live events, they will be held with a deep structure and non-anonymous players, i.e. the real names of the participants will be shown.

Other features of the series: 

1. A total of 27 tournaments will be held at a cost of € 22 to € 5.200. 
2. The € 55 Grand Prix Ireland event will play out € 250.000. 
3. In two Main Events with buy-ins of 109 and 1.100 euros, a guaranteed prize pool of € 100K and € 1 million, respectively, will be played out. 
4. The cost of participation in satellites to tournaments of the Irish Open Online series starts at 1 cent. 
5. You can watch live streams on PartyPokerTV, YouTube or Twitch. 
6. Tournaments are held in several formats, ranging from heads-up to 8-max tables. There are also formats such as Mix-Max and RKO. In addition to Hold’em, there will also be 4 Omaha tournaments. 
7. Three events are planned for highrollers worth € 2.100-5.200 and a guarantee of € 100-200K.

Main event of the series

In the Main Event, the series will compete for € 1 million, a third of the total guaranteed prize pool. The cost of participating in this tournament will be € 1.100. The event is scheduled for three days – March 28, April 4 and 5.

All players start the tournament with a 200K chip stack, the blinds then increase after 25 minutes. On the final day, the blinds will rise slightly slower – after 30 minutes. To get to this event, you do not have to pay the full cost of the ticket; you can try to qualify with the help of satellites.

Every day, starting March 28, PartyPoker is running 8 satellites worth € 109, offering between 3 and 20 tickets for the main event. On Sundays, one of the satellites offers an extended guarantee (100 tickets). Step satellites start at € 1.1.

Satellites are held not only for the Main Event, but also for other events within the Irish Open Online series. It is expected that this series of tournaments will collect a huge prize pool and number of participants.

A new format of Hot Tables lottery bonuses has been operating in PartyPoker since March 11 of this year. It has already been used in other rooms like Cash Drop. Read about the features and benefits of this bonus in this article.

Updated cash-drop

At the end of last year, some information appeared about the preparation of PartyPoker for a new cash-drop. This could be understood from the corresponding files found in the application folder. The new bonus appeared only after 2 months.

On March 11th, Hot Tables with a bonus reward of up to 500 blinds were launched at PartyPoker.

The bonus features:

1. During the testing phase, only tables with limits from 5/10 cents to 0.5 / 1 dollars were available. Heads-up, Club Games, and private games will never see these bonuses. 
2. In order for the bonus to be played, at least 3 players must take part in the distribution. 
3. At the beginning of the bonus draw, players can see the range of its possible size. The exact amount of the reward becomes known only after the distribution is over.
4. How the bonus prize pool is formed and how it is played is unknown.
5. The bonus can be 1-500 BB. The larger the prize money, the less often it drops out. 

Leaderboard cancellation in cash

Cash-drops are aimed primarily at recreational players. PartyPoker community manager Colette Stewart spoke about this. Regulars were negatively affected by the news of the cancellation of the leaderboard in cash games following the emergence of Hot Tables.

Leaderboards allowed the most active members of the poker room to receive additional profit. Recreational players who play from time to time did not get into the prize zone, and therefore they did not receive any benefit from the leaderboards. Hot Tables have balanced the distribution of the prize pool among all players. Now amateurs will also receive prizes, regardless of how much time they spend at the cash tables, and what kind of rake they generate.

The cancellation of leaderboards led to the fact that many regulars lost a large part of their rakeback. In addition, it is unlikely that there will be any promos aimed specifically at grinders. PartyPoker has made it clear its intentions to fight the rakeback machine.

Hot Tables features

Hot Tables bonuses are not very attractive in terms of graphics: this is the fault of the old engine, that is still used by the poker room.

You can find out that the table has received the hot status by changing the color of the corresponding icon in the corner of the screen. In addition, the table itself also changes its color, and an animation of falling coins appears. The congratulations window displays the range of possible winnings in the bonus.

When the giveaway ends, a counter is triggered, randomly determining the exact amount of the prize. It should be noted that this bonus drops out quite often. However, it slows down the game speed.

With the release of Hot Tables, Party Poker has taken the second step towards improving the playing field for recreational poker players. The first step was to ban the use of HUDs. Such changes will undoubtedly lead to a weakening of the overall pool of players.