{"id":469,"date":"2020-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/world-series-of-poker-postponed\/"},"modified":"2020-04-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T00:00:00","slug":"world-series-of-poker-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/world-series-of-poker-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"WORLD SERIES OF POKER POSTPONED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">The World Series of Poker has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic that has swept the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span id=\"more-70350\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">US.- The\u00a0<em style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">World Series of Poker<\/span><\/b><\/em>\u00a0has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic that has swept the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">The 51st annual event was scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, but has become unfeasible due to\u00a0<em style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #1d2f5f;\">lockdown measures in the state of Nevada<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">Planning is now underway to reschedule the event for later in the year although the exact dates and format are still to be determined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">In a statement, World Series of Poker Executive Director, Ty Stewart, said: \u201cWe are committed to running the World Series of Poker this year but need additional time to proceed on our traditional scale while prioritising guest and staff well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">\u201cIn the interim, official WSOP competitions are expected to be\u00a0played online\u00a0this summer, and we will soon announce details of an expanded series of tournaments to be played on WSOP.com and through partnership with international operators, which will allow players to chase WSOP glory from their homes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">The planned World Series of Poker was scheduled with dozens of tournaments taking place leading to the $10,000 no-limit Hold \u2019em main event on July 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">The event would have begun on May 26 at the Rio Hotel &amp; Casino in Las Vegas<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">However, Nevada Gov. 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