The first-ever live BetMGM Poker Championship, with a $1 million guarantee, is now set as the headline event of the 2022 ARIA Poker Classic series. The BetMGM Poker Championship at ARIA is a $3,500 buy-in no-limit hold'em event that begins on June 23, 2022, and runs through June 26.
The Aria Poker Classic's complete seven-week schedule, running throughout June and much of July, had already announced its entire event slate, including a $3,500 NLHE event on these dates. It's the branding with the BetMGM name, however, that has fueled additional interest, as it supports widespread rumors that MGM may be planning to launch a BetMGM online poker site in Nevada.
At the present time, WSOP.com enjoys an online-poker monopoly in the Silver State. Two early competitors, South Point Poker and UltimatePoker, folded their online poker operations after failing to generate any meaningful market share.
Mystery-bounty BetMGM event also on Aria series schedule
While the four-day, $1 million championship will headline the BetMGM live-poker rollout, it's also not the only Aria Poker Classic event to be so designated. On June 25, the Aria will host a BetMGM-branded $600 mystery bounty tourney. As a BetMGM release notes, it "will mark the first time ARIA has run this modern take on a live poker knockout tournament."
