New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania online poker players will have another significant poker series to enjoy later this month, as BetMGM has announced its State Poker Championship series for each of the three states. Slated to run September 15-25, 2022, the three series each will include 25 distinct events.
Each of the three series will offer over $750,000 in prize-pool guarantees over their 11-day runs. Topping the list of guaranteed events in New Jersey are a $100,000-guaranteed NLH 8-Max event on Sunday, September 18 with a $2,500 buy-in, and the series’ main event, the $250,000-guarantee NHL Championship, with a $1,000 buy-in, that begins on Sunday, September 25. In Michigan, the matching events will carry guarantees of $75,000 and $200,000, and in Pennsylvania, the same events offer $50,000 and $150,000 guarantees.
Many of the events being offered include “Phase 1” and “Phase 2” play. These are multiple-flight events which are played as best-stack-forward to Phase 2 from the multiple Day 1 flights. Players cannot buy directly into Phase 2, but must qualify through one of the Phase 1 flights.
Each single-state series is almost exclusively no-limit hold’em events encompassing various formats. Only two PLO tourneys break up the NLH run, though one of the PLO offerings is a $50,000-guaranteed, $1,000 -entry high roller on Saturday, September 24.
