Tell a random poker player that a poker series in Houston had to cancel a day's action due to inclement weather, and the player would almost certainly think a summer or fall Gulf Coast hurricane was to blame. But a wintry deep freeze and treacherous, icy roads? That's the story behind the cancellation of Tuesday's scheduled action at the Moneymaker Poker Tour stop at Texas Card House Houston.
Faced with what the National Weather Service termed a "hard freeze" with temperatures in the teens, plus high winds and possibly treacherous road conditions, tour officials decided to postpone and cancel action in several events scheduled to run on Tuesday. Four non-numbered events on Wednesday, including two satellites, were also cancelled. The changes as a whole also assured sufficient seating for the remaining numbered events as they run throughout the rest of the week.
The first Day 1 flight of the stop's official main event was also shifted from Wednesday to Thursday, according to the latest version of the Houston stop's complete schedule, including all revisions. The series will continue through Monday, January 22.
Cold weather, possibly hazardous road conditions behind rescheduling
Houston's relatively scant experience with winter road conditions played a factor as well, A small possibility of precipitation, when combined with the frigid arctic air that moved south through the central US, created the chance of flash-frozen roads with which Houston's drivers have little experience. Add in the Texas Card House Houston's location on one of Houstons busiest arterials, Westheimer Road, and the possibility of extended traffic backups existed.
