Thunder Valley Poker
Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento, Calif., has announced that is will reopen on June 8, and that poker will reopen at that time as well. According a press release from the resort, all players will have their temperatures checked upon entry and will be required to wear masks. Open 24 hours, 7 days a week. For the best in poker action, Thunder Valley's brand new, elegantly designed Poker Room is the place to be for big time poker events like WPT Deepstacks, WSOP Circuit.
As March gets underway, the World Poker Tour is still playing out its Season XVIII main tour and WPTDeepStacks.
The WPT’s main tour is near its home office at the L.A. Poker Classic and heading to Thunder Valley in the northern part of the state for WPT Rolling Thunder. From there, it will head to Las Vegas, Barcelona, Florida, Oklahoma, and back to Las Vegas to finish its season.
WPTDeepStacks is currently in Paris, then moving on to Amsterdam before heading back to the United States for tournaments in Maryland and Florida. There are more events on the schedule, including a WPTDeepStacks Championship at Thunder Valley Casino.
And there is the news.
A renewal of the solid partnership between WPTDeepStacks and Thunder Valley Resort will put events at the casino through Season XX.
Thunder Valley Announcement
Last week, WPTDeepStacks announced that it renewed its partnership with Thunder Valley Resort in Lincoln, California, just north of Sacramento. The casino will host the following events:
–WPTDeepStacks Championship 2020: April 4-7, 2020
–WPTDeepStacks Thunder Velley: November 2020
–WPTDeepStacks Championship 2021: March 2020
–WPTDeepStacks Thunder Valley 2021: November 2021
–WPTDeepStacks Championship 2022: April 2022
WPTDS Director Cathy Zhao called Thunder Valley one of the top poker destinations in the world and invites players to join the tournament in early April.
Thunder Valley Poker Director Ben Erwin noted, “The new poker room, built in 2018, provides an optimal playing environment that is perfectly suited for an event of this magnitude. We welcome players from all over the county and beyond to join us for the $1 million guaranteed WPTDeepStacks Championship.”
WPTDeepStacks Announces @Thunder_Valley as the Home for the WPTDeepStacks Championship Through Season XX at @TVPokerRoom. https://t.co/VD7BG2SoPTpic.twitter.com/DJyq6SCCyJ
— WPTDS (@WPTDeepStacks) February 27, 2020
Championship Details
The aforementioned WPTDS Championship will consist of an entire festival set to run at Thunder Valley from March 19 through April 7.
The festival’s full schedule is available through the Thunder Valley website. Some of the highlights of the series are as follows:
–March 20-22: $160 100K Catapult NLHE (5 starting flights, 1 reentry per flight, $100K GTD)
–March 23-25: $260 Action 8 NLHE (3 starting flights, unlimited reentries, $100K GTD)
–March 26-29: $1,100 Stacked NLHE (3 starting flights, 1 reentry per flight, $500K GTD)
–April 2-3: $560 Leaning Tower of Chips NLHE (2 starting flights, 1 reentry per flight, $100K GTD)
–April 4-7: $2,500 WPTDeepStacks NLHE Championship (2 starting flights, 1 reentry per flight, $1M GTD, 1-in-8 players paid)
The final table of the WPTDS Main Event will be livestreamed on April 7, the final day of the event, on the WPT website with a 30-minute delay.
Remainder of Current WPTDS Season
As mentioned, the season continues with events around the world that will lead up to the Championship in April and extend beyond it to complete the season. With WPTDS Paris finishing up today, another event is just around the corner.
Sonny Franco puts on a masterclass to win the #WPTDSParis Main Event (€200,000) and moves into the top spot on the European Player of the Year leaderboard as a result! Find out how the Frenchman did it via https://t.co/0RVWNuqE0bpic.twitter.com/xTj1jg7gbp
— WPT Live Updates (@WPTlive) March 3, 2020
The rest of the schedule is as follows:
–March 12-15: €1,200 Main Event at Holland Casino Amsterdam Centre in Holland
WPTDeepStacks Amsterdam Festival = March 7-15
–March Vietnam festival (March 13-22) including Main Event (March 17-21) cancelled due to coronavirus
–March 20-23: $1,500 Main Event with $300K GTD at Live! Casino & Hotel in Maryland
WPTDeepStacks Maryland Festival = March 13-23
–March 27-30: $1,500 Main Event at bestbet Jacksonville in Florida
WPTDeepStacks Jacksonville Festival = March 20-30
–April China festival (March 27-April 6) including Main Event (April 1-5) cancelled due to coronavirus
–April 3-5: R15,000 Main Event at Emperors Palace Hotel Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa
WPT Johannesburg Festival = March 27-April 5
–April 4-7: $2,500 Main Event with $1M GTD at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in California
WPTDeepStacks Championship Festival = March 19-April 7
–April 9-12: €1,500 Main Event at Casino Barriere de Deauville in France
WPT DeepStacks European Championship Festival = dates to be determined
–April 16-20: $1,100 Main Event at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WPTDeepStacks Pittsburgh Festival = April 8-20
–April 22-26: $1,650 Main Event with C$1M GTD at Playground Poker Club in Canada
WPTDeepStacks Montreal Festival = April 12-27
Thunder Valley Poker Room Reopening
–May 15-18: $1,600 Main Event at Parx Casino in Pennsylvania
WPTDeepStacks Big Stax Festival = April 29-May 22
Looking Toward the Next Season
While nothing official has been announced about the next season (2020-2021) of WPTDeepStacks, there are some tournaments listed on the WPT website for that tour. This is what it looks like thus far:
–June 11-15, 2020: WPTDS Tampa at Seminole Hard Rock Casino Tampa in Florida
Festival = June 3-15
Main Event = $1,100 buy-in with $500K GTD
–October 8-11, 2020: WPTDS Marrakech at Casino de Marrakech in Morocco
Festival = October 3-11
Main Event = TBD
–November 5-8, 2020: WPTDS Brussels at Grand Casino Brussels Viage in Belgium
Thunder Valley Poker Twitter
Festival = November 3-8
Main Event = €1,200 buy-in
–November 11-24, 2020: WPTDS Cambodia at NagaWorld Integrated Resort
Festival = November 11-24
Main Event = $1,100 buy-in
–February 4-7, 2021: WPTDS Brussels at Grand Casino Brussels Viage in Belgium
Festival = February 2-7
Main Event = €1,200 buy-in
–March 27-30, 2021: WPTDS Championship at Thunder Valley in California
Festival = March 11-30
Main Event = $2,500 buy-in
–April 29-May 3, 2021 = WPTDS Australia at The Star Gold Coast in Australia
Thunder Valley Poker Tournaments
Festival = April 23-May 3
Main Event = A$1,500 buy-in