Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the vast majority of political, sports, religious, cultural, and other events had been postponed or canceled in order to combat the spread of the highly-contagious coronavirus strain. Needless to say, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has also put a massive halt to land-based casino activities as well as to many prominent live poker events. It is yet unclear whether cardrooms, casinos, and poker rooms will start operating at their full capacity.

During these difficult times of uncertainty, many poker tournament organizers including the biggest, most renowned World Series of Poker had to get more creative to offer exciting poker tournaments in different formats. Many organizers including the biggest World Series of Poker have decided to move some if not all of their live poker tournaments to the online realm.

Just several days ago, the World Series of Poker announced that its GCC or the Global Casino Championship will be held on the Internet. The same announcement by the World Series of Poker officials also revealed that early June will also see the launching of a new Series Finale Online Event.

World Series of Poker Going Strong Since 1970

As one of the most reputable poker tournament organizers globally, the World Series of Poker was founded in the state of Nevada, Las Vegas back in 1970 by Benny Binion. Since its inception, the World Series of Poker has been a series of exciting poker tournaments held every year in the gambling capital of Las Vegas. Since 2004, the events of the World Series of Poker are sponsored by the Caesars Entertainment Corporation.

When it comes to its origins, the very first event related to what we know today as the World Series of Poker was held back in 1970 when Mr. Binion invited seven poker players to Horseshoe Casino for one poker tournament. Over the years, the World Series of Poker included more and more events while as of 2020, the WSOP features one hundred and one poker events with the vast majority of poker variants covered including all sorts of Texas Hold’em.

The World Series of Poker events generally take place during one or several days mostly in June and July. However, the Main Events had been delayed to October in 2012 and 2016 due to the US presidential election and to November back in 2008. As of May 2017, the WSOP follows its original format which means that the Main Events are held in July.

The Global Casino Championship

When it comes to this year’s Global Casino Championship, it was originally scheduled to take place in August. As revealed before the latest update, the Global Casino Championship by the World Series of Poker was scheduled for three consecutive days in August with all events played at the iconic Harrah’s Cherokee Casino venue.

However, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and related safety measures and precautions, the event’s organizer has decided to move the entire Global Casino Championship 2020 to the Internet to protect the event’s organizers, players and everyone else involved.

As revealed by the World Series of Poker officials, the Global Casino Championship will start on the 13^th of September and players who have qualified to take part in the events will have to travel to Nevada and New Jersey to take part in the Global Casino Championship as these are the only US states that currently offer World Series of Poker gaming.

It was also revealed that players who have qualified also include winners of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Events and winners of the Casino Championship. Moreover, winners who are in the top fifty-point earners of the leaderboard also qualify so the organizers will soon send invitations to these poker players for the upcoming Global Casino Championship.

When it comes to the World Series of Poker Season Finale Online Circuit, it will run from the 3^rd of June until the 14^th of June. The Season Finale Online Circuit will offer a total of thirteen sports for the Global Casino Championship. Players will compete in a series of events while the biggest is the Season Finale Online Finale Circuit High Roller 6-Max event with a massive $150,000 prize pool. The Main Event is more impressive with a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000.

Shortly after GGPoker signed Bertrand Grospellier as its brand ambassador, one of the most prominent online poker rooms and networks globally, GGPoker has announced that Fedor Holz will also become the brand’s ambassador. Fedor Holz is a well-established and well-respected name in the world of poker games.

This twenty-six-year-old German professional poker player known by his nickname CrownUpGuys holds one World Series of Poker bracelet. Fedor Holz was born in Saarbrücken and ever since emerging on the professional poker scene, he has remained focused on playing high roller poker tournaments. He was ranked as the best online player by Pocketfives.com back in 2014 and 2015. Back in July of 2016, he won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the High Roller For One Drop $111,111 event where he won almost $5 million.

Fedor Holz’s Career as a Professional Player

Fedor Holz had his very first live cash eight years ago at the No Limit Hold’em €500 event of the GPT II Deepstack Series Main Event where he was second-placed and earned around €15,320. Holz is also a well-known name in the world of online poker gaming where he plays under his nickname CrownUpGuy. Speaking of its online presence, back in September of 2014, he was crowned the winner of the World Championship of Online Poker.

One year later, Fedor Holz finished twenty-fifth in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker where he cached around $262,574. Two years later in 2016, Fedor Holz was crowned the winner of the Triton Super High Roller event for $3,463,500. That same year, he was runner up in the iconic Super High Roller Bowl where he cashed out $3,500,000. He earned his biggest cash prize in a single event in 2018 at the No Limit Hold’em The Big One for One Drop $ 1,000,000 event where he cashed out around $6 million.

As estimated in March of this year, this young professional poker player is first on the all-time list of German poker players with winnings from live poker tournaments that go over $32 million. He is also eight-placed on the all-time money list thanks to its outstanding earnings. Some of his most recent caches include winning $5,500 at the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Caribbean Poker Party 2018, winning $67,500 at the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em 2018 World Poker Tour Five Diamond Classic and winning $85,000 at the Bellagio High Roller 14 2017 Bellagio High Roller Series.

GGPoker Working Alongside Pokercode

When it comes to GGPoker naming Fedor Holz as its brand ambassador, under the terms and conditions of this business deal, GGPoker will be also working alongside Pokercode. This poker community is led by Fedor Holz as well as several other professional poker players including Matthias Eibinger. Moreover, as part of this partnership deal, Pokercode joins the growing network of GGPoker business partners.

Commenting on signing the new business deal, Jean-Christophe Antoine who works for GGPoker said that GGPoker is delighted to welcome Fedor Holz to the company’s growing team. He also added that GGPoker could not be any happier for welcoming the Pokercode community to its team as well. On his part, Fedor Holz said that he is delighted to start working with one of the most prominent brands of this kind.

The announcement of Fedor Holz joining GGPoker as its ambassador came shortly after GGPoker launched its World Series of Poker Super Circuit Online Series which is a brand new series for the World Series of Poker coming at these challenging times when players are asked to practice social distancing due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

For six consecutive years, one of the biggest online poker operators 888poker will be the official sponsor of the biggest poker tournament series, the World Series of Poker or simply the WSOP. The truth is that one of the leading online poker operators 888poker has a rich, long-running relationship with the World Series of Poker and it offers poker fans an amazing opportunity to compete in major WSOP tournaments by participating in online qualifications.

Formerly known as Pacific Poker, 888poker is a leading, international online poker network and cardroom which has been going strong since 2002. The poker network is owned and operated by 888 Holdings owns several gaming websites and brands besides its 888poker including 888sport, 888casino and a number of popular bingo brands. 888 Holdings was founded twenty-three years ago in 1997.

The 888poker Game and Tournament Offering

Today, the 888poker website includes loads of different poker variations for all poker fans such as High and Low Omaha, Texas Hold’em as well as Seven Card Stud Poker alongside tournament games and popular Sit & Go. All of the brand’s poker products are available across all major gaming platforms including Apple and Android devices, PCs and laptops.

It is worth mentioning that 888poker was the very first online poker operator to introduce webcam poker tables which allow 888poker members to enjoy better socializing when playing their favorite poker games. Back in July of 2013, 888poker also launches its poker mobile app which marked the company’s expansion across the growing mobile gaming market. the brand also offers an excellent loyalty program and all members of the 888poker Club gain access to daily free tournaments, great cash prizes, and other perks.

In addition to being the official sponsor or the WSOP since 2014, 888poker also hosts the iconic 888poker Live poker event which has been held across several cities for years. Besides, 888poker also organizes online legend branded as the XL Championships Series which includes XL Blizzard, XL Eclipse and XL Inferno. Back in November of 2017, the World Poker Tour and 888poker entered into a business partnership which enabled all 888poker players to qualify for the World Poker Tour DeepStacks which at the time was held in Berlin.

The World Series of Poker 2020 Details

The upcoming 2020 World Series of Poker event will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino which is a hotel and casino located close to the Las Vegas Strip. The venue is managed by Caesars Entertainment and owned by Eric Birnbaum. The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino was the very first all-suite luxurious resort to open its doors in this area. The World Series of Poker will kick off on the 26^th of May.

It was already revealed that PokerGo and ESPN together will broadcast footage from the WSOP events so that interested fans can keep up with all of the actions. When it comes to 888poker and its involvement in the series, the company which owns the poker brand will offer its members who are not located within the United States the great opportunity to qualify for the WSOP 2020 Main Event online.

Additionally, 888poker will be offering loads of other options including special campaigns and promotions while satellite tournaments are also included on the menu. Some of these options are already offered by the operator while the majority of special promotions by 888poker will continue until the 14^th of June.