Poker fans are in for a treat when the second annual Electric City Poker Series returns to Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady from Thursday, 19 September until Sunday, 29 September. The Electric City Poker Series includes 10 tournaments in 11 days and will take place in the Poker Room and Van Slyck’s. This series features $250,000 in total guaranteed prize pools, and every event champion will be awarded a winner’s trophy.
The opening event, from Thursday, 19 September until Sunday, 22 September, is the $300 buy-in Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold ’em with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool. There are a total of five Day 1 flights to play in for your opportunity to advance to Day 2. 1 in 8 players will move forward to Day 2 where all players are “in the money!” A double bag bonus is also available paying $1,000 for each surrendered stack.
The Electric City Poker Series Main Event is an $800 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $150,000. For the Main Event, there are three Day 1 flights providing players the opportunity to move forward, and the double bag bonus is increased to $3,000.
Debuting this year is the Savage Average format for the Omaha/Stud tournament on Monday, 23 September. Instead of using a clock to determine the blind levels, they will adjust as players are eliminated and the average chips stack is 25 big bets of the next blind level.
Other events unique to the area are the Rivers Revival and the Uber Stack Turbo. In the Rivers Revival event, any player yet to be eliminated may “Revive” upon their first elimination and get right back in the action with 20 Big Blinds. The Uber Stack Turbo will have everyone start off with 60,000 in tournament chips and play with a faster clock. Also on the schedule are a Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty Tournament and a Seniors Championship for players 55 and above.
Registration for all events will take place at the Rivers Casino Poker Room. Registration for all events opens on the scheduled day, two hours prior to the event start time.
