World Poker Open

Jack Binion World Poker Open

The Jack Binion World Poker Open is an annual poker tournament jointly sponsored by the Horseshoe Casino and Gold Strike Casino which are next door to each other in Tunica, Mississippi.  The poker tournament takes place in January and is held on the Gold Strike Casino premises.  The tournament is a part of the World Poker Tour with the final table at the main event televised on the Travel Channel.

The World Poker Open is a very popular poker tournament series with a good variety of poker games and sizeable prize money.  The poker tournaments regularly draw some of the best poker players from around the world. 

The World Poker Open features 20 individual poker tournaments that take place over a three week period with buy-ins ranging from $500 to $10,000 (plus entry fees of $50 to $200).  The World Poker Open tournaments are primarily limit, no limit, and pot limit Texas Holdem poker games with a few Omaha poker and Seven Card Stud poker tournaments.  The World Poker Open also includes a Ladies no limit Texas Holdem tournament.  Most of these tournaments are two day poker tournaments.

The main event of the World Poker Open is a four day $10,000 buy-in no limit Texas Holdem Championship poker tournament.  This is also an official World Poker Tour tournament with the winner getting a seat at the World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio in April.

Satellite poker tournaments are held at both the Gold Strike Poker Room and the Horseshoe Poker Room with buy-ins as low as $65.  The poker rooms at both casinos are very nice and there are plenty of cash games going on 24 hours.

The Jack Binion World Poker Open begins the first week of January, with daily tournaments taking place throughout the next few weeks and concluding with the main event Texas Holdem Poker Championship.  The winner of the of the World Poker Open Championship Poker Tournament receives a guaranteed prize over $1 Million.

The Horseshoe Casino and Gold Strike Casino hold daily satellite poker tournaments and super satellite tournaments in which players can win entries to the Jack Binion World Poker Open Championship Poker Tournament.

The Jack Binion World Poker Open tournaments take place at the Gold Strike Casino's Grand Ballroom and at the Horseshoe Casino.  The final table of the World Poker Open Texas Holdem Championship is at the Gold Strike Casino.  Poker tournaments generally start at 12:00 noon but confirm all start times with the casino poker rooms.

The typical Jack Binion World Poker Open tournament schedule is below.  Contact the Gold Strike Casino or the Horseshoe Casino for specific dates and times prior to the poker tournament.

Jack Binion World Poker Open Tournament Schedule

The Jack Binion World Poker Open is hosted by the Horseshoe Casino and Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, and is an official stop on the World Poker Tour.

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