The Gardens Poker Festival Leads Into WPT500

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Coming into the first WPT500 in California, The Gardens Casino will host the 2017 The Gardens Casino Poker Festival.

The WPT500, a no-limit hold��em tournament, comes with a $565 buy-in and a $1 million guarantee. The final table will be live streamed globally. The Day 1 sessions run from May 21 through May 29.

Single-day tournaments will be held before and during the WPT500 Los Angeles Main Event.

Kicking off the Gardens Casino Poker Festival will be a $30,000 guarantee knockout bounty event followed by the Senior Poker Tour event the next day.

With over $1.3 million in guarantees across 16 events (and a variety of satellites), The Gardens Poker Festival runs May 15-31.

Three ��timed�� tournaments will play and end at a predetermined time. Players can also get involved in STEPS tournaments, starting as low as $25 and working up to a $10,000 prize pool.

The festival will host multiple events beyond no-limit hold��em, including Event #4: Limit Hold��em and Event #10: Mixed Game (Big-O Hi-Lo, Seven-card Stud Hi-Lo, 8 or Better).

On May 19, players can buy in for $175 with an optional $100 add-on to play for a share of the $75,000 guaranteed prize pool.

For those who don��t qualify or bust on Day 2 of the WPT500, a $1,100 buy-in Six-Handed Mega Deepstack turbo with an action clock should be the perfect addition to the summer bankroll, starting with 50,000 chips.

Here's the tournament schedule:

#DateTimeEventGuaranteeBuy-in
1May 1512 p.m.NLH Bounty ($50 Bounties) Opt. $50 AO$30,000$175
2May 155 p.m.NLH Timed Tournament 1 Opt. $50 AO w/ Action Clock$10,000$110
3May 1610 a.m.NLH Senior Event 50+ SPT 1 Opt. $50 AO$10,000$110 or $1K*
4May 1612 p.m.Limit Hold'em 1 Opt. $50 AO$10,000$110
5May 163 p.m.NLH Turbo STEPS STEP 1: 40% Advance to STEP 2 $25
 May 164:30 p.m.NLH Turbo STEPS STEP 2: 40% Advance to STEP 3 $50
 May 166 p.m.NLH Turbo STEPS STEP 3: 10% in the money 1 Opt. $20 AO$10,000$110
6May 1712 p.m.NLH Deepstack 1 Opt. $50 AO$40,000$175
7May 175 p.m.NLH Timed Tournament 1 Opt. $50 AO w/ Action Clock$10,000$110
8May 1812 p.m.NLH Timed Tournament 1 Opt. $50 AO w/ Action Clock$10,000$110
9May 185 p.m.NLH Bounty ($50 Bounties) 1 Opt. $50 AO$40,000$175
10May 1911 a.m.BIG-O Hi-Lo/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Mix 1 Opt. $50$10,000$110
11May 195 p.m.NLH Deepstack 1 Opt. $100 AO$75,000$175
12May 2012 p.m.NLH Bounty ($50 Bounties) 1 Opt. $50 AO$30,000$175
13May 203 p.m.NLH Player Card Promo 2 Opt. $20 AOs$7,500$60 or $30**
14May 2111 a.m.NLH WPT500 Main Event 1A$1,000,000$565
 May 2211 a.m.NLH WPT500 Main Event 1B$1,000,000$565
 May 2311 a.m.NLH WPT500 Main Event 1C$1,000,000$565
 May 2411 a.m.NLH WPT500 Main Event 1D$1,000,000$565
 May 2511 a.m.NLH WPT500 Main Event 1E$1,000,000$565
 May 255 p.m.NLH WPT500 TURBO! Main Event 1F$1,000,000$565
 May 2611 a.m.NLH WPT500 Main Event 1G$1,000,000$565
 May 265 p.m.NLH WPT500 TURBO! Main Event 1H$1,000,000$565
 May 2711 a.m.NLH WPT500 Main Event 1I$1,000,000$565
 May 275 p.m.NLH WPT500 TURBO! Main Event 1J$1,000,000$565
 May 2811 a.m.NLH WPT500 Main Event 1K$1,000,000$565
 May 285 p.m.NLH WPT500 TURBO! Main Event 1L$1,000,000$565
 May 2911 a.m.NLH WPT500 Main Event 1M$1,000,000$565
 May 295 p.m.NLH WPT500 TURBO! Main Event 1N (Last Chance!)$1,000,000$565
 May 301 p.m.Day 2 WPT500  
 May 313 p.m.Day 3 WPT500 Final Table - Global Live Stream  
15May 303 p.m.6 Handed NLH Mega Deepstack Turbo w/ Action Clock $1,100
16May 3112 p.m.NLH Bounty ($50 Bounties) 1 Opt. $50 AO$30,000$175
  • Single Table Satellite for WPT500 - May 15-May 30
  • Super Mega Satellite for WPT500 - May 19, 25-28 at 9 p.m. - 5 ($565) Seats Guaranteed - $80 buy-in
  • Mega Satellite - May 20-24 at 6 p.m. - 3 ($565) Seats Guaranteed - $80 buy-in

*Under 50 = $1,000
**with five scans on player card the week of 5/13-5/19. All players must have positive ID.

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