That fun atmosphere is what lies at the heart of the Mixed Game Festival. I continue to be encouraged by the businesses and organizations leading this effort, including The more Nevadans vaccinated, the quicker our economy can recover. “Rules are rules - we’ll follow them - and I’m sure it won’t take away from the fun atmosphere.” As such, we and Westgate will be following the current Nevada state protocols of all patrons having to wear masks indoors whether vaccinated or not. “The WSOP falls into a special category as a ‘large event,’ which the Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival does not. Sisolak has made it clear that his state will closely be adhering to CDC recommendations,” Strazynski explained. While the WSOP went the route of requiring proof of vaccination, and in turn not requiring masks, Westgate and CardPlayer Lifestyle have to operate under a different set of rules. It’s instead materializing 16 months after he’d originally planned, and like the World Series, the continuing pandemic will impact certain guidelines. “The festival’s original dates were supposed to be June 1-4, 2020.”īut he sat tight on announcing the event, and before long realized it - like the in-person WSOP - wouldn’t be happening in 2020. “I first conjured up the idea back in November 2019 and was all set to make the big announcement on March 10, 2020,” he told US Bets. Strazynski knows it as the day immediately after he had to make a tough COVID-influenced decision. know March 11, 2020, as “ the day everything changed” in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic. Strazynski, a fixture in the poker media community who lives in Israel but has made his share of trips to Vegas during WSOP season, has been sitting on this idea for quite a while. With plenty of advanced notice, however, we’re ready to make some massive mixed game magic happen!” A festival nearly two years in the making “Too often, low-stakes mixed games simply don’t run in brick-and-mortar casinos because it’s impossible for enough interested players to spontaneously and simultaneously assemble. “We believe that there’s a niche segment of the poker-loving public that’s just a bit underserved,” wrote founder Robbie Strazynski in announcing the event. 7 with a $200 buy-in tournament in the five-game fixed-limit mix known as H.O.R.S.E. The event features three days of dealer’s choice cash games and concludes Oct. This lower-stakes alternative takes place at the Westgate Resort & Casino, a couple of miles away from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.Īfter the opening weekend of the World Series of Poker is complete, the Mixed Game Festival will kick off on Monday, Oct. Enter the Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival, running for four days concurrent with the World Series of Poker. If you’re looking for the biggest poker event in Las Vegas this fall - the one with the most players, the most prize money, the most tournaments, and the most media coverage - well, you know exactly where to go.īut four-figure and five-figure buy-ins, played against thousands of other players in massive convention spaces, with the great majority of the action coming in the no-limit hold’em variant, aren’t for everyone.
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