{"id":6166,"date":"2018-05-10T14:44:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T14:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=6166"},"modified":"2018-05-11T15:53:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T15:53:04","slug":"bright-future-ahead-has-wsop-com-players-donning-sunglasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/bright-future-ahead-has-wsop-com-players-donning-sunglasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Future Ahead Has WSOP.com Players Donning Sunglasses"},"content":{"rendered":"

The future of online poker in the US<\/strong> looks so bright right now, players in Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware have started wearing shades.<\/p>\n

On May 1, what is now being called a monumental day for online poker in the US, shared liquidity, or the pooling of players from the three states that currently offer online poker, launched.<\/p>\n

That meant players on the WSOP.com<\/strong> sites in New Jersey<\/strong> and Nevada<\/strong>, 888 Poker<\/strong> in New Jersey, and the Delaware online poker sites that use 888 software, including Delaware Park<\/strong>, Dover Downs<\/strong> and Harrington Raceway<\/strong>, started competing against each other online for the first time.<\/p>\n

This thanks to New Jersey signing on to the interstate agreement this past October that has seen the Delaware and Nevada sites share player pools since 2015.<\/p>\n

Increased traffic and bigger prize pools guaranteed<\/span><\/h2>\n

Now that players on the WSOP and 888 sites have come together, the sites are promising they will see increased cash game traffic and tournaments with much bigger prize pools in all three states. In fact, the sites are guaranteeing it.<\/p>\n

Right out of the gate, the sites launched a new Coast to Coast Classic<\/strong> tournament series featuring more than $1 million in guaranteed prize pools that will run from May 11 to May 20 for players in all three states. The Coast to Coast Classic Main Event even features a $200,001 prize pool guarantee, a record guarantee for legal and regulated online poker in the US.<\/p>\n

Plus, with the annual World Series of Poker<\/strong> set to kick off in Las Vegas, Nevada at the end of May, and run through the middle of July, even bigger things are about to go off online this summer.<\/p>\n

Traffic on WSOP.com in Nevada has spiked during the WSOP every year since 2014. In fact, last summer, traffic rose more than 25 percent from one week before the series began to the first week of June. The jump was 17.8 percent the year before and 20.1 percent in 2015.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s little doubt with New Jersey and Delaware players now able to get in on the action, the spike will be even bigger this year.<\/p>\n

Online WSOP bracelet events drive liquidity<\/span><\/h2>\n

Online WSOP bracelet events<\/strong> have traditionally driven cash game liquidity on WSOP.com in Nevada as well. Only players in New Jersey and Nevada will be able to play the now four online WSOP bracelet events scheduled for this summer. However, players from all three states should be able to hop on and enjoy the increase in cash game activity surrounding them.<\/p>\n

WSOP.com in Nevada first hosted an online WSOP bracelet event in 2015. The $1,000 tournament drew 905 entries that year. It grew to 1,247 in 2016. Then, the number of online bracelet events was bumped up to three in 2017. Entry numbers rose even bigger.<\/p>\n

The traditional $1,000 No Limit Hold\u2019em event drew 1,312 entries. A new and even more affordable $333 No Limit Hold\u2019em event drew a record 2,509 entries. And finally, the new $3,333 No Limit Hold\u2019em online high roller drew 424 entries.<\/p>\n

This year, WSOP.com will host four online WSOP bracelet events, including the first-ever Pot-Limit Omaha online bracelet event<\/strong>. Entry numbers should be up across the board with New Jersey players entering the fray.<\/p>\n

The 2018 WSOP online bracelet event schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n