BetMGM Announces August ‘Summer PKO Fest’

min read
Summer PKO Festival logo on a dark background
BetMGM Aug 04, 2022, 10:47 AM

JERSEY CITY, NJ – (August 4, 2022) – BetMGM announced today its Summer PKO Fest, the leading iGaming operator’s August headline poker offering. The Summer PKO Fest will run simultaneously from August 14th – 21st across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, and will feature 25 events over eight days and $480K in guarantees.

“As we reach poker’s summer months, it becomes more important than ever to offer players what we know will be popular and, right now, progressive knockout events are more popular than ever. This is the sixth BetMGM Poker event to feature PKOs in 2022 and the second to be built completely around the variant.”

Luke Staudenmaier - Director of Poker, BetMGM

Schedule (guarantees vary by state)

  • August 14
    • 5:00p ET: Summer PKO Opener ($215 buy-in; $100 bounty)
    • 6:00p ET: Summer Scrap PKO ($50 buy-in; $25 bounty)
    • 7:00p ET: Summer Sprint PKO ($20 buy-in; $10 bounty)
  • August 15
    • 7:00p ET: Summer Slam PKO ($100 buy-in; $50 bounty)
    • 8:00p ET: Summer Scrap PKO ($50 buy-in; $25 bounty)
    • 9:00p ET: Summer Sprint PKO ($20 buy-in; $10 bounty)
  • August 16
    • 7:00p ET: Summer Slam PKO ($100 buy-in; $50 bounty)
    • 8:00p ET: Summer Scrap PKO ($50 buy-in; $25 bounty)
    • 9:00p ET: Summer Sprint PKO ($20 buy-in; $10 bounty)
  • August 17
    • 7:00p ET: Summer Slam PKO ($100 buy-in; $50 bounty)
    • 8:00p ET: Summer Scrap PKO ($50 buy-in; $25 bounty)
    • 9:00p ET: Summer Sprint PKO ($20 buy-in; $10 bounty)
  • August 18
    • 7:00p ET: Summer Slam PKO ($100 buy-in; $50 bounty)
    • 8:00p ET: Summer Scrap PKO ($50 buy-in; $25 bounty)
    • 9:00p ET: Summer Sprint PKO ($20 buy-in; $10 bounty)
  • August 19
    • 7:00p ET: Summer Slam PKO ($100 buy-in; $50 bounty)
    • 8:00p ET: Summer Scrap PKO ($50 buy-in; $25 bounty)
    • 9:00p ET: Summer Sprint PKO ($20 buy-in; $10 bounty)
  • August 20
    • 7:00p ET: Summer Slam PLO PKO ($100 buy-in; $50 bounty)
    • 8:00p ET: Summer Scrap PLO PKO ($50 buy-in; $25 bounty)
    • 9:00p ET: Summer Sprint PLO PKO ($20 buy-in; $10 bounty)
  • August 21
    • 5:00p ET: Summer PKO Main Event ($215 buy-in; $100 bounty)
    • 6:00p ET: Summer Scrap PKO ($50 buy-in; $25 bounty)
    • 7:00p ET: Summer Slam PKO ($100 buy-in; $50 bounty)
    • 8:00p ET: Summer Sprint PKO ($20 buy-in; $10 bounty)

To participate in the Summer PKO Fest, players must be physically located in New Jersey (BetMGM Poker, Borgata Poker, partypoker NJ), Pennsylvania (BetMGM Poker, Borgata Poker), or Michigan (BetMGM Poker). For more information, visit poker.betmgm.com.

Actress Vanessa Hudgens flipping casino chips next to the text "The King of Casinos"
About the Author

BetMGM

Read More

Our BetMGM editors and authors are sports experts with a wealth of knowledge of the sports industry at all levels. Their coverage includes sports news, previews and predictions, fun facts, and betting.

Our BetMGM editors and authors are sports experts with a wealth of knowledge of the sports industry at all levels. Their coverage includes sports news, previews and predictions, fun facts, and betting.