World Poker Tour Postpones Cyprus Tournament Due to Middle East Conflict

The World Poker Tour has been compelled to postpone its $1,100 WPT Prime Cyprus Championship, a $1 million assured event, as a result of conflict in Iran.

Cyprus, an island nation positioned within the Japanese Mediterranean Sea, is lower than 800 miles from the Iran border. America and Israel, in a coordinated effort, launched navy airstrikes on Feb. 28 that focused navy installations, intelligence workplaces, and safety infrastructure, and has led to the demise of Iran’s Supreme Chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Poker Event Postponed

The Prime occasion at Chamada Status Lodge & Spa was scheduled to run from March 5-9. However, because the WPT’s X account introduced on Tuesday, the navy battle has made internet hosting the occasion tough. As such, it will likely be postponed and rescheduled “at a later date.”

Sending workers members, most of whom reside within the U.S., to Cyprus, a preferred poker vacation spot that usually hosts main occasions such because the WPT and Triton Poker, is kind of the problem and doubtlessly harmful. However the the rest of the competition will proceed as deliberate. A separate $1,100 buy-in event will probably be added to the schedule to exchange the WPT Prime occasion.

“As this case continues to develop, we encourage all gamers planning to journey to Cyprus to stay involved with their respective airways, comply with updates from official sources, and keep knowledgeable to allow them to make the very best selections based mostly on essentially the most present info accessible,” the World Poker Tour advises.

That is the second poker occasion cancelled or postponed as a result of battle in Iran. The Combined Sport Competition at Resorts World in Las Vegas, scheduled to start subsequent week, has been cancelled as a result of occasion’s host, Robbie Strazynski, an Israeli, being unable to journey to the U.S.

The following main WPT occasion will happen March 29 in Northern California with the $3,500 buy-in WPT Rolling Thunder Championship. It is unclear at the moment when the Cyprus event will probably be rescheduled.