{"id":263006,"date":"2026-04-23T17:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263006\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:16:12","slug":"world-series-of-poker-comes-to-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263006\/","title":{"rendered":"World Series of Poker comes to Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Card players from around the world are converging in Texas this week for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit series.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time the WSOP will stop in the Lone Star State. From April 23 to May 4, players can enter 18 ring events at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texascardhouse.com\/austin\" title=\"https:\/\/www.texascardhouse.com\/austin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Card House<\/a>\u00a0(TCH)\u00a0in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>TCH CEO Ryan Crow says the location has spent several weeks preparing for the historic debut that is expecting a big turnout.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Normally we have about 45 tables,&#8221; Crow said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to have closer to 80.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since it was founded in 2014, TCH has been working to help bring a WSOP branded event to the state. Many longtime players are excited to participate in their own backyard.<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Perryman has played poker in Austin for more than a decade, and she says this opens the door for more events in her home state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s making me excited for what the state of poker in Texas is going to become,&#8221; Perryman said. &#8220;Right now, we have a big community, but it&#8217;s about to grow.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Card players from around the world are converging in Texas this week for the World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5175,3564,132,134,133,3565,1570,102,223,82,27,1569,835],"class_list":{"0":"post-263006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-abigail-vaerewyck","9":"tag-app-community","10":"tag-austin","11":"tag-austin-headlines","12":"tag-austin-news","13":"tag-community-news","14":"tag-ctv","15":"tag-dallas","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-san-antonio","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-texas-what-you-need-to-know","20":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}