e-Sports to be Featured at 2018 WSOP

Last year, the WSOP attracted nearly a quarter of a million people to the Rio, and this year, those people will be offered a nice distraction with the UMG Esports Stage, where players can compete in free-to-play games such as Fortnite, Hearthstone, Madden, Call of Duty, FIFA 2018 and more.

“Last year we watched our initiative to grow esports in Las Vegas grow by leaps and bounds. Bringing the UMG Esports Stage into the World Series of Poker events is an amazing next step in continuing this initiative into 2018 and beyond. UMG will utilize its ground-breaking event management app to help organize the event and to constantly update participants of upcoming play and special events at the UMG stage,” commented Dave Antony, UMG CEO, on their partnership with WSOP.

The UMG Esports Stage will be located within the Rio’s massive Pavilion Room, which is the main tournament room of the World Series. It remains to see whether the poker players will be attracted to this stage or not. However, there have been a lot of poker players who have been heavily involved in e-Sports in the past, so UMG will expect a positive outcome from this partnership.

Keep reading GutshotMagazine.com for more updates on the upcoming 2018 WSOP!