I was one of the reporters on site at Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, CA, covering the $5,000 Shooting Star as poker tournaments nationwide began shutting down, being postponed and canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Matt Savage gave a great recap of how the days leading up to the shutdown took place, and how rapidly events changed those final few days.
I was with Matt and his team from late January at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles as the reporter for the LA Poker Classic, then over with him to Thunder Valley for the WPT Rolling Thunder Series, and on to Bay 101 after that. We watched and worked as the days went from an initial curiosity about something beginning, to more and far greater emphasis, to the eventual shutdown of most activities and businesses across the entire country
Here’s Matt’s description of how it all unfolded.
Dan is the founder of PokerLiveUpdates, a veteran poker tournament reporter who can be found wandering somewhat aimlessly through tournament arenas worldwide. As a founding member of FunTour2.0, he searches for the best in craft beer at all locations in the poker world.
