BetMGM’s Poker Online Summer Classic opened in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Michigan on Friday, with buy-ins from $10 to $500. Coverage of the schedule was not entirely consistent: PokerNews counted 21 events, while Pokerfuse described 22 and said the guarantees totalled $232,000.
The event list leans hard into baseball. One report said the names are styled like innings and baseball terms, with entries such as Top 4th: $250 Moonshot and Top 9th: $500 Grand Slam. BetMGM is the official sports betting partner of Major League Baseball, which gives the theme a natural fit.
PokerNews said the Moonshot is due on Saturday with a $75,000 guarantee, and the Grand Slam is due on Tuesday with a $40,000 guarantee. Pokerfuse said the guarantees across the series range from $2,000 to $75,000, and described the festival as running for five full days.
BetMGM’s poker blog said the qualifiers began on July 5. It set out $10 qualifiers into the $250 event, $25 qualifiers into the $500 event, and $50 qualifiers that open the door to both, while daily $25 satellites run through July 11 and two more $25 satellites are due early on July 14 for that night’s Grand Slam.
Satellite tournaments are already running on BetMGM Poker platforms within MSIGA states. The same blog said the schedule was built for sports lovers, especially baseball fans, and for all types of poker players, with start times between 5 pm and 9:30 pm.
The series also includes a leaderboard and a Spin The Wheel promotion. Once players buy into at least one event, they enter the leaderboard, and the top five win BetMGM bets usable in the sportsbook and casino, with up to $1,000 for first place. Spin The Wheel runs from July 10 to 14 and gives eligible players a chance at up to $500 in casino bonus money.
Pennsylvania entered the multistate poker market last year, when Governor Josh Shapiro signed the state into the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement on April 23, 2025. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said the move made Pennsylvania the sixth MSIGA member, joining New Jersey, Nevada, Delaware, West Virginia and Michigan, and that it expanded the online poker player pool by more than 50% for an estimated 150,000 players. The board also said MSIGA covers more than 38 million Americans, and that online Pennsylvania players could begin taking part in multi-state games on April 28, 2025.
