In addition to the Main Event, the festival features 10 side events with buy-ins ranging from $230 to $1,100. 3-4 with an even deeper structure of 60-minute blind levels until a winner is crowned.Īs has been the case the past few years, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to report the biggest hands and bad beats of the Main Event from start to finish. Surviving players will compete for two more days on Sept. The Main Event is a deep-stacked affair with players starting off with 25,000 in chips and blinds increasing every 40 minutes during both of the opening flights on Sept. The highlight of the festival is the $2,500 River Poker Series Main Event, featuring a massive $2 million prize pool. The festival features 11 action-packed tournaments and plenty of satellites. The 2018 River Poker Series is about to bring thousands of poker players to the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackersville, Oklahoma from Aug.