The live poker world has been dealt a massive blow as the result of the ongoing pandemic. No EPT's, no live WSOP, no big partypoker festivals; operators either moved their efforts online or canceled/postponed their events. But while everything up until late summer was removed from the calendar early on, several stops kept their late-year tournaments up for a while pending developments.
Two of the popular European poker tours that were still slated to be held in November were officially pulled on Friday as both the Malta Poker Festival (MPF) and The Netherlands' Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) were taken off the poker calendar.