Phenom Poker Expands to 70 Daily Tournaments With Mixed-Game Focus

Phenom Poker has overhauled its daily tournament schedule, increasing the number of events from 50 to 70 per day and making mixed games, Omaha and progressive knockouts a much larger part of its online offering.

According to the operator, the new schedule carries more than 15,000 CHIP in combined daily guarantees, with buy-ins ranging from 1 CHIP to 100 CHIP. The most notable change is not simply the extra volume. Of the 70 tournaments scheduled each day, 49 are games other than No-Limit Hold'em.

That gives Phenom Poker an unusually broad MTT lineup at a time when much of the online tournament market remains heavily centered on Hold'em.

Phenom's expanded schedule includes 22 mixed-game tournaments, 15 events from the Omaha family and 12 draw or stud tournaments every day.

Eight formats have also been added as permanent daily tournaments for the first time: H.E.R.O.S., Stud 8 or Better, PLO 8 or Better, A-5 Triple Draw, Badacey, 10-Game Mix, 9-Game Mix and NLH Hyper Turbo.

For players who regularly search for games such as Stud, Badugi or Triple Draw, the change is significant. These formats are often concentrated into major festival schedules rather than offered consistently throughout the year.

The expansion also complements Phenom's existing range of Omaha poker and mixed-game formats, giving specialists more opportunities to play outside conventional Hold'em MTTs.

Progressive knockout tournaments are another major part of the new schedule. Phenom says 26 PKOs now run each day across Hold'em, PLO, PLO5, PLO6, Big O, Fun Mix and 2-7 Single Draw.

Ten of those events have a 1 CHIP buy-in, creating a low-cost entry point before the schedule moves through 5, 10, 25 and higher buy-in levels.

Tournament starts are designed to remain close together throughout the day, generally around 20 minutes apart and never more than 30 minutes apart. Events are also scheduled for the same time each day.

Phenom Poker's daily MTT slate runs alongside a weekly schedule with larger guarantees. Sunday includes a 250 buy-in NLH tournament with 7,500 guaranteed, while the 222 buy-in 2-7 Triple Draw and 200 buy-in Sunday Mixer 9-Game each guarantee 4,000.

Omaha players can also find a 150 PLO5 Six-Max with a 3,000 guarantee and a 100 Big O Six-Max with the same guaranteed prize pool. Satellites are available for several of the larger weekly events.

The specialist focus continues through the week with formats including 8-Game, 10-Game Mix, Triple PLO, T.O.R.S.E., Big O and PLO Double Board Bomb Pot.

For a relatively young operator, the strategy is clear. Phenom Poker is not trying to build its tournament identity around Hold'em alone. Instead, it is leaning heavily into formats that are harder to find consistently on larger platforms.

That approach also fits the broader identity of Team Phenom, whose roster includes several players closely associated with high-stakes and mixed-game poker.

Moving from 50 to 70 daily tournaments is a substantial expansion in its own right. But with 49 of those 70 events now outside Hold'em, the more important development is the variety. For mixed-game and Omaha players in particular, Phenom Poker is making specialist formats a permanent part of the daily schedule rather than an occasional attraction.

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