Ante Up canceled its February print edition, but its co-founder tells CardsChat that it hopes to be back up and running when the COVID-19 pandemic dies down.

Ante Up magazine won’t publish its February issue due to a lack of distribution channels because so many poker rooms remain closed. (Image: Ante Up)

The magazine, which has published for 12 years, recently sent out a notice to its customers saying that not enough of its distribution locations have reopened and it would not publish its planned February issue.

“We’ll continue to hope our country can turn the corner on this terrible virus to allow enough poker rooms to reopen for us to be able to return to producing the quality product we insist on producing,” the notice reads.