WPT and Wynn Las Vegas combine for largest guaranteed prize pool in live poker history
The World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas will involve a $15m guaranteed prize pool, the largest single live tournament guarantee in the history of poker
The World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas testament regard a $15m guaranteed appreciate pool, the largest single live tourney vouch inwards the account of poker.
The marquise case of the multi-tournament festival, which runs from 1-20 December 2022, will follow the $10,400 buy-in championship event that will culminate with a televised net table. The festival will comprise over a dozen tournaments, including deuce-ace primary events; the Prime Championship, the Wynn Mystery Bounty, and the World Championship.
“This is 1 of the to the highest degree challenging initiatives the World Poker Tour has undertaken inwards our 20-year history,” World Poker Tour CEO Adam Pliska. “We expect this to follow a highly awaited(p) festival and are joyful to be partnering with Wynn Las Vegas to convey this conception to life.”
The WPT World Championship will characteristic trio Clarence Day 1 flights on 12, 13, and 14 December, culminating inwards the crowning of a hero on 20 December.
At to the lowest degree 200 online qualifiers testament give ear the WPT World Championship, with hundreds more qualifying through and through various live satellites. The prescribed subscription online salamander spunky of the WPT, ClubWPT, testament serve as the exclusive online political platform where US players tin can win an entry package. ClubWPT testament also host legion(p) making opportunities as of next week.
Angelica Hael, Vice President of Global Tour Management at World Poker Tour, commented: “We are absolutely thrilled with our multi-year partnership with Wynn Las Vegas. Alongside the WPT Prime Championship and various off-the-felt activities planned, the WPT World Championship fete puts a historical exclamation pointedness on World Poker Tour Season 20.”