1 with a $500,000 guarantee No Limit Hold’em event that has a $600 buy-in and six starting flights that run through Dec. “Partnering with Wynn Las Vegas has allowed us to put the player experience first and the festival schedule reflects that.” “Our goal is to develop the WPT World Championship into one of the most talked about poker events of the year,” said Adam Pliska, WPT CEO. These join the previously-announced WPT World Championship, WPT Prime Championship, and WPT Ladies Championship events – all of which will be televised – along with the popular Wynn Mystery Bounty. The full festival lineup has 12 newly-added No Limit Hold’em events, as well as H.O.R.S.E., Omaha 8-or-Better, and an 8-Game Mix tournament. Alongside the WPT World Championship with a record-setting $15 million guarantee, the complete 23-event festival schedule features more than $22 million in guaranteed prize pools. 11, 2022) – The World Poker Tour ® and Wynn Las Vegas confirm the complete tournament schedule for the historic WPT ® World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas event this December. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2023 ESPN Internet Ventures. Last year's WPT championship event produced $4.1 million payout for last year's winner, Eliot Hudon of Canada. The WPT World Championship includes a $1 million buy-in tournament. A record 77 events in the World Series of poker had million-dollar prize pools. This year's World Series of Poker set multiple records, including 10,043 entries into the Main Event, which had a non-guaranteed prize pool of $93.3 million.

Poker has seen a recent surge in interest after the pandemic. 'The WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas is poised to reach new heights and we wanted to match that expectation with a guarantee that no live poker tournament has ever seen before,' Adam Pliska, CEO of the World Poker Tour, said in a release announcing the tournament. The previous record for a guaranteed prize pool for a live poker tournament was $15 million, set last year at the WPT World Championship. The largest guaranteed prize pool in poker history was announced Thursday - $40 million for the 2023 World Poker Tour World Championship in Las Vegas. Record $40M prize set for 2023 World Poker Tour World Championship You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser

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