This 12 months’s World Poker Tour World Championship principal occasion was the primary within the event’s three-year historical past to not characteristic a headline-grabbing assure. The inaugural working of the $10,400 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion, hosted at Wynn Las Vegas in 2022, sported a $15 million assure that was practically doubled. The next 12 months, organizers set a lofty $40 million aim and fell simply quick, leading to a $2.4 million overlay.
In 2024, the occasion was going up in opposition to each the World Collection of Poker Paradise’s record-setting $50 million assured Tremendous Primary Occasion and the tail finish of the European Poker Tour Prague principal occasion. Regardless of this main competitors, the WPT World Championship managed to attract 2,932 complete entries, leading to a remaining prize pool of $23,441,600.
Whereas this was the smallest turnout but for the occasion, it’s nonetheless a large subject at this worth level, particularly given the dearth of a assure.
The highest 299 finishers are set to make the cash, with the highest prize sitting at $3,138,900. The final 39 gamers standing will all earn at the very least six-figure paydays, with seven-figure scores for the ultimate 4.
The event featured three beginning flights, with 751 entries on day 1A, one other 681 on day 1B, and eventually 960 from day 1C.
There are greater than 800 gamers set to return for day 2 motion on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Greater than 500 eliminations stand between them and the min-cash of $19,600. Play will resume at midday, with 5 90-minute ranges on the schedule earlier than the day involves an finish.
Here’s a have a look at the total payouts for the occasion:
1st: $3,138,9002nd: $2,075,0003rd: $1,550,0004th: $1,150,0005th: $875,0006th: $665,0007th: $515,0008th: $400,0009th-Tenth: $310,00011th-Twelfth: $255,00013th-Fifteenth: $215,00016th-Nineteenth: $176,00020th-Twenty third: $146,00024th-Thirty first: $121,00032nd-Thirty ninth: $101,00040th-Forty seventh: $85,00048th-Fifty fifth: $71,00056th-63rd: $59,00064th-79th: $50,00080th-99th: $42,000100th-One hundred and twentieth: $35,500121st-A hundred and fiftieth: $29,500151st-192nd: $25,000193rd-240th: $21,600241st-299th: $19,600
Photograph credit score: WPT.
