The $1,100 buy-in, $5,000,000 GTD WPT Prime Championship will happen from Dec. 8-14 on the Wynn Las Vegas as part of the WPT World Championship Pageant (Dec. 3-23). Final yr, Calvin Anderson topped a subject of 10,512 entrants – almost double that of 2022 – to win the 2023 WPT Prime Championship for $1,386,280.
The WPT Prime proved so profitable that it received the World Poker Award for Finest Mid-Main Tour/Circuit. Whereas the ClubWPT Gold $5M Invitational and WPT World Championship have garnered their share of pleasure, the WPT Prime World Championship stays one of many standout occasions on this yr’s thrilling schedule and PokerNews is making ready for it by catching up with some the 2024 Prime Season.
We beforehand caught up with WPT Prime Taiwan champ Jereld Sam in addition to Timothy Chung, who again in September took down the £1,100 WPT Prime UK Championship title and £57,660 in prize cash, plus a package deal to the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
Now, we meet up with Lorenz Schöllhorn, who again in April topped a 1,395-entry subject to win the WPT Prime Gold Coast Championship in Australia for AUD $401,510 (USD $257,729).
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*features a $10,400 seat into the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
A Deep Dive into the WPT Prime World Championship and the 2024 Prime Season
Giving Poker a Go
Born in Winterthur, Switzerland in 1990, the 34-year-old was the youngest of three brothers. He studied economics in Zurich, Switzerland and after acquiring his Masters he labored in an NGO as a Enterprise Analyst. As for poker, he’s been taking part in for almost 20 years.
“I began taking part in small NLH money video games with mates after I was 15 years outdated,” he instructed PokerNews. “After that, I performed the occasional on-line match earlier than discovering my love for PLO money video games. Since I needed to research lots throughout my time in college my poker quantity diversified lots. I at all times performed poker and studied poker however by no means full-time.”
Two years in the past, Schöllhorn had constructed his bankroll sufficient that he stop his job to journey the world whereas nonetheless taking part in poker, primarily on-line.
“Nowadays I nonetheless primarily play PLO money something from $5/$5 as much as $25/$50 whereas sometimes taking pictures in larger video games. I nonetheless play the occasional match however wouldn’t name it my greatest energy.”
As for his proudest poker accomplishment?
“I assume my greatest poker achievement is with the ability to battle different good regulars in moderately excessive stakes PLO video games, and naturally my WPT win which was tremendous good but in addition concerned a number of run good,” Schöllhorn mentioned.
He added: “My family and friends had been in fact very happy with me. Particularly my mother. It’s simply good to have one thing to indicate since everybody appeared a bit of apprehensive after I instructed them I stop my job to journey the world and play poker. However after this win, everybody was like, “Oh, you should be excellent at what you’re doing,’ and began being much less apprehensive. Non-poker gamers can’t appear to grasp how money video games work however profitable a poker match everybody appears to get.”
Whereas Schöllhorn, who has a ardour for flyfishing and working, is worked up in regards to the upcoming WPT World Championship, it is not going to be his first go to to Las Vegas. He’s been prior to now to play PLO money at ARIA, and final yr he really received a $1,000 satellite tv for pc into the WPT World Championship, although he busted late on Day 1.
“Hopefully I can do higher this yr,” mentioned Schöllhorn, who was additionally on the town for the World Sequence of Poker (WSOP). “I like Vegas so I’m actually wanting ahead to taking part in a number of dwell poker this December.”
*Photos courtesy of WPT & Lorenz Schöllhorn.
PokerNews will probably be on the 2024 WPT Prime Championship providing much more nice content material, and naturally we’ll be sure you keep watch over how Lorenz Schöllhorn does on the competition.
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