The World Poker Tour’s worldwide Prime Championship collection’ good 12 months continues with a record-breaking subject in Taiwan.
Jereld Sam is the WPT Prime Taiwan champion. He outlasted 1,666 entries to win TWD 8,065,000, which is about $250,000. The prize included entry into the 2024 $10,000 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December.
The buy-in was round $1,100, which is often what the WPT Prime buy-in are for the model’s mid-level occasions. The sphere edged out the 1,644-entry benchmark set by the WPT Prime Liechtenstein Championship final 12 months.
The WPT Prime Taiwan Championship occasion ran from August 15-19 on the Asia Poker Area in Taipei Metropolis. The sphere was constructed by three beginning flights who generated a prize pool of TWD 51,054,436 ($1.6 million). The highest 208 have been paid.
WPT Prime occasions are proving to be widespread irrespective of the place they contact down, whether or not that’s in Italy, Canada, France or any of the opposite international locations that put “world” into World Poker Tour. Typically shadowed by the massive buy-in championship occasions, WPT Prime occasions in 2024 proceed to usher in giant fields.
Prime bringing them in
The modest buy-ins and WPT model title are absolutely fueling the massive fields. ClubWPT.com, the Tour’s subscription-based on-line poker site, additionally has a hand in inflating the fields by its many qualifiers that feed the tournaments. And like WPT Prime Taiwan, a number of of the occasions broke the thousand-player entry barrier, which all the time places a buzz within the air and hop within the steps of tourney organizers.
March’s €1,100 WPT Prime Amsterdam Championship attracted 1,340 entrants who constructed a prize pool of €1,289,400. This was completed by 4 beginning flights, together with a turbo version.
The WPT Prime Voyage Championship, which occurred on a cruise ship touring the Bahamas, practically broke that quantity with 968 $1,100 entries a month later.
Entries barely dipped to 732 within the €1,100 WPT Prime Slovakia Championship, however massively rebounded on the AUD $1,100 WPT Prime Gold Coast Championship in Australia which introduced in 1,395 entrants within the AUD $2,000 contest. Each additionally occurred in April.
The WPT Prime Montreal Championship additionally broke the thousand-entry mark with 1,291 in Might. The San Remo model introduced in 781 earlier than the WPT broke its Prime entry report in Taiwan.
The following WPT Prime competition is already underway at Chamada Status Resort Spa in Cyprus. WPT Prime Cyprus is headlined by a $1,100 championship occasion that runs Aug 22-26.
Proper after Cyprus, the WPT returns to Liechtenstein the place officers will hope to re-establish and reclaim a brand new Prime entry report. The collection is part of the 9 remaining WPT Prime occasions scheduled for this 12 months. Click on right here for different upcoming WPT occasions or take a look at the total schedule.
