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by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 20, '23
The World Poker Tour Prime Championship $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em event debuted at the Wynn Las Vegas in 2022, attracting a massive turnout of 5,430 entries to blow away the tournament’s $2 million guarantee. The second running of the WPT Prime Championship upped the ante considerably, increasing the guarantee to $5 million while keeping the […]
by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 15, '24
With 9,670 total entries, the 2024 World Poker Tour Prime Championship $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event beat its $5 million guarantee by nearly $4.4 million. The sizable turnout to Wynn Las Vegas for the third-annual running of this event resulted in a seven-figure payday for the champion despite the affordable buy-in. Zak VanKeuren was ultimately […]
by Erik Fast | Published: Apr 15, '24
Fabian Gumz topped a field of 732 entries that turned out to Card Casino Bratislava for the 2024 World Poker Tout Prime Slovakia championship event, securing his first WPT Prime title and the top prize of €117,980 ($125,902 USD. That sum includes a $10,400 buy-in for the 2024 WPT World Championship taking place this December […]
by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 06, '24
Yakiv Syzghanov emerged victorious from a field of 758 entries in the 2024 World Poker Tour Prime Aix-en-Provence €1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, earning $144,612 for the win. The Ukrainian outlasted the healthy turnout to the Pasino Grand in the South of France to secure the six-figure top prize, the title, and a $10,400 […]
by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 12, '23
A total of 1,644 entries were made in the 2023 World Poker Tour Liechtenstein CHF 1,100 buy-in main event at Grand Casino Liechtenstein, setting a new regular-season WPT Prime record for field size. The strong turnout resulted in a prize pool worth more than $1.8 million when rendered in U.S. dollars. After six starting flights […]
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Aug 23, '23
Seonguk Huh – Photo Credit: World Poker Tour Seonguk Huh won the World Poker Tour Prime main event in Taiwan that was hosted by the WPT and Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association. The poker player from South Korea took home his first WPT Prime title and the top prize of $197,741, which was by far […]
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 13, '23
Simone Andrian – Photo Credit: World Poker Tour On June 11, Italy’s Simone Andrian was crowned the champion at the World Poker Tour Prime San Remo main event. Andrian was awarded the top prize worth $157,973 along with his first WPT Prime title after coming away with the win at the Casino San Remo on […]
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Apr 01, '23
Philip Hollederer – Photo Credit: WPT Prime Philip Hollederer topped the field in the WPT Prime Amsterdam main event on Mar. 31 at Holland Casino in the Netherlands. He won the top prize of $186,178 in prize money along with the WPT Prime trophy. He also received a prize package to play in the season-ending […]
by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 07, '23
The World Poker Tour returned to Paris, France for the first time since 2020 for the WPT Prime Paris €1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The tournament ran from Jan. 31 – Feb. 5 at the Club Circus Paris, with five starting flights (including a turbo flight 1E on the same day as day 1D) […]
by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 20, '22
The World Poker Tour Prime Championship $1,100 buy-in event attracted a gigantic field of 5,430 entries, more than doubling the $2 million guarantee to create a final prize pool of $5,267,100. In the end, Stephen Song emerged victorious from that sea of players with the title and the top prize of $712,650. “Honestly, it’s just […]