The WPT also launched its first half schedule for its Prime tour with first-time stops in Paris, Slovakia, and Sanremo. VP of Global Tour Management Angelica Hael said, “It is the pride of WPT to offer such a wide range of tournament festivals when it comes to buy-in and location.” The WPT Main Tour will finish off the first half of the year in at Choctaw (May 5) in Oklahoma and Gardens Casino (May 21) in California. Carl Oman takes the title and the 188,139 first-place prize. The last time the WPT showed up there in 2021, the $3,500 championship event built a prize pool of nearly $8 million. After 1,414 entries across three starting flights and 14 hours in to the final day of play, the last five participants opt to alter the scheduled payouts and bring the 2022 WPT DeepStacks Thunder Valley 1,500 Main Event to its conclusion. The tour will continue at Florida’s Seminole Hard Rock April 28. This is the first time Thunder Valley has hosted a WPT event since 2020. The next WPT Main Tour event kicks off (no joke) April 1 with a $3,500 buy-in at Thunder Valley Casino in California.
Riding high on the overwhelming success of its 2022 WPT World Championship at the Wynn, the WPT announced the first half of its 2023 season XXI schedule.ĬEO Adam Pliska promised a push beyond the WPT’s 20th anniversary season and promised new partnerships in the coming year.
