WPT Asia Online Kicks Off November 12 on Poker King

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The WPT Asia Online, Presented by Poker King gets underway this week, kicking off on Friday, November 12. There is a massive ¥15 million ($2,300,000*) guaranteed across 15 events and is headlined by the Main Event, which has a ¥10 million ($1,500,000*) guarantee of it's own.

This WPT online series comes off the back of the WPT World Online Championships which saw Rok Gostisa stun David Peters in heads-up play to take down Event #7: $5,300 Main Event for $959,493. In the same series, Ole Schemion emerged as the victor of Event #12: $25,500 Super High Roller Championship for $388,708.

WPT Asia Online Mini Main Event & Main Event

The Mini Main Event and of course the Main Event are the pick of the litter for this upcoming online poker festival.

The Mini Main Event starts on November 14 and has two starting flights, Day 2 will resume on November 16 where play will last until a winner is crowned. Day 1a and Day 1b will finish when 25% of the field remain.

This event has a guarantee of ¥1,000,000 ($156,500*) which makes is the joint second highest guarantee of the series, alongside Event 2: NLHE (¥1m GTD) and Event 15: The Closer (¥1m GTD). The Mini Main Event gets our featured pick over the latter mentioned events due to its sizeable prizepool and more accessible buy-in of ¥550 ($86*).

As the Mini Main Event comes to its conclusion, the first Day 1 flight of the Main Event begins on November 16, playing the Main Event will set you back ¥2,200 ($344*). In total, there are seven starting flights with Day 1e and Day 1g operating under a turbo format. Like the Mini Main Event, these starting flights will also end when the field reaches it's last 25% of players.

Day 2 takes place on November 21 and will go on until the final table. The finalists will then battle it out for the title and lion's share of the prize pool on November 22, which will be livestreamed in both English and Mandarin.

Interestingly, a player will receive a special bounty if they knock out Poker King ambassadors Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Daniel Dvoress, Steve Aoki or Lynn Gilmartin in the Main Event.

*Exchange rates have been calculated using Google's exchange rate on November 9

WPT Asia Online Mini Main Event & Main Event Schedule

DateTime (CST)Event
Nov 148 p.m.Event 9: Mini Main Event Day 1a
Nov 158 p.m.Event 9: Mini Main Event Day 1b
Nov 167 p.m.Event 9: Mini Main Event Day 2
Nov 168 p.m.Event 9: Main Event Day 1a
Nov 178 p.m.Event 9: Main Event Day 1b
Nov 188 p.m.Event 9: Main Event Day 1c
Nov 198 p.m.Event 9: Main Event Day 1d
Nov 201:30 p.m.Event 9: Main Event Day 1e - Turbo Flight
Nov 208 p.m.Event 9: Main Event Day 1f
Nov 211:30 p.m.Event 9: Main Event Day 1g - Turbo Flight
Nov 218 p.m.Event 9: Main Event Day 2
Nov 227 p.m.Event 9: Main Event Day 3

WPT Asia Online Full Schedule

DateTime (CST)EventBuy-inGuarantee
Nov 121:30 p.m.Event 1: NLHE Warm-up (6max) ¥220¥100,000
Nov 128 p.m.Event 2: NLHE (1m GTD)¥1,100¥1,000,000
Nov 131:30 p.m.Event 3: Short Deck Progressive Bounties¥220¥100,000
Nov 138 p.m.Event 4: NLHE Progressive Bounties 500k GTD¥1,100¥500,000
Nov 141:30 p.m.Event 5: Hyper Turbo NLHE¥220¥100,000
Nov 14-168 p.m.Event 6: Mini Main Event¥550¥1,000,000
Nov 151:30 p.m.Event 7: PLO Progressive Bounties¥220¥100,000
Nov 161:30 p.m.Event 8: NLHE Progressive Bounties¥220¥100,000
Nov 16-228 p.m.Event 9: Main Event (10m GTD)¥2,200¥10,000,000
Nov 171:30 p.m.Event 10: NLHE Progressive Bounties (6 max)¥220¥100,000
Nov 181:30 p.m.Event 11: PLO Championship (6max)¥550¥100,000
Nov 191:30 p.m.Event 12: Shortdeck Championship¥550¥200,000
Nov 208 p.m.Event 13: NLHE High Roller¥10,500¥400,000
Nov 213 p.m.Event 14: NLHE Turbo¥220¥200,000
Nov 228 p.m.Event 15: The Closer (1m GTD)¥1,100¥1,000,000
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Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum has written for various poker outlets but found his home at PokerNews, where he has contributed to various articles and live updates, providing insights and reporting on major poker events, including the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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