$3.5M Gtd WPT Summer Festival Kicks Off at WPT Global From July 20

Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
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WPT Global WPT Summer Festival

Look no further than WPT Global if you want to delve into some action-packed online poker tournaments this summer. Running from July 20 through August 22, the WPT Summer Festival features 50 tournaments with combined guarantees in excess of $3.5 million!

The WPT Summer Festival shuffles up and deals for the first time on July 20 with The Opener, a $220 buy-in tournament with a cool $150,000 guaranteed prize pool. This multi-day tournament runs every day, Wednesday through Sunday, with the final taking place on July 24. using a "Best Stack Forward" policy, meaning you can play in as many flights as you wish as you attempt to build a big stack for Day 2. Advance from more than one flight, and you take your largest stack through with you; all other Day 2 stacks are forfeited.

Each flight of The Opener concludes when only 15% of the field remains.

Don't worry if $220 is outside the constraints of your bankroll because there are cut-price satellites running around the clock. In addition, there is a Micro Opener running alongside it's bigger brother, which comes with a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool for a $2 buy-in.

Other events to are sure to excite the poker community include the $220 buy-in $250,000 guaranteed Summer Showdown, the $220 buy-in $150,000 guaranteed PLO Championship, a $220 buy-in $300,000 guaranteed Summer PKO, and a pair of Main Events that every WPT Global player wants to win.

WPT Summer Festival Highlights

DatesDaysEventBuy-inGuarantee
Jul 20-Aug 22Weds and Sun$1 for $1 million$1$1,000,000
Jul 20-24Wednesday through SundayThe Opener$220$150,000
Jul 20-24Wednesday through SundayThe Micro Opener$2$10,000
July 25-31Every daySummer Showdown$220$250,000
Jul 25-31Every dayThe Mini Showdown$22$50,000
Aug 1-7Every dayPLO Championship$220$150,000
Aug 1-7Every dayPLO Micro Championship$22$20,000
Aug 1-7Every dayShort Deck Bounty Championship$110$100,000
Aug 8-14Every daySummer Progressive Bounties Championship$220$300,000
Aug 8-14Every dayMini Summer Progressive Bounties Championship$11$20,000
Aug 12-21Every DayMini Main Event$33$100,000
Aug 12-22Every dayMain Event$330$1,000,000

WPT Summer Festival Main Events

Your first chance to build a stack in the $330 Main Event and the $33 Mini Main Event is on August 12. Additional flights take place throughout the remainder of the exciting series up to and including August 21. The $330 WPT Summer Festival Main Event has an incredible $1 million guaranteed prize pool, while the $33 edition boasts of a $100,000 guarantee.

Day 2 of the $1 million guaranteed WPT Summer Festival Main Event takes place on August 21 and sees the field whittled down to the final table of eight. Those eight finalists then return to their seats on August 22 to play for the lion's share of the seven-figure prize pool and the title of champion.

Turn $1 Into $1 Million

$1 for $1 Million

It is not only the $330 WPT Summer Festival Main Event that has a $1 million prize pool because WPT Global is running the $1 for $1 Million tournament, giving every player the chance to turn a mere $1 investment into a slice of $1 million!

The $1 for $1 Million runs every Wednesday and Sunday from July 20 through August 22, with the top 13% advancing to Day 2 on August 21. Enter as many Day 1s as you wish because the $1 for $1 Million event uses a "Best Stack Forward" policy.

The surviving players from all the flights join together on August 21 for Day 2, which ends when only eight players remain in the hunt for the title. The final table is streamed on the WPT Twitch channel on August 22!

Start Your Quest for WPT Global Glory With a $1,200 Welcome Bonus

WPT Global Bonus

Download WPT Global via PokerNews, create your free account, and deposit at least $20 to receive a 100% match up to $1,200 welcome bonus. This bonus money releases into your playable account balance in $5 increments each time you generate $20 in cash game rake or pay in tournament fees.

What's more, new depositing players receive a free $110 ticket to a $100,000 guaranteed Welcome Event!

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Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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