WPT Second Half Schedule Released; Stops All Across the Globe
The World Poker Tour (WPT) has truly become a world poker tour. With the release of the Season XXII second half schedule, that statement has been proven true even more so.
Two days after Casey Sandretto finished off his tittle run in the WPT Rolling Thunder Championship, the iconic poker tour revealed the much anticipated remaining events to run in the fall, and they include tournaments all around the world, in four separate continents.
Before the second half of the schedule kicks off, there's still some business to take care of this spring, starting with the WPT Korea, which began on Thursday. Next up will be the WPT Voyage, a cruise full of poker players partying and playing cards for a week. The following stop, WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown April 18, takes place in Hollywood, Florida. And then one more Main Tour stop before the summer — WPT Choctaw — begins May 3 in Southern Oklahoma.
What's on the Second Half WPT Season XXII Schedule?
The second half of the World Poker Tour schedule will include visits to North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, and eight different cities. At the end of the schedule, which you can view below, the tour will host a third straight WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas. Dates for that series aren't yet out, nor is the guarantee for the $10,400 championship event, which last year featured the first ever $40 million guaranteed prize pool in poker history.
For now, there are eight second half series planned, and the action begins June 20-24 with the HKD 40,000 WPT Macau in one of the top poker destinations in the world. Two months later — August 15 — the WPT Prime tour is heading to Taiwan for a TWD 33,000 main event.
Full WPT Second Half Schedule
| EVENT | DATES | BUY-In |
|---|---|---|
| WPT Macau | June 20-24 | HKD 40,000 |
| WPT Prime Taiwan | Aug. 15-19 | TWD 33,000 |
| WPT Prime UK | Sept. 12-16 | £1,100 |
| WPT Australia | Sept. 20-25 | AUD $8,000 |
| WPT Prime Liechtenstein | Sept. 26-30 | CHF 1,100 |
| WPT Paris | Oct. 22-27 | £1,100 |
| WPT bestbet Scramble | Nov. 15-20 | $5,000 |
| WPT Seminole Hard Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open | Nov. 29-Dec 4 | $3,500 |
Then, from Sept. 12-16, Prime is flying to Europe for an event in the United Kingdom. Poker is heading down under Sept. 20-25 with a AUD $8,000 WPT Australia Main Tour event. Following WPT Prime Liechtenstein (Sept. 26-30), WPT Paris is the second stop in Europe.
The season will wrap up on American soil, with two pre-WPT World Championship events scheduled, beginning with the WPT bestbet Scramble in Jacksonville, a $5,000 buy-in tournament won by Frederic Normand last year for $351,650.
For the second time in Season XXII, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will serve as a World Poker Tour stop with the $3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open from Nov. 29 to Dec. 4, leading right into one of poker's biggest annual events in Las Vegas.
