Las Vegas, NV (September 24, 2024) – One year after offering the largest guaranteed prize pool in poker history, the World Poker Tour® is bolstering this year’s extensive WPT® World Championship festival schedule by offering a $5 million freeroll. The ClubWPT™ Gold $5M Invitational Freeroll will celebrate the launch of WPT’s newest partner, ClubWPT Gold*, and offer $1 million as the first-place prize.
“Our return to Wynn Las Vegas this December is equipped with another monumental investment into the development and growth of not only the WPT World Championship, but the poker industry as a whole,” said WPT CEO and President Adam Pliska. “In celebration of the launch of ClubWPT Gold, we’re aiming for another first for the poker world with the largest freeroll ever offered.”
The revolutionary freeroll is a collaboration between WPT and ClubWPT Gold and will run Dec. 13-15 – beginning one day before the start of the $10,400 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. As part of the $5 million freeroll prize pool, 100 players will win entry to the WPT World Championship, played December 14-21.
ClubWPT Gold is a new online poker product operating on a sweepstakes-based platform, similar to ClubWPT, legally serving most of the U.S. ClubWPT Gold will allow members to play poker games against others by utilizing the platform’s Gold Coins, virtual coins with no monetary value. Sweeps Coins can be obtained through various promotional methods, including a free mode of entry, and may be redeemed for cash and prizes.
To secure a seat in this year’s freeroll, players must obtain a “Golden Passport” through ClubWPT Gold. To do so, players must first become a ClubWPT Gold member through ClubWPTGold.com. Between Sept. 24 and Dec. 13, ClubWPT Gold will award up to 2,000 Golden Passports through a variety of online promotions, contests and giveaways for ClubWPT Gold members. Once a player has registered for ClubWPT Gold, they will be eligible to participate in the various promotions that allow a chance at winning a Golden Passport. The official Golden Passport and corresponding details will be released in the coming weeks.
The 2024 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas will include three starting flights, held on Dec. 14, 15 and 16. Players can enter each starting flight a single time. The grand finale will be livestreamed and filmed for television on Dec. 21. Last year the event drew 3,835 players and Daniel Sepiol claimed the title of WPT World Champion with a top prize of $5,282,954.
The WPT Prime Championship features a $5 million guarantee with four starting flights. The $1,100 buy-in event begins on Dec. 8 and will conclude on Dec. 14. In 2023, the WPT Prime Championship drew 10,512 that pushed the prize pool to $10,196,640. The first-place prize of $1,386,280 was secured by Calvin Anderson.
“We have crafted an incredible schedule for this year’s World Championship, featuring more than 60 tournaments and satellites,” said Ryan Beauregard, Executive Director of Poker Operations at Wynn Las Vegas. “I’m confident that the loyal fanbase of Wynn Las Vegas and WPT, as well as more than 500 qualifiers and satellite winners, will make the 2024 WPT World Championship another rousing success.”
Other staples of the festival, which runs Dec. 3-23, include the $1,100 WPT Ladies Championship, which is scheduled for Dec. 14-15 and features a $250,000 guarantee, and the $1,100 Seniors Championship, slated for Dec. 18-19 with a $500,000 guarantee.
The full WPT World Championship festival schedule, including satellite tournaments, is available on WPT.com, plus more information on all World Poker tour events. For more information on Wynn Las Vegas, visit wynnlasvegas.com.
*Players can expect to play on ClubWPT Gold beginning in early 2025. There is no purchase necessary to play on ClubWPT Gold. For more information regarding these events, including how to qualify and location eligibility, visit ClubWPTGold.com.
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About the World Poker Tour®
World Poker Tour® (WPT®) is the premier name in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online, and mobile. Leading innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, WPT ignited the global poker boom with the creation of a unique television show based on a series of high-stakes poker tournaments. WPT has broadcast globally in more than 150 countries and territories and is currently producing its 22nd season. Season XXI of WPT is sponsored by ClubWPT.com. ClubWPT.com is a unique online membership site that offers inside access to the WPT, as well as a sweepstakes-based poker club available in 43 states and territories across the United States, Australia, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. WPT also participates in strategic brand license, partnership, and sponsorship opportunities. For more information, go to WPT.com.
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About ClubWPT™ Gold
ClubWPTGold.com is a sweepstakes-based poker club, available in 46 states and territories across the United States. No purchase is necessary for the ClubWPT Gold sweepstakes, and the service is void where prohibited.
About Wynn Las Vegas
Wynn Resorts is the recipient of more Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Awards than any other independent hotel company in the world and in 2024 was once again honored on FORTUNE Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies list. Wynn and Encore Las Vegas consist of two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,748 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas. The resort features approximately 194,000 square feet of casino space, 20 signature dining experiences, 14 bars, two award-winning spas, approximately 513,000 rentable square feet of meeting and convention space, approximately 174,000 square feet of retail space as well as two showrooms, two nightclubs, a beach club, and recreation and leisure facilities, including Wynn Golf Club, an 18-hole championship golf course. For more information on Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, visit press.wynnlasvegas.com.