WPT World Championship Will Feature a $5M Freeroll for ClubWPT Gold Players
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Last Updated: October 5, 2024
The World Poker Tour (WPT) has released the full schedule for the most anticipated live poker event of the year, the WPT World Championship, and with it the announcement of a brand new product dubbed ClubWPT Gold.
To celebrate the launch of ClubWPT Gold, a new sweepstakes poker platform available to players across the US, WPT will be throwing a massive $5,000,000 freeroll during this year’s WPT World Championship at the Wynn, making one lucky player a millionaire, and giving 100 others a chance to play in the $10,400 WPT World Championship event.
As usual, the festival will include the WPT World Championship, WPT Prime Championship, and a number of other events with tens of millions of dollars in combined prizes across the 20 days of live poker action.
ClubWPT Gold Set for Imminent Launch
The biggest news that came from WPT’s recent press release is the launch of ClubWPT Gold, a completely new product that will be based on the tried and tested sweepstakes poker model.
The platform will accept players from the vast majority of states in the US, and allow them to play poker using a virtual currency called Gold Coins. The currency can be purchased from ClubWPT Gold, but has no real money value.
Each time a player acquires Gold Coins, they are also awarded Sweeps Coins, another virtual currency that can used to play at Sweeps poker tables. Sweeps Coins won through play can be redeemed for real cash prizes.
This means that while real money poker remains illegal in a big part of the US, players at ClubWPT Gold will have a chance to showcase their skills and win real money without making real money deposits. Unlike ClubWPT, ClubWPT Gold will not require a monthly subscription either.
The new product is planned for an early 2025 launch, but you can sign up with ClubWPT Gold starting September 24 and participate in a variety of contests and raffles that may ultimately lead you to play in the $5,000,000 freeroll at the Wynn this December.
Biggest Freeroll in Poker History Awaits
ClubWPT Gold will launch in style, as WPT is throwing a huge $5,000,000 freeroll for 2,000 players who win their seats via the new platform.
Starting September 24, ClubWPT Gold will be open for registrations, and all who register will have a chance to participate in various raffles and contests where freeroll seats will be given away.
In total, the $5,000,000 freeroll will see 2,000 players take their seats in December, one of whom will be awarded a $1,000,000 first-place prize, and 100 of whom will receive seats in the $10,400 WPT World Championship event.
The remaining money will be split among the top finishers in the freeroll like it would be in a regular tournament.
With 2,000 seats up for grabs, registering with ClubWPT Gold as soon as possible and taking every opportunity to compete for a seat in the freeroll is an opportunity you should not miss out on.
“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. In celebration of the launch of ClubWPT Gold, we’re aiming for another first for the poker world with the largest freeroll ever offered.” – Adam Pliska, WPT CEO and President.
WPT World Championship Boasts Substantial Schedule
We have grown accustomed to the WPT World Championship being one of the most comprehensive poker festivals of the year, and 2024 will be no different.
Running from December 3 to 21, the WPT World Championship festival will be a true poker bonanza, with dozens of events featuring buyins as low as $600 and as high as $25,800.
The highlight of the series will be the $10,400 WPT World Championship event, which will be launched without a guaranteed prize pool as things stand, after paying out the biggest guaranteed prize pool of $40,000,000 in poker history last year.
The $5,000,000 ClubWPT Gold will be another highlight of the festival, but plenty of other exciting events will also be on the schedule, including:
- Dec 3 – 7: $1,100 WPT Prime Championship – $5,000,000 Guaranteed
- Dec 8 – 14: $800 No Limit Hold’em – $1,000,000 Guaranteed
- Dec 14 – 15: $1,100 Ladies NLH Championship – $250,000 Guaranteed
- Dec 18 – 21: $3,000 No Limit Hold’em – $3,000,000 Guaranteed
- Dec 19 – 20: $2,200 HORSE Championship – $200,000 Guaranteed
- Dec 20 – 23: $10,000 Seniors NLH – $500,000 Guaranteed
Apart from these major events, the WPT World Championship festival will feature several dozen other events across all buyin levels, with the full schedule now available at the WPT website.
In addition to all the events, WPT will run daily milestone satellites for both the WPT World Championship and the WPT Prime Championship, with dozens of seats guaranteed in each, giving all players an opportunity to participate in the biggest tournaments of the series.
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Join ClubWPT Gold and Plan for WPT World Championship
The WPT World Championship is coming ever closer, with the festival starting on December 3 at the Wynn Las Vegas, and the Championship event itself scheduled for December 14 – 21.
With the schedule and guarantees now all announced, the time to start planning your trip to the biggest WPT stop of the year is now, as only a couple of months remain to get your bankroll in order and make all the arrangements.
All players looking for extra value can now sign up with WPT’s brand-new sweepstakes poker platform ClubWPT Gold and start working their way towards one of 2,000 seats in the biggest live poker freeroll ever, which will be played alongside the Championship itself.