Wynn Las Vegas might be a hotbed of poker exercise in December. That’s when the World Poker Tour’s WPT Championship brings the primary assured $15 million prize pool to the Strip built-in resort.
The poker site at Wynn Las Vegas. It would host a serious World Poker Tour occasion in December. (Picture: Wynn Las Vegas)
This can be a multi-tournament occasion with a wide range of buy-ins. However the crown jewel is the WPT World Championship, which Wynn Las Vegas is internet hosting from Dec. 1 by means of Dec. 20. The ultimate desk of the championship might be televised, and the buy-in for that occasion is a hefty $10,400.
The WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas options three ‘Day 1’ flights on Dec. 12, 13, and 14 that can culminate with the crowning of a champion on December 20. Every of these beginning days will embrace a ‘freezeout’ format, with gamers permitted a single entry per flight,” in response to an announcement issued by the WPT.
Beginning on June 12, ClubWPT, the official subscription on-line poker recreation of the World Poker Tour, will host a wide range of qualifying occasions. It’s anticipated not less than 200 on-line qualifiers will take part within the championship.
Broadcast on Bally’s
Along with Wynn Las Vegas internet hosting the WPT occasion, there’s one other tie-in to a well known gaming firm. WPT tournaments are broadcast on Bally’s Sports activities within the US.
In November 2020, Bally’s paid $85 million to place its title for 10 years on 21 regional sports activities networks (RSNs) owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. That accord was later broadened to incorporate authentic content material, and will finally embrace the gaming firm working with the media outfit’s Sinclair’s Tennis Channel and Stadium models.
“The Sinclair-owned and operated Bally Sports activities RSN portfolio consists of the next 19 community manufacturers: Bally Sports activities Arizona; Bally Sports activities Detroit; Bally Sports activities Florida; Bally Sports activities Nice Lakes; Bally Sports activities Kansas Metropolis; Bally Sports activities Indiana; Bally Sports activities Midwest; Bally Sports activities New Orleans; Bally Sports activities North; Bally Sports activities Ohio; Bally Sports activities Oklahoma; Bally Sports activities San Diego; Bally Sports activities SoCal; Bally Sports activities South; Bally Sports activities Southeast; Bally Sports activities Southwest; Bally Sports activities Solar; Bally Sports activities West; and, Bally Sports activities Wisconsin,” in response to an announcement.
As for WPT’s multi-tournament occasion at Wynn Las Vegas, there might be a number of giant buy-in televised choices.
“A second televised occasion between Dec. 8-12, the inaugural 2022 World Poker Tour Prime Championship, will carry a $1,100 buy-in and $2 million assured prize pool. The pageant wraps December 16-19 with the $2 million assured Wynn Thriller Bounty, by which gamers have an opportunity to attract for money prizes as much as $100,000 after eliminating fellow opponents,” added WPT within the assertion.
Wynn Las Vegas Has Massive Poker Popularity
Loads of Las Vegas venues, together with these on and off the Strip, have deep ties to poker and associated high-profile occasions.
Wynn Las Vegas isn’t any slouch on the poker entrance. The built-in resort is at the moment internet hosting Wynn Summer time Traditional, which runs by means of July 20 and options $16.5 million in assured prizes.
The venue additionally has day by day tournaments, apart from when marquee occasions are on, with assured weekly prize swimming pools of $95,000.
