The WPT Prime mid-majors tournament series may still be in its first few years, but it has certainly made a statement. Ultimately, most players found their way, and the WPT-Wynn festival did not suffer.
But it did post record fields prior to the abrupt closure.) And many players either exclusively chose the WPT festivities over the WSOP or flew to the Bahamas first and jetted to Las Vegas to catch the WPT World Championship Main Event. (The APT actually had to shut down days early, though, due to conflicts with permits and authoritative bodies. Poker players had to make some choices, as there was also the ever-popular EPT Prague in Europe and the APT Hanoi Billions in Asia.Īs it turns out, the European Poker Tour posted record turnout for its largest events, as did the Asian Poker Tour. There were high guarantees, free entries and rooms for a number of players, and shiny gold WSOP bracelets. The World Series of Poker – probably completely coincidentally – set its new live bracelet series for the first half of December. The biggest challenge, however, was the introduction of the WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas.Many poker rooms around Las Vegas introduced series that gave players tournament alternatives, sometimes with lower price points.
There were also some unique variables that could present challenges for the WPT World Championship in 2023.
