World Poker Tour officially released its schedule of
2021 events on Wednesday. Players will find seven live events in the tour’s
19th season with several North America-based events returning to the schedule.
Following a record-breaking Season XVIII, the new live campaign kicks off with the WPT
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa from
June 18-22. The new event is one of three events held in
Florida in 2021 with two events also heading to
Las Vegas.
The extended Season XVIII included several massive turnouts in some of the tour’s final events earlier this year. Tour officials are hoping that signals even more interest in returning to the live tournament felt.
$1,537,605
The Sunday $10,300 event drew 1,089 entries last week, with the largest share by Tuesday (final table day) going to Andersson, a Swedish online pro with over $5 million in cashes. The champion dominated play at the final table so much that he held a 19-1 chip advantage when heads-up play against Julian Stuer (also a Cardschat BWOW for another event this week) began. It truly was “Milly Maker Week” on GGPoker, the poker site promoted by Daniel Negreanu. Andersson was one of three players to score a seven-figure payday this week.
(Image: Triton Poker)
$1,105,679
“Badz” decided his runner-up finish for nearly $392K last week in a $25,500 Super High Roller on GGPoker wasn’t good enough, so he stepped his game up even further and shipped the Sunday 5 Million, also a $25,500 event, on Monday. The 29-year-old from Belarus has been an absolute beast in the GGPoker Spring Festival high roller events, having cashed in five for nearly $2 million. Badziakouski is arguabl
$1,537,605
The Sunday $10,300 event drew 1,089 entries last week, with the largest share by Tuesday (final table day) going to Andersson, a Swedish online pro with over $5 million in cashes. The champion dominated play at the final table so much that he held a 19-1 chip advantage when heads-up play against Julian Stuer (also a Cardschat BWOW for another event this week) began. It truly was “Milly Maker Week” on GGPoker, the poker site promoted by Daniel Negreanu. Andersson was one of three players to score a seven-figure payday this week.
(Image: Triton Poker)
$1,105,679
“Badz” decided his runner-up finish for nearly $392K last week in a $25,500 Super High Roller on GGPoker wasn’t good enough, so he stepped his game up even further and shipped the Sunday 5 Million, also a $25,500 event, on Monday. The 29-year-old from Belarus has been an absolute beast in the GGPoker Spring Festival high roller events, having cashed in five for nearly $2 million. Badziakouski is arguabl
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