Key Takeaways
- WPT has teamed up with Poker King to host another online tournament series on the popular Asian platform.
- Called WPT Asia Online, the festival guarantees 15 million, which equates to roughly 2.3 million in USD.
- The bulk of the prize money is earmarked to the Main Event boasting CNY 10 million ($1.56 million) in guarantees alone.
- The WPT Asia Online series marks the extension of the partnership between the two.
With all the focus on the WSOP live series in Las Vegas, rival World Poker Tour (WPT) is filling the void in the Asian market with a WPT-branded online festival.
Called WPT Asia Online, the festival is being held on the popular Asian poker app, Poker King. This is the second time that the pair has teamed up to host an online festival targeted at the Asian market.
The festival got underway last Friday and runs for another week. As seen last time, all the buy-ins and prize pools are denominated in Chinese Yuan. The overall series guarantee is CNY 15 million, which equates to approximately USD $2.3 million.
This is spread over 15 events with buy-ins ranging from CNY 220 ($35) to 10,500 ($1650).
