The WPT World Series, currently taking place in Las Vegas, USA, brings a great poker experience not only for the players but also for the uninitiated spectators. The battles in the "smaller" WPT Prime Championship are nearing the finals, and the most exciting one - the WPT World Championship - has kicked off with the opening days of play.
WPT Prime Championship
The record-breaking WPT Prime Championship, which generated a whopping 10,512 entries during the opening days of play, is coming to a close. The last 9 players remain in the field and will face off for the title on December 19.
With a buy-in of $1,100, players have managed to inflate the prizepool to $10,196,640. The action will continue with a 500k/1M blinds and a 1M ante and Jon Glendinning will be the chipleader with a stack of 72M chips.
Final Table:
| Name | Stack |
| Jon Glendinning | 72,600,000 |
| Jay Lu | 67,900,000 |
| Calvin Anderson | 61,200,000 |
| Valeriy Pak | 60,200,000 |
| Bob Buckenmayer | 46,600,000 |
| Aaron Pinson | 45,900,000 |
| Yuebin Guo | 32,600,000 |
| Mukul Pahuja | 17,900,000 |
| Tri Dao | 16,500,000 |
A record prize of $1,386,280 awaits the winner who takes down all 10,511 opponents. Who will dominate the event and take home the fabulous prize?
WPT World Championship
The tournament with the "World Championship" designation has completed its opening two days of play, with two more flighters to be played. The WPT World Championship guarantees a massive $40M, which is the biggest live tournament guarantee in poker history, and which, with a $10,400 buy-in and a huge turnout in the previous WPT Prime, could be up for grabs.
Last year's stop, which then guaranteed $15M at the same buy-in in Las Vegas, USA, exceeded all expectations. The prizepool climbed to $29,008,000 thanks to 2,960 entries, with winner Eliot Hudon getting $4,136,000 richer.
The first day of play at the WPT World Championship saw a whopping 609 players enter the fray, with the top 202 players advancing further. Jeff Haki managed to bag up the biggest stack, which will see him unwrap nearly a million chips on the next day.
On Day 1B, 730 players jumped into the tournament, including our very own Martin Korman. He managed to be one of the top 265 players to advance to Day 2, and we'll keep our fingers crossed for him there.
During the opening days, 10 hour-long levels will be played each time, at the end of which we will know the names of the players advancing to Day 2. They will then meet in battle on December 16 and we will know the overall winner just before Christmas, specifically on December 21 during the streamed final table.
Source - PokerNews, WorldPokerTour
