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WPT Season XVII Continues into 2019 with New Events and HyperX

Written by Jennifer Newell
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The end of the calendar year means little for most poker tours. The World Poker Tour is the prime example, as its seasons begin in the summer of one year and wrap up in the spring of the following year. Currently, the WPT is in its 17th season. While the future remains a mystery due to the recent acquisition of the company by Black Ridge and its new overall organization umbrella of Allied Esports Entertainment, fans hope there will be no major changes to the tour. Everyone will expect the rollout of WPT XVIII in the coming months to keep the World Poker Tour in motion. Meanwhile, let’s look at Season XVII thus far and what’s to come.

Season XVII: First Half in the Bag

The season kicked off in July in Southern California, not far from the WPT offices. And it didn’t stop until December at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
WPT Gardens Poker Festival at Gardens Casino, Southern California Dates:  July 21-26 Buy-in:  $5,000 Entries:  584 Prize pool:  $2,944,800 Winner:  Simon Lam for $565,055 and Mercedes Benz SLC Roadster
https://twitter.com/DailymotionUSA/status/1023969720033140736
WPT Choctaw Dates:  August 3-7 Buy-in:  $3,700 Entries:  755 Prize pool:  $2,548,225 Winner:  Brady Holiman for $469,185 WPT Borgata Poker Open Dates:  September 16-21 Buy-in:  $3,500 Entries:  1,075 Prize pool:  $3,441,075 Winner:  Erkut Yilmaz for $575,112 WPT Maryland at Live! Casino Dates:  September 21-25 Buy-in:  $3,500 Entries:  554 Prize pool:  $1,757,800 Winner:  Tony Ruberto for $344,755 WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble Dates:  October 19-23 Buy-in:  $5,000 Entries:  356 Prize pool:  $1,648,280 Winner:  Tony Tran for $341,486

WPT Montreal

Dates:  October 28 – November 4

Buy-in:  C$5,300

Entries:  792

Prize pool:  $5,000,000 (GTD)

Winner:  Patrick Serda for C$855,000

WPT Seminole Rock ’N’ Roll Poker Open Dates:  November 23-28 Buy-in:  $3,500 Entries:  898 Prize pool:  $2,873,600 Winner:  Pavel Plesuv for $504,820 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Dates:  December Buy-in:  $10,400 Entries:  1,001 Prize pool:  $9,709,700 Winner:  Dylan Linde for $1,631,468
https://twitter.com/WPT/status/1074190054258405376

WPT POY Standings

With half of the season completed, it’s a good time to take a look at the WPT Player of the Year rankings. It’s no surprise that the top five players include three of the champions listed above, but others have had significant cashes to catapult them to the top of the leaderboard. At the end of the season, the winner will take home the grand prize, which is a $15K WPT Passport, which can be used in any Season XVIII global WPT event and includes complimentary accommodations, ground transportation, food and beverage credits, a Hublot WPT POY trophy, and a Hublot watch valued at $15K. The second-place finisher will receive a $7,500 WPT Passport, and the third-place player will receive a passport worth $2,500.
1st place:  Tony Ruberto (1,850 points) = 3 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win 2nd place:  Ping Liu (1,550 points) = 4 cashes, 2 final tables 3rd place:  Dylan Linde (1,400 points) = 1 cash, 1 final table, 1 win 4th place:  Erkut Yilmaz (1,300 points) = 3 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win 5th place:  Sorel Mizzi (1,300 points) = 3 cashes, 1 final table
https://twitter.com/WPT/status/1076937528362614784

Remaining WPT Events

After the holidays, players will have a few extra days to rest before getting back to the World Poker Tour tables. It will all get underway again back in Southern California where the season began.
WPT Gardens Poker Championship at Gardens Casino, Southern California Dates:  January 12-16 Buy-in:  $10,000 WPT Russia at Casino Sochi, Russia Dates:  January 21-27 Buy-in:  ₽198,000 (approximately $2,800) Guarantee:  ₽90,000,000 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open at Borgata Casino, Atlantic City Dates:  January 27-31 Buy-in:  $3,500 Guarantee:  $3 million
https://twitter.com/WPT/status/1076221334080839681
WPT Fallsview Poker Classic at Fallsview Casino, Ontario, Canada Dates:  February 23-25 Buy-in:  C$5,000 ($3,600) WPT L.A. Poker Classic at Commerce Casino, Southern California Dates:  March 2-6 Buy-in:  $10,000 WPT Rolling Thunder at Thunder Valley Casino, Sacramento, California Dates:  March 8-12 Buy-in:  $5,000 WPT Barcelona at Casino Barcelona, Spain Dates:  March 11-17 Buy-in:  €3,300 ($3,700) Guarantee:  €3 million WPT Venetian at Venetian Casino, Las Vegas Dates:  March 22-26 Buy-in:  $3,500 Guarantee:  $1 million WPT Choctaw at Choctaw Casino, Durant, Oklahoma Dates:  May 17-20 Buy-in:  $3,700 WPT ARIA Summer Championship at ARIA Casino, Las Vegas Dates:  May 27-31 Buy-in:  $10,000 Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions at ARIA Casino, Las Vegas Dates:  June 1-3 Buy-in:  $15,000
The Gardens, Borgata, and Commerce events will have delayed final tables, each of which are scheduled for March 12, 13, and 14, respectively. They will be played and filmed at the HyperX Esports Arena in Las Vegas, which is at the Luxor Casino property. If any later tournaments will also be delayed for HyperX playdown and filming, the WPT will make that announcement at a later date.  

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