WPT Championship Plays On, WSOP Asia-Pacific Sets October Schedule

WPT Championship Finishes Day 2

The World Poker Tour’s World Championship was underway at the Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The $15,400 buy-in NLHE Main Event with reentries started with 105 entries on the first day and another 223 entries on the second.

The total was then verified as 328 entries and a $4,852,400 prize pool, which didn’t make the guarantee of $5 million. WPT Head Adam Pliska tweeted that the WPT will add $40K to the prize pool to honor the guarantee and ensure that the winner receives $1.35 million. The top 36 finishers will all be paid.

Day 2 began with 200 survivors from their respective starting days, but players like Marvin Rettenmaier, Vanessa Rousso, Matt Salsberg, Men Nguyen, Paul Volpe, and Greg Merson were eliminated. Play stopped with just 68 players in action and Eric Afriat, winner of the WPT Seminole just last week, was the massive chip leader with 1,003,000 chips, followed in a distant second by Anthony Gregg with 567K.

WSOP Asia-Pacific Sets Schedule

The World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific announced its international stop in 2014 to take place in Melbourne at the Crown Casino. The 10 WSOP gold bracelet events are scheduled for October 2-18. All will be included in the 2014 WSOP Player of the Year race.

Events will include a $1,100 NLHE Accumulator event with three starting days beginning on October 2, as well as a $25,000 NLHE High Roller event starting on October 15. There will also be PLO, Dealer’s Choice 8-Game, and other NLHE options. The $10,000 NLHE Main Event will run from October 12-18 with two starting days.

The Main Event and High Roller events will be filmed for television by ESPN for broadcast in Australia and the United States.