{"id":56304,"date":"2022-12-17T00:31:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T00:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=56304"},"modified":"2022-12-17T00:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T00:33:12","slug":"wpt-world-championship-reaches-30-million-new-schedule-international-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wpt-world-championship-reaches-30-million-new-schedule-international-stops\/","title":{"rendered":"WPT World Championship Reaches $30 Million; New Schedule Includes Several International Stops"},"content":{"rendered":"
Much of the poker world has an eye on Las Vegas<\/a> as the World Poker Tour World Championship<\/strong> continues playing out at the Wynn. After guaranteeing $15 million, the tournament ultimately smashed that this week with almost a $30 million<\/strong> prize pool.<\/span><\/p>\n The tournament brought in 2,960 entries with only 399 players<\/strong> returning for Day 3 on Thursday. The winner will score a juicy $4.1 million<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n In other news, the WPT also released dates for the early part of next season\u2019s schedule. That includes some interesting international stops such as events in Italy<\/strong><\/a>, the Netherlands, France<\/strong><\/a>, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n When cards got back in the air on Friday, Romania\u2019s Adrian Sorel State<\/strong> returned as chip leader with 2.4 million. He has $584,614 in career live tournament winnings and significant online poker winnings as well, at just under $1 million.<\/span><\/p>\n Among those returning for Day 3 included WPT champions Daniel Negreanu<\/strong>, Mike Del Vecchio, Taylor von Kriegenbergh, Freddy Deeb<\/strong>, and Eric Yilmaz. WPT anchor Lynn Gilmartin<\/strong> and WPTDeepStacks winner Alex Greenblatt also returned for action.<\/span><\/p>\n This marked only the second WPT cash for Negreanu since 2019<\/strong>. However, he remains one of the biggest winners on the tour.<\/p>\n Pretty wild I\u2019m still 2nd on @WPT<\/a> all time money list with just one cash since 2015 that happened in 2019<\/p>\n Carlos Mortensen This @WynnPoker<\/a> event could shake things up!<\/p>\n — Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWPT World Championship earns rave reviews among players<\/span><\/h2>\n
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$6,738,672
Daniel Negreanu
$5,796,673
Michael Mizrachi
$5,135,734<\/p>\n