{"id":57077,"date":"2023-10-31T18:38:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=57077"},"modified":"2023-10-31T18:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:38:42","slug":"wpt-global-world-championship-december-live-tournament-series-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wpt-global-world-championship-december-live-tournament-series-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"WPT World Championship, WSOP Paradise & EPT Prague\u2014How December Tournament Series Compare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seemingly out of nowhere, December has become perhaps the most competitive month for live poker tournament series. Before 2020, the European Poker Tour\u2019s stop in Prague<\/strong> was the marquee event for the month. However, things have heated up since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the industry to press pause and make a fresh start.<\/p>\n

Last year, the World Poker Tour<\/strong> introduced its new World Championship<\/strong> at the Wynn Las Vegas. <\/strong>That inaugural event was an explosive success, with the main event receiving nearly double the guaranteed turnout and most side events outperforming expectations by similar or greater margins.<\/p>\n

This year, the WPT World Championship is back and bigger than ever. However, it faces a new challenger in the World Series of Poker\u2019s WSOP Paradise. <\/strong>This new tournament series will take place at the Atlantis Resort <\/strong>in the Bahamas,<\/strong> the former home of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

All three occupy a similar part of the calendar, running in the first half of the month and wrapping up before Christmas:<\/p>\n