The World Poker Tour and partypoker have again joined forces to bring you the WPT500 festival. March 7 through March 23 are the dates the WPT500 festival takes place online at partypoker. There are 25 numbered events on the schedule, two of which boast $1 million guaranteed prize pools.
The first of these WPT tournaments with a seven-figure guarantee is the WPT500. It features nine starting flights, each costing $530 to enter. Day 1A commences at 8:05 p.m. GMT tonight and sees those who enter battle it out until only 15% of the field remains.
Last year’s WPT500 attracted a bumper crowd of 4,828 entries and it was Fabio Sperling who was the last player standing. Sperling took home $281,125 after a four-handed deal that involved Walter Treccarichi ($235,666), Markus Prinz ($202,012), and Christopher Puetz ($187,289).
$1M Gtd WPT500 Schedule
| Date | Time (GMT) | Tournament |
|---|
| Sun 7 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #01 WPT500 Day 1A: $1M Gtd |
| Mon 8 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #01 WPT500 Day 1B: $1M Gtd |
| Tue 9 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #01 WPT500 Day 1C: $1M Gtd |
| Wed 10 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #01 WPT500 Day 1D: $1M Gtd |
| Thu 11 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #01 WPT500 Day 1E: $1M Gtd |
| Fri 12 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #01 WPT500 Day 1F: $1M Gtd |
| Sat 13 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #01 WPT500 Day 1G: $1M Gtd |
| Sun 14 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #01 WPT500 Day 1H: $1M Gtd |
| Mon 15 Mar | 5:05 p.m. | WPT #01 WPT500 Day 1 Turbo: $1M Gtd |
| Mon 15 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #01 WPT500 Day 2: $1M Gtd |
The second $1 million guaranteed event on the schedule is a PKO edition of the WPT500. It runs from March 15 through March 22, following a schedule similar to the traditional WPT500.
The WPT500 Knockout has one less flight than the WPT500 and has a slightly different blind structure, but the clock is still 12-minutes for the standard flights and seven-minutes for the final turbo flight.
$1M Gtd WPT500 Knockout Schedule
| Date | Time (GMT) | Tournament |
|---|
| Mon 15 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #13 WPT500 Knockout Day 1A: $1M Gtd |
| Tue 16 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #13 WPT500 Knockout Day 1B: $1M Gtd |
| Wed 17 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #13 WPT500 Knockout Day 1C: $1M Gtd |
| Thu 18 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #13 WPT500 Knockout Day 1D: $1M Gtd |
| Fri 19 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #13 WPT500 Knockout Day 1E: $1M Gtd |
| Sat 20 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #13 WPT500 Knockout Day 1F: $1M Gtd |
| Sun 21 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #13 WPT500 Knockout Day 1G: $1M Gtd |
| Mon 22 Mar | 5:05 p.m. | WPT #13 WPT500 Knockout Day 1H Turbo: $1M Gtd |
| Mon 22 Mar | 8:05 p.m. | WPT #13 WPT500 Day 2: $1M Gtd |
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