$400 buy-in, $300K GTD WPT Online Poker Open Coming Up on Sunday
Remember, the current series will culminate on Sunday with the $400 buy-in, $300K GTD WPT Online Poker Open powered by partypoker US Main Event. Satellites are running daily for that tournament, and as of Thursday night, 87 players have already punched their ticket to the big show via sattys.
Another aspect of the tournament were the two Phased flights, which allowed players not only the chance to qualify for the tournament, but to carry over more than the 1 million starting stack. On Tuesday, the Phased flight attracted 64 runners with only four of them surviving play. BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Michael "Gags30" Gagliano, who was recently a guest on the PokerNews Podcast, bagged a massive 2,535,888. Others to make it through were "jqbpk772" (1,517,662), "cenation" (1,350,308), and "phatalb15."
In Thursday's flight, there were 100 entries and a dozen of the players advanced with "spinach_kale" (1,742,341) out in front. Others who advanced with seven figures were "PokerKarma" (1,632,582), "sansara52" (1,444,068), and "nigock" (1,060,028).
Remember, the winner of the WPT Online Poker Open Main Event tournament will receive a Champion’s Trophy, a VIP WPT experience in Las Vegas, and an $11,000 package that includes entry into a WPT’s Five Diamond World Poker Classic.
There will be four daily qualifiers giving players a chance into the Main Event for a low as $5. There will also be a daily $45 buy-in satellite at 7:30 pm ET will take place on the partypoker US Network.