WPT Australia, starting this week and running for 14 days from 12 to 25 September at The Star Gold Coast, will see a total of nine WPT World Championship pathways packages up for grabs.
The packages, to be awarded to the winners of select events throughout the WPT Australia series, include three to the US$10,400 WPT World Championship itself, to be held at Wynn Las Vegas in December. Last year’s WPT World Championship winner, American Dan Sepiol, took home a massive US$5.3 million (AU$7.9 million) after topping the 3,835-strong field.
One of those WPT World Championship packages will go the winner of the WPT Australia main event, whose prize will include a US$10,400 token into the WPT World Championship plus accommodation provided by the WPT.
Two more WPT World Championship packages will go the winners of the $20k Super High Roller and the $10k World Championship Warm-up. These packages are worth AU$20,000 each and include entry into the WPT World Championship plus AU$4,000 in cash travel expenses.
Also up for grabs are five WPT Prime Championship packages, each worth AU$6,000, comprising a US$1,100 entry into the WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December plus AU$4,300 in cash travel expenses. These will be gifted to the winners of the WPT Australia $1,500 Opening Event, the $1,650 Mystery Bounty, the $1,150 Outback Survivor Bounty, the $2,000 Mini Championship Event and the $1,150 WPT World Champs Road to Vegas.
Another US$1,100 entry into the WPT Prime Championship will be given away as a bounty should the Mystery Bounty event exceed 400 entries.
Finally, Star Poker has added a special WPT Ladies Championship package for the winner of the $675 Ladies Australian Championship, taking place on 17 and 18 September – comprising a US$1,100 entry fee into the Ladies World Championship in December and AU$4,300 in cash travel expenses.
This year’s expanded WPT Australia series will feature 23 events, up from 16 in 2023, and offer an estimated combined prize pool to be paid out during the course of the festival is around $13 million.
Last year’s WPT Australian main event champion, American Richard Lee, took home $838,890 after outlasting a field of exactly 600 starters.
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