WPT Global Moves $1 For $1 Million Day 2 to October – To compensate players who have already qualified, WPT Global will award all those who made Day 2 prior to this announcement with $330 Main Event tickets. As many of you reading pokerfuse know, WPT Global , a newcomer to the online poker space, has been running its first tournament series, the Summer Festival , featuring a very solid schedule with generous guarantees, headlined by the $1 For $1 Million event.
As the name suggests, the event features a huge seven-figure guarantee combined with a super-small buy-in of just $1, making it one of the most valuable tournaments we have seen this year and beyond. The action kicked off on July 20 with the first of many Day 1s, and the original plan was to play Day 2 on August 21 , with the live-streamed final table taking place on August 22. But, WPT Global changed the schedule and pushed the Day 2 date a bit into the future.
According to the new press release from the operator, Day 2 will now take place on Saturday, October 1, while the final table will play out on Sunday, October 2. Looking to Attract More Players
The decision to move the Day 2 date for over a month came as a bit of a surprise, but WPT Global owners explained it was not motivated by the desire to shrink the overlay. When the tournament was first announced, it was clear it would have an overlay in excess of $900,000, and this extension will not influence that fact too much.
What WPT Global wants to do is give as many players as possible to get involved with the tournament, and having an extra few weeks to sign up, take advantage of the WPT Global deposit bonus, and jump into some Day 1 flights should help achieve that goal.
While moving the Day 2 date came as a surprise, the accompanying promise from WPT Global was probably a bigger one. Namely, to compensate the players who have already qualified (and thought they would play on August […]
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