World Poker Tour Partners with Natural8 for WPT Asia Online
Poker players in Asian markets are about to get the opportunity to play for their share of World Poker Tour glory – and $100 million HKD in guaranteed prize pools – thanks to the tour’s partnership with Natural8.
WPT Asia Online is a 22-event series, running from October 3 – 22 featuring tournaments which are restricted to players in Asian markets and includes various game formats, multiple leaderboards, and the single biggest online poker tournament guarantee in the region’s history.
The WPT Asia Main Event has a $10 million HKD guarantee and a $10,000 HKD buy-in. There are 22 starting flights beginning on October 18 with the final day scheduled for October 25.
There are also National Championship events for Vietnam, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Cambodia, Japan, and Macau. The buy-in and guarantee for each of these events is in the host country’s currency and the eventual champion of each event also earns a WPT Passport valued at HK$23,000.
Three separate leaderboards, each covering a single week of play, will give players the opportunity to earn points for their home country. The top 10 players for each country have their total count towards the leaderboard and players who earn at least one leaderboard point for the top-performing country will then play in freeroll tournaments with prizes of $50,000 HKD, $50,000 HKD, and $100,000 HKD.
| DATE | TIME | EVENT | BUY-IN | GUARANTEED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | 20:00 | Event #1: Beat the Pros Bounty | 2,100 HKD | 1,000,000 |
| Oct 3 | 21:00 | Event #2: WPTDeepStacks | 8,000 HKD | 1,500,000 |
| Oct 4 | 20:00 | Event #3: WPT Vietnam Championship | 25,000,000 VND | 5,000,000,000 |
| Oct 4 | 21:00 | Event #4: WPT300 | 300 HKD | 1,000,000 |
| Oct 6 | 20:00 | Event #5: WPT Korea Championship | 1,650,000 KRW | 150,000,000 |
| Oct 8 | 21:00 | Event #6: Short Deck Poker Open | 600 HKD | 100,000 |
| Oct 10 | 20:00 | Event #7: Zodiac Shooting Star Bounty | 1,050 CNY | 388,000 |
| Oct 10 | 21:00 | Event #8: PLO Turbo | 400 HKD | 100,000 |
| Oct 11 | 20:00 | Event #9: WPT Phillipines Championship | 80,000 PHP | 10,000,000 |
| Oct 11 | 21:00 | Event #10: Superstack Classic | 4,000 HKD | 5,000,000 |
| Oct 13 | 20:00 | Event #11: WPT Taiwan Championship | 30,000 TWD | 3,500,000 |
| Oct 15 | 20:00 | Event #12: Six Max Poker Open | 600 HKD | 388,000 |
| Oct 17 | 20:00 | Event #13: Zodiac Golden dragon | 800 CNY | 388,000 |
| Oct 17 | 21:00 | Event #14: PLO Bounty | 525 HKD | 150,000 |
| Oct 18 | 20:00 | Event #15: WPT Cambodia High Roller Championship | 3,500 USD | 350,000 |
| Oct 18 | 21:00 | Event #16: WPT Asia Mini Main Event | 1,000 HKD | 5,000,000 |
| Oct 20 | 20:00 | Event #17: WPT Japan Championship | 30,000 JPY | 7,500,000 |
| Oct 22 | 20:00 | Event #18: Turbo Poker Open | 600 HKD | 250,000 |
| Oct 24 | 20:00 | Event #19: Zodiac White Tiger | 800 CNY | 388,000 |
| Oct 24 | 21:00 | Event #20: PLO Finale | 1,000 HKD | 200,000 |
| Oct 25 | 20:00 | Event #21: WPT Macau Championship | 3,500 HKD | 2,000,000 |
| Oct 25 | 21:00 | Event #22: WPT Asia Main Event | 10,000 HKD | 10,000,000 |
