WPT announces the final tables that will take place at the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas. (photo: HyperX Esports Arena)

The World Poker Tour announced a significant section of the second half of the Season XVII Main Tour Schedule. Ten new events with locations on both coasts of the United States as well as stops in Canada and Europe.

The schedule features the first of the final tables that the World Poker Tour will be pausing in order to film them for television at the newly renamed HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas at the Luxor Hotel & Casino.

“The World Poker Tour is proud to announce more events to our growing Season XVII WPT Main Tour calendar,” said Adam Pliska, CEO of the World Poker Tour. “In addition to the great events on the schedule, the WPT looks forward to the first of this season’s final tables to be played at the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas at Luxor Hotel & Casino. In partnership with our sister company, Allied Esports, and backed by the support of Ourgame, we are thrilled to host the best final tables in poker at Esports Arena.”

The tour returns for a second stop at The Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens, CA (Los Angeles Country) for the $10,000 buy-in WPT Gardens Poker Championship from January 12-16. It will be the first event to feature the new final table format.

Subsequent tour stops that will have their final tables featured at the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas include The WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open in February, a second go around for WPT Choctaw in May and the season-ending Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions taking place at the ARIA Resort & Casino in June.

“Our players and casino partners deserve the brightest spotlight poker has to offer and what better way to give them that than inside the new official home of poker at the HyperX Esports Arena,” said Angelica Hael, VP of Global Tour Management for the World Poker Tour. “The WPT is excited to work with our Esports Arena final tablists to provide a true superstar VIP experience.”

According to the World Poker Tour, travel accommodations and hotel stay are provided for HyperX Esports final table participants.

In addition to those four tournaments, the WPT continues to live up to its name by producing events around the globe. From Russia to Canada, Barcelona to the UK, the World Poker Tour is bringing its brand of poker to all corners of the world. Of course, it also hasn’t forgotten about their successful tour stops like WPT Rolling Thunder and, of course, the final open even the WPT ARIA Summer Championship in May.

Even with the current slate of tour dates, it’s likely that the WPT will add at least one more stop to the calendar. WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage tweeted on Monday that the schedule for the Los Angeles Poker Classic was simply waiting for approval with a WPT Main Event taking place from March 2-6.

Current World Poker Tour 2019 Schedule

DATE EVENT LOCATION BUY-IN
January 12-16 WPT Gardens Championship Gardens Casino Hawaiian Gardens, CA $10,000
January 21-27 WPT Russia Casino Sochi Sochi, Russia $3,000
January 27-31 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Atlantic City, NJ $3,500
February 23-25 WPT Fallsview Poker Classic Fallsview Casino Resort Ontario, Canada CAD$5,000
March 8-12 WPT Rolling Thunder Thunder Valley Casino Resort Lincoln, CA $5,000
March 10-17 WPT Barcelona Casino Barcelona Barcelona, Spain €3,300
April 7-14 WPT European Championship Dusk Till Dawn Nottingham, UK £3,300
May 17-20 WPT Choctaw Choctaw Casino Resort Durant, OK $3,700
May 27-31 WPT ARIA Summer Championship ARIA Hotel & Resort Las Vegas, NV $10,000
June 1-3 Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions ARIA Hotel & Resort Las Vegas, NV $15,000