WPT Prime Gold Coast Goes Big Down Under

The World Poker Tour’s popular WPT Prime returns to the Gold Coast in Australia following a hugely successful trip only eight months ago. The Star Gold Coast casino will be packed to the rafters with some supremely talented poker players, who each have their eye on becoming a WPT champion down under.

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WPT Prime Gold Coasts gets underway at 2:30 p.m. local time on February 23 with the $1,000 Opening Event. It features two flights taking place on consecutive days, a Day 2, before crowning its champion some time on February 26. Last year’s WPT Prime Gold Coast Opening Event saw 399 players buy-in for $750 and create a $269,325 prize pool. Australia’s Dan Smiljanic emerged from the battle victoriously, and with $55,587 in cash in tow.

High Rollers are catered for with a $5,000 $5K High Roller Challenge, and following player feedback, a new addition to the schedule, the $10,000 $10K Super High Roller Challenge. Gavin Best won the $5K Challenge in 2022, outlasting 85 opponents to scoop a $130,355, which was his first six-figure score.

Of course, the tournament everyone wants to win, especially if they are playing on home soil, is the $2,000 WPT Prime Gold Coast Main Event. Day 1A of the Main Event starts at 11:30 a.m. on March 2 and sees players enter the fray with 30,000 chips and play to a 40-minute clock where the blinds start at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. The clock extends to 60 minutes from Day 2 onwards, and whoever is crowned the WPT Prime Gold Coast Main Event champion will secure a $16,500 package to the 2023 WPT World Championship at the Wynn Las Vegas.

The 2022 edition of the WPT Prime Gold Coast Main Event drew in 896 players, each paying $1,500 for the chance to become a World Poker Tour champion. Yan Lei was the last player standing; they received $201,755 for their efforts, in addition to a commemorative trophy. No doubt Lei will be in the mix again, hoping to defend their title.

2022 WPT Prime Gold Coast Main Event Final Table Results

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2023 WPT Prime Gold Coast Schedule

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2022 WPT Prime Gold Coast Results

The 2023 WPT Prime Gold Coast should be a roaring success if it follows in the footsteps of the 2022 edition. It would be surprising not to see the 2022 champions head to The Star Gold Coast and attempt to become back-to-back champions. Here are last year’s winners.

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Although it is too late to win a seat or package to WPT Prime Gold Coast online at WPT Global, you can start trying to win you way into the $110 Passport Qualifiers that take place every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. ET and again at 6:00 p.m. ET on Sunday. At least one $,500 WPT Prime Passport is guaranteed, which you can use for any of the following events:

• Amsterdam, Netherlands – March 29-April1
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• Hanoi, Vietnam – May 25-29
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WPT Global has a history of making poker players’ dreams come true. LoriAnn Persinger and Stephen Kehoe captured packages to last year’s record-breaking WPT World Championship in Las Vegas, with both reaching the money places. Persinger ultimately collected $119,000 for her 30th place finish, while Kehoe returned home with $269,900 after seeing his tournament end in a 14th place finish.

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