In December of 2023, the World Poker Tour® will return to the Wynn Las Vegas for the season finale of Season XXI.
This year’s WPT World Championship event will be held from November 29th to December 1st at Wynn Las Vegas, a Forbes Travel Guide five-star property. 23. The WPT Prime Championship will take place from December 7-12, the WPT Women Championship will take place from December 16-18, and the WPT World Championship will take place from December 12-18.
“Thanks to our partner Wynn Las Vegas and the passionate support of the players,” said Adam Pliska, CEO of WPT, “the WPT World Championship festival was an incredible milestone during our 20th season last year.”
We’re excited to build on the success of last year’s World Championship and establish a new benchmark for poker tournaments in the years to come.
The “Poker Event of the Year” returns to Wynn Las Vegas in 2022.
WPT WynnPoker World Championship 2023!
Between November 29th and December 23rd
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To be held on March 14, 2023: World Poker Tour (@WPT)
There were 2,960 players in the first-ever WPT World Championship, held at Wynn Las Vegas and awarded Event of the Year 2022 at the 4th Annual Global Poker Awards. Winners shared a total of $29,008,000, almost doubling the original $15 million prize pool. Canadian Eliot Hudon came out on top in the end, taking home a cool $4,130,000. With a total of $2,830,000, Englishman Benny Glaser came in second.
Ryan Beauregard, executive director of poker operations at Wynn Las Vegas, is thrilled to see the WPT World Championship return to the casino after awarding over $53 million in prize money in December. We’ve extended the festival days and will design a competition schedule to make 2023 even better than last year’s because of the massive attendance and productive partnership with WPT.
Notable upcoming tournaments include the Seniors event on December 6-8 and the return of Mystery Bounty on December 18-21.
The Wynn Las Vegas will host the WPT World Championship 2023 event, and the entire itinerary will be released in the following months. You may learn more about the tournament and the Wynn Las Vegas by visiting the respective websites: WPT.com and wynnlasvegas.com.
