Spring has sprung, and it’s time to elevate your tournament game with the WPT Global Warm Up Festival, which runs from April 19 to 28 and features $2.5 million in guarantees.
And here’s the kicker—WPT Global is not charging a single cent of rake! Get ready for the kickoff of their quarterly Major Series, starting with the Spring Festival. This series boasts daily tournament warm-ups and prize pools soaring into the tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Festival Highlights
- Standard tournaments, bounties, and progressive bounties (PKOs) for both No-Limit Hold’em and Short Deck variants.
- $300,000 Guarantee $220 Championship with 17 different starting flights, ensuring ample opportunities to make it to Day 2 on Sunday, April 28.
- $22 Mini Championship with $80,000 Guaranteed and 14 starting flights before Day 2 on Saturday, April 27.
- Sunday Slam, Grand Slam, and Mini Slam tournaments with impressive guarantees.
- $200,000 Guarantee $2,100 High Roller PKO and a $100,000 Guarantee Crazy Sunday $110 PKO on the final weekend.
- Daily satellites starting as low as $5.50 to win your way into your favorite tournaments.
View and download the full festival schedule here.
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Double Your Buy-In
Every time you clinch a Warm-Up Festival event, WPT Global will double your buy-in in tickets to the Spring Festival. For instance, conquer the $55 Progressive Bounty, and they’ll top up your Spring Festival tickets by $110.
Champion of Champions
Stand tall among the champions. All Warm-Up Festival event winners converge in a post-festival freeroll to vie for the title of Champion of Champions. The ultimate victor walks away with a colossal prize – a $12,400 WPT Global Spring Festival package. Second and third-place “champions” snag over $1,000 each in Spring Festival tickets!
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Final Table Bonus and More
Secure a spot at any festival final table and earn entry into the post-series Second Chance Freeroll. Triumph in the Second Chance Freeroll, and recoup ALL your festival buy-ins (up to $5,000, with a minimum of $1,000). Plus, second and third-place in the Second Chance Freeroll pocket $500 in Spring Festival tickets.
Player of The Year
Every Warm-Up tournament cash contributes points to the $250,000 Guarantee Player of the Year race. The overall champion walks away with a staggering $100,000 in cash and prizes, including entry to FOUR different WPT Main Tour Championships in 2025.
With constant action from short deck to bounties to 4-max hyper-turbos and more, there’s something for everyone at the WPT Global Warm Up Poker Festival. Join the excitement, rack up the cash, and remember, every tournament has 0% rake!
Editor & Live Reporter
Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum’s proudest poker achievement is winning the only tournament he has ever played in Las Vegas, the prestigious $60 Flamingo evening event.
