Welcome to the $400 WPT Online Poker Open Main Event $300K GTD
The $400 WPT Online Poker Open Main Event of the partypoker US Network Online Series gets Underway at 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
This event boasts a $300,000 guarantee in the prize pool and players start with 1 million in chips. Levels will be of 12 minutes throughout the duration of the tournament and late registration will be available until the end of Level 21.
This tournament featured two Phased flights, which allowed players not only the chance to qualify for the tournament, but to carry over more than the 1 million starting stack. BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Michael "Gags30" Gagliano (2,535,888), "spinach_kale" (1,742,341), "PokerKarma" (1,632,582), "jqbpk772" (1,517,662), "sansara52" (1,444,068), cenation (1,350,308), "nigock" (1,060,028) also survived the Phase flight to enter the day with more than a million.
The plan is to play down to a winner and the winner of this tournament will receive a WPT Championship Trophy and in addition to prize winnings, an $11,000 prize package which includes entry into the next WPT in-person live event, the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, which will take place at Bellagio in Las Vegas ($10,400 buy-in), plus $600 in cash towards travel expenses.
Betting Structure
| Level | Blinds | Ante | Level | Blinds | Ante | Level | Blinds | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,500/3,000 | 400 | 21 | 70,000/140,000 | 17,500 | 41 | 1,400,000/2,800,000 | 350,000 |
| 2 | 2,000/4,000 | 500 | 22 | 80,000/160,000 | 20,000 | 42 | 1,600,000/3,200,000 | 400,000 |
| 3 | 2,500/5,000 | 600 | 23 | 100,000/200,000 | 25,000 | 43 | 1,800,000/3,600,000 | 450,000 |
| 4 | 3,000/6,000 | 750 | 24 | 120,000/240,000 | 30,000 | 44 | 2,000,000/4,000,000 | 500,000 |
| 5 | 4,000/8,000 | 1,000 | 25 | 140,000/280,000 | 35,000 | 45 | 2,500,000/5,000,000 | 625,000 |
| 6 | 5,000/10,000 | 1,250 | 26 | 160,000/320,000 | 40,000 | 46 | 3,000,000/6,000,000 | 750,000 |
| 7 | 6,000/12,00 | 1,500 | 27 | 180,000/360,000 | 45,000 | 47 | 3,500,000/7,000,000 | 150,000 |
| 8 | 8,000/16,000 | 2,000 | 28 | 200,000/400,000 | 50,000 | 48 | 4,000,000/8,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 9 | 10,000/20,000 | 2,500 | 29 | 250,000/500,000 | 62,500 | 49 | 4,500,000/9,000,000 | 1,120,000 |
| 10 | 12,000/24,000 | 3,000 | 30 | 300,000/600,000 | 75,000 | 50 | 5,000,000/10,000,000 | 1,250,000 |
| 11 | 14,000/28,000 | 3,500 | 31 | 350,000/700,000 | 87,500 | 51 | 6,000,000/12,000,000 | 1,500,000 |
| 12 | 16,000/32,000 | 4,000 | 32 | 400,000/800,000 | 100,000 | 52 | 7,000,000/14,000,000 | 1,750,000 |
| 13 | 18,000/36,000 | 4,500 | 33 | 450,000/900,000 | 112,500 | 53 | 8,000,000/16,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| 14 | 20,000/40,000 | 5,000 | 34 | 500,000/1.000,000 | 125,000 | 54 | 9,000,000/18,000,000 | 2,250,000 |
| 15 | 25,000/50,000 | 6,500 | 35 | 600,000/1,200,000 | 150,000 | 55 | 10,000,000/20,000,000 | 2,500,000 |
| 16 | 30,000/60,000 | 7,500 | 36 | 700,000/1,400,000 | 175,000 | 56 | 12,000,000/24,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 17 | 35,000/70,000 | 8,750 | 37 | 800,000/1,600,000 | 200,000 | 57 | 14,000,000/28,000,000 | 3,500,000 |
| 18 | 40,000/80,000 | 10,000 | 38 | 900,000/1,800,000 | 225,000 | 58 | 18,000,000/36,000,000 | 4,500,000 |
| 19 | 50,000/100,000 | 12,500 | 39 | 1,000,000/2,000,000 | 250,000 | 59 | 20,000,000/40,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
| 20 | 60,000/120,000 | 15,000 | 40 | 1,200,000/2,400,000 | 300,000 | 60 | 25,000,000/50,000,000 | 6,250,000 |