2024 WPT Prime Paris Preview

After a successful run last year, the World Poker Tour Prime circuit returns to Paris with a 29-event festival. The 2024 WPT Prime Paris will be played from October 14-28 at the Club Circus Paris and the Championship event will kick off on October 23 with five starting flights. Here’s everything you need to know.

The 2024 WPT Prime Paris Championship

The festival’s Championship event will kick off on October 23rd, with participants able to choose from five initial flights to participate in. All survivors will return to play Day 2 on Sunday, October 27th, until they reach the final table of nine players.

Schedule:

  • Day 1A: Wednesday, October 23 at 12 PM (until the field reaches the money)
  • Day 1B: Thursday, October 24 at 12 PM (until the field reaches the money)
  • Day 1C: Friday, October 25 at 12 PM (until the field reaches the money)
  • Day 1D: Saturday, October 26 at 12 PM (until the field reaches the money)
  • Day 1E Turbo Saturday, October 26 at 8 PM (until the field reaches the money)
  • Day 2: Sunday, October 27 at 1 PM (until the final nine players)
  • Day 3: Monday, October 28 at 1 PM (final table)

Structure:

  • Buy-In: €1,100
  • Re-entry: One re-entry per day
  • Starting Stack: 50,000
  • Blind Levels: 40 minutes on Day 1 and 60 minutes on Day 2 and 3
  • First Level: 100/200 with 200 Big Blind Ante
  • Action Clock: Will be put into play on each Day 1 at the conclusion of level 15
  • Late Registration: 9 levels
  • Payouts: 12,5%

WPT Prime Paris

The 2024 WPT Prime Paris Festival

The festival will feature 29 events with buy-ins ranging from €300 all the way up to €3,300 for the Super High Roller. As usual, the most popular tournament formats will be on the schedule such as Opener, Mystery Bounty, PKO, Omaha and Superstack. Satellites will also be played for the Championship, High Roller and Super High Roller.

These are all the events of the festival:

Day Time Event Buy-In Stack Levels
October 14-16 1 PM #1 WPT Opener €500 40K 30
October 14 7 PM #2 WPT Speed €400 30K 15
October 14 9 PM #3 Sat Pack WPT 3,300 €500 20K 20
October 16-18 2 PM #4 WPT Mystery Bounty €500 40K 30
October 16 9 PM #5 Sat Pack WPT 6,600 €500 20K 20
October 17 7 PM #6 WPT Speed €400 30K 15
October 17 9 PM #7 Sat High Roller 2,200 €350 20K 20
October 18-21 4 PM #8 WPT High Roller €2,200 250K 50
October 18 9 PM #9 Sat High Roller 2,200 €350 20K 20
October 19 1 PM #10 Sat High Roller 2,200 €350 20K 20
October 19 9 PM #11 Sat High Roller 2,200 €350 20K 20
October 20-21 4 PM #12 WPT Superstack €750 100K 90/30
October 20 9 PM #13 Sat WPT Prime 1,100 €180 20K 20
October 21-22 4 PM #14 WPT Omaha €750 50K 40
October 21 7 PM #15 WPT Speed €400 30K 15
October 21 9 PM #16 Sat WPT Prime 1,100 €180 20K 20
October 22 2 PM #17 WPT PKO €500 30K 25
October 22 7 PM #18 WPT Speed €400 30K 15
October 22 9 PM #19 Sat WPT Prime 1,100 €180 20K 20
October 23-28 12 PM #20 WPT Prime Championship €1,100 50K 40
October 23 7 PM #21 WPT Speed €400 30K 15
October 23 9 PM #22 Sat WPT Prime 1,100 €180 20K 20
October 24 7 PM #23 WPT Speed €400 30K 15
October 24 9 PM #24 Sat WPT Prime €180 20K 20
October 25 7 PM #25 WPT Speed €400 30K 15
October 25 9 PM #26 Sat Super High Roller 3,300 €500 20K 20
October 27 2 PM #27 Sat Super High Roller 3,300 €500 20K 15
October 27-28 4 PM #28 WPT Super High Roller €3,300 250K 40
October 28 2 PM #29 WPT Closer €300 30K 25

You can see the complete schedule with all events and structures at this link.

Ooh La La Paris!

Paris is the capital of France and its metropolitan area is the most populated in the entire European Union. Also known as the “City of Light” (in French, Ville lumière), it is the most visited tourist destination in the world, with more than 42 million foreign visitors per year.

Among the city’s monuments are the Eiffel Tower 🗼, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the Invalides Palace, the Pantheon, the Arc de la Défense, the Opera Garnier and the Montmartre district, among others. There are also museums such as the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the National Museum of Natural History of France. Paris occupies a leading place in the world in the fields of culture, gastronomy, fashion and luxury.

WPT Prime Paris

The 2023 WPT Prime Paris Festival

Last year’s edition featured 27 events and its winners were from France, Italy, China and Taiwan. The WPT Prime Championship had a massive field of 1,071 entries and distributed €1M in prize money among the top 137 players. The grand champion was Frenchman Fabrice Bigot, who collected a massive €177K ($193K) for his win.

fabrice bigot wpt paris 2023

Below is the list of champions of the 2023 WPT Prime Paris festival:

Event Buy-In Entries Prize Pool Champion Prize
WPT Opener €500 472 €199,372 Benjamin Dahan €35,000
WPT Turbo €400 77 €26,611 Jean Francois Gaye €7,561
WPT PKO Bounty €500 276 €116,582 Mohammed Kaidi €10,600
WPT Turbo €400 68 €23,500 Chien Weng €7,000
WPT Prime High Roller €2,200 246 €472,320 Idir Haiche €102,500
WPT Turbo €400 71 €24,537 Yohan Rascar €7,218
WPT PKO Freezeout €400 128 €44,236 Thomas Nibaudeau €3,773
WPT Turbo €400 74 €25,574 Antoine Gourdon €7,064
WPT Prime Championship €1,100 1,071 €1,028,160 Fabrice Bigot €177,240
WPT Turbo €400 72 €24,883 Suat Uyanik €7,303
WPT Turbo €400 100 €34,560 Maurice Benillouche €8,560
WPT Super High Roller €3,300 146 €420,480 Alessandro Pichierri €95,000
Closer Freezeout €300 150 €37,440 Lucas Tae €8,780

Who will be the champions this year?

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