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%
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.
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.
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?