WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 1: 75/150 with a 25 ante

The tournament area is being set up and we’re 30 minutes away from kicking off the WPT Tournament of Champions. While we wait, it’s time to introduce a new twist the gang at the World Poker Tour brought with them for this invite-only event.

A shot clock.

Much like basketball, players in the Tournament of Champions will be limited to a specific amount of time to make a move. They have up to 30 seconds on the “action clock” or else their hand goes into the muck.

There are extensions available for tough decisions and other variants, but we will go into that later. For now, we have the dealers (and Vince Van Patten pictured above) learning how to operate the system so everything goes off without a hitch.

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 1: 75/150 with a 25 ante

The 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown has crowned 29 champions with one more to go. The final tournament of the series will also conclude the World Poker Tour season with their Tournament of Champions beginning today at noon.

The $15,000 buy-in tournament is available only to members of the WPT Championship Club so we expect a very talented field today in the meeting room. It also features a ton of bonus prizes provided by WPT and their partners. The added loot includes:

• $100,000 in cash
• A special Hublot® watch
• An Aurae® Solid Gold MasterCard
• A pair of Monster Gold Headphones
• A custom premium poker table from BBO Poker Tables
• A seat in Tiger’s Poker Night Presented by World Poker Tour
• A round of golf at the world-class Shadow Creek Golf Course with Matt Savage and two friends
• A 2016 Corvette

Each of the final six players will also win a Monster SoundStage, the high-definition wireless home music system with multi-room audio.

The Corvette — added to the prize pool by Monster — is the newest addition to the list of bonuses, and it brings the total additions to more than $250,000 in cash and prizes.

WPT Tournament of Champions Structure Sheet

With Event 10 beginning this afternoon, the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is one third complete. Action will continue to escalate over the course of the coming weeks, and the series culminates with the World Poker Tour® Tournament of Champions, which runs from April 22-24.

The $15,000 invitation-only event is open to all WPT Champions Club members, and it features a ton of bonus prizes provided by WPT and their partners. The added loot includes:

• $100,000 in cash
• A special Hublot® watch
• An Aurae® Solid Gold MasterCard
• A pair of Monster Gold Headphones
• A custom premium poker table from BBO Poker Tables
• A seat in Tiger’s Poker Night Presented by World Poker Tour
• A round of golf at the world-class Shadow Creek Golf Course with Matt Savage and two friends
• A 2016 Corvette

Each of the final six players will also win a Monster SoundStage, the high-definition wireless home music system with multi-room audio.

The Corvette — added to the prizepool by Monster — is the newest addition to the list of bonuses, and it brings the total overlay to more than $250,000 in cash and prizes.

Click here for more info on the WPT Tournament of Champions.