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The annual trip to the Bicycle Casino for the Legends of Poker Main Event always feels a bit like the start of a new school year. Though Season X already got underway overseas with the Spanish Championship in Barcelona, this will be the first day of US action this year.

The tenth season kicked off with a press conference this morning where WPT CEO Steve Heller, WPT President Adam Pliska, and hosts Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten unveiled some of the new features on the tour.

Seated at the new Royal Flush Girl Social Bar, the quartet unveiled plans for live streaming at the final table, the new WPT Championship club, and introduced two new additions to the Royal Flush Girl line-up, Melissa and Mica.

It also served as the debut of a new travelling trophy that is the tour's answer to the Stanley Cup, the WPT Champion's Cup. The giant trophy lists every championin WPT history and will travel to each stop on tour this season.

Media and fans also got a look at the revamped Player of the Year trophy as Van Patten and Sexton presented it to reigning Legends of Poker Champion and WPT Player of the Year, Andy Frankenberger.

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RANKING

1	Will Failla	$758,085
2	Ken Aldridge	$365,800
3	Jeff Vertes	$186,400
4	Joshua Pollock	$128,500
5	Adam Aronson	$102,800
6	Owais Ahmed	$77,100

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Payout Structure

Place	Prize
1	$758,085
2	$365,800
3	$186,400
4	$128,500
5	$102,800
6	$77,100
7	$64,250
8	$51,400
9	$38,550
10 - 12	$29,555
13 - 15	$24,415
16 - 18	$19,275
19 - 27	$14,135
28 - 36	$10,280
37 - 45	$9,250
46 - 54	$8,480
55 - 63	$7,710
64 - 72	$7,300
73 - 81	$7,000

Level	Blinds	Ante
1	50-100	0
2	75-150	0
3	100-200	0
4	100-200	25
5	150-300	25
6	200-400	50
7	250-500	50
8	300-600	75
9	400-800	100
10	500-1,000	100
11	600-1,200	200
12	800-1,600	200
13	1,000-2,000	300
14	1,200-2,400	400
15	1,500-3,000	500
16	2,000-4,000	500
17	2,500-5,000	500
18	3,000-6,000	1,000
19	4,000-8,000	1,000
20	5,000-10,000	1,000
21	6,000-12,000	2,000
22	8,000-16,000	2,000
23	10,000-20,000	3,000
24	12,000-24,000	4,000
25	15,000-30,000	5,000
26	20,000-40,000	5,000
27	25,000-50,000	5,000
28	30,000-60,000	10,000
29	40,000-80,000	10,000
30	50,000-100,000	10,000
31	60,000-120,000	20,000
32	75,000-150,000	25,000
33	100,000-200,000	25,000
34	125,000-250,000	25,000
35	150,000-300,000	50,000
36	200,000-400,000	50,000
37	250,000-500,000	50,000
38	300,000-600,000	100,000

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