World Poker Tour Tops Off WPT500 Prizepool, Bringing Total to $2 Million

The prizepool for this event was guaranteed to be at least $1 million, a mark that was easily cleared earlier this week. But as the field grew in size, the prizepool increased — and with this morning’s turbo flight, it passed the $1.5 million mark and continued to grow.

Even though the prizepool easily surpassed the guarantee, the World Poker Tour wanted it to be even higher. So the WPT is adding money to increase the prizepool to an even $2 million, a number worthy of this great WPT event.

Angelica Hael, VP of Global Tour Management, said, “We are incredibly honored and humbled to have the support and commitment of the players for this outstanding event. Being so close to doubling the $1,000,000 guarantee, we are proud to contribute to the prizepool to take us to the $2 million mark.”

The official payouts for Day 2 are still being tabulated based on the new number of a $2 million prizepool, and should be released before Day 2 begins.