As part of the World Poker Tour’s upcoming WPT Korea festival will be a special WPT Global Teams Event. This first-ever event takes place September 19-21, 2018, at Paradise City Casino in Incheon, South Korea. The event was created by WPT Live Events Specialist Danny McDonagh and will feature 16 teams from across the globe. Below is all of the need-to-know information regarding the first-ever WPT Global Teams Event.
Where and When?
The WPT Global Teams Event takes place at Paradise City Casino in Incheon, South Korea, as part of the WPT Korea festival. The WPT Global Teams Event is scheduled to run September 19-21.
Incheon is a city in South Korean that borders Seoul, the country’s capital. The city’s population is nearly 3 million, which makes it Korea’s third most populated city. Those looking to travel to Incheon for the event should fly into Incheon International Airport.
Who and How?
The first-ever WPT Global Teams Event will be capped of 16 teams. Entry is USD $5,000 per team, and each team is made up of four players, with one team maximum per country.
The teams will compete against one another in up to six poker events that include variations of no-limit Texas hold’em and pot-limit Omaha events. Each team member gets equal playing time, making the WPT Global Teams Event a true teams event rather than one or two players dominating all of the action.
Schedule
Wednesday, September 19
– 12 p.m. – Event 1: 9-Max No-Limit Hold’em
– 5 p.m. – Event 2: Heads-Up Poker (three players for no-limit hold’em and one player for pot-limit Omaha)
Thursday, September 20
– 12 p.m. – Event 3: Pot-Limit Omaha (two players) and Tag Team (two players)
– 6 p.m. – Event 4: 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em
Friday, September 21
– 12 p.m. – Event 5: Turbo No-Limit Hold’em
– 5 p.m. – Final Event: No-Limit Hold’em
Format
For Events 1, 2, 4, and 5, four separate tournaments will be held concurrently. For Event 3, three separate tournaments will be held concurrently. During the concurrent tournaments, one team member from each team will play in an individual tournament, with the exception being in the Tag Team that requires two players alternating and playing the same chip stack.
For Event 5, the field of teams will be reduced down to 12. For the Final Event, the field will be reduced down to nine teams. In the case that less than 16 teams participate in the WPT Global Teams Event, reduction of teams after Events 4 and 5 will be adjusted accordingly.
Starting chip stacks will be 10,000 chips for events leading up to the Final Event. In the Final Event, qualifying teams will receive starting chips reflective of their point total through five events multiplied by 1,000. In the Final Event, teams will provide a sealed envelope to nominate starting with a full stack or half the full stack with a second chance option. The second half of the stack can only be taken after busting or at the end of a predetermined level.
In the Final Event, team members will rotate every 20 minutes and all four players must play once every four 20-minute periods. Team captains select the play order. After four rounds, the order can change as players can be shuffled. At four teams left, two members per team will play and alternate each round.
The Action Clock will be in play for the Final Event.
With 16 teams, points will be allocated in Events 1, 3 (PLO), 4, and 5 as follows.
1st: 20 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 16 points
4th: 14 points
5th: 12 points
6th: 11 points
7th: 10 points
8th: 9 points
9th: 8 points
10th: 7 points
11th: 6 points
12th: 5 points
13th: 4 points
14th: 3 points
15th: 2 points
16th: 1 point
With 16 teams, points will be allocated in Event 2 as follows.
1st: 27 points
2nd: 20 points
3rd-4th: 13.5 points
5th-8th: 9 points
9th-16th: 4.5 points
With 16 teams, points will be allocated in Events 3 (Tag Team) as follows.
1st: 30 points
2nd: 27 points
3rd: 24 points
4th: 21 points
5th: 18 points
6th: 16.5 points
7th: 15 points
8th: 13.5 points
9th: 12 points
10th: 10.5 points
11th: 9 points
12th: 7.5 points
13th: 6 points
14th: 4.5 points
15th: 3 points
16th: 1.5 points
At the end of the first five events, the team leading in points will receive 20% of the prize pool. The top three teams in the Final Event will then share the remaining portion of the prize pool with 50% going to first place, 30% going to second place, and 20% going to third place. The winning team will also receive WPT Korea Main Event entries for each of its players.
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