Our California Swing is off to an amazing start with Day 1 of the WPT LAPC currently underway. (You can late-reg all the way up until 1:45pm tomorrow, if you haven’t made down to the Commerce yet.) If the chance to play for an amazing grand prize package isn’t enough for you to come join us here at Commerce, at Bay 101, and at Thunder Valley, we have another cool reason for you to make your way to the West Coast this month. Play all three events on the California Swing and we’ll give you an entry to an exclusive freeroll tournament at bestbet Jacksonsville where you can win one of two guaranteed seats into their $3,500 bestbet Open, starting March 21. The freeroll, which is only open to eligible California Swing players, will take place at 4pm on March 20 at bestbet Jacksonville. Get full details on the California Swing below, and come spend the month of March on tour with the WPT. To participate, players must compete in all three of the following events:
- The $10,000 WPT LA Poker Classic at LA’s Commerce Casino starting March 1
- The $7,500 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star at San Jose’s Bay 101 Casino starting March 10
- The $3,500 WPT Rolling Thunder at Sacramento’s Thunder Valley Casino starting March 15
Players will earn points based on their finishing position in each event and the one player who earns the most points will receive a 2015 California Swing grand prize package including:
- 10 nights free accommodation at the Commerce Casino’s Crowne Plaza Hotel during the 2015 WPT LA Poker Classic
- Up to five nights in a free suite at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort and $500 in food and beverage credits during the 2015 WPT Rolling Thunder
- A one-way private jet flight to San Jose, CA from either Los Angeles or Las Vegas and the opportunity to play as a Shooting Star at the 2015 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star
Scoring
- Players will earn 5 points for each event they play
- Players must compete in all three California Swing events to be eligible for the grand prize package
- Players will earn 10 points for each event in which they cash
- Players will receive an extra point for each percentage point of the cashed field that they surpass (e.g., if a player beats 15% percent of the cashed field, they will receive 15 points in addition to the 10 points they earned for finishing in the money, giving them a total of 30 points for the event)
- Players who reach a California Swing final table will receive additional bonuses as follows:
- Sixth place – 10 points
- Fifth place – 20 points
- Fourth place – 30 points
- Third place – 40 points
- Second place – 50 points
- First place – 60 points
- In the event that two players are tied in points after completion of all three events, the player who earned the most money will be named the grand prize winner
View the California Swing Official Rules.