Los Angeles, CA (September 30, 2016) – bestbet Jacksonville plays host to the Season XV World Poker Tour® bestbet Bounty Scramble Oct. 14-18, 2016.
The $1 million guaranteed, $5,000 buy-in WPT® bestbet Bounty Scramble Main Event highlights a 23-event festival began Sept. 29 and features bestbet’s popular bounty format. In the televised WPT Main Event, bestbet Jacksonville will have $2,500 bounties on select players, plus a $5,000 bonus will be awarded to the chip leaders of each of the two starting days.
The Season XV WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble champion will also be awarded a luxurious Hublot King Power Unico Carbon and Red watch, have his or her name engraved on the WPT Champions Cup, and win an entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.
Last year, Tyler Patterson scored $375,270 in first-place prize money when he topped a field of more than 400 entries, which generated a prize pool of double the $1 million guarantee.
“We are proud to welcome back the World Poker Tour to bestbet Jacksonville for the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble,” said Deborah Giardina, Vice President of Poker Operations at bestbet Jacksonville. “We’ve upped the ante and added a special $25,000 High Roller on Oct. 12 that, in addition to the $1 million guaranteed WPT Main Event, will ensure this year’s festival is the biggest and best yet.”
“The WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble is one of the most entertaining events of the year,” said Adam Pliska, CEO of the World Poker Tour. “This year, bestbet Jacksonville Vice President of Poker Operations Deborah Giardina and her team have secured an exclusive list of more than 30 bounty players, including the WPT’s own Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten, and Matt Savage, Season XIII Hublot WPT Player of the Year Anthony Zinno, and three-time NFL Super Bowl champion Richard Seymour, making this once again a truly can’t-miss event.”
Buy-ins ranging from $200 up to $25,000 will be included in this year’s WPT bestbet Jacksonville festival, and players will have more than just no-limit hold’em on offer with three Omaha events scheduled.
On Oct. 16, there is a special $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em 10-Hour Ironman event. Players will begin with 25,000 in chips and levels will last 30 minutes. At the end of 10 hours of play, the prize pool will be divided between the remaining competitors based on chip counts.
bestbet Jacksonville is hosting a special Player of the Series leaderboard that will award a $5,000 entry to the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble Main Event to the player who accumulates the most points through the first 16 events, and there is a WPT bestbet Festival of Champions freeroll to the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble Main Event on Oct. 13 for winners of the first 16 preliminary events. For more information, visit bestbetjax.com.
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