Bust Out the Brackets: Field of 64 Set for WPT Champions Challenge

  Did somebody say brackets? To celebrate the upcoming WPT Tournament of Champions, and with the college basketball festivities looming, the World Poker Tour has seeded the top 64 members of the WPT Champions Club for the WPT Champions Challenge. Click here to start voting on the bracket. Each round the fans will vote for…

Matt Clark
Mar 11, 2016

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Did somebody say brackets?

To celebrate the upcoming WPT Tournament of Champions, and with the college basketball festivities looming, the World Poker Tour has seeded the top 64 members of the WPT Champions Club for the WPT Champions Challenge.

Click here to start voting on the bracket.

Each round the fans will vote for their favorite players in various head-to-head matches, until only one member of the WPT Champions Club is left standing.

WPT Champions Club members are seeded based upon the following criteria: WPT titles, WPT final table appearances, and WPT earnings.

Naturally, three-time WPT Champions Gus Hansen (Spades), Carlos Mortensen (Hearts), and Anthony Zinno (Diamonds) are number one seeds in their respective regions. The fourth number one seed is two-time WPT Champion Daniel Negreanu (Clubs), who has reached seven final tables on the World Poker Tour and racked up more than $5.8 million in earnings.

Voting for each round will take place during the following windows:

Date Time Round
Friday, March 11th 2:00 PM PST Field of 64 Opens For Voting
Wednesday, March 16th 2:00 PM PST Field of 32 Opens For Voting
Monday, March 21st 2:00 PM PST Field of 16 Opens For Voting
Friday, March 25th 2:00 PM PST Field of 8 Opens For Voting
Tuesday, March 29th 2:00 PM PST Field of 4 Opens For Voting
Friday, April 1st 2:00 PM PST Final 2 Opens for Voting
Friday, April 8th 2:00 PM PST Voting Ends
Monday, April 11th 2:00 PM PST Winner is Announced

 

Check out the entire bracket here.

Who do you think will win? Do you predict a big first-round upset? Let us know on Twitter!