{"id":5669,"date":"2024-02-23T11:03:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T11:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2024-02-23T11:03:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T11:03:16","slug":"wpt-global-launches-massive-2-million-ko-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wpt-global-launches-massive-2-million-ko-series","title":{"rendered":"WPT Global Launches Massive $2 Million+ KO Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/wpt-global-ko-series.jpg\" title=\"WPT Global Launches Massive $2 Million+ KO Series\" alt=\"WPT Global: KO Series\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5645\"><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launch of the highly anticipated WTP Global KO Series with total guarantees going over the $2m mark.<\/li>\n<li>The 10-day event will take place on Feb 23 \u2013 March 3, also including a KO Series Leaderboard.<\/li>\n<li>Tournaments includes Knockout Bounty and Progressive Knockout tourneys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wpt-global-playground-montreal-join-forces-for-wpt-global-winter-classic-in-jan\">WPT Global<\/a><\/strong> has made public the upcoming tournaments and prizes of the <strong>KO Series<\/strong> that will take place between February 23 \u2013 March 3. <\/p>\n<p>With <strong>a whopping guaranteed prize pool going over the $2 million mark<\/strong> and a leaderboard with cash prizes up for grabs for those players who can kick out most of their opponents, the KO Series looks very promising. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-to-expect-wpt-global-ko-series-schedule\">What to Expect \u2013 WPT Global KO Series Schedule <\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/new-poker-sites\">fast-rising online poker site<\/a> is inviting passionate poker fans to join them starting February 23 at 6:00 a.m. when <em>Classic Bounty Hunter<\/em>, the first of the 94 announced bounty events, will take place. <\/p>\n<p>With a buy-in of $22 and a $5,000 guaranteed prize, the event will let you warm up for what awaits you in the following hours and days. <\/p>\n<p>Next in line is the <em>Kick-Off KO<\/em> at 7:30 a.m. with a $55 buy-in and a $35,000 guaranteed prize and eight more events throughout the day, including the <em>KO Main Event Day 1<\/em> with a $250,000 guaranteed prize and a buy-in of $220 that is one of the highlights of the tournament. <\/p>\n<p>The latter is joined by the <em>$2,100 buy-in High Roller<\/em> with $200,000 guaranteed, the <em>$110 buy-in Crazy Sunday PKO<\/em> with $100,000 guaranteed, and the <em>$22 buy-in Mini Main Event<\/em> with $75,000 guaranteed. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ko-series-leaderboard\">KO Series Leaderboard <\/h2>\n<p>During the series, players who successfully KO their opponents climb higher on the KO Leaderboard. The latter is not based on players\u2019 finish places but on their KO score. <\/p>\n<p>The first 200 participants who kick out their challengers are rewarded with a prize, with top prizes. <\/p>\n<p>The list includes a $12,400 tournament ticket package for the upcoming Spring Festival as the Grand Prize, a $1,060 WPT Passport Package Satellite Ticket for players ranking in the second to the fifth position, and one $300 Grand Slam and one $110 Sunday Slam Ticket for players on the sixth to the 10th position. <\/p>\n<p>Players can also win Sunday Slam and Global Spin tickets. All WPT Global series tournaments that will take place in 2024 will earn players points that will go toward their <strong>first-ever WPT Global Player of the Year competition<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The overall champion will earn $100,000 in total prizes, which will also include four WPT passports to enter live WPT Main Events. <\/p>\n<p>The first 100 finishers will grab a total of $250,000 in prizes in the Player of the Year race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Launch of the highly anticipated WTP Global KO Series with total guarantees going over the $2m mark. The 10-day event will take place on Feb 23 \u2013 March 3, also including a KO Series Leaderboard. Tournaments includes Knockout Bounty and Progressive Knockout tourneys. WPT Global has made public the upcoming tournaments and prizes of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8,9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WPT Global Launches Massive $2 Million+ KO Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WPT Global has announced the opening of the KO Series with a mouth-watering prize pool of over $2 million and a leaderboard rewarding players who kick most opponents out.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wpt-global-launches-massive-2-million-ko-series\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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