WPT Prime is a tournament series from the World Poker Tour designed to make the WPT experience more accessible. With buy-ins starting at $1,100, WPT Prime events offer the same professional production, live streaming, and prestige as main tour stops but at a fraction of the cost. The WPT Prime Championship, held annually at Wynn Las Vegas, features a $1 million guaranteed prize pool and awards the winner a $10,400 seat into the WPT World Championship.

The WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas shattered its $5 million guarantee, drawing 10,516 entries in the $1,100 buy-in event — the largest live WPT-branded tournament field ever. The total prize pool reached $10,196,640, more than double the guarantee, with the winner taking home $1,386,280. The tournament also awarded $10,400 seats to the WPT World Championship to the top finishers. The event’s massive success cemented WPT Prime as one of the most accessible yet lucrative tournament series in poker, offering life-changing payouts at a fraction of the cost of Main Tour events.

Lynn Gilmartin is an Australian actress, poker player, and Hall of Fame sportscaster, best known as the anchor of the World Poker Tour on Fox Sports since Season IX. She was inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame for her contributions to poker broadcasting. Gilmartin conducts on-camera interviews at WPT final tables, hosts the television broadcast, and has become one of the most recognizable faces in poker. She has also played in WPT events herself and remains actively involved in the poker community.

Schuyler Thornton ganó el Campeonato Mundial del World Poker Tour (WPT) de 2025, celebrado en Las Vegas, y se llevó un premio de 2,258,856 dólares.

The cost to enter WPT tournaments varies by event tier. WPT Main Tour events typically have buy-ins ranging from $3,500 to $25,000, with winners earning a WPT Champions Club membership. WPT Prime events offer more affordable entry points, starting at $1,100, making the WPT experience accessible to a broader range of players. The flagship WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas has a $10,400 buy-in. Players can also enter through satellites and online qualifiers on WPT Global and partner platforms, which offer seats at a fraction of the direct buy-in cost.