The WPT World Championship takes place every December at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2025 edition continues the tradition of record-breaking guarantees, following the massive success of prior years. The festival features the flagship $10,400 buy-in WPT World Championship main event alongside the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Invitational Freeroll. Additionally, WPT hosts stops throughout the year at casinos worldwide, with the full schedule available on the official World Poker Tour website.

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.

In its second year, the WPT Prime Championship attracted a stunning field of more than 10,000 entries, creating a prize pool of more than $10.1 million. The $1,100 buy-in event at Wynn Las Vegas offers $1,380,000 to the winner. The full payout structure includes approximately $850,000 for second place, $550,000 for third, and payouts down to roughly $2,500 for min-cashes. The WPT Prime Championship has become one of the most popular tournaments in the world due to its massive prize pool relative to its low buy-in.

The 2025 WPT World Championship will be held at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of a multi-week festival running in December. The highlight is the WPT World Championship main event alongside the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Invitational Freeroll, which guarantees $1,000,000 to first place. Throughout the year, the World Poker Tour also hosts stops at casinos across North America, Europe, and Asia, with buy-ins ranging from WPT Prime events at $1,100 to the flagship $10,400 main tour events.

In its second year, the WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas brought out a stunningly large field of more than 10,000 entries, creating a prize pool of more than $10.1 million — more than double the $5 million guarantee. The $1,100 buy-in event became the largest live WPT-branded tournament field in history. The winner took home $1,386,280, with second place earning approximately $800,000 and third place $500,000. The top finishers also received $10,400 seats to the WPT World Championship.