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WPT Global to Host $272K Lantern Festival PKO Bounty Freeroll

WPT Global to Host $272K Lantern Festival PKO Bounty Freeroll

Ticket entry. To win a ticket, you need to hit the jackpot at a cash table. Here’s how it works.

WPT Global Lantern Festival PKO Bounty Freeroll Details

  • The tournament starts at 11:00 UTC on February 12, with registration opening 2 minutes before the start.
  • Ticket entry. A ticket is awarded for hitting the jackpot.
  • The jackpot must be hit from 00:00 UTC on February 6 to 23:59 UTC on February 10.
  • Tickets will be distributed from February 11 to 12.
  • 1 player = 1 ticket, maximum 20,000 entries.
  • Fun Fact: The freeroll is themed around the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations.

How to Hit the Jackpot at WPT Global

WPT Global High Hand Jackpot

The High Hand Jackpot is valid at cash tables. It is activated for collecting a combination of four of a kind and higher (both hole cards must be used). Moreover, the stronger the combination, the higher the payout the player receives:

  • Four of a Kind — 2%
  • Straight Flush — 10%
  • Royal Flush — 20%

You can see if there is a High Hand Jackpot at your table, what its prize pool is, the jackpot conditions and the latest winners, right in the game client.

How to get up to 40% rakeback on WPT Global

WPT Global Poker Rewards Program promotion has become permanent. Two players who are the first to sit down at an empty NLHE, PLO, PLO5, Short Deck cash table receive rakeback after playing at this table.

Rakeback = 40% if you start a game at the tables:

  • NL $25/50/100
  • NL ¥100/200/400 ($14/28/56)
  • PL $25/50
  • Short Deck A¥200 (A$27)

Rakeback = 20% at all other limits.

The entire time spent at the table counts, including 5 minute breaks. If a player leaves the table and then returns, the rakeback is no longer credited. If a player who started the game empties his stack and then re-buys, the rakeback is retained.
Rakeback is paid on Mondays at 13:00 UTC.