The World Poker Tour Prime Circuit will see double-header action in August. First up is WPT Prime Taiwan as we’ve already reported, and then things shift to the Mediterranean, where it’ll be the turn of the WPT Prime Cyprus festival, which runs from August 15-26 at the luxurious Chamada Prestige Hotel & Spa. Both festivals will feature a massive $1M guaranteed prize pool for their championship events.
WPT Prime Cyprus has something rare at a live festival: a guaranteed prize pool at ALL of its events, from the $550 Welcome Event to the $5,300 Super High Roller. As mentioned, the Prime Championship event will have $1M guaranteed, and adding up the guarantees across all 14 events at the festival brings the total to $2,500,000 💰.
“As we continue our globetrotting mission to spread poker around the world, we’re proud to introduce Cyprus to the 2024 schedule,” WPT CEO Adam Pliska said in a press release. “The great Chamada Prestige will host the first-ever WPT venture in the beautiful island country,” Pliska continued.
Cardplayer Lifestyle founder Robbie Strazynski will be in attendance in Cyprus and will be reporting first-hand on everything happening at the festival. If you see him, be sure to say hi, he’ll probably have a patch to give you as a gift. And if you’re a fan of mixed games, we invite you to get in touch with Robbie as he’s likely to try and organize a friendly low-stakes cash game there.
The WPT Prime Cyprus Championship Event
Schedule:
- Day 1A: Thursday, August 22 at 12 PM (Play till field is in the money)
- Day 1B: Friday, August 23 at 12 PM (Play till field is in the money)
- Day 1C: Saturday, August 24 at 12 PM (Play till field is in the money)
- Day 1D Turbo (20 minutes levels): Saturday, August 24 at 9 PM (Play till field is in the money)
- Day 2: Sunday, August 25 at 1 PM (Play till the final table has been reached)
- Day 3: Monday, August 26 at 1PM
Structure:
- Buy-In: $1,100
- Re-entry: Unlimited during late registration
- Starting Stack: 40K
- Blind Levels: 40 minutes during Day 1 and 60 minutes during Days 2 and 3
- Guaranteed Prize Pool: $1,000,000
- Late Registration: 9 levels
- Payouts: 12.5%
The 2024 WPT Prime Cyprus Festival
The festival will feature 14 events with buy-ins ranging from $440 to $5,300 with the Super High Roller and all tournaments will have a guaranteed prize pool, ranging from $25K to $1M in the WPT Prime Cyprus Championship $1K. Those wishing to qualify for the Championship event can take advantage of satellites for as little as $220 that will have 10 guaranteed seats. Satellites will also be played for the two most expensive tournaments of the festival: the High Roller and the Super High Roller.
In addition, two satellites will be played for the 2024 WPT World Championship 🇺🇸 on August 18 and 21. They will cost $330 and will have two $10.4K guaranteed seats. It is an ideal opportunity to qualify for one of the most important tournaments of the year that will be played in December at the Wynn in Las Vegas.
Below is a chart of the events that will be played during the 2024 WPT Prime Cyprus festival:
| Event | Day | Time | Buy-In | Guaranteed | Stack | Levels |
| Welcome Event NLH | August 15 | 2 PM | $550 | $50,000 | 20K | 20 |
| Take-off NLH | August 15-17 | 7 PM | $825 | $150,000 | 30K | 30 |
| Turbo Bounty NLH | August 16 | 7 PM | $440 | $25,000 | 20K | 15 |
| Bounty NLH | August 17 | 7 PM | $550 | $50,000 | 20K | 20 |
| Prestige Cup NLH | August 18 | 2 PM | $660 | $50,000 | 20K | 20 |
| Winner Takes All NLH | August 18 | 10 PM | $440 | $25,000 | 10K | 15 |
| Mystery Bounty | August 19-21 | 2 PM | $828 | $150,000 | 30K | 20 |
| Speed-Up NLH | August 19 | 0 PM | $440 | $25,000 | 20K | 10 |
| Monster Stack | August 21 | 3 PM | $550 | $50,000 | 50K | 15 |
| WPT Prime Championship | August 22-26 | 12 PM | $1,100 | $1,000,000 | 40K | 40/60 |
| Spicy Bounty K.O. | August 22 | 8 PM | $550 | $50,000 | 15K | 15 |
| Super High Roller | August 23 | 8 PM | $5,300 | $250,000 | 100K | 20 |
| Bounty Pot Limit Omaha | August 24 | 3 PM | $660 | $50,000 | 20K | 20 |
| High Roller | August 25-26 | 4 PM | $2,200 | $400,000 | 100K | 30 |
You can see the complete schedule with all the events and satellites at this link.
The WPT Prime Cyprus Venue: Chamada Prestige Hotel
Chamada Prestige Hotel is one of the most popular North Cyprus holiday hotels. This world-class, five star hotel in Kyrenia is beautiful both inside and out thanks to its hillside setting with the mountain behind and the sparkling Mediterranean Sea below. Set above the coastline, the main building curves around the hillside so every room and suite in the main hotel enjoys a superb mountain or sea view, while the mini villas and bungalows set in the lovely gardens enjoy superb sea views. Poker lovers will be able to enjoy the festival, which will be played in a huge hall with room for up to 50 tables and a stage for the main table.
Win your ticket to Cyprus via WPT Global
Would you like to qualify for the WPT Prime Cyprus Championship from home? If you live in a country eligible to play on the WPT Global platform, you can take advantage of the satellites that run every Sunday at 2:40 PM ET and have a $110 buy-in, which award a $1,500 WPT Prime Passport that you can use to play in any of the WPT Prime events.
Even if you have a more modest bankroll that doesn’t allow you to play in the $110 satellites, there are also $11 satellites that award $110 buy-ins. You can check the start times in the WPT Global lobby.
The World Poker Tour in Cyprus
World Poker Tour events have been held in Cyprus since 2009, with the first edition having been won by Frenchman Thomas Bichon, who earned the largest WPT prize in Cyprus: $579K. Two well-known players were eliminated before the official final table: Jonathan Little (8th) and Huck Seed (7th). After 9 WPT Main Tour festivals played in Cyprus, the WPT Prime Tour will debut for the first time in grand style at the Chamada Prestige Hotel.
The champion of 2009 WPT Cyprus
Below is a chart with details from all previous WPT events that have been played in Cyprus:
| Year | Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
| 2009 | WPT Merit Cyprus Classic | $10K | 181 | $1.7M | Thomas Bichon | $579K |
| 2012 | WPT Merit Cyprus Classic | $4K | 329 | $1.3M | Marvin Rettenmaier | $287K |
| 2013 | WPT Merit Cyprus Classic | $4K | 262 | $1M | Alexey Rybin | $258K |
| 2013 | WPT Merit National Cyprus | $2K | 292 | $538K | Andrew King | $126K |
| 2014 | WPT Merit National Cyprus | $2K | 315 | $579K | Timur Margolin | $130K |
| 2014 | WPT National North Cyprus | $2K | 343 | $631K | Alexander Lakhov | $124K |
| 2014 | WPT Merit North Cyprus | 404 | $1.4M | Alexander Lakhov | $325K | |
| 2015 | WPT National Cyprus | $2K | 172 | $3.4M | Atanas Kavrakov | $86K |
| 2015 | WPT National Cyprus | $2K | 144 | $279K | Frederik Moet | $77K |
Who will be the first ever WPT Prime champion in Cyprus? Stay tuned for our coverage to find out!
