partypoker: WPT World Online Championships starting July 2020

partypoker decided to begin a teaser campaign with what will be the most significant tournament series in its history. Almost two months before the kick-off, the room announced a new festival under the World Poker Tour brand: WPT World Online Championships. The event will be held from July 1 to August 9, 2020.

Second online series from WPT and partypoker

In the spring of this year, partypoker began to actively cooperate with powerful live poker brands and host online tournament series. The most famous is the WPT Online, which will be played until the end of May with more than $30M guaranteed.

But, WPT has an extensive grid of live series, and the most prestigious one includes the word "Championships." The last time it was held at a brick and mortar casino for the 2019-2020 season and consisted of 29 events.

And yesterday, after commenting about a major summer event, Rob Yong confirmed more information about the World Online Championships.

Rob Yong WPT World Online Championships

WPT World Online Championship Record

So far, there is little information about the festival. Here is what is known about the WPT World Online Championship Records besides the date:

Schedule: at least 15 events;
Main event: $10,000 buy-in; it will have the biggest guarantee in WPT history;
The overall guaranteed prize pool will be the largest in the history of partypoker.

With this information, we can infer that partypoker will host a massive event, even for themselves. Until now, the largest series in the poker room had a 60-million-dollar guarantee.

Therefore, the WPT World Online Championships may have a guaranteed prize pool of 65 or even 75 million dollars, meaning that the schedule won't be limited to 15 events, which may only be the most important tournaments. The full schedule will be released soon.