[WPT Global] Official Thread

Hi 2+2ers, Welcome to the official WPT Global (https://wptglobal.com/) thread! WPT Global makes poker players’ dreams come true in association with the World Poker Tour (https://www.worldpokertour.com/). After launching in April 2022 we’re already the second-largest online poker room in the world (ranked by PokerScout.com, based on cash game traffic). We’re joining TwoPlusTwo to share information with you, engage with the community, and answer any questions you might have. WPT Global is special for a few reasons: The safest games, anywhere online: Our modern platform has been built from the beginning to leverage AI technology. We use this in two main ways. The first is to protect the games by detecting collusion, bot use, RTA use and other forms of cheating extremely quickly. We have the best Game Integrity tech I’ve experienced in my 19 years in the industry, and a team of around 50 people using it. Learn More Here (https://wptglobal.com/wpt-a5-labs)

FairGame - Every game is a great game, guaranteed: The second way we utilise AI technology is in managing our ecology. We ensure that games are sustainable and beatable by reserving seats in every game for casual players and limiting the number of seats per table that can be occupied by experts. I’ll go into more detail on this point later, in the below FAQ, but the net result is - we have the softest cash games you’ll find online, and typical win-rates for good regs are 5-10x higher than elsewhere. (If you don't believe me, just try them and see for yourself).

We have had a large liquidity pool from the very beginning, especially in cash games. This is because we partnered with a couple of successful Asia-facing poker rooms to bootstrap their liquidity. Most poker startups face an enormous challenge in growing their liquidity from scratch - this solution allowed us to launch with cash games running 24/7 and it contributes to our soft player pool. Now, WPT Global is a large poker site in its own right and less dependent on the Asia liquidity, and we’re growing our games in US Dollars all the time.

There is enormous value on offer - our explicit aim is to pay back more to players via promotions and giveaways than any other site. Check out our current promotions here (https://wptglobal.com/poker-promotions).

Global Spins (https://wptglobal.com/how-to-play/global-spins) is our unique twist on the Jackpot SNG concept, with a progressive jackpot and the lowest rake in the industry (5%).

As part of the World Poker Tour family, we’re the best place to qualify for WPT events around the world, like the WPT World Championship at the Wynn later this year.

Some of you might remember me and my colleague WPT Global Peter from our previous roles. Many years ago, I was one of the first site representatives ever to engage with the 2+2 community, as the first PokerStars representative in the ‘PokerStars Software Improvement Thread (https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/300/pokerstars-general-discussion/pokerstars-software-improvement-thread-119016/index84.html?highlight=alex+scott#post7426223)’. Later, Peter and I ran the ‘Official MPN - Microgaming Poker Network... (https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28/discussion-poker-sites/official-mpn-microgaming-poker-network-thread-1718857/)’. You can expect a similar level of transparency and responsiveness here. While I don’t promise to respond to every single thing, no constructive question or criticism is off limits. I look forward to engaging with you all! All the best, Alex Scott President, WPT Global (X/Twitter: @AlexScott72o (https://twitter.com/AlexScott72o))

FAQ You can also read a more general FAQ on our website, here. (https://wptglobal.com/faq) What countries is WPT Global available in? Currently, we have a .com licence and have not entered any regulated markets (although we will start to do so soon). We’re open to most markets that have yet to regulate, including Canada (except Ontario), Ireland, New Zealand and most of Latin America, Asia and Africa. We don’t (yet) accept players from the US, UK, Australia, Russia, and most of Europe. If you’re from one of these countries and want to qualify for WPT events then Club WPT (https://www.clubwpt.com/) might work for you, and if you’re from the US then Club WPT Gold (https://www.clubwptgold.com/), which uses the modern sweepstakes model, might also interest you. See our Terms and Conditions (section 2.5) (https://wptglobal.com/terms-and-conditions)for more detailed information. How does FairGame work? Do you ban winners from playing at WPT Global? No, our ecology management system is specifically designed so that we can run sustainable games in a way that is better for everyone. In cash games, FairGame measures the skill level of every player and predicts their win rate. The model is highly accurate and continually updates so that it cannot be abused or ‘gamed’. We reserve a number of seats at each cash game table for players that fall into one of our ‘casual player’ categories. In our most popular game (8-Handed NLHE with an ante and a straddle) we reserve six of the eight seats for casual players, which effectively means that experts can only occupy two seats. Because there is plenty of liquidity, if you find yourself categorised as an expert, you can still always find a game to play at any stake, and you can guarantee yourself a seat in a great game if you start a table, since FairGame ensures that only one other expert can sit with you. (You will also be rewarded with up to 40% rakeback for starting the table). The system does not categorise players by their actual win rate, but by how skilled they are. If you have a great run of luck, you will not necessarily be categorised as an expert, and vice versa, you will not necessarily be categorised as a casual player if you run bad. We find that once players get used to the system, they love it. Both experts and beginners have a better experience because we eliminate some of the common predatory behaviour that occurs elsewhere, and good regulars can achieve significantly higher win rates. I encourage you to give it a try! What’s with the games in CNY currency? Because we partnered with Asia-facing poker rooms to launch, some of our games are in Chinese Yuan (CNY) currency. At the time of writing, the exchange rate to the dollar is about 7.25 CNY to the USD. As we’ve become less dependent on the Asian liquidity we have introduced more USD games. Most cash games and all tournaments including Global Spins are now available in USD, and for those of you that want to play in the CNY games, there’s a handy currency converter in the lobby, and the ability to change the stacks to BB.

Edit/MH: New Rep: Sam - WPT Global (https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost.php?p=58882407&postcount=1570)

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by Sam - WPT Global m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58924496#post58924496)

Hey guys, apologies I haven’t been around here as much as you want. We aren’t offering live support here at the moment, please direct queries to our official support channels, including [email]customercare@wptglobal.com[/email]. That said, I will continue to check in occasionally to gather feedback. ...You can all reach me pretty much 24/7 by tagging me in our offic... See full post

Welcome back Alex, I remember you from MPN times, feel pretty nostalgic about those times and even Microgamign software (before it was castrated lmao) I was researching about WPT global as I actually consider trying it out and quick search led me there: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28/di... (https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28/discussion-poker-sites/wpt-global-steals-players-money-1819526/?highlight=wpt) Guy says he was treated unfairly and has been very public about it, ended up being ignored. Does not do a favor when one is considering trying out the room. Would you mind to comment?

by TheFlipper m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58535826#post58535826)

Guy says he was treated unfairly and has been very public about it, ended up being ignored. Does not do a favor when one is considering trying out the room. Would you mind to comment?

While this is our first official thread on 2+2, we have been monitoring it for a while and we have followed up on complaints like this privately, via DM or by reviewing the communication in our back office tools (or both). We certainly haven't ignored anyone and of course we would not 'steal' anybody's money. While I don't want to talk about specific cases publicly I can say that, in general, the cases mentioned on 2+2 have usually been simple misunderstandings. If anyone reading this has made a complaint or had a negative experience with WPT Global, then please feel free to post here or DM me - I want to hear about it and will do my best to make it right.

HI. I'd like to know how many bb/100 (best straddle/100 ) really pay por play in 102040 and 2550100. For example in GG I rake paid about to 8bb/100 in NL500 playing 29/21/8 What company audits the random distribution of hands? What other poker rooms does this company audit?

I see that preflop pots with no flop are raked in a straddle game. Is that so? Also, 3bet pots are equally raked, from what I see. Please kindly confirm.

Hi. WPT can chase bots, collusers and superusers (something we all obviously want), but if they come from the associated Asian skins, how can they do it quickly? Because until they are detected, the damage has already been done.

by eduargentina m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58535909#post58535909)

HI. I'd like to know how many bb/100 (best straddle/100 ) really pay por play in 102040 and 2550100. For example in GG I rake paid about to 8bb/100 in NL500 playing 29/21/8

Our rake tables can be found here: https://wptglobal.com/poker-table-rake I don't have the rake in bb/100 easily available but I'll see what I can dig out. Obviously it depends somewhat on your playing style and won't be the same for everybody. What I can say almost for certain is that you will have a higher winrate, after rake, on WPT Global than you will on GG. This is because of our ecology management system (and how bad the games on GG are). The average reg on WPT Global has a winrate 5-10x higher than they do on GG, after rake. (I'll be sharing more information on this in the coming weeks). What company audits the random distribution of hands? What other poker rooms does this company audit?

We're audited by GLI (Gaming Labs International) which is one of the largest auditors in gaming. They work with pretty much everyone in some capacity, but you can see some of their case studies here: https://gaminglabs.com/resources/casestu... (https://gaminglabs.com/resources/casestudies/) You can see our RNG certificate here: https://access.gaminglabs.com/Certificat... (https://access.gaminglabs.com/Certificate/Index?i=526) by acehighjourneys m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58535976#post58535976)

I see that preflop pots with no flop are raked in a straddle game. Is that so? Also, 3bet pots are equally raked, from what I see. Please kindly confirm.

No, that's not correct, we don't rake pots if they end preflop. No flop, no drop. I'm not quite sure what you mean about 3bet pots, could you elaborate? by eduargentina m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58537261#post58537261)

Hi. WPT can chase bots, collusers and superusers (something we all obviously want), but if they come from the associated Asian skins, how can they do it quickly? Because until they are detected, the damage has already been done.

While we have our own dedicated game integrity team as well, much of the game integrity team works at the network level, and all of our proactive tools cover the network as a whole including all the Asian skins. We're not slowed down by the Asia skins at all. Asia is kind of a unique region and it's amazing what kind of obvious fraud players will try to make a few bucks, but typically this is fraud that harms us (e.g. bonus abuse) and not something that harms players. When it comes to game integrity (issues that directly harm players) we are fast, and getting quicker all the time.

by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58537359#post58537359)

No, that's not correct, we don't rake pots if they end preflop. No flop, no drop. I'm not quite sure what you mean about 3bet pots, could you elaborate?

Sorry but on Pace tables 1/2/4 CNY (Zoom) rake is taken preflop even when you're on bb, and the blinds fold to you, the pot that you receive is reduced by about 0.3 CNY after it goes to you. Same when you raise, and blinds fold, your stack is reduced afterwards by a small amount.

by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58537359#post58537359)

No, that's not correct, we don't rake pots if they end preflop. No flop, no drop. I'm not quite sure what you mean about 3bet pots, could you elaborate?

Im pretty sure he is correct has seen many times that the pot is raked pre flop but not all the time, might be the jackpot fee but its still non sense you are paying for the jackpot without the chance to hit the jackpot

by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58537359#post58537359)

Our rake tables can be found here: https://wptglobal.com/poker-table-rakeI don't have the rake in bb/100 easily available but I'll see what I can dig out. Obviously it depends somewhat on your playing style and won't be the same for everybody. What I can say almost for certain is that you will have a higher winrate, after rake, on WPT Global than you will on GG. This is because... See full post

Thanks for answering me. At the time I looked for it but I didn't see that they worked with any poker room (they audit bets or online casinos). It is striking that the gaminglabs website does not show WPT among the 16 cases of audiotesting. Skin fraud associated with WPT does harm players, which is why they have made some money refunds to some players. Thank you for committing to looking for information on the rake really charge in bb/100 (as compared in any room). I know it depends on the style of play, so I made it clear that I was a 29/21/8 (VPIP/PFR/3bet) player on GG's 6max at NL500.

by acehighjourneys m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58537426#post58537426)

Sorry but on Pace tables 1/2/4 CNY (Zoom) rake is taken preflop even when you're on bb, and the blinds fold to you, the pot that you receive is reduced by about 0.3 CNY after it goes to you. Same when you raise, and blinds fold, your stack is reduced afterwards by a small amount.

by koneraton2 m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58537613#post58537613)

Im pretty sure he is correct has seen many times that the pot is raked pre flop but not all the time, might be the jackpot fee but its still non sense you are paying for the jackpot without the chance to hit the jackpot

We were able to reproduce this in testing - we're looking into this and I will let you know when I have a definitive answer. by eduargentina m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58537852#post58537852)

Thank you for committing to looking for information on the rake really charge in bb/100 (as compared in any room). I know it depends on the style of play, so I made it clear that I was a 29/21/8 (VPIP/PFR/3bet) player on GG's 6max at NL500.

I can't answer for your specific style of play, however I did find out that, on average, it's about 5bb/100. (This is across multiple stakes, play styles etc).

Today I had a problem At some point the software was super laggy AND I closed the tables AND I didnt get the refund of one of my tables It happened to me one Time before but It was diferent because i didnt get the refund on all the tables that Time AND there where More people with the same problem at the same Time This Time was diferent but Im 100% sure because i just played very small volume on that table Dont Know how to provide evidence without a tracker

Hi Alex. I sent you a PM. I'm not sure if you got it though as I think new accounts on 2P2 might still have blocks on getting PM's. You might ask a mod to remove it if so. Thanks

by acehighjourneys m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58537426#post58537426)

Sorry but on Pace tables 1/2/4 CNY (Zoom) rake is taken preflop even when you're on bb, and the blinds fold to you, the pot that you receive is reduced by about 0.3 CNY after it goes to you. Same when you raise, and blinds fold, your stack is reduced afterwards by a small amount.

So I must apologise, it seems you are correct, and in Pace games rake is in fact taken preflop. It seems this decision was made by the Asian network partners some time ago and we weren't informed. I'll make sure the website is updated to reflect this and I'm also lobbying for the rake schedule for Pace to be changed so that rake is not taken preflop. I'd understand if you didn't want to play Pace in the meantime and can only apologise again for the misunderstanding here. by koneraton2 m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58538450#post58538450)

Today I had a problemAt some point the software was super laggy AND I closed the tables AND I didnt get the refund of one of my tables It happened to me one Time before but It was diferent because i didnt get the refund on all the tables that Time AND there where More people with the same problem at the same TimeThis Time was diferent but Im 100% sure because i just played very... See full post

Hi - we had a brief technical issue with cash games earlier. The money should already have been returned to your account, as this happens automatically after a period of time. If it ever happens again, there is a workaround - go to the 'My Games' tab (it's the second layer of navigation, beneath 'NLHE' / 'PLO' / 'Short Deck'). In that tab you'll see the tables you are seated at. Open those tables and then leave them, and the money will be immediately returned. by jimbo m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58538494#post58538494)

Hi Alex. I sent you a PM. I'm not sure if you got it though as I think new accounts on 2P2 might still have blocks on getting PM's. You might ask a mod to remove it if so. Thanks

My apologies - I didn't see the PM and will respond to you shortly

by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58537870#post58537870)

We were able to reproduce this in testing - we're looking into this and I will let you know when I have a definitive answer. I can't answer for your specific style of play, however I did find out that, on average, it's about 5bb/100. (This is across multiple stakes, play styles etc).

Could you send some proof of how you came to this conclusion? Because being 8max tables, with ante and straddle, money going to the jackpot and a huge multiplayer postflop pot, the rake is surely higher than 5bb/100 (even higher than in GG)

No rakeback program? Not much action (1 table) at midstakes PLO ~ 19.00CEST. I see there is a no rake promotion for tournaments... maybe have something similar for PLO to increase player pool? Am I correct in that the only promotion for cash game players is Kings of Cash?

Hello Alex/WPT, I've been actively playing on this site since the start of the year and overall it has been smooth up until this past week. On Sunday April 14th there was a technical issue in which the site went down and I wasn't able to log back in. At the time of the server issue I was 2/8 in the $330 Grand Slam tournament which I ended up blinding out in to second place I also was 2/30 in the $1060 $12,400 WPT package with around 4.5x starting stack. When I was finally able to log back in I saw that the tournament was still running and I had blinded out in to 8th place for a $1060 ticket. There was also players still playing as it appears the majority of the site was affected but some players weren't disconnected. After lots of back and forth emails with customer care they basically concluded that my results due to blinding out are of sufficient compensation according to their guidelines. I am somewhat OK with the $330 result but due to it being a PKO tournament I feel my result is still quite a bit below what the ICM value of my stack was at the time of the server issue. I feel it is quite unfair that my only compensation for the $1060 tournament is a refund when I was a favourite to winning one of the packages at the time of disconnection. I'm overall pretty disappointed in this. I understand technical errors happen but I feel the bare minimum would be to offer an ICM value compensation at the time of disconnection would seem to be the standard protocol by most reputable sites. Is this WPT's standard guideline for compensation during disconnections? Is it possible to have the incident reviewed again?

Hello All! My first post here under this account, although been a member of 2+2 for a very long time! I am Peter and am currently the Head of Poker Room Management, which is just a fancy way of saying in charge of MTTs. We definitely picked a great week to start WPT Global’s journey on 2+2, with the downtime seen on both Sunday during our majors, as well as a brief outage on Tuesday too ☹ My main goal for this account is to spread the word on all things tournaments for WPT Global. Noting this, I bring you the schedule for our $2.5M guaranteed Warm Up Festival (kicking off in less than 5 hours from now with the $33 The Opener $10K GTD). Full Schedule (ET) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jn1NJgH7mW0ejDBd8nL4wFtsteiZhJis/) Full Schedule (CET) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/15e7caOSHdSGSi3GqXpTv5i39p63_pGXA/)

We are obviously a smaller site than some of the others, and so our guarantees will naturally be lower, however we are growing quite nicely. This Warm Up Festival is one of our mid-quarter mini series and is 10 days long (Friday – Sunday). In comparison, last year’s full Spring Festival was half the guarantee! The Warm Up Festival counts towards our $250,000 Player of the Year (https://wptglobal.com/promotion/player-of-the-year) promotion. As mentioned above, we have a large Asian contingent on the platform, and the peak times for MTTs are ~20:30 UTC+8 as well as ~19:30 UTC-5. Currently our offerings for our European players might be a bit lacking, although one can choose to play quite early or quite late! I will post the schedule each day, so won’t go on too much more in this one but our $110 Sunday Slam (PKO) just hit a milestone last week and will be $100,000 guaranteed going forward! This weekly tournament starts at 15:00 UTC-5 (on Sundays naturally).

Oh, maybe I should have mentioned earlier that all of our MTTs, including the Warm Up Festival, are rake free (https://wptglobal.com/promotion/no-rake-in-april-mtt) for April! Also, some of the guarantees we set for Warm Up Festival are already upped and at least 3 of today's events are considerably more than what is shown above 😀 Excuse any spelling mistakes etc above, it is approaching 2:30am for me! by Acing m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58538928#post58538928)

Hello Alex/WPT...

Hi! I think I can figure out who you are due to the 2 tournaments you mentioned, but please post your SN (or PM it to me) and I will get you sorted. I did ask our customer care team to pass on any such replies to me, but looks like this one did not. Apologies about that and for the issues you experienced on Sunday!

Thank you Peter! Just sent a PM!

by eduargentina m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58538676#post58538676)

Could you send some proof of how you came to this conclusion? Because being 8max tables, with ante and straddle, money going to the jackpot and a huge multiplayer postflop pot, the rake is surely higher than 5bb/100 (even higher than in GG)

Unfortunately I can't share any proof - but I asked the right person in our team, who has access to the data, and this is what I was told. by altfornorge m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58538821#post58538821)

No rakeback program? Not much action (1 table) at midstakes PLO ~ 19.00CEST. I see there is a no rake promotion for tournaments... maybe have something similar for PLO to increase player pool? Am I correct in that the only promotion for cash game players is Kings of Cash?

We have run various rakeback experiments since launching, but haven't launched a formal loyalty program yet. It's coming later this year, informed by the results of the experiments. To be honest, a loyalty program wasn't our top priority simply because reg winrates are already incredibly high. PLO is relatively new to us (we launched it in the last 12 months) and it isn't popular in Asia at all, so it doesn't have the liquidity we have in other games. That said, it is growing quickly especially in the Latam / Canada peak times. Kings of Cash is our current cash game promo yes, look out for more coming soon. by Acing m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58538928#post58538928)

Hello Alex/WPT,I've been actively playing on this site since the start of the year and overall it has been smooth up until this past week.On Sunday April 14th there was a technical issue in which the site went down and I wasn't able to log back in. At the time of the server issue I was 2/8 in the $330 Grand Slam tournament which I ended up blinding out in to second place I also... See full post

I apologise for the way this was handled. Our team is trained to understand these situations and to look at ICM where possible / relevant; but I suspect what has happened here is that your case has been mishandled due to the sheer volume of queries we had due to the recent downtime. I see Peter is helping you with this, meanwhile I'll talk to our support team about how we ensure situations like yours are handled better in the future.

Just wanted to update here and say Peter quickly resolved my situation and adjusted the compensation. Very happy with the result and feel confident to continue playing in the games without worrying about future disconnections!

Your software needs help -Not being able to wait until BB in cash games is pretty absurd -The sitout feature is also absurd. If I sitout for 1 hand (missing no blinds) I am forced to post again, and even if you sitout and immediately sit back in without missing a hand - you still are forced to post.

by Pinkmann m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58539653#post58539653)

Your software needs help -Not being able to wait until BB in cash games is pretty absurd -The sitout feature is also absurd. If I sitout for 1 hand (missing no blinds) I am forced to post again, and even if you sitout and immediately sit back in without missing a hand - you still are forced to post.

Noted. I know both of these are on our backlog, but every bit of feedback like this helps us to prioritise. Thanks

Day 2 of our $2,500,000 guaranteed Warm Up Festival starts in about 7 hours and here is today's schedule:

There are still events open for late reg and upcoming for Day 1, including the first flight of our $220 Warm Up Championship ($300K GTD), which kicks off in 30 minutes. Top 18% from each flight go through to Day 2, starting on the last day of the series (28th April) One MTT promotion that we started ~1 year ago was [B]Bump It Up[/B] (https://wptglobal.com/promotion/lets-bump-up-those-tournament-guarantees). This promo raises the guarantee by 10% each time that specific tournaments* hit, pretty much guaranteeing overlay multiple times before hitting again! It runs on 3 daily tournaments, as well as on 3 of our Sunday majors. Current guarantees & times: $55 Lucky Escalator PKO ($26,600 GTD) - 9am UTC-5 $22 Daily Escalator Turbo ($8,100 GTD) - 3pm UTC-5 $110 Nightly Escalator PKO ($27,500 GTD) - 7:30pm UTC-5 $110 Sunday Slam ($100,000 GTD) - 3pm UTC-5 $330 Grand Slam ($66,000 GTD) - 3:10pm UTC-5 $11 Mini Slam ($17,500 GTD) - 3:20pm UTC-5 This promotion has been particular effective in 2024, with the $110 Sunday Slam raising up multiple times to a point that Alex is worried about the potential overlay each week! *During any series, any of the above tournaments that are part of the series are removed from the promotion

trackers are prohibited on the site right? cause I saw a video from a player sharing graphs from the site... or its allowed to track it without using hud?

by koneraton2 m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58540640#post58540640)

trackers are prohibited on the site right? cause I saw a video from a player sharing graphs from the site... or its allowed to track it without using hud?

Third party software isn’t allowed during play, but if someone can find a way to track their gameplay without doing that, there’s no violation. If you’d like to share the video I’m happy to check it. In the future we will release something to allow players to track their own play more easily.

by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58541372#post58541372)

Third party software isn’t allowed during play, but if someone can find a way to track their gameplay without doing that, there’s no violation. If you’d like to share the video I’m happy to check it. In the future we will release something to allow players to track their own play more easily.

PM u the video

Sunday today and so it is time for some bigger guarantees! $110 Crazy Sunday PKO ($100,000 GTD) - 3:30am UTC-5 $530 Big Sunday NLHE ($30,000 GTD) - 1pm UTC-5 $110 Sunday Slam ($100,000 GTD) - 3pm UTC-5 $330 Grand Slam ($66,000 GTD) - 3:10pm UTC-5 $11 Mini Slam ($16,500 GTD) - 3:20pm UTC-5 2 more chances to qualify for Day 2 of our $220 Warm Up Championship & $22 Mini Warm Up Championship at 10:30am UTC-5 & 10:45am UTC-5 There are smaller events and many satellites/feeders running to the above throughout the day!

Do you still hide tables from winning regs? I played on WPT a year ago, and after 2-3 winning sessions, I was only able to see a maximum of one table with regs only in my lobby (while my friend with a fresh account could see 10+ tables). Your reasoning was that skilled players are not allowed to play with weaker ones.

Doubt Jackpot hands Yesterday I was playing and one player get Jacpokt without showdown. Hi Q9 flop QQQ, every fold on flop. Another player had Jd9d, River completed Straight Flush on River, but the other player fold on River (so no Showdon) but get price. Rules "Remember, you must use both hole cards to qualify, and the hand must go to showdown. Should your hand be good enough to trigger the bonus, with Quads, a Straight Flush or a Royal flush, the Jackpot will automatically drop and you’ll receive your extra winnings into your account."

Some decent overlays for players seen today, especially in the later events in the last couple of hours! The 2nd flight of the day for the $220 Warm Up Championships ($300K GTD) & the $22 Mini Warm Up Championships ($80K GTD) are still in late registration Sundays also feature our $12,400 WPT Passport Qualifiers, with a $1,060 buy-in. Players who win a package get to choose from upcoming WPT events across the world, the last being the WPT Voyage (https://wptglobal.com/promotion/set-sail-with-wpt-voyage) a couple of weeks ago. 90 minutes late registration left in this week's event. Players can start their qualification process from $5 with many satellites & feeders running daily to Sunday's qualifier Monday has a slightly smaller schedule for the Warm Up Festival, as expected:

by koneraton2 m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58541540#post58541540)

PM u the video

Thanks, I'll take a look. by gaan64 m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58541730#post58541730)

Do you still hide tables from winning regs? I played on WPT a year ago, and after 2-3 winning sessions, I was only able to see a maximum of one table with regs only in my lobby (while my friend with a fresh account could see 10+ tables). Your reasoning was that skilled players are not allowed to play with weaker ones.

The Ecology Management System is not based on whether you're a short-term winner or loser, it is based on your skill level. If you get categorised as a player with extremely high skill, then for most of our cash game types, only two seats at each table will be available to you. If both of those seats are full at a given table, then you won't be able to sit down. Of course you can always join a different table, or start a new table. I've posted more info about this in the first post in this thread, and I also did an interview with the guys at Pokerfuse which went in-depth, if you're interested in learning more: https://pokerfuse.com/features/interview... (https://pokerfuse.com/features/interviews/220772-pokerfuse-podcast-s2e1-alex-scott-wpt-global/) by eduargentina m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58541849#post58541849)

Doubt Jackpot handsYesterday I was playing and one player get Jacpokt without showdown. Hi Q9 flop QQQ, every fold on flop.Another player had Jd9d, River completed Straight Flush on River, but the other player fold on River (so no Showdon) but get price. Rules"Remember, you must use both hole cards to qualify, and the hand must go to showdown. Should your hand be good enough to... See full post

Do you know the hand ID or do you have a screenshot or anything of the hand so I can investigate please?

by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58543084#post58543084)

Thanks, I'll take a look.The Ecology Management System is not based on whether you're a short-term winner or loser, it is based on your skill level. If you get categorised as a player with extremely high skill, then for most of our cash game types, only two seats at each table will be available to you. If both of those seats are full at a given table, then you won't be able to ... See full post

QQ hand was on Saturday about to 13:40 UTC-3, Table NL4652 Blind 5/10/20 (2) But what I'm really interested in knowing is if, yes or yes, my hand and my opponent's hand have to be show at the Showdown to collect the jackpot or am I misinterpreting the rules?

Tuesday is another light day in our 0% rake series with a mix of PKOs, Bounties, Short Deck and more! Buy-ins are from $5.50 (Mini Bounty Builder $5,000 GTD & Mini Short Deck $1,500 GTD) and we might see some overlay in the $110 $25K (now $27,500) later in the day!

by eduargentina m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58543143#post58543143)

QQ hand was on Saturday about to 13:40 UTC-3, Table NL4652 Blind 5/10/20 (2) But what I'm really interested in knowing is if, yes or yes, my hand and my opponent's hand have to be show at the Showdown to collect the jackpot or am I misinterpreting the rules?

I'm investigating this to confirm 100%. It might be that the published rules are incorrect by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58538603#post58538603)

So I must apologise, it seems you are correct, and in Pace games rake is in fact taken preflop. It seems this decision was made by the Asian network partners some time ago and we weren't informed. I'll make sure the website is updated to reflect this and I'm also lobbying for the rake schedule for Pace to be changed so that rake is not taken preflop. I'd understand if you didn'... See full post

FYI, we are going to change this and from April 30th rake will NOT be taken preflop in Pace. Thanks for raising this. PM u the video

Thanks, we're looking into it. We are running a hand history experiment at the moment with a very small group of testers, so that's the most likely explanation. But we will investigate and if anything unfair is going on we'll sort it.

by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58544500#post58544500)

FYI, we are going to change this and from April 30th rake will NOT be taken preflop in Pace. Thanks for raising this.

This also happens in normal tables But I think Its a bit diferent because its not in all pots, not even in all 3bet pots I Will try to record a video tomorrow to show It

by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58544500#post58544500)

Thanks, we're looking into it. We are running a hand history experiment at the moment with a very small group of testers, so that's the most likely explanation. But we will investigate and if anything unfair is going on we'll sort it.

Ty

by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58544500#post58544500)

I'm investigating this to confirm 100%. It might be that the published rules are incorrect

I think that changed a few months ago, and before it was necessary to reach the Showdown, but now as seen in this other hand it seems that not.

Wednesday has a nice time for Europeans in Day 1 flights for our Championship & Mini Championship events

Feeders and satellites start a couple of hours before! You can qualify for the Day 2s multiple times, and you will start with the largest stack you get through with (the rest will be removed)

by WPT Global Alex m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58544500#post58544500)

FYI, we are going to change this and from April 30th rake will NOT be taken preflop in Pace. Thanks for raising this.

you can see in this hand that normal tables have pre flop rake sometimes

15+25+5+5+82+5+10= 147 and im winning just 142

Thursday has a heavier schedule than the previous couple of days, and there are 2 flights each for the $220 Championship & $22 Mini Championship:

We have a $2,100 High Roller on Saturday 28th @ 6pm UTC-5. It has a $200,000 guarantee on it and there are 2 $220 feeders per day to qualify for it, at 8:09am UTC-5 & 6:25pm UTC-5. There are also smaller buy-in feeders into the $220 throughout the day

is anybody else having issues with password recovery ? I don't receive the recovery email, been trading emails with support for 2 days and it's taking longer than I expected to solve the issue

by DroneTheHustler m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58548577#post58548577)

is anybody else having issues with password recovery ? I don't receive the recovery email, been trading emails with support for 2 days and it's taking longer than I expected to solve the issue

Please contact us at [email]customercare@wptglobal.com[/email] in order to better assist you with your query

Just 3 days left in our Warm Up Festival and today we have one of our larger buy-ins, a $530 $30,000 GTD NLHE event. Deeper structure and Asia timezone friendly starting at 6:30am UTC-5. Feeders to it start in the next few minutes. Our $22 Mini Warm Up Championship Day 2 starts at 10am UTC-5 tomorrow (Saturday 27th) and you have just 4 opportunities left to qualify for it, with 2 of them being today.

We have just announced our [B]$7,000,000 guaranteed Spring Festival... (https://wptglobal.com/poker-promotions/spring-festival-promo) and I will post more specifics in the next couple of days. 5th - 26th May, lots of events each day. $1,000,000 guaranteed $3,500 WPT Championship, $750,000 guaranteed $1,060 WPT Prime as well as a $500,000 guaranteed $220 Festival Championship (and a $22 $150K GTD mini version)!!! Satellites & feeders start directly after the Warm Up Festival ends this Sunday, and we are doing 100% RAKEBACK on all festival events & related satellites/feeders!!! This will be paid out through a $100,000 series leaderboard, a $50,000 Champions of Champions freeroll, as well as 3 tiers of freerolls depending on how many events you play!

when it comes to the ecology management system, how many skill levels are there and what are they exactly, you mentionned extremely high skill level, how is this calculated? is it a function of vpip/pfr or something?

by Xenoblade m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58549089#post58549089)

when it comes to the ecology management system, how many skill levels are there and what are they exactly, you mentionned extremely high skill level, how is this calculated? is it a function of vpip/pfr or something?

It's a proprietary machine learning model that predicts the win rate of every player based on a multitude of information. It's constantly updating and very accurate after a surprisingly small number of hands (so it can't be gamed, for example, by taking over a weak player's account, or playing badly for a little while). I don't want to reveal every single detail, because this is actually a really hard problem to solve and its part of the 'secret sauce' that makes our games so good, but if you have further questions I'm happy to answer what I think is appropriate.

all good thank you

We are down to just 2 days left in our Warm Up Festival and there are only 2 more $22 Mini Warm Up Championship Day 1 flights remaining. A 6 minute turbo starts in ~2 hours, followed by a 3 minute hyper 2 hours after that. The $80,000 guarantee has been surpassed already! Much later today, at 6pm UTC-5 is our $2,100 High Roller with a $200,000 guarantee. $220 & $530 feeders to this are scheduled, with a $220 BI 5 seat guarantee at 5:25pm UTC-5. There are $22 & $55 feeders to this running continually from about 10am There are 5 more flights to the $220 Warm Up Championship ($300,00 GTD) with 3 of them running today. Feeders to these will run as usual!

by eduargentina m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58544537#post58544537)

I think that changed a few months ago, and before it was necessary to reach the Showdown, but now as seen in this other hand it seems that not. ... See full post

Did you ask it? Really now isnot neccesary go to Showdown?

by eduargentina m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=58550243#post58550243)

Did you ask it? Really now isnot neccesary go to Showdown?

Going to showdown is not required in order to win the jackpot and it is crucial that you utilize both of your hole cards.