World Poker Tour

News Summary:

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is set to host a 46-event WPT Seoul festival at the INSPIRE Entertainment Resort in Incheon, South Korea, from October 30 to November 9. The event will utilize Asia's newest major poker room, the YY Poker Club, which offers 70 tables and a dedicated livestream studio within the resort's new second-floor entertainment space. Previously, on August 13, the WPT announced its return to The Venetian Resort Las Vegas for a WPT Championship event this fall, featuring a $2 million guaranteed championship. This follows Inspire Entertainment Resort's confirmation on July 22 that it would debut a new entertainment space in Incheon this October, coinciding with the inaugural WPT Seoul festival on the resort’s second floor. The World Poker Tour initially announced the WPT Seoul debut at INSPIRE Entertainment Resort, through its official licensee Khartes, on July 20. This event, hosted by INSPIRE, operator of South Korea’s largest foreigner-only casino, will take place from October 30 to November 9, 2026, coinciding with the opening of INSPIRE’s new second-floor entertainment space. Earlier, on July 7, the WPT announced its return to The Lodge Card Club in Austin, Texas, for the WPT Prime Lodge Championship, scheduled from September 24 through October.