The WPT Online on partypoker has been extended until the end of May, with the original $15,000,000 guarantee doubled to $30 million.
This includes a $1m increase in the guarantee of the $1,050 WPTDeepStacks event, which along with the Closer and Mini Closer has been moved back a week in the schedule.
Schedule Change "Good Solution For All" Says Yong
partypoker partner and Dusk Till Dawn owner Rob Yong was the first to announce the news over the weekend,
"We've consulted with players and also spoken with WPT," said Yong in a short video, "And instead of running the WTPDeepStacks over the top of the WPT [Online Championship], making it very hard to qualify players, we've taken the WPTDeepStacks and moved it to when the Main Event finishes.