For over 20 years, the World Poker Tour has been making poker dreams come true, and in December, that dream will come true once again with the ClubWPT Gold Invitational Freeroll, which will make the winner an overnight millionaire.
Congratulations to Alan Goring for becoming the first millionaire in WPT history during Season 1.
When Alan Gehring won the WPT World Championship in 2003, it was like a poker dream come true. Not only did he survive a final that featured poker legends like Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, and Ted Forrest, he also made poker history by officially becoming the first ever $1 million winner on the World Poker Tour.
Twenty-two years later, creating millionaires is part of the World Poker Tour’s DNA, where players who have combined both talent and luck to survive on the WPT’s biggest stage have won life-changing seven-figure prizes. And this December, even more money will be up for grabs at the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, with both the $10,400 WPT World Championship and the $1,100 WPT Prime Championship on offer.
But there’s one other millionaire in the running to win the prize money, and this player isn’t like the others: Thanks to the ClubWPT Gold $5M Invitational Freeroll and its $1,000,000 first place prize, this player didn’t have to bet a single dollar of his own money.
Whoever wins this first-ever freeroll will follow in the footsteps of the giants, become a WPT millionaire and join the ranks of the biggest names in the game. On the main tour alone, 135 players have won the $1 million prize, with nine players lucky enough to win it twice, including Alan Gehring. Other names include Daniel Negreanu, Carlos Mortensen, Michael Mizrachi, Chino Liem, Tuan Le, Alex Foxen, Chris Moorman and Jonathan Little.
The most recent millionaire class came last year when Daniel Sepiol won $5.678 million at the 2023 WPT World Championship, the largest prize in the history of the WPT main tour. But it’s also worth noting that everyone at that incredible final table, including Georgios Sotiropoulos, Andrew Rechamber, Chris Moorman, Ben Heath and Artur Martirosyan, were awarded more than $1 million for their efforts.
While Sepiol’s prize money was a main tour record, high roller guru Mikita Bajakowski holds the record for the biggest prize in WPT history with just over $7.1 million at last year’s WPT Big One for One Drop. Speaking of high rollers, WPT Alpha 8 has also produced millionaires, including two-time winner Philippe Gruissem, who won WPT Alpha 8 in London in 2013 for $1.3 million, then returned a month later for another $1 million when he won WPT Alpha 8.
Whoever wins the ClubWPT Gold freeroll will also join another club and become just the sixth player to win $1 million, joining Mortensen, Freddie Deeb, Dennis Breeden, Griffin Paul and Brandon Cantu.
With any luck, you’ll not only join the WPT Millionaire’s Club, but you’ll also have the honor of being the winner of the biggest freeroll in poker history.
Another poker dream come true.
