In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms.
Winning Poker Network guarantees $10M in PKOSS prizes
US-friendly Winning Poker Network is running yet again another major series this fall with its Progressive Knock Out Super Series currently underway. The 16-day festival runs through November 14th and boasts $10,000,000 in guarantees across 100 numbered events. While the series is down to its last week of festivities, players are still waiting on its biggest highlights to play through.
The popular online series is bringing along two Main Events and three multi-flight tournaments for this season’s games. The first one being a $1,000,000 GTD Main Event for a buy-in of $630, and the second for a more affordable $109 entry fee for half the guarantee. Both Main Events have one qualifier on schedule happening this Sunday, November 13th. Three multi-flight tournaments at varying buy-in levels ($215 buy-in for a $1,000,000 GTD prize pool, $55 buy-in for $250,000 GTD, and lastly, $1.40 for a $25,000 guarantee) all run flights daily through November 13. All series highlights are set to crown six champions this Monday, November 14 as the six listed Day 2’s play through and award the biggest payouts of the festival.
2022 PKOSS Schedule of Events
| Date | Time | Name | Buy-in |
| Monday, November 7th | 13:05 | PKOSS #50H – $100,000 GTD | $215 |
| 13:05 | PKOSS #50M – $100,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 13:05 | PKOSS #50L – $50,000 GTD | $33 | |
| 13:30 | PKOSS #51 – $200,000 GTD High Roller | $630 | |
| 14:05 | PKOSS #39 – $400,000 GTD [Day2] | $1,050 | |
| 14:30 | PKOSS #52 – $50,000 GTD | $55 | |
| 15:05 | PKOSS #53 – $20,000 GTD | $11 | |
| 16:30 | PKOSS #54 – $25,000 GTD | $33 | |
| 19:30 | PKOSS #55 – $20,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 19:30 | PKOSS #56 – $15,000 GTD | $16.50 | |
| 20:10 | PKOSS #57 – $50,000 GTD | $310 | |
| 21:05 | PKOSS #58 – $20,000 GTD | $215 | |
| Tuesday, November 8th | 11:15 | PKOSS #59 – $15,000 GTD | $27.50 |
| 11:20 | PKOSS #60 – $30,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 11:30 | PKOSS #61 – $2,000 GTD | $4.20 | |
| 15:30 | PKOSS #62 – $75,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 16:30 | PKOSS #63 – $25,000 GTD | $33 | |
| 16:30 | PKOSS #64 – $2,500 GTD | $3.30 | |
| 21:06 | PKOSS #65H – $20,000 GTD | $215 | |
| 21:06 | PKOSS #65M – $15,000 GTD | $22 | |
| 21:06 | PKOSS #65L – $5,000 GTD | $5.25 | |
| Wednesday, November 9th | 13:30 | PKOSS #66H – $100,000 GTD | $215 |
| 13:30 | PKOSS #66M – $20,000 GTD | $22 | |
| 13:30 | PKOSS #66L – $7,500 GTD | $5.50 | |
| 17:30 | PKOSS #67H – $20,000 GTD PLO 6-Max | $215 | |
| 17:30 | PKOSS #67M – $10,000 GTD PLO 6-Max | $88 | |
| 17:30 | PKOSS #67L – $5,000 GTD PLO 6-Max | $16.50 | |
| 18:30 | PKOSS #68 – $30,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 20:15 | PKOSS #69 – $7,500 GTD Hyper PLO | $31.50 | |
| 21:05 | PKOSS #70 – $25,000 GTD | $215 | |
| Thursday, November 10th | 13:05 | PKOSS #71H – $150,000 GTD | $1,050 |
| 13:05 | PKOSS #71M – $100,000 GTD | $215 | |
| 13:05 | PKOSS #71L – $40,000 GTD | $44 | |
| 18:05 | PKOSS #72 – $50,000 GTD | $630 | |
| 18:30 | PKOSS #73 – $50,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 19:15 | PKOSS #74 – $15,000 GTD | $16.50 | |
| Friday, November 11th | 15:05 | PKOSS #75 – $17,500 GTD | $11 |
| 17:05 | PKOSS #76H – $50,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 17:05 | PKOSS #76M – $30,000 GTD | $55 | |
| 17:05 | PKOSS #76L – $20,000 GTD | $27.50 | |
| Saturday, November 12th | 13:05 | PKOSS #77H – $60,000 GTD | $215 |
| 13:05 | PKOSS #77M – $50,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 13:05 | PKOSS #77L – $40,000 GTD | $33 | |
| 17:05 | PKOSS #78 – $20,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 19:15 | PKOSS #79 – $17,500 GTD | $16.50 | |
| Sunday, November 13th | 8:05 | PKOSS #80 – $15,000 GTD | $52.50 |
| 9:30 | PKOSS #81 – $35,000 GTD 6-Max | $109 | |
| 11:30 | PKOSS #82 – $50,000 GTD | $16.50 | |
| 12:05 | PKOSS #83 – $250,000 GTD | $215 | |
| 12:05 | PKOSS #84 – $150,000 GTD | $66 | |
| 13:05 | PKOSS #85 – $1,000,000 GTD ME Day 1B | $630 | |
| 13:05 | PKOSS #86 – $500,000 GTD Day 1B | $109 | |
| 14:30 | PKOSS #87 – $40,000 GTD | $16.50 | |
| 16:05 | PKOSS #88 – $15,000 GTD 6-Max | $27.50 | |
| 18:30 | PKOSS #89 – $75,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 19:05 | PKOSS #90 – $30,000 GTD | $33 | |
| 19:05 | PKOSS #91 – $10,000 GTD | $11 | |
| 20:15 | PKOSS #92 – $25,000 GTD Hyper PLO8 | $207.50 | |
| Monday, November 14th | 13:05 | PKOSS #96H – $100,000 GTD | $215 |
| 13:05 | PKOSS #96M – $100,000 GTD | $109 | |
| 13:05 | PKOSS #96L – $50,000 GTD | $33 | |
| 14:05 | PKOSS #85 – $1,000,000 GTD ME Day 2 | $630 | |
| 14:05 | PKOSS #86 – $500,000 GTD ME Day 2 | $109 | |
| 14:05 | PKOSS #93 Multi – $1,000,000 GTD Day 2 | $215 | |
| 14:05 | PKOSS #94 Multi – $250,000 GTD Day 2 | $55 | |
| 14:05 | PKOSS #95 Multi – $25,000 GTD Day 2 | $1.40 | |
| 16:30 | PKOSS #97 – $50,000 GTD | $160 | |
| 16:30 | PKOSS #98 – $30,000 GTD WRAP UP | $27.50 | |
| 18:45 | PKOSS #99 – $40,000 GTD WRAP UP | $109 | |
| 19:15 | PKOSS #100 – $20,000 GTD WRAP UP | $16.50 |
Unibet Poker unveils new MTT schedule with added phase tournaments
With the online poker scene getting more competitive than ever, Unibet Poker is unwilling to rest on its laurels and has most recently, unveiled its completely overhauled MTT lineup. The new update went live just as October hit its closing with many players now relishing boosted guarantees, more PKO events, industry low fees and a simpler tournament setup. In celebration of the site’s new schedule, Unibet has also added €10,000 in bonus prizes across three MTT leaderboards – Low, High, and Overall, for the next ten weeks. That’s equivalent to €100,000 in added rewards for all its eager tournament grinders out there!
More than that, the site has also unleashed a new feature allowing phase tournaments now to take place. The introduced multi-day events gives players multiple chances to qualify for the final day and claim the biggest prizes up for grabs. Keeping in mind to cater to recreational players, the platform’s offerings additionally aim to have its majors finish by 1am CET/CEST as a way to have more runners participate without having to drastically disrupt their daily schedules. Considering all the convenient upgrades, only time will tell if Unibet Poker’s changes will benefit both user and operator alike, but so far, feedback has been good with its followers revealing their approval with the site improvements.
WPT Global cash games can now win you a WPT World Championship entry
Two weeks left on the calendar as WPT Global’s 100 Hands to Vegas promotion continues to generously award numerous seats to the upcoming WPT World Championship festival. The premium tournament which starts this December 12 at the Wynn Las Vegas, lists a jaw dropping $15,000,000 guarantee for the largest single live tournament prize pool in poker history. Aside from the application’s series of satellites, cash game focused players can now also win seats (valued at $10,400) by winning bonus entries based on the volume of 100 hands played. Playing multiple consecutive days can entail Iron Man bonus entries where users can earn up to 2,000 added entries throughout the week.
One drawing each week will award five lucky winners with the top two receiving a WPT World Championship entry and $2,000 for travel expenses. The latter three will instead receive $3,000, $1,500, $1,000 in cash bonuses and a $550 World Championship Qualifier ticket. Listed below is the full list of weekly prizes and the Iron Man corresponding bonus entries. All winners will be drawn randomly with the promotion accessible only to allowed countries and players required to be >21 yrs of age to play the Championship games.
100 Hands to Vegas List of Prizes
| Place | Prize |
| 1 | 1 WPT World Championship Package |
| 2 | 1 WPT World Championship Package |
| 3 | $3,000 + $550 World Championship Satellite Ticket |
| 4 | $1,500 + $550 World Championship Satellite Ticket |
| 5 | $1,000 + $550 World Championship Satellite Ticket |
Ironman Bonuses:
| 100 Hands Days | Micro | Low | Mid+ |
| 2 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | 10 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | 25 | 50 | 125 |
| 5 | 50 | 100 | 250 |
| 6 | 100 | 200 | 500 |
| 7 | 200 | 600 | 2000 |
Natural8 – GGnet hosts $1M Flip & Go
Leading network GGPoker is pulling all the stops as it closes in on its biggest Flip & Go tournament of all-time. The advertised $1,000,000 guaranteed event demands a modest entry fee of $11 with satellites starting for as low as $0.11. The high-speed tournament forces players instantly in on the action during the Flip stage, available every hour through November 11th. This coming Friday is where it all boils down as all lucky qualifiers will play in the final Go Stage which plays out as a standard No Limit Hold’em tournament.
“Flip & Go Millionaire will allow players to turn pennies into a share of a million,” said Sarne Lightman, Global Head of GGPoker. “This format gets players to the most exciting part of the poker tournament faster than ever – it has been designed to maximize the fun, maximize the prizes and accommodate as many players as possible!”
