WPT Global has announced it has moved Days 2 and 3 of its unique "$1 for $1,000,000" tournament from the second half of August to the beginning of October in what the site acknowledges is a continuing attempt to draw more traffic to the site. Designed as a loss leader, the $1 for $1,000,000 offering promises just that: a chance to win a share of a guaranteed $1 million prize pool for as little as a single $1 buy-in.
The original plan for the event was to offer 11 opening-day flights that led into a Day 2 / Day 3 conclusion on August 22 and 23. The 11 Day 1 flights were later expanded to 26, and now, with the ending days moved back by six weeks to October 1 and 2, dozens more Day 1 flights are likely to be added. The $1 for $1 Million tourney, which WPT Global often shortens to "1-1M", is a prominent component of WPT Global's ongoing Summer Festival.
Already-qualified Day 2 players receive bonus main event entry
To compensate players who had already qualified for the August 22 Day 2 in the 1-1M event for the inconvenience of the changed dates, WPT Global has announced that each player who has already moved on to Day 2 will receive a free entry into the Summer Festival Main Event, worth $330. Prior to two starting flights scheduled for today, just 88 players had qualified for Day 2 play.
An announcement by WPT Global about the final two days of the 1-1M being moved to October offers these two reasons for the change. As WPT Global detailed:
